Qatar Airways to launch Boeing 777X Freighter?

Bloomberg is reporting that Boeing is set to launch the 777X freighter, with a 50-aircraft commitment from Qatar Airways. The news agency said that "the announcement is set to coincide with a meeting between Qatar’s ruling emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 31." Bloomberg said the airline "is expected to place a firm order for about 15 of the aircraft." SEE: The World’s Top Twenty Safest Airlines  SEE: Behind the scenes of the amazing Emirates advert SEE: Amazing AN225 landing in fog It adds that "a combination of options and conversions of existing orders would make up the rest of its commitment." Read more here. About AirlineRatings.com Airlineratings.com was developed to provide everyone in the world a one-stop shop for everything related to airlines, formed by a team of aviation editors, who have forensically researched nearly every airline in the world. Our rating system is rated from one to seven stars on safety – with seven being the highest ranking. Within each airline, you will find the country of origin, airline code, booking URL, and seat map information. The rating system takes into account a number of different factors related to audits from aviation’s governing bodies, lead associations, as well as the airlines, own safety data. Every airline has a safety rating breakdown so you can see exactly how they rate. Over 230 of the airlines on the site that carry 99 percent of the world’s passengers have a product rating. Given that low cost, regional and full-service carriers are so different we have constructed a different rating system for each which can be found within each airline.