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Video : Qatar Airways Airbus A350-1000 delivery from Toulouse to Doha
acquisitions and it was the launch customer for the coveted Airbus A350-900 and most recently A350- 1000 . Qatar Airways was the first airline to operate the Boeing 787 in the Middle East , is a launch customer for the 777X , and has twenty 737 MAX airplanes on order . In 2016 the airline placed a record $ 11.7 billion order with Boeing for 30 B787-9 Dreamliners and 10 777-300ERs . This is not only indicative of the company ’ s growth , but also of its reputation and standing within the aviation community .
“ Qatar Airways is not only growing in terms of aircraft acquisition ,”
adds Benkoussa , “ it is also growing in terms of network .”
Consolidated , digital procurement As you would expect , this accelerated growth has also had a knock-on effect on the company ’ s procurement strategy .
Today , the Qatari airline has consolidated all its entities and subsidiaries into one procurement group which allowed it to order mass volumes of product and secure competitive prices for the organisation .
What ’ s more , it is also leveraging modern technologies
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