Qatar Airways signaled it may still purchase widebody aircraft from Airbus (OTCPK:EADSF) (OTCPK:EADSY) in the future, even after recently announcing a landmark order with Boeing (NYSE:BA). “There will always be a chance for another order from Airbus,

Qatar Airways CEO Badr Mohammed Al-Meer has described the decision to select Boeing over Airbus as “a very, very, very, close call.”

Qatar Airways has also signed an agreement GE Aerospace for more than 400 engines, including 60 GE9X and 260 GEnx engines, with additional options and spares, to power its next-generation Boeing 777-9 and Boeing 787 aircraft – the largest widebody engine purchase in the history of GE Aerospace.