Qatar Airways has secured two financing deals worth a total of $700m for the purchase of four new Boeing 777 aircraft due for delivery over the next few months. A $350m finance lease deal to purchase two new Boeing 777 aircraft — both a 777-300ER and a 777-200LR version – followed an agreement with five leading international banks. One Boeing 777-300 Extended Range aircraft is scheduled for delivery this month and one 777-200 Long Range version is due to be delivered in November 2009. Following a highly successful $500m aircraft financing transaction for Qatar Airways arranged by the same group of banks last year, the group was keen to work again with the airline on a follow-on transaction. http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=Local_News&subsection=Qatar+News&month=September2009&file=Local_News2009093012425.xml

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