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Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific unveils deal to buy 14 Boeing jets

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The airline’s US$8.1 billion order is its first with the American aircraft maker in 12 years.

HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific said Wednesday it would place a US$8.1-billion order for 14 Boeing jets, its first order with the American aircraft maker for 12 years.

The airline has “exercised the purchase rights… to purchase 14 Boeing 777-9 aircraft; and… secured the right to acquire up to seven additional Boeing 777-9 aircraft”, it said in a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange.

The new order expects the aircraft to be delivered by 2034, according to a separate filing.

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