Qatar’s Big Request for Boeing NMA 797 that CHANGES All Aviation!

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Qatar’s Big Request for Boeing NMA 797 that CHANGES All Aviation! === #fligavia #boeing #airbus === 00:00 Intro 00:44 Qatar’s Enthusiasm for the 797 06:54 When Everything Began to Collapse 10:40 The Last Chance === Qatar’s Big Request for Boeing NMA 797 that CHANGES All Aviation! At the 20 17 Paris Air Show, Boeing sent shockwaves through the industry when it unveiled the concept of a new aircraft designed to fill the “middle of the market” — the gap between narrow-body jets like the 7 3 7 and wide-bodies like the 7 8 7. Expectations soared instantly; by 20 19, Akbar Al Baker, then CEO of Qatar Airways, even declared he would be the first customer of this supposed “game-changing” jet. But reality proved far harsher: the 7 9 7, once hailed as the “inevitable future” of mid-range travel, slowly faded into a project with no clear path to existence. So how did such an ambitious idea fall into obscurity? And if it had come to life, how would it have reshaped global aviation? Let’s uncover the mystery behind this story. Qatar’s Enthusiasm for the 797 Qatar’s Big Request for Boeing NMA 797 that CHANGES All Aviation! It began with a statement made directly by Akbar Al Baker — Qatar Airways’s powerful CEO at the time — during an aviation conference in Seoul in 20 19. In a widely covered interview, Al Baker revealed that Boeing had shown him a complete development plan for the new aircraft. It wasn’t a distant concept, nor a handful of preliminary sketches, but a structured and convincing roadmap — detailed enough that he found it entirely persuasive. Then came the remark that instantly captured industry attention: “I am extremely excited about that aircraft, and I want to be its first customer.” Qatar’s Big Request for Boeing NMA 797 that CHANGES All Aviation! Qatar Airways had long been regarded as one of the most ambitious airlines in the world — a carrier with the unmistakable DNA of a trailblazer. It was the first to operate the A3 50 900 and the A3 50 1000, among the earliest customers of both the Triple 7 and the 7 8 7, and although it ultimately missed the chance to be the launch customer of the Triple 7X — a title claimed by Lufthansa — its appetite for leadership never faded. So when Boeing chose Qatar Airways as the airline to which it would present a fully developed study of the 7 9 7, the gesture signaled far more than polite commercial outreach. It underscored how critical the NMA program was to the American manufacturer and demonstrated that the project had moved well beyond the “paper concept” stage. It was genuinely taking shape. And had Qatar Airways indeed become the first customer, it could have opened an entirely new chapter — one in which the airline might shift a significant portion of its future fleet toward Boeing, marking a strategic transformation of considerable depth.