Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad International) is in talks with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) to buy "up to fifteen A330s", a deal that is potentially worth USD3.6 billion at list prices. Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar al Baker told Reuters that the order was brought on by the incessant delays that the B787-8 has suffered from its inception to its launch. He went on to add that his company would seek compensation from Boeing (BOE, Washington National) to the tune of USD200million as a result of the Dreamliner's 4 months of downtime, but did not, however, exclude the possibility of investing in the 787-10X, a design concept which Baker has praised for "promising low seat-mile costs."