Boeing Co. won the single biggest deal in the US planemaker’s history, with Qatar Airways placing an order for at least 160 widebody aircraft during a visit to Doha by US President Donald Trump.

An Oklahoma senator claimed during a CNN interview that discussions around the plane dated back to the Biden administration.

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

The Qatar-Boeing deal is the latest in a series of high-profile aviation agreements signed during Trump’s four-day Middle East visit. Just a day earlier, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund inked a $4.8 billion agreement with Boeing, and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced a $10 billion order from a British airline.

The 787 Dreamliner built in South Carolina is among 210 jets Qatar Airways will buy as part of a $96 million deal; critics blast 'gift' to Trump

As markets cheer Qatar’s massive $200 billion jet deal with Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA), economist Peter Schiff has a warning that has little to do with planes, and a lot more to do with America’s structural vulnerabilities.

Boeing could be "the big winner" of U.S. trade negotiations with China if the current 90-day tariff reduction leads to a broader deal between Washington and Beijing, airline industry analyst Visual Approach Analytics said Thursday.

Aboard Air Force One, Trump lamented to Fox News host Sean Hannity of the U.S. government plane's comparative old age of 40 years and lackluster appearance next to Qatar's, Saudi Arabia's and the United Arab Emirates' "brand new Boeing 747s."