Boeing to deliver Qatar Airways' Dreamliner by 2011

Speaking at a media lunch in New York, Al Baker said he received the outlook from Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Scott Carson in June, shortly after the world's largest air show in Paris, reported Reuters. A Boeing spokesman said the company does not comment on talks with customers.

Al Baker said he was told Qatar would get all 30 of its firm orders delivered by 2015 and that if other customers cancel their Dreamliner orders then Qatar's options for 30 more aircraft could be filled quicker.

He said he believes the first test flight of the carbon-composite aircraft will occur by the end of 2009.

"I quite frankly have faith now in Boeing in the sense of delivery because regardless of (what) the certification outcome will be, by the time they have to deliver my airplanes, I'm sure they will catch up with the backlog," Al Baker said.

"And if they cannot sort it out at this time then Boeing has forgotten how to make airplanes."

Al Baker made waves in June at the Paris Air Show when he said Qatar was strongly considering cancelling its orders for the long-delayed Dreamliner.

Later that month, Boeing delayed for the fifth time its first 787 test flight due to a structural problem. The delays have been a blow the company's credibility.

Boeing has not given a new target date for the first test flight and has said it would also reschedule the first delivery.

The aircraft, already two years behind its original schedule, was set to fly in the second quarter of 2009. Boeing data shows more than 850 orders for the 787.