HONG KONG: Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific said on Wednesday it would place a US$8.1 billion order for 14 Boeing jets, its first with the US aircraft maker for more than a decade.

B oeing has secured a deal with Cathay Pacific that will see the Hong Kong flag carrier and one world member commit to buying another 14 aircraft from the US planemaker's 777X family. All of these widebody twinjets will be examples of the larger 777-9 variant, for which Cathay Pacific has already placed other orders.

Cathay Pacific orders 14 more Boeing 777-9 jets, expanding its long-haul fleet as the Hong Kong carrier modernizes operations and global routes.