Cathay Pacific Airways announced a US$8.1 billion order for 14 Boeing 777-9 jets, marking its first transaction with the U.S. manufacturer in 12 years.

Cathay Pacific has ordered 14 more Boeing 777X jets, its first Boeing purchase in over a decade, doubling down despite years of delivery delays.

Boeing 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 next-generation widebody twinjets will be examples of the larger 777-9 variant, for which Cathay Pacific has already placed other orders.