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Australia's Qantas will let one Boeing 787 option lapse, undecided on others - CEO

Qantas airline's first Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft to be delivered (front) sits on the tarmac of Sydney's International Airport in Australia, October 20, 2017 as a Qantas Airbus A380 passes behind. REUTERS/Jason Reed

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd <QAN.AX> will let one of its 15 options over Boeing Co <BA.N> 787-9 Dreamliner jets lapse in February and will make a decision on some others in a "few more months", its chief executive said on Monday.

"We will be passing on the first 787 (option), having a look at how Perth-London performs," CEO Alan Joyce told Reuters on the sidelines of the Singapore Airshow Aviation Leadership Summit.

The carrier, which starts non-stop flights from Perth to London next month, is also examining a business case for its budget arm Jetstar to take Airbus' <AIR.PA> A321neos, Joyce said.

(Reporting by Jamie FreedEditing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)

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