Airbus cancels Qatar Airways order for 50 aircraft

Robert Besser
24 Jan 2022, 23:16 GMT+10

European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has canceled a multi-billion dollar order by Qatar Airways for 50 of its single-aisle A321neo jets.
Qatar Airways announced in December that it was suing Airbus over what it described as the "accelerated surface degradation" of the wide-body A350.
Airbus and Qatar Airways, one of its largest customers, have been involved in a legal dispute over the airline grounding the large A350 plane.

PARIS, France: European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has canceled a multi-billion dollar order by Qatar Airways for 50 of its single-aisle A321neo jets.

Airbus and Qatar Airways, one of its largest customers, have been involved in a legal dispute over the airline grounding the large A350 plane.

Qatar Airways announced in December that it was suing Airbus over what it described as the "accelerated surface degradation" of the wide-body A350.

Qatar Airways has said they would not accept any additional A350s until the problem is resolved.

Qatar Airways officials said they would use the long-haul A350 to transport the large number of passengers heading to Qatar for the month-long FIFA 2022 World Cup, which will be played in Qatar beginning November 21.

Qatar Airways has a fleet of 53 Airbus A350s aircraft. The airline had ordered 76 A350s, the most of any airline worldwide.

In a comment to the Associated Press, Airbus said it has terminated a contract for 50 A321s ordered by Qatar Airways.

In a statement last year, Qatar Airways said it had to seek assistance from the courts to order Airbus to undertake a thorough investigation of the degradation beneath the paint on the fuselage of the aircraft.

Meanwhile, Airbus noted that no other airline flying the A350 has grounded the aircraft due to safety concerns.

Watch latest videos

News RELEASES

Publish news of your business, community or sports group, personnel appointments, major event and more by submitting a news release to Arab Herald.

More Information

37 ℃

Fair in Doha

Muslim

Section

Cracks emerge between Pakistan's new government, military

Islamabad [Pakistan], May 20 (ANI): Having come to power after an intense political drama which saw the first no-confidence motion ...

NATO applicant arms terrorists Turkey

President Erdogan wants Sweden and Finland to crack down on the Kurds before he?ll support their NATO bidTurkish President Recep ...

Jammu tunnel collapse: Fresh landslide halts rescue efforts

Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 20 (ANI): A portion of the mountain fell apart in the Makerkote area at ...

Baloch Students Organization express concern over new wave of forced disappearances in Pakistan

Islamabad [Pakistan], May 20 (ANI): Baloch Students Organization has expressed concern over the new wave of forced disappearances of Baloch ...

Tahreek-e-Azadi Afghanistan claims responsibility over Mazar-i-Sharif blast

Kabul [Afghanistan], May 20 (ANI): In the wake of an attack on the Taliban convoy in Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan's Balk ...

Mithila Palkar, Jaaved Jaaferi bag new project 'In the Ring'

New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Mithila Palkar and Jaaved Jaaferi will be seen sharing screen space with Bangladesh's Siam ...

Middle East

Section