the airbus a350 is one of the most fuel-efficient aircraft operating in the world today
the state-of-the-art aircraft is built from advanced materials a combination of carbon
composites titanium and modern aluminum alloys delivers environmental benefits such as lower fuel
burn and reduced co2 emissions the international airlines group iag has reported surface issues
with its airbus a350 airplanes wanna know about it well stay tuned to the video and watch the video
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massive a350 news so without any further ado let's begin iag which owns british airways
in niberia is the latest to come forward with surface paint issues on its airbus a350 airplanes
according to a report by reuters the anglo-spanish airline holding company is not worried about the
paint issues impacting future deliveries of the aircraft ieg president luis gallego told
reuters that the company was experiencing problem with surface degradation but the european safety
aviation regulator easa had stated that the issues didn't affect the airworthiness of iag's planes
we can see the problem in daily checks but mainly when you stop the aircraft for the first c
check the pilot said in an interview added we have very young aircraft so the level of
defects that we see maybe is not comparable to others sea checks are long examination that is
conducted after a specific amount of time or used usually approximately three years ieg stunned the
industry nearly three years ago when it unveiled a tentative order for 200 boeing 737 max jets at a
time when the model was grounded after two fatal crashes kovit 19 caused that deal to lapse and
the airline group later started a formal contest between boeing and airbus this is the first time
that iag has identified the a350 issues publicly while the company is monitoring the situation it
says that it's still accepting the aircraft and will continue to do so if the situation remains
as it is airbus on tuesday indicated that it had cancelled the order of two a350 1000 planes
from qatar because of surface paint concerns on the airline's a350 jets airbus notes to rooters
that it was aware of the surface issues that in some cases had made visible a sub-layer of mesh
designed to absorb lightning which it was working to fix the a350 in service since 2015 is designed
with ample protection to resist storms and is deployed around the world with high reliability
airbus said in an additional email statement europe's first a350 operator finnair reported
paint damage a year after receiving its first a350 while cathay pacific stated similar problems just
two weeks after taking their delivery of jess lufthansa said in 2017 that paint was peeling
in areas as big as a square meter the airlines a350s was repainted by airbus with new livery
reportedly free of charge under warranty with a significant portion of its a350 fleeted grounds
and a desire by its long-time leader akbar baker to continue to grow ahead of world cup
qatar faces and aircraft shortage so far it's resorted to returning the airbus a380 which was
retired during the pandemic to service airbus's cancelling of its 6 billion contract with qatar
qatar asked the court to reinstate the order for the 50 airbus passenger jets in the court filing
if not granted the airline requested the judge to award them 600 million dollars in damages
not long after on february 28th airbus also found court documentation requesting it to be awarded
220 million dollars in damages just over the two undelivered jets the company noted it wants to
recover millions of dollars of credits awarded to the airline with this latest development we
sincerely expect their airbus treats this matter with proper attention that it requires said akbar
baker qatar airways chief executive qatar airways expect airbus to have established their root cause
and permanently corrected the underlying condition to the satisfaction of qatar airways and our
regulator before we take delivery of any further a350 aircraft he added now that we've come to the
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