tensions between airbus and longtime customer qatar airways continued to grow after the
manufacturer canceled a multi-billion dollar plane order from the airline airbus confirmed
that it has canceled qatar's order for 50 a321 jets amid an ongoing dispute over pain
issues on the carrier's a350 planes want to know about it well stay tuned to the video
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today's video we're gonna discuss what alternatives does qatar airways have for its cancelled
a321 neo order so without any further ado let's begin airbus has taken an extraordinary
step of cancelling a multi-billion dollar order of 50 planes from qatar airways a major
customer in an escalating feud over the airline's grounding of a350 aircraft the qatari company
one of the gulf region's big three carriers has grounded nearly half of its 53-plane a350
fleet over the degradation of exterior fuselage services the airline has taken the dispute
to the high court in london and stopped accepting further deliveries of the wide-body aircraft
from the european firm until the problem is solved qatar airways has a fleet of 53 airbus
a350s in both its 1900 series the airline has more on order with the france-based airplane
manufacturer making its total order of 76 a350s the most of any airline worldwide in
a brief comment to the ap airbus confirmed that it did terminate a contract for 50 a321s
ordered by qatar airways the airline did not provide further details qatar airways didn't
immediately respond to requests for comment on the a321 neo contract in a public statement
last year qatar airways said it was left with no alternative but to seek a resolution through
the course to ensure that airbus undertakes a thorough investigation of the degradation
beneath the paint on the fuselage of the aircraft airbus has said it intends to vigorously defend
its position as no other airline flying the a350 has grounded the aircraft due to safety
concerns while airlines cancel orders for aircraft from time to time usually due to
financial issues for changing market conditions it's incredibly rare for a plane maker to
be the party terminating the contract aside from issues relating to government sanctions
thursday's move by airbus may indeed be the first case of an aircraft manufacturer cancelling
an agreement for an order placed by an airline in the 2019 statement regarding its order
qazar airways said that it will use the a321lr to connect doha to new growing markets where
demand was insufficient for a wide body alternately the jets would fly where the airline's current
narrow bodies a320 a321 are unable to reach with the airline stating alternatively the
new aircraft will be adopted to provide additional frequencies on existing qatar airways routes
giving our loyal passengers more choice and flexibility when they travel while a major
investigation undertaken by reuters unearthed reports that at least five other airlines
had noted paint or service flaws since 2016.
qatar's civil aviation authority is so far the only entity to order affected aircraft
to be grounded while airlines cancel orders for aircraft from time to time usually due
to financial issues or changing market conditions it's incredibly rare for a plane maker to
be the party terminating the contract reuters note that qatar airways is expected to fight
airbus's termination of the a321 neo-order contract despite the airline's refusal to
take delivery of the a350s until the surface degradation dispute can be resolved with qatar
airways a321 new order now cancelled what options are on the table for the airline the
airline may want to keep its existing fleet of airbus a321s around longer to continue
filling the gap of medium range low demand operations however while this would essentially
suit the airline's operational goals perfectly it's extremely difficult to imagine that the
carrier would want to swallow its pride to do so as even leasing airbus aircraft would
appear to be an endorsement of the european playmaker indeed at this point in the intense
dispute it appears that qatar airways is headed towards becoming an all boeing carrier now
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