airbus has unilaterally terminated the remainder of qatar airways a350 1000 order backlog which as
of early august 2022 stood at 19 reuters and wall street journal reported citing unnamed sources
the two aviation titans have been waging a rare public battle for months over the scar condition
of more than 20 long-haul jets that the airline says could pose a risk to passengers and which
airbus insists are completely safe in today's video we're going to talk about airbus last a350
order so without any further ado let's begin qatar airways which was the first airline to introduce
the intercontinental jet to the skies in 2015 is suing airbus for at least 1.4 billion dollars
after almost half its a350 fleet was grounded by qatar's regulator over premature surface damage it
has refused to take delivery of more a350s until it received a deeper explanation or long-term fix
the sweeping new a350 cancellation comes six months after airbus additionally revoked the
entire contract for 50 smaller a321 neojets in retaliation for guitar refusing to take a350
deliveries this spillover to a unique mountain was branded worrying by the top of a physique
representing world airways the worldwide air transport affiliation qatar airways set its
national regulator has ordered it to stop a flying 21 out of its 53 a350 jets and as a result it's
calling for 618 million dollars from airbus over the partial grounding plus four million dollars
for each day the 21 jets remain out of service the surface flaws include blistered paint cracked
window frames or riveted areas and erosion of a layer of lightning protection according to qatar
airways qatar airways and airbus are fighting a legal battle in the british courts for months
over the issue in december last year the airline launched legal action against the aircraft maker
before the high court in london meanwhile denied all the charges however the european aviation
safety agency eaasa refuted the claims by qatar in june this year qatar airways chief executive agbar
o baker accused airbus of acting like a bully qatar airways took delivery of all 34 900s between
2014 and 2019 and took nineteen one thousands between 2018 and 2020. when the dispute with
airbus erupted the airline still had 23 1 000 on order if confirmed the decision would be airbus's
second unilateral order termination of a qatar airways order now however airbus has told the
airline it's striking the rest of the a350 deal from its books the sources said asking not to be
identified as discussions remain confidential in end june the european plane maker had outstanding
orders from qatar airways for 19 of the largest version of the jet the 350 passenger a350 1000
worth at least seven billion dollars at catalog prices or closer to three billion dollars after
typical industry discounts a reuters investigation in november found that several other airlines
had known a surface damage since 2016 the second year of a350 operations prompting airbus to speed
up studies of an alternative network that also saves weight so far however none of
qatar's other three dozen or so 850 operators have joined and raised safety concerns over
surface defects as they continue to fly the jet airbus has argued that the airline is utilizing
the dispute to bolster its funds and cut back its fleet of pricey long-haul jets as its goal
long-haul market recovers sluggishly qatar airways which in june posted its first annual revenue
since 2017 maintains it wants extra capability for the world cup forcing it to lease planes
and produce much less less environment friendly a380s out of retirement to plug a spot left by
grounded a350s some observers have questioned why earbuds doesn't cancel the remaining a350s
do win one transaction rather than the current piecemeal process it's believed that difficulties
airbus faces in placing such a substantial number of the big planes with new customers is behind the
current plane by plane cancellation strategy in january 2022 the manufacturer acts the qatari's
order for 40 a321 200n's and 10 a321 200 nxlrs the london high court later upheld airbus's right to
remarket the a321 neo even though substantive proceedings relating to the a350 case are not
expected to begin before summer 2023 in response to the court's ruling qatar airways recently
confirmed its order for 25 b-73710s with options for a further 25. now that we've come to the end
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