Fleet watching is the key to predicting the future in air
All eyes on the aircraft boneyard
By Alex Lennane
Airbus’s ambitions for future sales of its A350 may be thwarted by escalating tension with Qatar Airways.
The Doha carrier, which has grounded 21 of its 53-strong fleet of A350s, yesterday issued legal proceedings against Airbus in the High Court in London.
It accuses the European manufacturer of failing to resolve a problem with “accelerated surface degradation adversely impacting” the aircraft.
It said: “Qatar Airways has therefore been left with no alternative but to seek a rapid resolution of this dispute via the ...
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