DUBAI/PARIS, Might 31 (Reuters) – Qatar Airways has clashed with European planemaker Airbus AIR.PA over the portray of an A350 jetliner in a heated dispute that threatens to delay a resumption of European deliveries to the Gulf service, trade sources mentioned.
Chief Government Akbar Al Baker has criticised Airbus with out giving particulars of the dispute, however the sources mentioned it entails the newest in a sequence of quality-control spats between the airline and Airbus.
Qatar Airways couldn’t be instantly reached by Reuters for remark outdoors regular enterprise hours on Monday. Airbus declined to remark.
“We’re in fixed talks with our prospects. The content material of those discussions we maintain confidential,” a consultant mentioned.
Qatar Airways boasts distinctive scrutiny to element according to a premium model, however aerospace executives have accused it of seizing on such particulars prior to now to delay taking supply of jets it now not wants, a suggestion it has usually denied.
The conflict over paint high quality comes at a delicate time as Airbus tries to implement supply of dozens of jets constructed for airways that both cannot or will not take supply amid a droop in demand due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Airbus has despatched out dozens of “default notices” or authorized warnings to airways over undelivered jets because the disaster started.
Chef Government Guillaume Faury has threatened authorized motion towards airways that refuse to take deliveries.
Qatar Airways’ Al Baker was quoted by Bloomberg earlier on Monday as saying the airline would refuse to take new plane from Airbus if it was not capable of resolve the dispute.
Final 12 months Al Baker mentioned the airline wouldn’t take deliveries of any plane in 2020 or 2021 because of the coronavirus disaster. He later mentioned the airline had reached an settlement with Airbus over delays. Particulars weren’t disclosed.
(Reporting by Alexander Cornwell & Tim Hepher; Modifying by Steve Orlofsky)
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