Qatar Airways has completed repairs to its Airbus A350 jets that had paint cracks on the surface of the fuselage and parts of the wings, the airline told Reuters. As a result, all 58 widebodies in the fleet are in flying condition. The flight status comes more than a year after Qatar and Airbus ended a dispute in a UK court in which the carrier asked for billion-dollar compensation for the problems presented by the aircraft. Follow Air Data News: WhatsApp | Google News | Instagram | LinkedIn | Twitter | FacebookAfter retaliation between them, the two companies reached an amicable agreement and have since renewed their plans to expand the A350 fleet. Qatar considered the problem a safety risk and therefore grounded around two dozen A350s, but Airbus denied that the cracks in the paintwork exposed the aircraft to any risk.

Source: Ethiopian News March 06, 2024 16:00 UTC