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Airbus and Qatar Airways Settle Bitter Dispute Over Grounded A350 Jets

Airbus and Qatar Airways have settled a dispute over grounded A350 jets, the companies said on Wednesday, averting a potentially damaging UK court trial after a blistering 18-month feud that tore the lid off the global jet market. The “amicable …

Airbus and Qatar Airways Return to Court Over Ongoing Contractual, Safety Dispute

Airbus and Qatar Airways return to court on Friday as a contractual and safety dispute over A350 passenger jets descends into a tug-of-war over confidential documents while the sums at stake in their unprecedented falling-out top $1.5 billion. Qatar Airways …

EU Regulator Sees No Safety Problem With A350 Paint at Center of Legal Dispute

Europe’s top aviation safety regulator said on Tuesday he had seen no evidence that paint or surface erosion on A350 jets, which are at the center of a legal dispute between Airbus and Qatar Airways, represented a safety issue. The …

Qatar Airways Suffers UK Court Setback in Feud With Airbus

LONDON – A British judge on Tuesday denied a bid by Qatar Airways to reinstate a jet contract canceled by Europe’s Airbus in the latest twist to a dramatic feud playing out in UK courts. The companies have been locked …

Qatar Airways Says It Wasn’t Obliged to Accept Deliveries of Flawed Jets From Airbus

Qatar Airways said it wasn’t obliged to accept deliveries of Airbus SE A350 jetliners until an issue with surface paint is fixed, accusing the European planemaker of lowering its standards to minimize the problem. In a London court hearing on …

Airbus, Qatar Airways’ Dispute Over Billions of Dollars of Jets Enters UK Court

Airbus and Qatar Airways are set to face each other in court as a dispute over billions of dollars of jets enters a theatrical phase and rattles some airline leaders. The Gulf carrier will on Thursday ask a UK judge …

Russian Air Crash Bomb Theories Highlight Insider Threat to Aviation Security

The possibility that Islamic terrorists smuggled a bomb onto a Russian jet flying home from Egypt highlights a new area of worry for aviation security: the insider threat. Instead of focusing on a small cadre of al-Qaeda forces trying to …

Update: Investigators Expected to Quickly Unravel Mystery of Russian Plane Crash

Investigators probing the crash of an Airbus Group SE jetliner in Egypt will focus on how a plane built to withstand extreme turbulence and equipped with devices meant to prevent flight maneuvers that might break it apart could have been …