Singapore Airlines (SIA) has not detected problems with its Airbus A350 planes that were reported by Qatar Airways, and will continue to operate the aircraft, the airline told The Straits Times on Tuesday.
SIA stated that it “has not experienced the problems reported by Qatar Airways that forced it to ground 13 of its Airbus A350s.
See also: Qatar Airways denies any plans to start passenger flights to Mexico.
Singapore’s national carrier had 55 A350s in its operating fleet as at the end of the last quarter.
Qatar Airways announced last Friday it had been instructed by its regulator to ground 13 A350 planes. It said this was due to a “significant condition” across the fleet in which the fuselage surface below the paint was degrading at an accelerated rate.
Aerospace executives have accused Qatar Airways of seizing on such details in the past to delay taking deliveries or gain leverage in other negotiations, a suggestion that the carrier has denied.
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