{"id":111574,"date":"2021-06-08T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=111574"},"modified":"2021-06-09T11:23:41","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T11:23:41","slug":"qatar-airways-halts-a350-deliveries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2021\/06\/qatar-airways-halts-a350-deliveries.html","title":{"rendered":"Qatar Airways halts A350 deliveries after jet surface problem."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Qatar Airways<\/strong> said on Tuesday the surface below the paint on some of its Airbus A350s was deteriorating faster than expected and insisted it would not take more deliveries of the carbon-composite widebody jet until the problem was resolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gulf carrier has fallen out with the European planemaker, warning last week that Airbus faced \u201cindustrial repercussions\u201d if it failed to resolve the dispute, while until now giving few details of the discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cQatar Airways continues to experience and has witnessed a condition in which the surface below the paint on some of its Airbus A350 aircraft has been degrading at an accelerated rate,\u201d an airline spokesperson said in response to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/airbus-qatar-airways\/update-2-qatar-airways-halts-a350-deliveries-after-jet-surface-problem-idUSL5N2NQ38B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters <\/a>query.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airline has grounded some A350s \u201cuntil the condition and root cause can be understood and corrected,\u201d the spokesperson said, without disclosing how many aircraft were affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cQatar Airways will require this condition and its underlying root cause to be fully understood and corrected before the delivery of any further Airbus A350 aircraft.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Qatar Airways also said it was inspecting its entire A350 fleet more frequently to observe the condition 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