RIYADH: State-owned Qatar Airways has refuted claims it owes European multinational aerospace corporation Airbus $220 million compensation for rejected A350 supplies, Bloomberg reported.
Qatar Airways disputes the suggestions that by refusing to accept two of the wide-body jets it has breached its contract with Airbus.
The Gulf carrier argues that Airbus has not provided clear guidelines on how it has arrived at the figure.
In response to this, Airbus has canceled orders for two A350s and a separate order of 50 smaller planes, A321s.
Qatar Airways contends that the EU’s Aviation Safety Agency has not undertaken extensive analysis regarding the matter.
The two companies have been locked in a months-long dispute over paint erosion and deterioration to anti-lightning protection on the long-haul jets, which Airbus has acknowledged need attention while insisting the problems do not put safety at risk.
