Qatar Airways responded on Friday to the company’s decision.AirbusThe dispute between them over damaged passenger planes widened, following the European plane maker canceled the contract for the A321.
The Gulf airline showed video footage that appears to show damage to the roof of two Airbus A350 aircraft that the Qatari regulator has prevented from taking off. These were the first official photographs to be shown in the dispute.
Airbus escalates dispute with Qatar and cancels supply of A321neo planes
The dispute between the two companies has been raging for months due to damage to the A350 planes, which caused 21 planes to be prevented from flying, months before the World Cup to be held in Qatar.
A video posted by Qatar Airways shows defects in the paint layer, as well as corrosion in the layer below the surface of the lightning protection layer.
The images once more show the same damage to aircraft of the same model, which were published exclusively by Archyde.com last November. Airbus did not immediately comment.
