Qatar Air Ups Ante in A350 Paint-Job Dispute With Airbus
- CEO Al Baker describes surface cracks, says no solution given
- Dust-up complicates effort to launch new Airbus freighter
Photographer: Pascal Pavani/AFP/Getty Images
This article is for subscribers only.
Sign up for our Middle East newsletter and follow us @middleeast for news on the region.
Qatar Airways said a problem with rapidly deteriorating surface paint that led to the grounding of 16 of its Airbus SE A350 jets has also affected lightning protection on the model’s fuselage and caused cracks on the composite structure.