Qatar Airways

[Coathanger16]

https://simpleflying.com/breaking-airbus-qatar-airways-settle-airbus-a350-legal-drama/

Breaking: Airbus & Qatar Airways Settle Airbus A350 Legal Drama​

The legal action at the high court will now be discontinued.

Good news for both parties involved. Also cancelled orders will now be reinstated, including the A321NEOs, so wonder what will happen to their orders for the 737MAX?

 

[Aviador]

That's good news for them both. Did the paint really flake off? Was it ever proven or disproven? I guess we might never find out.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Good to see that they have settled their dispute. I have to say that I'm surprised that all the orders have been re-instated, especially after Qatar ordered 50 B737's.

Did the paint really flake off? Was it ever proven or disproven? I guess we might never find out.

Yes, there is some footage in this video from Dj's Aviation (note, this is a month old). The footage of the peeling paint starts about 1min 15sec -

 

[Matt995]

A7-ANH A350-1041 looks like the first A350 to be repaired/painted, as it did a test flight today from Doha International Airport, back to Doha Hamad Airport, so presumably will be back in service shortly

 

[Matt995]

A7-ANE and A7-ANH, now both repaired and back in service, looks like they are getting the A35Ks back first. with the A359s to follow.

 

[David_itl]

some blurb on Qatar's UIK operations does include the top 10 connecting routes for them https://simpleflying.com/qatar-airways-15-daily-uk-flights-summer-2023/

Islamabad, Lahore and Male are the 3 MAN routes that feature.


It also lists the top 10 countries for the UK

Pakistan India, Australia, Thailand, Nigeria, Nepal, Maldives, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Sri Lanka.

 

[jfy1999]

Nigeria really surprises me. Even if you want to avoid Heathrow, AF/KLM is generally about 5 hours shorter and cheaper than Qatar (judging by random dates i looked at)

 

[Matt995]

All A35K's have now been repaired/repainted, and are back in service, just leaves the 20 A359s to fix next!