Airbus and Qatar Airways have settled a bitter dispute over flaking paint on the European plane maker’s A350 wide-body jets, averting a potentially damaging and costly court trial in the UK this year.
The aerospace group and Qatar, one of its largest customers, said on Wednesday that they had reached an “amicable and mutually agreeable” settlement and would discontinue their respective legal claims.
The settlement agreement is “not an admission of liability for either party”, they added in a joint statement, noting that a “repair project” is under way to get the affected aircraft back into the air.
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