It was announced during Tuesday night’s State of the Union meeting, following the same move made in Europe, the United Kingdom and Canada days earlier.
Airbus has asked a London High Court judge to award the planemaker US$220 million in damages over two A350 aircraft ready to be delivered but rejected by Qatar Airways. The European aerospace giant is hoping to recover the millions in compensation awarded to the Doha-based airline over the grounded widebodies. It comes as the latest
In a regulatory filing in the US, the carrier said that Boeing has delayed deliveries of its new 787 Dreamliner jets, with the airline now planning to accept only 10 of the 13 Dreamliners it had scheduled for delivery this year. The remaining three aircraft will be delivered next year.
The modifications to the “A321P2F” will include upgrading the LCD cockpit display and weather radar as well as the airframe.
According to Reuters, the planemaker has been asked to delay it for several weeks, preventing it from allocating new early delivery slots to other airlines before an April hearing.
The news comes only days after the Australian federal government announced it would reopen to fully vaccinated tourists and visa holders from 21 February.
