LONDON, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Airbus and Qatar Airways on Friday kicked off the most recent in a collection of London court docket hearings on a bitter enterprise and security row, amid a glimmer of hope that high-level contacts on the sidelines of the soccer World Cup would possibly yield a breakthrough.
The dispute over injury to the painted floor and lightning safety on A350 jetliners grounded by Qatar has led to public warfare between two of aviation’s largest gamers and the unprecedented cancellation of large-scale orders.
Friday’s listening to in a division of the Excessive Courtroom is a procedural one forward of a uncommon company trial scheduled for subsequent June, however earlier hearings have seen frequent clashes over the core dispute, whose mixed claims strategy $2 billion.
The most recent court docket confrontation comes as France’s development to the World Cup last in Qatar will increase high-level contacts which have beforehand been…
