Qatar A350 delivery deal does not reverse cancellations

Qatar Airways' decision to take delivery of a batch of finished Airbus A350-900s does not amount to a decision to reinstate cancelled orders. While Airbus disclosed, during a Q3, that it had reached an agreement with the carrier to take 4 finished aircraft after Qatar cancelled 4 delivery slots earlier this year. The cancellation had been revealed in Airbus's backlog figures for June, when Qatar's order for A350s was cut from 80 to 76 aircraft. Qatar's revised order comprised 39 A350-900s – down from 43 – and 37 A350-1000s. Airbus CFO Harald Wilhelm stated, during the Oct 31 briefing, that Qatar had agreed to continue taking delivery of 4 associated aircraft in Airbus's inventory by the end of this year. Three of the aircraft had already been delivered during October, he added. <br/>