and Qatar Airways will resume a London court battle on Friday that thrusts their relations with regulators into the spotlight in a dispute over the safety of grounded A350 jets.the painted surface and underlying anti-lightning system of the A350. Qatar's Civil Aviation Authority has grounded at least 29 of the planes over safety concerns.
Friday's hearing is procedural, but people familiar with the case say they may include arguments over each side's interactions with regulators. In a publicly available witness statement submitted to court in an October hearing, Qatar Airways cited what it called the "particular closeness" of ties between Airbus and its own regulator, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency .
An EASA spokesperson declined to discuss specific emails but said the agency had "multiple interactions" with the QCAA "as is normal". The aim was purely to explain EASA's position and offer technical support to the QCAA, the spokesperson said.
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