Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Airbus cancels Qatar Airways plane order in feud

Qatar Airways

PARIS: Airbus has taken the extraordinary step of cancelling an order of 50 planes from Qatar Airways, a major customer, in an escalating feud over the airline’s grounding of A350 aircraft. The Qatari company, one of the Gulf region’s “big three” carriers, has grounded part of its A350 fleet over degradation of exterior fuselage surfaces. The … Read more

Venezuelan gold case sends back to lower court

Venezuelan gold

The UK Supreme Court on ruled that a dispute over control of 31 tonnes of Venezuelan gold deposited with the Bank of England should be heard again by a lower court. The judges said the Commercial Court should look at whether rulings by Venezuela’s Supreme Court should apply in deciding the long-running case, which pits … Read more