PARIS (Reuters) -Airbus has revoked the contract for a 3rd A350 ordered by Qatar Airways after the Gulf provider rejected supply in an ongoing dispute over injury to the floor of the long-haul jets, two individuals conversant in the matter stated.

The variety of A350s grounded by the airline within the dispute over uncovered and broken lightning safety has reached 23, bringing the worth of compensation sought by the provider to barely over $1 billion, they stated.

Neither firm had any instant remark.

The 2 sides have wrangled for greater than a yr over accelerated floor injury that the airline says raises questions over the security of the planes, with Qatar’s regulator grounding jets as the issue seems.

Airbus, backed by its personal regulator, has denied any security issues and responded to Qatar’s refusal to take any extra A350s till the issue is resolved by revoking offers for undelivered A350s, one after the other, and axing a separate contract for A321neos.

Qatar will on Thursday ask a UK choose to increase a brief order freezing the choice to cancel the A321neo order pending a remaining listening to on the A350 case, anticipated later this yr.

Bloomberg Information reported earlier that Airbus deliberate to delay a deliberate improve in A350 manufacturing due to the mixed impression of the Ukraine warfare and the Qatar dispute.