The airline, part of a push to turn the kingdom into a logistics hub, would be in addition to state-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines, which has suffered losses for years
"Qatar Airways continues to experience and has witnessed a condition in which the surface below the paint on some of its Airbus A350 aircraft has been degrading at an accelerated rate."
"Qatar Airways will require this condition and its underlying root cause to be fully understood and corrected before the delivery of any further Airbus A350 aircraft."
The ball was in Airbus' court to find a solution before the dispute escalated further. He declined to give specifics, but denied a Reuters report that it concerned A350 paintwork.
Customers for the 777X include Emirates, Qatar Airways, Etihad Airways, British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd , Singapore Airlines Ltd, ANA Holdings Inc and Lufthansa.
It's good the crisis has been resolved, and the warm welcome we had, and the happiness we see in our brothers.
So far no flights have resumed between Qatar and the four Arab states. Qatar Airways on Thursday began re-routing some of its flights through Saudi airspace.
The airline now operates 49 weekly flights to four gateways in Pakistan i.e. Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar with its Boeing 787 and A350 aircraft.
The airline is seeking damages through four investment arbitrations under three treaties, including the Arab Investment Agreement, it said in a statement.