On February 1st it was publicly announced that Qatar Airways and Airbus had settled their lengthy, ongoing legal battle over A350 surface degradation. During the dispute, Airbus had removed outstanding Airbus A350 orders by Qatar from its order books – reportedly a reaction to Qatar’s repeated refusal of deliveries. While orders were ‘canceled’ for a large portion of 2022, A350s built for Qatar Airways (but undelivered) remained in Airbus custody. With all canceled orders now reinstated,…