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qatar airways is suing airbus in the wake of the passenger a380 passenger jet. richard guest goes to see what sparked the dispute. >> reporter: the ceos of qatar airways and airbus, in happier times. when qatar flew the first commercial flight of the a350 in 2015. there was a launch customer for the brand-new, big, wide-bodied plane. >> very pleased. you can see that everything is perfect. >> reporter: no one on that inaugural flight imagined it would come to this. grounded planes in doha and airbus and qatar locked in a bitter court dispute worth billions of dollars. the lawsuit centers around this peeling paintwork and the degradation on the surface of the planes. qatar innovited me to see the damage firsthand. the damage on the tail plane looks pretty serious. but it's hard for a nonexpert to really understand the signi significance. that's what the trial will be all about. is this a design fault that has safety implications? qatar's civil aviation authority says yes. they ordered the grounding of 23 of qatar's a350s. and won't certify anymore. qatar airways

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alix: that was guy johnson speaking to the qatar airways ceo. guy, how hot are you right now?ry jealous of you in your cold studio. alix spends a lot of time complaining on how cold the studio is, but today it sounds amazing. alix: tongue-in-cheek, but there is a heat wave in europe and in the u.k., continue to travel disruptions. things are going from bad to worse. give us your take from the ground. guy: the biggest take away, two words for the show -- supply chains. that is the whole issue. th ceo ofe qatar talking about the lack of labor, supply chain issues at heathrow. he will abide by the rules. and because he has a seat on the board, he could not talk more. other airlines are being less generous. in the aerospace industry, there are massive supply chain issues right now. and i was talking to the ceo over at boeing, he says we are about halfway through the process of fixing it in the aerospace sector. and i was talking to spirit's ceo, one of the biggest suppliers in the industry, and they were saying that they felt that there's a huge cash flow problem in the industry a

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. ♪ haidi: the qatar airways ceo says he is disappointed by heathrow's airport flight reductions. director of the border heathrow -- the director of the board of heathrow spoke of the disruptions. >> as a board member on the board of heathrow, i am very disappointed. but i will keep my mouth shut. >> are you going to abide by the rules and restrictions they put in place? >> heathrow has the right to restrict your flight, because they cannot overload their facilities. but my question to the management would be, they should have seen this coming, they should have made mitigating actions. i don't mind to reduce the number of passengers. but i need to be told three months in advance. because people, if you want to go on holiday, you booked your flight in march to travel in july. and then i tell you just one week ahead that on so date, i will not be able to carry you. we have cost implications. all airlines have cost implications. this is the problem. i sympathized that it is not in their hands. companies who were given licenses, there was not a proper diligence to make sure their fina

there is a court case ongoing, and we have to -- it's been the initiative of qatar airways so we have to respond and take it very seriously >> still on track for getting the a-320 production up to 75 a month by '25, i believe? '26? >> we are working flat out all the supply chain is mobilized to ramp up, and yes, we'll go to rate 75 around 2025. that's an important objective to serve the market >> guillaume fouray, here at the air show back to you. >> thanks, phil. >>> now, outside of tech today, it's the banks driving the market, pulling back off session highs but still higher goldman with a big beat, bank of america more of a mixed quarter. on the data front, home builder sentiment plunging as buyers pull back. see bank of america pretty much flag, goldman-sachs up nearly 3% "tech check" will be right back. (vo) get verizon business unlimited from the network businesses rely on. like manny. event planning with our best plan ever. (manny) yeah, that's what i do. (vo) with 5g ultra wideband in many more cities, you get up to 10 times the speed at no extra cost. get verizon business unl

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