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Reuters UK
By Tim Hepher LONDON (Reuters) – Airbus and Qatar Airways are set to face each other in court as a dispute over billions of dollars of jets enters a theatrical phase and rattles some airline leaders. The Gulf carrier will on Thursday ask a UK judge to extend an order that prevents Airbus revoking a contract for 50 A321neo jets, pending fuller hearings. Airbus took the exceptionally rare step of halting the order in January in retaliation for Qatar’s refusal to accept delivery of larger A350s, citing a breakdown in relations that has the makings of a corporate divorce trial. Qatar has grounded …