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By Tim Hepher and Guy Faulconbridge PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) – Qatar Airways is claiming $618 million in compensation from planemaker Airbus in a dispute over erosion to the surface of A350 jetliners, a court document showed on Thursday. The Gulf airline is also seeking extra compensation of $4 million for every day that 21 of its A350 airplanes remain grounded by Qatar’s regulator over the skin damage, which includes erosion and gaps in a layer of lightning protection. The European jetliner’s largest customer launched the claim in December, saying Airbus had failed to provide a full root-cause …