Kuwait's parliament on Wednesday formed a committee to probe alleged corruption in a deal between the national carrier and Airbus, which last month paid massive fines to settle bribery scandals.
The parliament's decision came after a special debate on allegations that Airbus made illegal payments to secure a 25-aircraft deal six years ago.
It also called on the Audit Bureau to investigate the deal, which was reportedly worth billions of dollars, although exact figures were not released.
Kuwait Airway Co. in 2014 ordered 15 Airbus 320neo and 10 Airbus 350, with delivery beginning last year and continuing until 2021.
Kuwait in recent years also initiated criminal investigations into two large military aircraft deals involving Airbus -- a $9 billion Eurofighter Typhoon warplanes deal and a contract for 30 Caracal military helicopters costing $1.2 billion.
