B737-800 captain reported a ground conflict with an airbus which had been instructed to give way.

Attributes
ACN	1503779
Time
Date	201712
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Airbus Industrie Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 129
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical

Narrative:

Ground issued taxi clearance to runway 22L via bravo taxiway; then V taxiway to the 28R pad. As we taxied on V taxiway; first officer and I noticed [a foreign air carrier] taxiing toward us. The first officer then stated he's not stopping. I stopped our aircraft.when the [other aircraft] kept approaching us; I flashed our lights on and off to try and stop his movement toward us. The [other aircraft] never stopped. We both thought that our cockpit was going to be struck by the airbus' left wing. The [aircraft] missed us only by a few feet.the [aircraft] cut the corner onto V taxiway which kept us from being struck. I advised ground control about the incident and that the airbus came very close to hitting us. Ground control said that [the other aircraft] was told to give way to us. Had the [other crew] not deviated off the taxiway centerline; the left wing would have hit our aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-800 Captain reported a ground conflict with an Airbus which had been instructed to give way.

Narrative: Ground issued taxi clearance to Runway 22L via Bravo taxiway; then V taxiway to the 28R pad. As we taxied on V taxiway; First Officer and I noticed [a foreign air carrier] taxiing toward us. The First Officer then stated he's not stopping. I stopped our aircraft.When the [other aircraft] kept approaching us; I flashed our lights on and off to try and stop his movement toward us. The [other aircraft] never stopped. We both thought that our cockpit was going to be struck by the Airbus' left wing. The [aircraft] missed us only by a few feet.The [aircraft] cut the corner onto V taxiway which kept us from being struck. I advised ground control about the incident and that the Airbus came very close to hitting us. Ground control said that [the other aircraft] was told to give way to us. Had the [other crew] not deviated off the taxiway centerline; the left wing would have hit our aircraft.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.