KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Malaysian low cost carrier AirAsia is to defer delivery of eight more Airbus A320-200 aircraft, slated for delivery in 2011, the Star newspaper reported on Monday.
'We will defer eight of the 24 deliveries for 2011,' AirAsia Chief Executive Tony Fernandes was quoted as saying by the paper.
The aircraft will now be delivered in 2014, the paper said.
(Reporting by David Chance; editing by Jeremy Laurence) Keywords: AIRASIA/ (david.chance@thomsonreuters.com; +603 2333 8033; Reuters messaging david.chance.reuters.com@reuters.net; bureau email areuters@gmail.com) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
'We will defer eight of the 24 deliveries for 2011,' AirAsia Chief Executive Tony Fernandes was quoted as saying by the paper.
The aircraft will now be delivered in 2014, the paper said.
(Reporting by David Chance; editing by Jeremy Laurence) Keywords: AIRASIA/ (david.chance@thomsonreuters.com; +603 2333 8033; Reuters messaging david.chance.reuters.com@reuters.net; bureau email areuters@gmail.com) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.