AirAsia to defer 8 more Airbus deliveries - paper

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.

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