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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines said on Thursday Airbus was delaying delivery of the carrier's first A380 superjumbo aircraft by eight months.
Managing Director and Chief Executive Azmil Zahruddin said MAS will now take delivery of its first A380 in August 2011 instead of January 2011.
"We have never requested for the A380s to be delayed; all delays have been at Airbus' request," he told Dow Jones Newswires.
The six aircraft were initially supposed to be delivered from January 2007.
Airbus has said that the carrier will be compensated for the delay in the delivery of the aircraft.
Azmil said deliveries of subsequent aircraft will be pushed back to the latter part of 2011, and into 2012.
A Singapore-based spokesman for Airbus confirmed that the delivery schedule for Malaysian Airline's order for A380 jets "has been revised."
The official declined to say why the deliveries have been delayed and didn't provide details on the revised delivery schedule.
Malaysia Airlines said on Wednesday it sunk back into the red in the third quarter, blaming losses on its fuel-hedging positions.
In the three months to September, the airline posted a net loss of 299.6 million ringgit (88.9 million dollars) compared with a net profit of 38.1 million ringgit a year earlier. - AFP/de
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