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Air France-KLM delays aircraft

13 January 2012

As part of a restructuring, the company will delay Airbus and Boeing deliveries.

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Air France-KLM revealed its three-year plan to return to profitability yesterday, which includes delaying six Airbus and Boeing deliveries. The company is revising its capacity growth, cutting investments and plans to reduce debt by €2 billion ($2.5 billion) by 2014.

An Air France-KLM spokesperson confirmed the carrier plans to delay three A320s scheduled to deliver in 2012 to 2013 and 2015. One 777 widebody delivery has moved...


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"I'm doing some overbooking. We know that there will always be some cancellations."

John Leahy, chief operating officer, customers, Airbus


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