American defers deliveries of two A350s due in 2017

American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) has reached an agreement with Airbus Industrie (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) over the deferral of two out of six A350-900s that would have been delivered in 2017.

Speaking during a 4Q earnings call late last month, AA's EVP and Chief Financial Officer Derek Kerr said the deferrals would allow the airline to better match capacity to international network demand. As such, the affected aircraft will now be delivered in 2020.
Courtesy of US Airways (US, Phoenix Sky Harbor), American Airlines has twenty-two A350-900s on order from Airbus and is the type's North American launch customer.

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