Malaysia Airlines to delay Airbus A380 sale
Malaysia Airlines has delayed plans to sell some of its Airbus A380s and will now keep all 6 of them at least until 2018 after retiring its fleet of Boeing 777s. The carrier has tried unsuccessfully to sell the planes for the last year to cut costs as part of a restructuring plan which also saw it withdraw from several long-haul European routes. After accelerating the retirement of its much older Boeing 777-200 fleet, the airline has decided to keep the A380s in service until it gets the first of its new Airbus A350s, Christoph Mueller said ahead of the Singapore Airshow. "We need them for the long haul market," said Mueller of the A380s, which the airline flies only to London. MAS is also evaluating if it needs 2 more A350s to add to the 4 that it will get from leasing companies, Mueller said. <br/>
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Malaysia Airlines to delay Airbus A380 sale
Malaysia Airlines has delayed plans to sell some of its Airbus A380s and will now keep all 6 of them at least until 2018 after retiring its fleet of Boeing 777s. The carrier has tried unsuccessfully to sell the planes for the last year to cut costs as part of a restructuring plan which also saw it withdraw from several long-haul European routes. After accelerating the retirement of its much older Boeing 777-200 fleet, the airline has decided to keep the A380s in service until it gets the first of its new Airbus A350s, Christoph Mueller said ahead of the Singapore Airshow. "We need them for the long haul market," said Mueller of the A380s, which the airline flies only to London. MAS is also evaluating if it needs 2 more A350s to add to the 4 that it will get from leasing companies, Mueller said. <br/>
