Malaysia Airlines Delays A380 Delivery

Malaysia Airlines has substantially pushed back the delivery dates for the six Airbus A380s it has on order.

MA A380s were originally due for delivery between January 2007 and December 2008, however, delays in the A380 program meant it was no longer able to receive the aircraft as scheduled. MA recently reached an agreement with Airbus for delivery of its A380s between January and August 2011.

There was even some speculation that MA would not even want to continue the A380 order, after it publicly announced that it was having a difficult time filling the 747-400s. Further, MA just ordered 35 Boeing 737-800s, with options for 20 more, due for delivery in September 2010.

In other news, a Cessna 152 was recently scared by a 747-400 landing that was nearly 50x its size.

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