Virgin Atlantic defer their order of A380 planes by four years

Virgin Atlantic defer their order of A380 planes by four years

Virgin Atlantic has said that they are deferring their order for the new Airbus A380 by four years. The company had ordered six of the new superjumbos for delivery in 2009 but they now want them delivered by 2013.

A380 plane has been a problem for Airbus as it has already suffered too many delays. Market had been speculating that Virgin would ditch the plane altogether but they have responded by stating that they still are confident about this plane.

Virgin added that they now want the company to prove the worth of this craft in commercial service and they would wait for a couple of years before putting its own A380s into operation. The company had originally wanted the deliveries of the plane in the current year itself.

Airbus is now aiming to deliver the first of the units to Singapore Airlines in October 2007.