The delay in the delivery of the A 380 announced by Airbus on Wednesday is likely to once again impact delivery schedules to Indian carrier Kingfisher airlines, which has placed five firm orders and five optional ones for the super-jumbo aircraft. While the carrier had expected deliveries to come in by late 2010, it had been pushing for preponing of deliveries to the end of 2009. With the delay, however, it seems unlikely that any deliveries of the A380 would be made before 2010-11. The company said it was too early to make any decisions on compensations for expected delayed deliveries.
