American has deferred its A350 order twice. It moved its first deliveries back by two years to 2020 this April, after a one year deferral to late 2018 in July 2016.

The initial order American Airlines' A350 order, originally placed by US Airways in 2005, was a strategic move to modernize its long-haul fleet and improve fuel efficiency. The A350 was chosen ...

Delta Air Lines is the first and only US carrier that operates the Airbus A350, having 35 A350-900s in service and two on order. The airline's current A350 fleet has an average age of 5.2 years.

American Airlines is considering the Airbus A330-900neo and Boeing 787-9 as alternatives to its Airbus A350 order, says chief financial officer Derek Kerr. "Our options are to take the A350, turn ...

American’s fleet planning experts are spending most of their time evaluating the Boeing 787 and the Airbus A350, airline executives say. However, the airline “continues to be discouraged” by ...

American Airlines to delay Airbus A350 deliveries American Airlines is delaying delivery of all 22 Airbus A350s it has on order as part of an updated fleet renewal plan.

American Airlines will defer delivery of 22 wide-body aircraft to spread out more than $1 billion in spending.The world’s largest airline reached an agreement with Airbus Group to take A350 XWB ...

American Airlines Group Inc. is stepping up efforts to decide if an Airbus SE A350 order still makes sense for its fleet, forcing the European planemaker to try to defend another U.S. sale of its ...

American Airlines has ordered 47 Boeing 787 Dreamliners in an order valued at $12 billion at list prices, while cancelling a major order for Airbus A350s. The order comprises 22 787-8s scheduled ...

American Airlines expects to make a final decision on its order for 22 Airbus A350-900s within six months and possibly by the end of 2017.