Iberia defers 24 Airbus aircraft deliveries accelerates A340 retirement 

Spanish flag carrier Iberia has rescheduled orders of 11 A320neos and 13 A350s as well as announcing the accelerated retirement of its entire A340-600 fleet. Iberia hasn’t announced details of the new delivery date but it piles on more pressure onto airframe make Airbus with Global Data’s aerospace and defence analyst Nicolas Jouan predicting further deferrals would be in the pipeline from other carriers. “More deferrals will be hitting Airbus’ order book after Iberia decided to postpone deliveries of A320neo and A350. It is a blow for the European plane maker that still has 11 A320neo and 13 A350 in