Bahrain Air trims Airbus order

14 September 2009

Budget airline Bahrain Air plans to conclude the purchase of three Airbus planes this year but has cancelled plans to buy a fourth one, Reuters has reported. 'Due to the current international financial issues there is a delay in the purchasing process and a reduction in the number to three airplanes,' Ibrahim Abdulla Al-Hamer, the airline's managing director, was quoted as saying by Al Waqt newspaper.

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