Air Berlin Could cancel plane orders

Air Berlin could cancel or defer some of its outstanding aircraft orders, the German carrier's chief executive told German trade magazine fvw.

"So far we have stuck with our (orders) plan. But it could be that we adjust that," Joachim Hunold told fvw in an interview published on Friday.

"There are currently no plans to cancel orders for the Dreamliner," an Air Berlin spokesman said.

According to the company's quarterly report to the end of March it is also still expecting delivery of 4 Q400s built by Bombardier, 26 A320 family aircraft from Airbus and a total 91 Boeing 737-700s and 737-800s.

Plane makers have suffered as travel demand has dried up in the global economic downturn and financing has become more difficult to obtain, prompting several airlines to cancel or defer orders for aircraft.

(Reuters)