Airbus said on Tuesday that Italy's Eurofly had ordered three A350-800 planes with options on three more, becoming the Italian launch customer for the 250-300 seat long range aircraft.

Northwest Airlines has asked a US bankruptcy court for an extension of about six months to file a reorganization plan, according to court documents filed on Friday.

According to AFX News, the spokeswoman said that cutting its payments to GDS is part of the flag carrier 2006-2008 strategic plan which aims at a wide range of cost-cutting measures with all suppliers. As per the report, she noted that cost-cutting measures will be `discussed in the normal conversations between between Iberia and its reservations centres.

Delta Air Lines reported a November net loss of $181 million in a Dec. 30 filing with the US Bankruptcy Court compared to losses of $1.14 billion during the six weeks following its entry into Chapter 11 (ATWOnline, Dec. 2) and approximately $300 million in October.November's net loss minus reorganization items and taxes was $164 million. Operating loss was $107 million on revenues of $1.29 billion and expenses of $1.4 billion.