Brazil's TAM airline delays Airbus fleet expansion

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Brazil's biggest airline, TAM Linhas Aereas said on Tuesday it postponed plans to increase its fleet of Airbus jets from 2008 to 2011 because of a drop in demand for air travel in the country.

TAM said it will cut demand for narrow-body Airbus jets by five planes a year during the period. The airline previously planned to have 103 narrow-body jets in 2008, 106 in 2009, 112 in 2010 and 115 in 2011.