Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) is looking at deferring deliveries of ten A350-900s informed sources have told Bloomberg news. According to the report, while the US carrier is looking to take delivery of five A350s this year as planned, it wants to postpone deliveries slated for 2019 and 2020 by three years.

Airline financial records indicate that as of December 31, 2016, of the twenty-five A350-900s on firm order from Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac), Delta has seven due for delivery in 2019 and seven whose deliveries are scheduled from 2020 onwards.

The report indicates Delta is reviewing its medium-term longhaul demand projection and attempting to match capacity to anticipated demand. Aside from the A350s, it also has twenty-five A330-900neo due for delivery from 2019 onwards.

Given the shift in focus to short- and medium-haul routes, Delta is reportedly readying itself to issue a Request for Proposals in either August or September for the A320neo and the B737 MAX. According to Leeham News' Market Intelligence, the tender is said to be for seventy-five firm orders and seventy-five options.