Qantas Airways said today that it had advised Airbus and Boeing that it did not expect to take delivery of any new planes in the near term as it deals with the impact of COVID 19.
The airline had expected to add three Boeing 787-9 jets to its fleet by the end of 2020 and to start taking delivery in August of the first of 18 Airbus A321neos due by 2022.
There is no longer a specific timeline for them to arrive because the market is too uncertain, according to Qantas.
Qantas last week said it had shelved plans to order this year up to 12 A350s capable of the world's longest commercial flights from Sydney to London.
It said it was reviewing its fleet with the expectation that most international travel could take years to rebound.
More than 25,000 of the airline's staff have been stood down until at least the end of June as the carrier is flying only 5% of its pre-crisis domestic passenger network and 1% of its pre-crisis international network.