To cut mounting losses in the backdrop of several headwinds, the Tata Group-run Air India is looking to defer aircraft deliveries, cut flights and postpone expansion plans. According to a Bloomberg report citing sources, Air India is in discussions with aircraft manufacturers - Airbus SE and Boeing Co - to slow down deliveries of as many as 500 planes previously ordered. This, as per the report, would enable Air India to push back the large payments due to plane makers upon delivery. The carrier is also reevaluating plans to fly to new domestic and international destinations, pruning some routes and postponing launches at some airports, such as the new Noida International Airport (NIA), the people familiar with the matter said.