PARIS / BREMEN - The delivery of the Airbus A400M military transport will receive official statements of the Group but may be delayed even further. The French Defence Minister Herve Morin said the newspaper "La Tribune" (Monday edition) that the aircraft will be available only after a slight delay in the armed forces available. The aircraft will be made according to current plans the end of 2009 in service.
In July, EADS did not give the first time delays in the A400M program. The date for the first flight was then postponed from April to summer 2008. Responsible for this should still be problems to be solved with the engines. The delivery of the first aircraft to the French air force one year after the planned first flight.
mid-August was handed over at the Airbus plant in Bremen, the first fuselage for series production to the final assembly in Seville, Spain. It said Airbus's head of Germany, Thilo Liebig, nor that now "to see any more delays" were.
So far, 195 orders for the A400M. After the launch customer of the French Air Force, to be delivered to the Bundeswehr from 2010 a total of 60 machines. They had been ordered in 2003 for 8.3 billion euros. With up to 37 tonnes of cargo volume, the A400M is considered intermediate in size military transport vehicles. The consumption is 20 percent lower than comparable machines like the C-130 Hercules from Lockheed Martin.
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