Airbus chief 'may cancel A400M'

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Source: BBC News

Airbus chief 'may cancel A400M'

The chief executive of Airbus has warned he is prepared to cancel production of the company's A400M military transport plane.

Tom Enders told BBC World that he would consider ending the programme if European governments failed to cough up more cash.

"We cannot complete the development of this aircraft without a significant financial contribution," he said.

Delays to the A400M project have already increased its budget by 25%.

The project is now 5bn euros ($7.25bn; £4.5bn) over its initial budget as a result of weight and engine problems.

The seven European governments that have ordered the plane will decide by the end of January whether to pay more.

[Horrido]

Good morning,

it´s always the same ( espacially regarding new military aircraft ) ! At the beginning of the development of a new aircraft total costs per aircraft are calculated up to 10 Million ( amount is not be taken serious ). When the development comes to an end and the aircarft is ready for production cost have been increased up to 20 Million. And who has to pay ? WE !
Less Eurofighter and more A400M could be a solution. For what purposes do we need a Air Superiority Fighter which is not even 100% reliable under specific weather conditions and much to complicated ? But what we need for shure are up to date transport aircraft.

And for shooting down enemy drones which are violating german air space..... an upgraded ME-262 in mass production should be good enough.


Best regards

Horrido

Aircraft must fly ..and so on

The worst invention by human kind (even much worse than the atom bomb) is the money