Airbus faces $1.4bn payout for A400M delays

Posted on 19 Feb 2018 by Michael Cruickshank
An Airbus A400M transport aircraft. Image courtesy of Airbus.

European aerospace manufacturer Airbus has been forced to pay a large one-time payout for delays to its much-maligned A400M program.

An Airbus A400M transport aircraft. Image courtesy of Airbus. The company announced in its full-year 2017 report that it would have to make a payment of €1.3bn ($1.4bn) in order to mitigate the “impact of the adaptions on schedule, capabilities and retrofit” for the aircraft. The A400M ‘Atlas’ is a heavy…

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