Airbus CEO: A400M issues could have been avoided

Chief Executive Officer of Airbus Group, Tom Enders, was quoted by newspaper Bild am Sonntag as saying that current problems in the A400M program could have been avoided by not opting to develop the aircraft’s engine from scratch.

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“Insufficient quality of the supplier … homemade problems are also playing a role,” Enders added.