Airbus to deliver four more A400Ms to Luftwaffe this year

By end of this year, the Luftwaffe will increase its A400M fleet size to eight aircraft. A German Ministry of Defense spokesman said four more cargo planes will be delivered by end of this year.

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Bloomberg said Airbus is suppose to deliver nine aircraft to Germany this year, it can now only deliver five.

Three aircraft broke down while other two are in scheduled maintenance. One more is having a retrofit while the seventh has just been delivered and undergoing acceptance trials.