France Warns Airbus, Contractors On A400 Million Contract Talks
12 Octobre 2011 - 1:02PM
Dow Jones News
The French government has told Airbus and other contractors
working on the A400M multirole military transport aircraft program
that it won't take delivery of the aircraft it has ordered starting
in 2013 and won't pay for them until Airbus agrees to a
satisfactory maintenance contract for the planes.
The head of the French arms procurement agency, Laurent
Collet-Billon, told the defense commission of the National Assembly
earlier this month that discussions over the maintenance contract
with Airbus and its partners "are difficult, as none of their
proposals have met our expectations," according to a transcript of
Collet-Billon's testimony before the Defense Commission of the
French National Assembly posted on the assembly's website.
"We still haven't had a satisfactory proposal from Airbus,
notably as regards the engine. I told the manufacturers that,
without a maintenance contract, I won't take delivery of the
aircraft and won't pay for them," he told the commission
members.
Collet-Billon disclosed that France had planned to negotiate a
joint maintenance contract with the U.K. for the first planes that
are expected to be delivered starting early in 2013. France has
ordered 50 of the aircraft and the U.K. has trimmed its initial
order for 25 to 22.
Officials at Airbus Military, the military aircraft division of
European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. NV (EAD.FR), weren't
immediately able to comment on the matter.
-David Pearson, Dow Jones Newswires; +331 4017 1740,
david.pearson@dowjones.com
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