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EADS denies possible end of the A-400M programme

Paris, France - The news issued by a German web site

The European consortium EADS has denied the possible closure of the A-400M programme due to heavy cost, possibility suggested by the German web site "Focus Online". "Negotiations are ongoing -an EADS spokesman said, quoted by the 'Reuters' news agency- Everything else is speculation". According to the German site the project might be closed before its first flight, scheduled by the end of the year....

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1112106
Rome, Italy, 12/02/2009 16:30
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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