Airbus Said to Cut German A400M Deliveries for 2016 in Half
- Germany said to get five A400Ms this year instead of nine
- Planemaker grappling with gearbox, engine, fuselage faults
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Airbus Group SE will deliver just over half the A400M military transport planes Germany was set to receive this year, exacerbating delays in the troubled model and raising the prospect of further writedowns for the manufacturer.
A preliminary delivery plan Airbus presented to the country’s Defense Ministry indicates the company will deliver five A400Ms in 2016, instead of the nine agreed on earlier, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because the information is confidential. The air force received its first plane from this year’s batch last Wednesday.