Airbus Defence and Space has delivered two A400M military transport aircraft to Germany and France, the company announced on 22 March.
The European Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR), in charge of the management of the A400M programme, took delivery of the aircraft on behalf of the two countries at a ceremony in Seville, Spain.
The latest deliveries were the 60th and 61st A400Ms to be handed over and will take the German and French fleets to 18 and 14 aircraft respectively.
Arturo Alfonso-Meiriño, director, OCCAR, said: ‘It is a great pleasure to see two of the leading OCCAR nations receiving these superb aircraft on the same day in a year when the organisation is itself celebrating the 20th anniversary of the signature of its convention.
“This is testimony to the effective work performed by OCCAR’s A400M team over many years in managing this exceptionally complex programme”.
