A400M Aircraft: Repairs and Maintenance

(asked on 20th July 2021) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) Airbus and (b) his Department has spent on tackling reliability issues with Royal Air Force A400m aircraft as at 20 July 2021.


Answered by
Jeremy Quin Portrait
Jeremy Quin
This question was answered on 6th September 2021

There is no additional cost to the Ministry of Defence (MOD) for the programme of work to improve the reliability of the A400M, which is funded by industry. The MOD is unable to comment on the cost to Airbus, which is a matter for the company.

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