UPDATE: France Warns Airbus, Contractors On A400M Contract
OCTOBER 12, 2011, 7:42 A.M. ET.UPDATE: France Warns Airbus, Contractors On A400M Contract .
-- French government won't take A400M take delivery on the aircraft it has ordered starting in 2013
-- Won't pay till Airbus agrees maintenance contract for the planes
-- Move seen linked to government spending cuts
PARIS (Dow Jones)--The French government has told Airbus and other contractors working on the A400M multi-role military transport aircraft program that it won't take delivery of the aircraft it has ordered starting in 2013 unless Airbus improves ...