Airbus wins £13bn contract with RAF
Published Date:
28 March 2008
By Amy Illingworth
WORKERS at Airbus in Broughton have received another boost after parent company EADS won a £13 billion contract to provide the Royal Air Force with refuelling aircraft.
The RAF has followed the US Air Force, who placed a £20 billion order with the company, in choosing Airbus over Boeing for the new generation of air-to-air refuelling planes.
Alyn and Deeside MP Mark Tami said: "This is another massive boost and a significant victory for Airbus.
"Having taken the command of the passenger plane market, Airbus is now making inroads into the defence market, a traditional stranglehold of our American counterparts."
The full article contains 108 words and appears in Evening Leader Flintshire newspaper.
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Last Updated:
28 March 2008 12:30 PM
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Source:
Evening Leader Flintshire
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Location:
Wrexham
