Airbus Defence &Space (DS) has formally delivered the first of four Airbus A400M military transport ordered by the Royal Malaysian Air Force. The handover also marks the first delivery of an A400M to an export customer outside the original launch nations.
The aircraft was accepted at the A400M Final Assembly Line in Seville, Spain on 9 March by Chief of Malaysian Defence Force Gen. Tan Sri Dr. Zulkifeli, witnessed by Datuk Nozirah, Deputy Secretary General of Ministry of Finance, and Dato Dr. Rothiah, Deputy Secretary General of Ministry of Defence, who signed the Transfer ot Title on behalf of the Ministry of Defence. To this Chief of the RMAF, Gen. Dato' Sri Roslan Bin Saad, said: “The A400M will give the RMAF the most advanced heavy transport capability in the region and enable us to undertake an extraordinary range of military and humanitarian operations.”
“We are extremely proud to deliver the first A400M to our first export customer - Malaysia," Bernhard Gerwert, CEO Airbus Defence and Space, said. "These aircraft will transform Malaysia’s air mobility force thanks to the A400M´s unique combination of strategic and tactical capabilities. Today sends a clear message that the A400M is not just a specialised aircraft designed and developed for Europe’s air forces, but is truly the new reference in tactical and strategic transport market globally – fulfilling both roles in a single machine.”
After arrival in Malaysia, the A400M will be present at the LIMA airshow at Langkawi, 17-21 March 2015.
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| The first of four Airbus A400M military transport ordered by the Royal Malaysian Air Force has been delivered. (Photos: Airbus) |
The aircraft was accepted at the A400M Final Assembly Line in Seville, Spain on 9 March by Chief of Malaysian Defence Force Gen. Tan Sri Dr. Zulkifeli, witnessed by Datuk Nozirah, Deputy Secretary General of Ministry of Finance, and Dato Dr. Rothiah, Deputy Secretary General of Ministry of Defence, who signed the Transfer ot Title on behalf of the Ministry of Defence. To this Chief of the RMAF, Gen. Dato' Sri Roslan Bin Saad, said: “The A400M will give the RMAF the most advanced heavy transport capability in the region and enable us to undertake an extraordinary range of military and humanitarian operations.”
“We are extremely proud to deliver the first A400M to our first export customer - Malaysia," Bernhard Gerwert, CEO Airbus Defence and Space, said. "These aircraft will transform Malaysia’s air mobility force thanks to the A400M´s unique combination of strategic and tactical capabilities. Today sends a clear message that the A400M is not just a specialised aircraft designed and developed for Europe’s air forces, but is truly the new reference in tactical and strategic transport market globally – fulfilling both roles in a single machine.”
After arrival in Malaysia, the A400M will be present at the LIMA airshow at Langkawi, 17-21 March 2015.
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| (from left to right) Dato Dr. Rothiah; Datuk Nozirah; Chief of Defence Force, Gen. Tan Sri Dr. Zulkifeli; and Chief of RMAF, Gen. Dato' Sri Roslan Bin Saad. |
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