Article published on December 22, 2024 by David Dagouret
Airbus Defense and Space delivered the first Airbus A400M to the Republic of Kazakhstan
The first of two Airbus A400Ms ordered by Kazakhstan was handed over to the customer at a ceremony in Almaty, southern Kazakhstan, after a ferry flight from the Airbus A400M final assembly line in Seville , in southern Spain, a few days earlier.
With the delivery of this aircraft, production number MSN139, Airbus will also provide a full range of maintenance and training services.
To date, more than 130 A400Ms have been delivered to nine countries and have accumulated 200,000 flight hours, participating in missions such as the evacuation of civilian and military personnel in Afghanistan, Sudan and Niger.
Jean-Brice Dumont, Head of Air Power at Airbus Defense and Space said: “Having proven itself for more than a decade in military and humanitarian operations around the world, the A400M is a game-changer for the Kazakh air defense forces by providing unrivaled tactical and strategic capabilities within a “A second A400M, currently in production, will further strengthen these capabilities when it is delivered in 2026.”
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