A400M engine delay affects Middle East sales campaign
Four European engine exhibitors at Dubai–Rolls-Royce, Safran, MTU and ITP–are fighting to recover an engine program that has run into serious problems duri

Four European engine exhibitors at Dubai–Rolls-Royce, Safran, MTU and ITP–are fighting to recover an engine program that has run into serious problems during testing, forcing major delays to the Airbus Military A400M transport currently being campaigned as the answer to medium uplift requirements in the UAE and other Gulf states.  

According to Airbus Military marketing vice-president David Jennings, a sales team visited the region “very recently” to discuss the advantages the new airlifter would offer. “They wanted to know when it would be available,” he said. “We couldn’t tell them because we don’t know ourselves.”