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Kazakhstan buys 2 additional Airbus Military C295 cargo plane.
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| Kazakhstan buys 2 additional Airbus Military C295 cargo plane. | |||
Airbus Military has signed a contract with Kazspecexport, a State Company
belonging to the Ministry of Defence of Kazakhstan, to supply two C295
military transport aircraft plus the related service support package for
spare parts and ground support equipment. This order is implementation
of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that was signed in 2012 between
the Ministry of Defence of Kazakhstan and Airbus Military for the procurement
of eight C295s in total and on the basis of which two C295s were already
delivered in 2013. |
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 Airbus Military C295 (Photo credit: Airbus Military) |
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| The first two C295s are already in service with the Kazakhstan Air Forces and the third and fourth are planned for delivery in 2014 and 2015 respectively. With regards to the remaining four aircraft in the MoU, a delivery schedule will be defined over the coming years. “Airbus Military is very proud that the Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense is placing a repeat order for the C295, confirming its confidence in the aircraft’s capabilities and cost-efficiency as well as in our company. We are proud of the relationship that has been created with Kazspecexport and the Ministry of Defence and congratulate the teams of both institutions on their professionalism in the process. We will keep striving to ensure that we live up to this mark of confidence and stand by our customer for many years to come,” said Antonio Rodriguez Barberan, Head Of Commercial, Airbus Military. |
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