HC Deb 05 March 2004 vol 418 c1167W
Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the A400M will be delivered; and how many aircraft have been procured. [157564]

Mr. Ingram

The in-service date of the A400M (defined as acceptance into service of the seventh aircraft) is 2011. We expect delivery of the final (twenty-fifth) aircraft to be in 2015.