A400 "rescue" deal moves closer

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A deal to rescue the A400M military transport aircraft was getting closer, the head of the group struggling to make the aircraft said yesterday.

However, Airbus chief Tom Enders said the €3.5bn ($4.8bn) rescue package the European customers for the aircraft offered this week would not leave his group or its parent, EADS, in “a comfortable position”.