The A400M is a good plane, but for it’s cost it’s crap much like the C-17 and C-130J. The A400M will be good for European airlift needs, but for export I would never really even look at it, being twice as more as expensive than the more capable An-70 and as much as 3 times than the Il-76MF, just forget it. The A400M was projected to cost around 80-90mn Euros and around 110 I think USD, while Il-76MF can be gotten for something like 35mn and I think the An-70 at most will be 50mn. I too think the An-70 is an expensive tiger compared to the Il-76MF.
Like i said, A400M is just a future for Europe, noone else.
To you see any western state with An-70 or Il-76?.
The A400 will be a good competition or replacement of the C-130.
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