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France orders eight additional Airbus Military CN235

Written by thomas · Filed Under Defense 

April 18, 2010

thomas

The Ministry of Defense of France and Airbus Military have signed a contract for the acquisition of eight CN235-300 aircraft for the French Air Force.
Delivery of the newly ordered CN235s will begin middle of next year as a measure to replace part of the aging C160-Transalls when used for missions involving the transport of less than six tonnes of payload.
These aircraft come in addition to the 19 CN235-200 already in operation with the French Air Force. They will help developing light transport, logistics, and paratroop training missions. Recently, three Fort de France (French Caribbean) based CN235s significantly contributed to the Haiti relief activities.
The maintenance of the new aircraft will be handled by Airbus Military through the FISS (Full In Service Support) agreement.
“We are very pleased that the French Air Force has once more selected one member of our product family. This contract once more demonstrates that we have the right product range to satisfy their most varied needs in terms of strategic and tactical transport needs” said Domingo Ureña, CEO of Airbus Military.
To date, more than 800 Airbus Military Light and Medium aircraft have been ordered by 128 customers and nations, of which 645 are in service in 57 countries both for military and civic/humanitarian missions.

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