PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
A400M Aircraft: Repairs and Maintenance (17 July 2019)

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse is of the programme of work being undertaken by Airbus to increase the (a) serviceability and (b) reliability of the RAF's A400m aircraft fleet.

Asked by:
Mr Mark Francois (Conservative)

There is no single activity or programme to address aircraft serviceability. All aircraft are operated and maintained in accordance with the Air System Document Set, which includes the Operator's Maintenance Plan. This defines the servicing schedules and their periodicity based primarily on usage. With regard to reliability, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 1 July 2019 to Question 269009.

Answered by:
Stuart Andrew (Conservative)
22 July 2019