[Arthur Wildfire! March]

"But Airbus will need to sell considerably more than 250 planes if the taxpayers of the UK, Germany, France and Spain are to get back the $5.1bn in launch aid provided by their governments."

Ouch.

[eno_]

"But Airbus will need to sell considerably more than 250 planes if the taxpayers of the UK, Germany, France and Spain are to get back the $5.1bn in launch aid provided by their governments."

Well that should cure everyone's envy. $5B down a rathole.