The A400M can carry heavy and outsize loads over intercontinental distances at jet-like speeds while retaining true tactical capability to use short and unprepared runways, and can also act as an air-to-air refueller. The first group of Malaysian pilot trainees are already undergoing instruction at the Airbus Defence and Space International Training Centre near the San Pablo production site in Seville and will be joined by maintenance engineers and technicians in the coming weeks to familiarise themselves with the aircraft, but actual flight training will be conducted early next year prior to handover.
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