El embajador alemán en India, calificó de "sucia sorpresa", la decisión de cancelar el contrato por seis A330 MRTT. India prometió hacer el pedido en firme este mes (enero 2010), después de revisar el precio ofrecido por Airbus, calificado de muy alto. El embajador opina que la compra ha sido rechazada por razones políticas, ya que tras dos años de pruebas, la fuerza aérea India, habia elegido al Airbus, pero el ministerio de finanzas ha frenado la compra. Añadió que los detalles no les han sido explicadas.
Germany's ambassador on Friday described as a "nasty surprise" India's decision to scrap a tender for six refuelling planes, for which Franco-German group EADS was front-runner.
India promised earlier this month to stage the global tender again after saying the 60-billion-rupee (1.31-billion dollar) price for six Airbus A-330 mid-air refuelling aircraft quoted by EADS was too high. Airbus is an EADS company. "It came as a little bit of a nasty surprise for us and very disappointing that it was rejected at the political level," Germany's ambassador to India, Thomas Matussek, told reporters in New Delhi. After two years of trials, the Indian air force had chosen the Airbus planes but the finance ministry objected to its price. The diplomat's comments came ahead of a week-long trip to India beginning Monday by German President Horst Koehler."This rejection was not explained to us in detail," the ambassador added.
Last month, New Delhi also rejected a proposed tie-up between EADS and India's biggest defence contractor, Larsen & Toubro, to supply electronic warfare systems, avionics and radars.The deal was rejected because it would exceed existing caps on foreign investment rules, according to Larsen & Toubro.
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