German government buys three new aircraft after fiascos
By DW
14 April 2019 |
2:08 pm
Chancellor Angela Merkel and other senior ministers can look forward to traveling in new Airbus aircraft for future diplomatic trips. The existing fleet of official jets struggled to get off the ground in 2018.
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