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Airbus jobs fear as us backtracks on pounds20bn tanker deal ; Airbus was reeling from a massive blow yesterday after it emerged the planemaker was likely lose a pounds20 billion aircraft contract with the US government which would have safeguarded jobs at its Filton factory for the next three decades.

Airbus was reeling from a massive blow yesterday after it emerged the planemaker was likely lose a pounds20 billion aircraft contract with the US government which would have safeguarded jobs at its Filton factory for the next three decades.

And there are fears Airbus's parent company EADS will be forced into making job cuts if it loses out to its rival Boeing in the battle for the contract.

The decision to award the contract for the US Air Force's refuelling fleet to a European company caused a storm of protest in the States and led to questions being raised in Congress.

And yesterday it was announcedUS Defence Secretary Robert Gates had ordered the whole process of bidding for the ...

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