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South Korea and Spain are expected to start negotiations on a proposed deal to swap Spanish A-400M military transport planes with Korean T-50 and KT-1 trainer jets as early as this month.

The deal, if realized, would mark South Korea’s first export of aircraft to Europe.





South Korea has been reviewing Spain’s proposal to trade some of it’s a-400M transport planes made by Airbus for KT-1 and T-50 trainer jets produced by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), Yonhap news agency reported quoting unnamed South Korean government and military officials Sunday.

Spain has reportedly ordered 27 A-400Ms from Airbus but has decided to sell 13 of them and received consent from Airbus. The country is reportedly hoping to deliver four to six A-400Ms to Korea in return for 30 KT-1s and 20 T-50s.