Cameron welcomes £326m Airbus order

British Prime Minister David Cameron today welcomed a £326m (€395m) order for Airbus from an Indonesian airline.

British Prime Minister David Cameron today welcomed a £326m (€395m) order for Airbus from an Indonesian airline.

Garuda is to buy 11 A330 planes, shoring up thousands of jobs in the UK.

The announcement came as Mr Cameron arrived in Indonesia on the latest leg of his South East Asia trade mission.

Some 10,000 jobs in the UK are linked to Airbus.

Apart from the sites near Bristol and Broughton, Rolls-Royce makes engines for the craft, and landing gear is also built in Britain.

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