EADS has reported a stronger-than-expected first quarter profit, boosted by higher production of passenger jets and helicopters.
The results also benefited from a down-payment for the A400M military airlifter, the company says.
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EADS posted a net profit of €285m for the first quarter of 2008, compared with a loss of €10m in the same period last year.
In the previous five quarters, EADS has been in the red four times.
Operating profit was €769m, up from €88m, while quarterly revenues rose ten percent to €9.853bn.
EADS Chief Executive Louis Gallois says the results are “encouraging”.
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