During May 1976, the French government entered into a series of discussions on cooperation, during which its representatives stated that the placing of an order by British Airways (BA) was a condition for the re-admission of the United Kingdom into Airbus Industrie as a full partner.
En maio de 1976 o goberno francés iniciou unha serie de conversas sobre a cooperación, durante as cales os seus representantes dixeron que a realización dun pedido por parte de British Airways (BA) era unha condición para a readmisión do Reino Unido en Airbus Industrie como socio completo.