EADS reported that revenues increased by 7% to EUR 29.4 billion (9m 2007: EUR 27.6 billion) reflecting growth from operations across all five Divisions. The increase includes EUR 803 million resulting from the move to the early stage accounting methodology in the A400M programme applied in Q3 2008. In line with the Group’s EBIT development, EADS improved its Net Income to EUR 1,082 million (9m 2007: EUR -705 million), or earnings per share of EUR 1.34 (earnings per share 9m 2007: EUR -0.88).
In the first nine months of 2008, EADS