Germany and Norway are purchasing five Airbus A330 tankers
The Airbus Group received a contract to supply five Airbus A330 MRTT (Multi Role Tanker Transport) tankers for use in the interests of the Armed Forces of Germany and Norway, reports bmpd with reference to the company website.
Artistic image of one of the jointly purchased tanker aircraft.
The formal customer is the NATO NSPA (NATO Support & Procurement Agency) within the framework of the joint multinational European-NATO Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Fleet (MMF) program to create a jointly operated fleet of tanker aircraft.
In June, 2017, Germany and Norway signed a memorandum of accession to the MMF program and now, as part of a joint purchase, ordered Airbus A5 MRTT tanker aircraft for joint operation for 330.
In 2016, two refiners ordered the Netherlands and Luxembourg to share. All aircraft must be delivered from 2020-th to 2022 year.
“In addition to refueling tasks, the new A330 MRTT should also be used to transport personnel and cargo and for medical evacuation. Operation will be carried out jointly by the participating countries of the MMF program by “buying” the appropriate required number of flight hours, ”the article says.
It is reported that, taking into account the German-Norwegian contract, the total number of orders for aircraft Airbus A330 MRTT tankers reached 56, of which 28 has already been delivered to the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Australia.
The formal customer is the NATO NSPA (NATO Support & Procurement Agency) within the framework of the joint multinational European-NATO Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Fleet (MMF) program to create a jointly operated fleet of tanker aircraft.
In June, 2017, Germany and Norway signed a memorandum of accession to the MMF program and now, as part of a joint purchase, ordered Airbus A5 MRTT tanker aircraft for joint operation for 330.
In 2016, two refiners ordered the Netherlands and Luxembourg to share. All aircraft must be delivered from 2020-th to 2022 year.
“In addition to refueling tasks, the new A330 MRTT should also be used to transport personnel and cargo and for medical evacuation. Operation will be carried out jointly by the participating countries of the MMF program by “buying” the appropriate required number of flight hours, ”the article says.
It is reported that, taking into account the German-Norwegian contract, the total number of orders for aircraft Airbus A330 MRTT tankers reached 56, of which 28 has already been delivered to the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Australia.
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