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Post by ff on Jul 10, 2024 11:32:18 GMT 1
4 more MRTTs for the Royal Saudi Air Force Assuming that was the 4 frames added in June O&D spreadsheet. There were 5 in the order book previously, we know one for Saudi (MSN2060), one for NATO (MSN2072) and one for RCAF (MSN2091). What are the remaining 2 belong to?
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Post by stealthmanbob on Jul 10, 2024 17:12:19 GMT 1
4 more MRTTs for the Royal Saudi Air Force Assuming that was the 4 frames added in June O&D spreadsheet. There were 5 in the order book previously, we know one for Saudi (MSN2060), one for NATO (MSN2072) and one for RCAF (MSN2091). What are the remaining 2 belong to? MSN 2043 for NATO ? MSN 2036 UAE ? Or are these already off the order books ?
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Post by ff on Jul 10, 2024 17:49:48 GMT 1
Assuming that was the 4 frames added in June O&D spreadsheet. There were 5 in the order book previously, we know one for Saudi (MSN2060), one for NATO (MSN2072) and one for RCAF (MSN2091). What are the remaining 2 belong to? MSN 2043 for NATO ? MSN 2036 UAE ? Or are these already off the order books ? I believe once they left TLS and handed over to Airbus Defence, they are off the O&D book. Because in the delivery tag of the O&D spreadsheet, Airbus records the date of each frame flying to Airbus Defence in Spain as delivery date.
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Post by mtrunz on Jul 10, 2024 19:01:49 GMT 1
MSN 2043 for NATO ? MSN 2036 UAE ? Or are these already off the order books ? I believe once they left TLS and handed over to Airbus Defence, they are off the O&D book. Because in the delivery tag of the O&D spreadsheet, Airbus records the date of each frame flying to Airbus Defence in Spain as delivery date. Yeah the O&D only includes Commercial Aircraft. Airbus keeps a separate track of all the Military Deliveries, which I think is only updated every quarter on the website.
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Post by ff on Jul 10, 2024 22:23:36 GMT 1
I believe once they left TLS and handed over to Airbus Defence, they are off the O&D book. Because in the delivery tag of the O&D spreadsheet, Airbus records the date of each frame flying to Airbus Defence in Spain as delivery date. Yeah the O&D only includes Commercial Aircraft. Airbus keeps a separate track of all the Military Deliveries, which I think is only updated every quarter on the website. This has been widely discussed many times already on various forum, when the frame is in TLS, Airbus is only building an usual A330-200 frame (without most of interior fitting obviously), that's why they are showing in Airbus O&D Commercial Aircraft spreadsheet every month. Only when they've been delivered to Airbus Defence, they are fitted to become MRTT.
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Post by Ravi1925 on Jul 22, 2024 17:49:56 GMT 1
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Post by stealthmanbob on Jul 23, 2024 15:40:25 GMT 1
A330neo version of the MRTT announced at FIA2024 Quote Flight Global - "Airbus Defence & Space’s next multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) customer will be the first to acquire the capability integrated with the A330-800 airframe, with deliveries expected from late this decade. Formally launched as the A330 MRTT+ at the Farnborough air show on 23 July, “it is an evolution to meet the market demand,” says Airbus’s head of air power Jean-Brice Dumont. “This evolution has been looking natural for a while,” he says. “With the Neo version, we can bring the MRTT to the next level of performance.” Full Article - www.flightglobal.com/defence/airbus-launches-a330neo-based-mrtt-as-demand-booms/159315.article
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Post by Ravi1925 on Jul 29, 2024 18:21:29 GMT 1
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Post by Ravi1925 on Jul 30, 2024 18:00:47 GMT 1
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Post by Ravi1925 on Jul 31, 2024 14:25:28 GMT 1
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