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AM: first of three A-330 MRTT aircraft to the UAE

Seville, Spain - The type has now been deliverd to all four current customers

Airbus Military (AM) has delivered the first of three new generation A-330 MRTT (Multi-Role Tanker Transport) aircraft ordered by the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The handover of the world´s most advanced air-to-air tanker means that the type has now been delivered to all four current customers – Australia, Saudi Arabia, UAE and the United Kingdom. Converted from an A-330 commercial passenger je...

fra/pec - 1149559
Rome, Italy, 02/06/2013 16:54
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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