Australia goes to Qantas for KC-30As

摘要

Qantas Airways will return a pair of Airbus A330-200s to CIT Aerospace by the end of the year, pending their conversion to multi-role tanker transports (MRTT) for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Australia's Department of Defence has identified the two airliners as bearing the registrations VH-EBH (MSN 892) and VH-EBI (MSN 898). These are to be converted to its air force's KC-30A configuration at Airbus Defence & Space's Getafe site near Madrid, Spain and delivered for military use during 2018. The DoD says it will assume ownership of the aircraft under a fleet expansion deal valued at A$408 million ($314 million).