The last flight of a pioneer: after having been vital to advancing aerial refuelling, the A310 Multi Role Tanker Transport is going into retirement.
18 years and 350 flights later, the flying test-bed that paved the way to automatic air-to-air refuelling of the #A330MRTT and enabled countless in-house innovative projects at Airbus will be replaced by a soon to be converted A330-200.
Read more about the achievements of the #A310MRTT here: https://t.co/l0mQUj2viV
While taxiing back to parking after unloading the freight this evening, I saw a plane on approach ripping it in, and I thought, βman, I bet thereβs no PAX on there.β I assumed it to be military. But once I parked and chocked my planeβ¦ I saw it was the 10 Tanker!
I wish I couldβve shared the approach, it was sick.
So excited that #EVAAir has chosen the #A350-1000, our #LongRangeLeader, to modernise its long-haul fleet. βοΈ
Adding to this news, the airline has also announced that it will order the #A321neo for its regional routes! π