The Royal Australian Air Force (ASY, Richmond, QL) will acquire two A330-200s from Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) later this year ahead of their conversion into KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport aircraft at Airbus Defence and Space’s Madrid Getafe, Spain facility. The jets - VH-EBH (cn 892) and VH-EBI (cn 898) - are currently leased from CIT Aerospace.
"The two additional KC-30A aircraft will be delivered in 2018 and provide a substantial increase to the air-to-air refuelling capacity of the RAAF," the Australian Department of Defence said in a statement. “The RAAF decided to use these particular aircraft as they are extremely close to the same basic specification as the KC-30As already in service.”
Once conversion is complete, the two aircraft will join the RAAF's existing fleet of five A330 MRTTs.
