France propose selling 6 second-hand A330s converted to MRTTs to India

France has propose selling six MRTT aerial tankers to India in a government-to-government deal that invovles converting second-hand A330 airliners.

A330 MRTT et 3 Mirage 2000D, Armée de l'air française, 14 juillet 2018
ERIC SALARD from PARIS, FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

These former passenger airplanes are between five to seven years in age and France will certify them for 30 years of lifespan.

Another alternative proposal being considered by the Indian Air Force was to wet-lease the tankers from a British company.

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