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://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/stories/2024-09-a310-mr