It's hardly a secret that British Midland have been heavily involved with AirTanker, one of the consortia bidding for the RAF's Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft programme. AirTanker are proposing the A330-200 platform and their bid 'may' include used aircraft.
The announcement of the preferred bidder, whether AirTanker using new or nearly new A330s - or their competitor TTSC using the old B767-336s from ba - is expected by year end.
So, British Midland 'storing' aircraft at just the time that the preferred bidder is expected to be announced....?? Hmmm......
Last edited by BEagle; 1st Dec 2003 at 16:16.