A "KC-38" based on the highest gross weight A330-800 blended with the nose-gear bulge,cargo door & cabin floor from the A330-200F, and incorporating the military features of the A332 MRTT would enable Airbus to launch a 'NEO freighter generation', available in 3 versions:
- A338F straight freighter
- "KC-38" straight tanker (boom and three hoses) / freighter, with additional tanks in the belly holds, so that with an empty main deck it can be fuelled to MTOW
- "KC-38 Combi" Tanker (boom and two hoses) / transporter with fuselage windows and a fitted aft toilet+galley, plus provision for a forward toilet+galley. Can use palletised seats - including some 'business class' - etc for trooping, palletised patient care modules for medevac, a moveable barrier allowing mixed freight plus SLF