Originally Posted by
Icarus2001
Yes imagine something practical like offloading 2500 litres of Jet A1 into the mobile tanker and then putting that fuel into an aircraft owned by the same operator. Better to try to reconcile the Chinese with Taiwan.
Actually, aircraft maintenance bases the world over usually have defuelling facilities for small quantities of Jet-A1. Qantas Jet Base, Sydney, used to have an entire tank farm they could use to defuel, test, recertify and fuel their aircraft for engine runs and similar - so there you go, Qantas (used to) do it all the time. All aircraft boneyards (including the one at Alice) also have defueliing facilities, only since the offloaded fuel is technically theirs now, they on-sell it as clean returns.
And, yes, the fuel companies at Australia's major airports will happily take fuel back if you ask nicely - only don't expect them to (a) do it anywhere near a crowded passenger terminal and (b) pay you for it 'cause its a waste product from then on.