Originally Posted by Flight Safety
First, the "frankentanker" argument is pure garbage. Doesn't the A330MRTT use the A340 wing?
No. It uses the A330/340 wing. There is no A330-specific wing for non-MRTT aircraft. In fact some might say non-MRTT aircraft are underoptimised.
If A330MRTT was proposed with A350 or A300 parts, then you could call the argument "garbage" - well actually you couldn't. The argument - that planes assembled from bits of other planes are Frankensteins - would be true. You could call Airbus hypocrites though.