The A330MRTT can carry:
- 4 x 463-L military pallets in the forward lower cargo hold, plus another 4 x 463-L pallets in the aft lower cargo hold
- 28 NATO stretchers, 6 x critical care modules, 20 medical staff seats and 100 passengers on the main fuselage deck.
- If customers find that they want more upper deck cargo space, an option is to have a cargo door and a potential 26 x 463-L pallets on the optional upper deck.
None of which requires
any loss of AAR capability.
On the subject of cargo containers, the A330MRTT can carry a total of 27 x LD3 universal cargo containers in the lower holds. Whereas the KC-46A is compromised by ol' Bubba's initial failure to ensure that LD3s could be carried in pairs in the 767 - its fuselage is too narrow. Unlike the A310 or A330, which both have the same 222" fuselage cross-section and are able to carry LD3s in pairs.