Aircraft
Cobham Relinquishes Conversion Work on UK Airbus Tanker
The fifth A330MRTT Voyager for the UK Royal Air Force leaves Toulouse on May 22. It was bound for Spain, rather than the UK, for conversion to tanker, after the work was pulled from Cobham Aviation Services. (Photo: David Donald)
The fifth A330MRTT Voyager for the UK Royal Air Force leaves Toulouse on May 22. It was bound for Spain, rather than the UK, for conversion to tanker, after the work was pulled from Cobham Aviation Services. (Photo: David Donald)

Ten conversions of Airbus A330 airliners into Multi Role Tanker Transports (MRTTs) for the UK Royal Air Force (RAF), which were scheduled to be done by Cobham Aviation Services at Bournemouth Airport in the UK, have been switched to Airbus Military (AM) at Getafe, Madrid. Nearly half of the 675 workers at Bournemouth will lose their jobs because of the switch.