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Airbus A330-300
Because the Belgian Air Component's two Airbus A310-222 transport aircraft suffer from frequent engine and component break-downs, the Belgian Ministry of Defence has opted to lease a single commercial Airbus A330-300 from the Portuguese airline HiFly trough French airline broker Avico on basis of a 2.000 flying hours annually use and at a fixed price of 12 million Euros per year. The 278 seat Airbus A330-300 CS-TMT (c/n 096) will be able to satisfy the Defence's need for a long range transport capacity and will allow a full contingent of troops to be transported in one flight to for example Afghanistan, while up to now several flights were needed for a similar deployment.
CS-TMT MSN 096
Photo Eddy Kellens COA
Melsbroek 0810 - Photo Dirk Lamarque ©
A330-200 CS-TFZ is the aircraft designated to replace CS-TMT when being maintained. This aircraft flew with Belgian Air Force removable decals when CS-TMT received deep maintenance early in 2010.
Follow this link to Airliners.net for a picture of this aircraft with Belgian Air Force titles.
Melsbroek 0510 - Photo Dirk Lamarque ©
CS-TMT MSN 096
- 161109: First noted in full Belgian Air Force colours including tail crest at Amsterdam-Schiphol.
- 191109: Official presentation and acceptance of aircraft by the Belgian Air Force
- 281209: Left main undercarriage tires got off the taxi track and sunk in muddy grass while being towed towards the main runway.
Photo Eddy Kellens COA
Melsbroek 0810 - Photo Dirk Lamarque ©
A330-200 CS-TFZ is the aircraft designated to replace CS-TMT when being maintained. This aircraft flew with Belgian Air Force removable decals when CS-TMT received deep maintenance early in 2010.
Follow this link to Airliners.net for a picture of this aircraft with Belgian Air Force titles.
Melsbroek 0510 - Photo Dirk Lamarque ©
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Pratt&Whitney PW4168 F-WWKP Airbus, 12/04/95 9M-MKZ Malaysian Airlines, 11/01/96 leased from ILFC ferried XFW-Kuala Lumpur, 14/02/96 returned to ILFC, 04/99 ferried Kuala Lumpur-BRU in full colours, 14/04/99 OO-SFX Sabena, 14/04/99 leased from ILFC operational 21/04/99 to ILFC Ireland 08/11/99 after landing, a ground mechanic discovered the bodies of two stowaways inside the main landing gear bay. Both men apparently died of coldness and lack of oxygen, Brussels, 02/08/99 SN ceased operations at BRU, 07/11/01 ferried to Toulouse 04/02/02 total hours 21322, total cycles 6509 ferried to BOD for storage, 23/04/02 CS-TMT Air Luxor, 01/11/02 or 04/12/02 leased from ILFC arrived BRU for nosegear repairs after heavy landing ORY (20/08/03), 22/08/03 subleased to Garuda Indonesia, 10/01/04 company renamed Hifly, 2006 part of Mirpuri Investments SGPS leased to Belgian Air Force, 2009 |
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