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PARIS — Airbus is considering raising production of its A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport aircraft in response to “very high” demand from existing clients and potential new buyers, the company said at the Paris Air Show on Tuesday.
“With the signals we’re getting from the customers, we are studying a rate increase of the MRTT,” said Jean-Brice Dumont, head of air power at Airbus, in a press conference here. “When I say study, it’s more than studying.”
Airbus currently produces between four and five A330 MRTT aircraft a year, and “we would have to significantly increase it,” Dumont said. “The demand signal on the tankers is very high.”
Europe faces critical capability shortfalls in air-to-air refueling, according to the European Defence Agency. Airbus had delivered 36 A330 MRTT aircraft to European customers by the end of April, with another six on order, compared to the United States operating a tanker fleet o..

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As the conflict between Israel and Iran escalates, images coming out of Iran show individuals paralyzed with fears of airstrikes, while anti-regime sentiments echo off the rooftops in Tehran and towns are overrun by people searching for safety away from the capital.

Residents of Iran’s capital were seen leaving the city as shops were closed Tuesday, the fifth day of the intensifying conflict started by Israel.