"France is to order fourteen A330 tankers from 2013"

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http://www.opex360.com/2012/10/20/m-le- ... a330-mrtt/
and
http://lci.tf1.fr/economie/entreprise/l ... 96971.html

Google Translation of that OPEX-piece at
http://translate.google.com/translate?s ... 30-mrtt%2F

Anyway, the Defence Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, finally announced, during a trip to Spain, October 19, that all observers expected, ie the order for 14 A330 MRTT from 2013.

On the basis of previous orders for this product and passed by the United Kingdom and Australia, the amount of such a contract could amount to 2.4 billion euros, the unit price of an A330 MRTT is 175 million. The first deliveries expected to take between 2017 and 2024, according to a report by the Court of Auditors published last July.