First flight on December 11, 2009, to date, 111 units of the Airbus A400M Atlas turboprop heavy transport aircraft have been produced and operated by 8 countries with an additional 2 countries that have ordered (Kazakstan and Indonesia). Operated by quite a number of countries, the question is, which country managed to record the highest flight hours with the A400M?
Quoted from the New Straits Times – nst.com.my (29/3/2022), the Malaysian Air Force – Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) received an award from Airbus for being the first A400M operator to record more than 10,000 flight hours worldwide. , in the last year.
Head of Airbus Defense and Space Asia-Pacific Johan Pelissier presented the award to the Indonesian Air Force Chief of Staff General Datuk Seri Mohd Asghar Khan Goriman Khan at Defense Services Asia (DSA) 2022, Kuala Lumpur.
"After achieving more flight hours and flight cycles for other A400M carriers, the Malaysian Air Force is recognized as the leader of the global A400M fleet, serving as a valuable reference for all A400M customers," said Pelissier.
So far, the Malaysian Air Force operates the A400M for cargo and personnel transportation, humanitarian and disaster relief missions, heavy equipment transportation, in support of the national strategy in combating the Covid-19 pandemic, medical transportation, as well as air-to-air refueling operations.
Malaysia has operated the A400M since 2015, the number of Malaysia's A400M fleet is four units. Malaysia is known as the first export customer of the first A400M in the Asia Pacific region.
A400M Atlas Malaysia once took part in a logistics assistance mission in the earthquake disaster in Palu, Southeast Sulawesi in 2018. What the Malaysian Air Force Airbus A400M transported to Palu was a Pertamina fuel tank truck and an Excava 200 excavator unit.
As a heavy transport aircraft, the A400M has a cargo space of 4 meters wide, 3.85 meters high and 17.71 meters long. .
The A400M can also transport semi-trailer trucks with 6,906 meters of containers. The overall payload capacity is 37 tons. For comparison, the carrying capacity of the C-130 Hercules is 20 tons.
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