How was the 'bump' removed from the Airbus P2F? (Sources: airliners.net, YouTube)

How was the 'bump' removed from [the design of] the Airbus P2F?

The A330 Freighter based on the A330-200 features a bump / blister / bulge that raises the nose landing gear to level the cargo deck for easier loading of cargo. A design issue with the passenger A330 is the slanted floor, but it was not a big deal since cargo with feet manages.


  The A330/A340's distinctive nose-down pitch - which is greater than intended in the original design and only emerged when production of the aircraft began in the early 1990s - was a problem that Airbus had addressed on the first version of the A350.


The passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion program for both the -200 and -300 lacks this bump. What design change was incorporated into the conversion that fixed the floor level?



The latest information I could find is from October 2009 (8 years ago):

Airbus abandoned the 'bump' modification in favor of a special ground jack to level the deck during loading/unloading.


  Airbus is proposing a piece of external ground-support equipment which would physically lift the aircraft, producing the same effect as the lowered gear in new-build freighters (flightglobal.com).
The A330 P2F features a fully-powered Cargo Loading System (CLS) that is perfectly capable of loading/unloading even the heaviest pallets even with the aircraft "on the tilt". Therefore, no 'tilt remedy' is required.  

Flight Global, 15 February, 2012:


  The P2F version will retain the passenger aircraft's geometry and incorporate a powered cargo loading system to enable pallets to be moved "uphill" on the main cargo deck.