page_title: AirTanker Services
section_title: Fleet
hierarchical_section_title: AirTanker Services / Fleet
caption_attribution_description: English: G-VYGK Airbus A330-243 Thomas Cook Airlines UK MAN 02MAY15
context_page_description: AirTanker Services, operating as AirTanker, is a British aircraft leasing company providing a fleet of Airbus A330 MRTT tanker/transports, known by the service name "Voyager", to the Royal Air Force for the aerial refuelling role.
  For additional revenue it operates air charter flights using reserve aircraft. It is a consortium of Airbus, Rolls-Royce plc, Cobham plc, Babcock International and Thales Group.
  In 2008 the Ministry of Defence signed the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft contract with AirTanker to provide the Royal Air Force with an air transport and air-to-air refuelling capability. As well as supporting the RAF, AirTanker holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence, permitting it to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.
  Following the granting of an air operating licence the airline flew its first charter flight to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus for the UK Ministry of Defence in January 2013. After delays in certification, its first operational refuelling flight took place on 20 May 2013.
  From May 2015, AirTanker leased one aircraft to Thomas Cook Airlines to be deployed on holiday routes.
context_section_description: AirTanker has a 27-year contract to provide fourteen aircraft: "core" fleet of nine aircraft - eight with military serials and one civilian registration - and a "surge" fleet of five civil registered aircraft which it uses for additional revenue.
caption: A Thomas Cook Airlines-branded Airbus A330-200 in 2015, leased from AirTanker
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