AirTanker Voyager for Thomas Cook

摘要

Thomas Cook Airlines is to operate an Airbus A330-200 Voyager belonging to AirTanker Services in what it described as a "groundbreaking" civil aircraft leasing deal. The UK arm of the European charter airline will lease one of the five Voyager Multi-Role Tanker Transports (MRTT) forming the so-called 'surge' component of AirTanker's 14-strong fleet. AirTanker's contract with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) includes a core fleet of nine Voyagers flown in support of, and by, the RAF for aerial refuelling and strategic transport missions from RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire. The ninth was delivered in May. The five Voyagers of the surge fleet can be leased on the civil market by AirTanker, but with the proviso they can be recalled for military use within 90 days if required by the MoD.