AirTanker Services

AirTanker Services Ltd.
IATA code :	9L
ICAO code :	TOW
Call sign :	TOWLINE
Founding:	2007
Seat:	Carterton , UK
Turnstile :	Birmingham Airport
Home airport :	RAF Brize Norton
Company form:	Ltd.
Fleet size:	14th
Aims:	international
Website:	www.airtanker.co.uk

The Air Tanker Services Ltd. ( branded AirTanker ) is a British charter airline based in Carterton , West Oxfordshire on the RAF Brize Norton Air Force Base .

history

In 2008, the undersigned United Kingdom Ministry of Defense the Treaty on the concept of the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) with Air Tanker to the Royal Air Force (RAF) an air transport and air-to-air refueling contingent provide. In addition to serving the Royal Air Force, AirTanker holds a UK Type A Civil Aviation Operating License that allows passengers, cargo and mail to be carried on aircraft with 20 or more seats. The RAF Airbus Voyager are owned by Airtanker. Air Tanker presented its Airbus Voyager to the public for the first time at RIAT 2016 in England.

After being granted an operating license, the airline flew its first charter flight to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus for the British Ministry of Defense in January 2013 . After delays in certification, the first refueling flight took place on May 20, 2013.

As of May 2015, AirTanker has leased an aircraft to Thomas Cook Airlines in order to use it on holiday routes. The contract will initially run for three years and will mainly cover long-haul flights from Glasgow , Manchester and London-Stansted . Its first commercial flight took place on May 1, 2015 from Manchester to Cancun and Punta Cana for Thomas Cook Airlines with an Airbus A330 .

On September 30, 2016, AirTanker reached the milestone for the final construction phase in the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) program, with the full-service date on time and the budget of all 14 aircraft being met.

Services

AirTanker Services operates air refueling, transportation and passenger flights. Charter flights are carried out with reserve aircraft. The airline also offers flights from RAF Brize Norton to RAF Mount Pleasant in the Falkland Islands twice a week , mostly for military personnel, although paying passengers are also allowed to travel.

fleet

As of February 2019, the AirTanker Services fleet consists of 14 aircraft:

AirTanker fleet
Military registration	Civil registration	Current user	Seats
ZZ330	~~G-VYGA~~	RAF	291
ZZ331	~~G-VYGB~~	RAF	291
ZZ332	~~G-VYGC~~	RAF	291
ZZ333	~~G-VYGD~~	RAF	291
ZZ334	~~G-VYGE~~	RAF	291
ZZ335	~~G-VYGF~~	RAF	291
ZZ336	~~G-VYGG~~	RAF	291
ZZ337	~~G-VYGH~~	RAF	158, including 58 Business Class for government officials and state visits
ZZ338	~~G-VYGI~~	RAF	291
ZZ339	G-VYGJ	AirTanker on behalf of the RAF
ZZ340	G-VYGK	Condor	320
ZZ341	G-VYGL	Jet2.com	327
ZZ342	G-VYGM	Jet2.com	327
ZZ343	~~G-VYGN~~	RAF

Shareholder

Shareholders	proportion of
airbus	040%
Rolls-Royce Group	020%
Cobham plc	013.33%
Babcock International Group	013.33%
Thales Group	013.33%

Web links

Commons : AirTanker Services - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Web presence of the AirTanker Service

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Type A Operating License Holders
↑ AirTanker's first flight as an airline
↑ AirTanker Makes Commercial Debut Airliner World July 2015, p. 5.
^ G-INFO - Civil Aviation Authority
↑ Beth Stevenson: RAF reveals VIP-configured Voyager . In: www.flightglobal.com , July 6, 2016.
↑ ^a ^b ^c AirTanker Leasing - Our Customers . AirTanker.

[CAA-1] Type A Operating License Holders

[2] AirTanker's first flight as an airline

[3] AirTanker Makes Commercial Debut Airliner World July 2015, p. 5.

[4] G-INFO - Civil Aviation Authority

[5] Beth Stevenson: RAF reveals VIP-configured Voyager . In: www.flightglobal.com , July 6, 2016.

[airtankerleasing-6] AirTanker Leasing - Our Customers . AirTanker.