Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines. Tony has covered avionics, unmanned vehicles, the supply chain and cyberwarfare.
LONDON — Airtanker, the company which operates and supports the U.K. Royal Air Force’s (RAF) fleet of Airbus A330 Voyager aerial refueling aircraft, is now working to push its spare capacity out to the civilian charter and leasing community. The consortium is currently operating nine A330s—known as Voyagers—for the RAF. But as part of the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft program, a U.K. government private finance initiative, Airtanker is introducing another five aircraft which will be used to bring in third-party revenues.
