AirTanker Services
AirTanker Services Limited, incorporated in England and Wales on 14 June 2007, is a private limited company in the United Kingdom (UK), which operates a British airline known as AirTanker (IATA: 9L, ICAO: TOW, call sign: TOWLINE), and is also an aircraft leasing and operating company.
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| Founded | 14 June 2007 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | January 2012 | ||||||
| AOC # | 2388 | ||||||
| Operating bases | military: RAF Brize Norton RAF Akrotiri RAF Mount Pleasant | ||||||
| Focus cities | civilian: Manchester Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 14x Airbus A330 MRTT (A330-243) | ||||||
| Parent company | AirTanker Holdings Limited | ||||||
| Headquarters | AirTanker Hub, RAF Brize Norton, Carterton, Oxon, OX18 3LX, United Kingdom | ||||||
| Key people | Phill Blundell (CEO) | ||||||
| Revenue | £156.3 million (2020) | ||||||
| Net income | £213,000 (2020) | ||||||
| Profit | £54 million (2020) | ||||||
| Total equity | £64.4 million (2020) | ||||||
| Employees | 689 (2020) | ||||||
| Website | AirTanker.co.uk | ||||||
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original ATS consortium partners:
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Under contract to the Government of the United Kingdom, AirTanker Holdings Limited (company registration number 06279650, incorporated on 14 June 2007), owns a fleet of fourteen Airbus A330 MRTT multi-role tanker transport aircraft (based upon existing civilian A330-243 wide-body passenger airliner (type code A332), retro-converted to military specification by Airbus Military, now part of Airbus Defence and Space) primarily for military operations by the Royal Air Force (RAF). In turn, AirTanker Services Limited operate those fourteen aircraft for the Royal Air Force, known by the British military service name Voyager, as the RAF's now sole type of tanker aircraft for aerial refuelling, whilst simultaneously being able to operate as military troop and cargo transport, and also configurable for military aeromedical roles. For additional revenue, AirTanker Services Limited is able to operate as a civilian airline named AirTanker (identified by ICAO code: TOW), using any reserve aircraft on short-term air charter, or longer-term damp-lease or wet lease arrangements to other civilian airlines for commercial gain.
AirTanker Services Limited (ATS) and AirTanker Holdings Limited (ATH) are both owned by a consortium (in varying percentage stakes for each company); consisting of Airbus, Rolls-Royce plc (23.5% ATS, and previously 23.1% ATH), Equitix Investment Management Limited (23.1% ATH), Cobham plc, Babcock International, and Thales Group. AirTanker Services Limited and AirTanker Holdings Limited both have their headquarters and registered office at AirTanker Hub, RAF Brize Norton, Carterton, Oxfordshire, England, OX18 3LX.