Roles

The Voyager will provide the RAF with a new standard in air transport:

• Modern, comfortable, fully equipped passenger cabins providing up to 291 seats with no reconfiguration of the tanker transport required
• A330 standard cargo space fully available for the widest range of pallets and containers – including military pallets.
• Lower deck cargo bay equipped with semi automatic loading system
• Passengers will benefit from a 34 inch seat pitch  and In-Flight Entertainment, providing an enhanced travelling experience.

The multi role tanker acts as a multiplier of forces, significantly enhancing the range of any fighter equipped for air-to-air refuelling missions. It provides approximately twice the air-to-air refuelling capability of the VC10 and a similar capacity to the Tristar, but with the advantage of two underwing refuelling pods, as well as a third refuelling hose on some aircraft.

Towline mission capability. Over 60 tonnes of fuel can be offloaded at 1000 nautical miles from base, during 2 hours on station.

Deployment (trail) mission capability. Can deploy four fighter aircraft up to 2800nm from base, whilst carrying up to 15 tonnes of additional payload.

Voyager has a flexible aeromedical evacuation fit-out.  This can include up to 40 NATO stretchers and 20 passenger seats (for patient monitoring)  in the forward cabin, and 100 passenger seats in the rear cabin.  Voyager can also accommodate up to three critical care patients.