VIP interior of RAF Voyager (1)

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Paul Crouch

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Pictured is the interior of the RAF Voyager that has been converted to provide travel for the Royal Family and Government Ministers whilst continuing to perform air-to-air refuelling in support of RAF and allied aircraft, is now ready to enter service.The Voyager which is based on the Airbus A330, transported the Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary, and the Defence Secretary to the NATO Summit in Warsaw on 8 July 2016.The revamp was announced as part of the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review with the aim of providing a better value for money way of transporting Ministers rather than the current use of charter aircraft.The transformation of the aircraft consisted of fitting 58 business seats to make it capable of its new role and offer a cost effective, secure and flexible transport solution.The new seating will allow it to transport sizeable business delegations of the type the Prime Minister has successfully led to India and China, as part of the Government’s work to create jobs and support economic growth.The aircraft will also be available for the Royal family for official overseas visits undertaken at the request of the Government.Using this aircraft will be significantly cheaper than using chartered flights, while also leaving the aircraft capable of continuing to fulfil its primary operational role of air-to-air refuelling tasks.The aircraft will be based at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire alongside the rest of the RAF Voyager fleet. It can fly from and to almost any airport across the world that can take an Airbus A330, and its range will allow it to reach much of the world without costly and time-consuming refuelling.The RAF Voyager is based on the modern Airbus A330-200 passenger aircraft and, in conjunction with our Boeing C-17A Globemaster III fleet, provides the RAF with Strategic Air Transport and Aeromedical capability. In addition, Voyager is an extremely effective Air-to-Air Refuelling asset, which is utilised to enable a variety of RAF aircraft to operate for extended periods.

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