Military Aircraft: Costs

(asked on 10th July 2025) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual operating costs are of the (a) RAF Envoy IV with registrations (i) G-ZAHS and (ii) G-ZABH, (b) VIP Voyager with registration ZZ336 and (c) Airbus A321-Neo with registration G-GBNI.


Answered by
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Maria Eagle
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 15th July 2025

The Envoy aircraft operating costs are currently £4.4 million per year, contracted through Centreline Av Ltd.

The operating costs of Voyager ZZ336 in its secondary role of VIP use are not separately recorded within the wider 27-Year AirTanker contract for the Voyager fleet's primary role of Air-to-Air Refuelling and military Air Transport.

The Airbus A321-Neo aircraft, registration G-GBNI is leased by the Cabinet Office not the Ministry of Defence.

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