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==Non-core fleet== {{Main|AirTanker Services}} By May 2014, nine aircraft had been delivered, completing the 'core' fleet of Royal Air Force aircraft.<ref name=corefleet>{{Cite web|url=http://www.airtanker.co.uk/raf-voyager/voyager-news/2014/05/29/zz338-arrival-completes-the-raf-voyager-core-fleet|title=ZZ338 arrival completes the RAF Voyager core fleet|website=AirTanker.co.uk|publisher=[[AirTanker Services|AirTanker Services Limited]]|date=29 May 2014|access-date=2 June 2014|archive-date=7 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107085656/http://www.airtanker.co.uk/raf-voyager/voyager-news/2014/05/29/zz338-arrival-completes-the-raf-voyager-core-fleet|url-status=dead}}</ref> The remaining five aircraft represent a 'surge' capability, available to the RAF when needed, but otherwise available to AirTanker for tasks such as 'release to the civil market, less its military equipment or to partner nations in a military capacity with the MoD's agreement'.<ref name=corefleet/> In June 2014, [[Thomas Cook Airlines]] entered into an agreement to lease one of the five surge aircraft from AirTanker.<ref name="thomascook">{{Cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/thomas-cook-to-lease-a330-from-airtanker-400698/|title=Thomas Cook to lease A330 from AirTanker|website=FlightGlobal.com|publisher=[[Flight Global]]|date=24 June 2014|access-date= }}</ref> The aircraft will differ from the Voyager fleet by having 32 more seats, different seats with in flight video, and they will receive Thomas Cook livery.<ref name="thomascook"/>
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