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Military Aircraft: Operating Costs

Volume 468: debated on Monday 26 November 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the hourly operating cost including crew time is for (a) Nimrod MR2, (b) Chinook, (c) Apache and (d) Tornado GR4 aircraft. (165051)

The total cost per funded flying hour is shown in the table as follows:

Aircraft

Cost (£)

Tornado GR4

33,000

Nimrod

30,000

Chinook

24,000

Apache

46,000

This includes forward and depth servicing, fuel costs, crew costs, training costs and the cost of capital charge and depreciation.