§ 33. Mr. WilkinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the(a) payload, (b) range, (c) fuselage volume, (d) cost and (e) availability of the (i) Boeing C17 and (ii) Antonov 100–124 aircraft for the Royal Air Force's short-term strategic aircraft requirements. [113721]
§ Dr. MoonieOn the basis of information publicly available, the C-17 has a maximum payload capability of 77 tonnes at the military limit of 2.25g, which it can carry an approximate range of 2,400 nautical miles, whereas the An124–100 has a maximum payload capability of 120 tonnes at the civil limit of 2.5g, which it can carry up to a range of 1,790 nautical miles.
The C-17 has a fuselage volume of 592m3, whereas the An124–100 has a fuselage volume of 1,270m3. I am withholding commercially sensitive details of costs and availability under Exemption 13 (third party's commercial confidences) of the Code of Practice on access to Government Information.