Eurofighter marks one million flight hour milestone

A Spanish Air and Space Force Eurofighter Typhoon at RIAT 2025. The wider international fleet has now surpassed one million flight hours. (Janes/Gareth Jennings)

The Eurofighter consortium has marked one million flight hours for the programme across the four partner and five export countries since deliveries commenced in the early 2000s.

The milestone was announced by the consortium that represents Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom on 29 January, reflecting the hours flown to date by the partners and export customers Austria, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia since deliveries commenced in 2003.

News of the milestone came weeks after Janes first reported its imminent marking, as noted on a briefing slide presented at the IQPC International Fighter Conference (IFC) 2025 in Rome in early November. It is understood that the milestone was passed in December 2025.

The Eurofighter entered operational service with the German Luftwaffe in 2004, with aircraft for fellow partner countries Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom following shortly after. Since then, export aircraft have been delivered to Austria, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, while most recently an order for Türkiye was placed in late 2025.

The original programme of record for the Eurofighter partner countries of 160 aircraft for the UK, 143 for Germany, 96 for Italy, and 73 for Spain was concluded in January 2020, at which time export orders of 15 aircraft for Austria, 12 for Oman, and 72 for Saudi Arabia had already been satisfied. Deliveries of 28 aircraft for Kuwait and 24 for Qatar followed. It is the combination of these airframes that took the Eurofighter out to its 500,000 flight hour milestone in November 2018.