PM to get own plane for official trips

[rog747]

exactly Ken Borough
who said
The RAAF fas a fleeet of two BBJs and a handful of Challengers for VIP use. The PM and the Head of State's representative use them to all parts of the world. In this last fortnight, the PM has visited Jakarta, Berlin, Antalya and Manila. I can't see why HMQ and the PM couldn't have a similarly understated and modest fleet.

i say
Virgin have just retired some A340-300's and 747-400's (with more to come)

surely a cheaper option to obtain and maintain one of those?

also will HM and HRH PofW have use of Camerforceone?

[Ken Borough]

The Brits could well ape their Australian cousins! After each term of parliament, a full report of VIP usage is tabled in the Parliament and then published on the parliamentary web-site. The report includes a/c type, date, sectors flown, pax list on each sector, Block hours and "cost". Cost in inverted commas as what's reported is nothing like the true cost of operating such equipment.

The tabling of the information rarely concerns Joe Citizen. From time to time the popular tabloids will have something irrational to say but VIP fleet usage is simply not on the average Joe's radar.

[Porrohman]

I don't disagree with the need for a suitable VIP capability within the RAF. We could debate what that should be, but that's not the real issue here. What I strongly object to is being lied to regarding the cost. I don't know whether the £2,000 per hour figure came from some numpty (the alleged "source") that Sky, the BBC and others are quoting or whether it's a government leak designed to deceive and mislead the electorate. I suspect it's the latter as they have a track record of blatant dishonesty.

[Flightmech]

Maybe they should charter him one from Hi-fly, like they did for the Falklands contract