Just what we need; our premier in a statesman turns up in Saudi in an a/c that they managed to get off of the market.
I bet the Saudi's must have been very impressed with that. How come that BA/bmi/Virgin/ Thomas Cook/ Monarch et al could let him have one of their aircraft to do the job? Isn't that is what the Royal Flight is there for?
Mind you at least he won't be able to claim any BA air miles for the trip!