It seems that we cannot afford it now, but the service we gave Royalty and senior politicians in our two VVIP VC10s was unparalleled anywhere. I was once asked what I did and said I flew the British equivalent of Air Force One. Except it was more like the Orient Express. The only high-tec stuff we had was the secure comms and the anti missile system. The rest was mahogany and silver service. Still, we could fly 7000+ miles without refuelling and cruise at Mach 0.86 with a high speed dash if necessary. But all that came at a cost. And we could carry up to 70 pax in the VVIP fit.