Italy's new Air Force One - A340-500
 

https://theaviationist.com/2016/06/3...air-force-one/

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...psvk7qw3j5.jpg

As the article states, the airframe is leased by Etihad Airways , am wondering if I or anyone else on here may have flown on that airframe years ago to Abu Dhabi ---,

cheers

How nice.

Shame UK can't afford one. Still, an occasional Royal trip in a Voyager, when t's not doing freight or tanking, will have to do. :mad:

I thought E*h*a* is not to be mentioned in this fora.

Plus I seem to remember that Italian Air Force had one A340 but they did not have the crew to fly. Has that change now?

the world is your oyster in that baby :ok:

I think there's a thread on that in PPRuNe, but I could not find it in a quick search. As I recall, the crew were not done with the conversion course when the aircraft was delivered. This is at least a year ago.

Only if your country can afford the fuel!

Just a minor point. Air Force One is the designation used when the US President is flying aboard a USAF aircraft like the VC-25. It the President were to fly aboard a USMC MV-22, the aircraft designation would be Marine One.

The aircraft used to transport the US President are military aircraft, and not leased civilian aircraft. So describing this leased A340-500 commercial jet as "Italy's Air Force One" is not really correct.

Great insight there riff raff. Not one single person on this thread was aware of that.

riff_raff

Since it has a civilian registration - more catchy I-TALY and using the US system equivalent should be "Executive One".

Riff Raff, time to get a girlfriend :D