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Wednesday, June 21, 2006 |
Independent: "Downing Street and Buckingham Palace are to lease two aircraft to fly the Prime Minister, other ministers and members of the Royal Family on official business.
The aircraft, nicknamed Blair Force One and Two, will cost an estimated £12.3m a year. Downing Street said the net extra cost would be £1.2m more than the present bill for using RAF planes for most short journeys and chartering bigger aircraft for long-haul flights.
Although they will be compared to the Air Force One, used by US presidents since 1944, they will still be dwarfed by the President's Boeing 747, which has three floors, restaurants, a bar and cinema."
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© Copyright 2006 Hetty Litjens.
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