"Blair Force One" proposal scrapped

alexhilton Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 04:28:17 PM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

Gordon Brown has announced that he will not buy an aeroplane for state use.

While the headline is one of frugality - and perhaps a minor sideswipe at his predecessor - the proposal for a dedicated plane was actually a Gershon suggestion for a long-term saving, negating the need for charter flights and wholesale bookings of first-class sections of commercial flights.






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Re: "Blair Force One" proposal scrapped (#1)

by NorthernMonkey on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 06:53:57 PM GMT

I didn't really see what was wrong with the Prime Minister having his own plane. It's not as if he wouldn't get much use out of it.


Re: "Blair Force One" proposal scrapped (#2)

by rwendland on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 07:13:29 PM GMT

The beeb said "They are expected to cost around £12.3m a year". My back of envelope calculation figures this would be £15k per person-return-trip, a tad more than a commercial flight! Not the thing for a green-looking govt in these economic times.

[12 trips per year, packing 70 people on the plane gives £14.6k/person-trip]


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