US leader touts 'a flying White House at a level of luxury that nobody has ever seen before'

Donald Trump introduced a converted former Qatari jumbo jet as the new Air Force One. The interim aircraft spotlights Boeing delays and revives questions over foreign gifts and presidential optics.

US President Donald Trump has unveiled a replacement Air Force One aircraft gifted by Qatar, which he dubbed a "flying White House".

Donald Trump unveiled a refurbished former Qatari Boeing 747 set to serve as a temporary Air Force One. The bridge aircraft is meant to ease pressure on the ageing fleet until Boeing delivers the long-delayed replacements.

President Donald Trump on Friday showed off the new Air Force One, a formerly Qatari-owned jumbo jet that has been converted into the official U.S. presidential aircraft. The new aircraft eschews the Kennedy-era robin’s egg blue exterior of the old plane for a bolder look, with the underbelly of the…

“This is considered the world’s most luxurious plane,” says the US president in front of the aircraft, inside a hangar at Joint Base Andrews. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

President Donald Trump has unveiled the new Air Force One, a formerly Qatari-owned jumbo jet now converted into the official U.S. presidential aircraft.

President Trump on Friday introduced the newly refurbished aircraft donated by Qatar that will serve as Air Force One, calling it a "flying White House with a level of luxury no one has ever seen

President Donald Trump has unveiled the new Air Force One, a formerly Qatari-owned jet now converted into the official U.S. presidential aircraft.