Based on an Airbus A330, the RAF Voyager spent months being converted from a military plane to a VIP passenger-carrier at a cost of £12m, and still bears Royal Air Force branding on the outside. Closer to the front were business class seats for the prime minister, cabinet ministers and their closest aides. Still, after touching down on Friday in Warsaw on the extensively refurbished RAF aircraft that will ferry his successors around the world, David Cameron can at least now look back on having had a spin on the plane whose nicknames include Air Force Cam, Dave Force One and – less kindly – Ryanair Force One. Downing Street insists the new travel arrangements will be cheaper in the long run than hiring aircraft each time the prime minister goes on tour or attends foreign summits. To the disappointment of many, neither did any of the its blue upholstered seats have television screens.

Source: The Guardian July 08, 2016 15:20 UTC