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Old Sep 12, 2020 | 5:32 am
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Originally Posted by binman
Not since Johnson‘s flying airforce 0.005 with it ridiculous livery. But They do use domestic services.
when they did, fly long haul much of the f/ j cabin was stripped out and replaced with a royal suite. It was hardly slumming it

What's rediculous about the new RAF VIP livery?
I think it looks really smart.

Yes, back in the days when the Royal Household used to charter an entire jet for an official overseas visit, there was a royal suite that kitted out the A zone on the charted aircraft with fixed beds, desk and special seating. Now that there's more transparency over public spend for such trips it happens a lot less. The queen took a scheduled flight to New Zealand in 1995 :

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1995/10...8407815115600/

The furniture loaned from British Airways to furnish the A zone of the NZ 747-400
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