How much is a Personal Plane

The Air Force One costs: Here is how much the president's plane will cost to construct and service.

Tuesday, President-elect Donald Trump triggered much debate when he drafted a brief under which Boeing "canceled" President Barack Obama's order for a "brand new 747 Air Force One" by alleging that the airline charged over $4 billion for a lone one. It was Trump's view that the cost was 'out of control'. "Air Force One at present, he proposed.

"Boeing I think does a little of a number," he said in a later media briefing outside the Trump Tower, the Washington Post said. "Boeing should make a great deal of cash, but not so much cash. "Trump's estimate was a little inaccurate. Politifact estimates that the building of not just one but two Air Force One replacements - both necessary to keep one available while repairing the other - will total $2.87 billion between 2015 and 2021.

Completion is expected to add another $1 billion if the program continues beyond 2021. Obviously the Air Force One is not your Boeing plane. President aircrafts require specific operating and safety characteristics, such as the capability to fuel and bypass rocket attack during air travel, and the capability to facilitate safe videoconferencing and classed computer use.

Essentially, it is the Oval Office in the skies - and that has its price. According to Politikifact, the plane itself represents only one fifth of the overall costs of the Luftwaffe. It is important to remember that Obama didn't call for the building of new Force One airplanes just for fun: the actual airplanes bought by Ronald Reagan are approaching the end of their 30 years of age.

In 2014 Trump banged Obama for using Air Force One for alleged multi-million US travel for a policy fundraising campaign. Back then he said to Fox and Friends in an interview: "He collects a million bucks and it cost between 25 and 50 million bucks, and they shut down the whole New York town.

" An appropriate political fact finding revealed that Obama's travels costed between $360,000 and $1.6 million, given a Congress account that estimated the Air Force One hr charge at $179,750. Trump's critique of Obama on this foundation has become somewhat tongue-in-cheek in the face of the president-elect's persistence in doing business from his home and offices in Trump Tower, a move that will take New York City about $35 million to his investiture.

Just after his victory as president, Trump asked his advisors how many weekdays he needed to remain in the White House and said he wanted to be in New York for as many extra Fridays as possible. New York Times reports, "[his advisors] say that Mr. Trump, who was outraged when he won the poll, could be in Washington most of the time, similar to members of Congress, and go back to Trump Tower or his Bedminster, N.J. course, or his Mar-a-Lago Palm Beach property on the weekend.

" Of course, the distinction is that members of Congress do not have to use Air Force One. While Obama had used the president's plane for formal affairs of state, Trump, who had once criticised such a squandering of funds, seems to be asking himself whether he could take the Air Force One to his various lands for personal purposes.

Jason Miller, the trump card speaker, tried to elucidate the presidential elect's reasoning about the "refusal" of the new Air Force Ones to reporter at a Tuesday meeting, the Post said. "And I think that really points to the president-elect's emphasis on reducing the cost of general expenditures," Miller said.

Therefore, we will look for areas where we can keep our cost low and look for ways to cut costs."