The Crazy World Of Presidential Jets And Royal Transport

When it comes to traveling in style, few do it better than global leaders. With the need to travel comfortably, productively, and safely, and with budgets to make this happen, many leaders have some amazing aircraft.

Let’s look at some of the best active jets, along with a few others that deserve a mention.

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[牧鎌谷得]

2:03 There's a reason why the Republic of Indonesia uses a 737.
Indonesia is pretty much known as the largest archipelago country in the world. Therefore, the president do need a dedicated aircraft to get around the country. The thing is, most airports in Indonesia can only handle narrow body jets (such as the 737 and A320). Most domestic flights in Indonesia, especially to non-metropolitan areas is usually served by propeller-powered aircraft (with the ATR72 being one of the most popular one). Thus the presidential aircraft is kinda limited to a narrow body such as a 737. Indonesia does have airports that can handle wide body aircrafts, but almost all of them are located in West (such as Jakarta and Surabaya in Java, Medan in Sumatra, Batam in the Riau Islands) and Central Indonesia (such as Balikpapan in Indonesian Borneo, Makassar and Manado in Sulawesi, Denpasar in Bali). Airports in East Indonesia can only handle narrow bodies.

The 737-800 callsigned "Indonesia One" owned by the State Secretariat and operated by the Indonesian Air Force was put in service since around 2014. Before then, the president usually gets around on the national carrier Garuda Indonesia Airways.

Besides the 737, there's also a 777-300ER leased by Garuda Indonesia Airways. This one is very rarely seen in Indonesia. The 777 is only used on long-haul travel such as to the US. The 777 was leased by Garuda Indonesia due to the president was attending the ASEAN-US Summit held in Las Vegas. The 737 is considered inefficient for this trip due to it has to stop 3x to refuel. The plane actually uses an old livery of Garuda Indonesia used in 1969. The livery includes a red lining from the nose to the tail with the word "garuda" on the tail and "indonesian airways" on the body. But for the presidential aircraft, the "indonesian airways" was changed to "REPUBLIK INDONESIA" while maintaining the "garuda" on the tail to signify that the aircraft is owned by Garuda Indonesia.

[charlesstewart]

y’all though angela merkels sound proof room was for top secret conversations but actually she streams in there

[jorge]

The Queen should've bought a Concorde

[SalemK-tyti]

The new Air Force Ones should stay with the current color scheme, Jackie had great taste.

[eduardocarrilloalbor]

As a Mexican, I loved how you pronounced our president’s names. Great job.

[noassimplemath]

I didn't know they actually used such lavish aircraft. Thanks for keeping me informed about aviation. Keep it up, guys!

[georgeb]

I don't care for Air Force One's new livery. I much prefer the iconic pale blue, gold, and white scheme as it is now. The new livery makes it look like a mainline carrier.

[yusefelnahas]

New Zealand does have aircraft used for VIP transport: RNZAF 757-200s (NZ7571 and NZ7572)

[andrewlonghofer]

The Sultan of Brunei is “uniquely amongst leaders” also a pilot? Isn’t there a video on the mainline channel about Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands?

[mjph]

The new livery of the plane that would be called "Air force One" looks like the Old United Airlines Livery, it's not unpleasant but not really distinctive either.

[izaktheron]

1:57 We do (As in New Zealand) technacly have VIP dedicated aircraft such as the two Boeing 757's operated under RNZAF 40 Squadron. We also have a few Kingair aircraft for short range VIP travel.

[fhwolthuis]

You forgot the 737 BBJ from my country, the Netherlands! Also flown by our King himself 👍👑😁

[ashtonspots]

2:00 New Zealand here we use 2 RNZAF 757-200’s but they are in need of replacement due to many issues

[sumanthsa]

777-300 AirIndia One ☝️ with prime minister.

[EmpoweredX]

My favourite is the German Chancellor new A350.

[afcgeo]

You’re wrong about China and Israel. It has a fleet of 10 737s operated by the Air Force, a 747-8 tail number B-2479 and an A330 tail number B-6130 used exclusively as VIP government transports.

As of 2019, Israel has a dedicated 767-300 in executive service. The aircraft is ex-Qantas and the tail number is 4X-ISR.

[surajbalajr.]

The Indian Air force one's were scheduled to be delivered to Air India, But IAF bought it from them and converted it to a VIP Transport. Has features that matches the OG Air force one though.

[luvstellauk]

Just to clarify, on ZZ336 RAF Voyager the 1million dollars was not for the paint job it was for maintenance, upgraded communication equipment and a paint job

[thailandrose]

My choice would be the a350. Best, quietest and most comfortable aircraft in the sky.

[EDDTEVR]

New US's Air Force 1 reminds me the last TWA livery..