President Cyril Ramaphosa and at least 11 passengers travelled at huge cost on an SAA A340 passenger jet to the Southern African Development Community summit in Kinshasa this week because none of the air force VIP fleet is serviceable.
President Cyril Ramaphosa and at least 11 passengers travelled at huge cost on an SAA A340 passenger jet to the Southern African Development Community summit in Kinshasa this week because none of the air force VIP fleet is serviceable.
The presidential Boeing business jet would have cost about R800,000 for the eight flying hours to the DRC and back, while the A340’s average operating cost per flying hour is about R340,000 for the same flight, according to the aircraftcostcalculator.com website.
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