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Why does the British Prime Minister travel on public commercial jets when on vacation?

According to this story, Tony Blair & family were on a British Airways flight to Miami, along with ~300 other people. Doesn't the British PM use the equivalent of Air Force One for his travels? http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/27/blair.plane/index.html "MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- The National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday said it was investigating what led a British Airways Boeing 747 with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his family on board to taxi beyond the runway at Miami International Airport. None of the 343 people onboard was injured in the landing scare on Runway 30, which occurred at 6:15 p.m. ET Tuesday, and the passengers disembarked normally."

Public Comments

1. england is too cheap to buy him a air force one.
2. They always use British Airways to travel, I believe they don't spend thousands in operate an aircraft for just one person..☺