The Boeing 747 was enlarged in subsequent variants ... and JetBlue operate fleets exclusively made up of Airbus A320 family aircraft. Allegiant Air mostly operates an Airbus A320-family fleet ...

President Donald Trump says Air Force One isn't as impressive as some of the planes of the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and ...

Under the arrangement, which officials from both countries have acknowledged discussing, Qatar would offer a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet for use as Air Force One. The gift would be a bridge ...

On May 11, 2025, several mainstream news outlets reported that the nation of Qatar had offered U.S. President Donald Trump a Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet to be remodeled into a new Air Force One.

First mooted a decade ago, the Air Force One program has faced chronic delays, with the delivery of two new 747-8s slated for 2027, three years behind the previous schedule. Boeing in 2018 ...

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg joined President Donald Trump in Qatar Wednesday for a signing ceremony for 160 new planes — but not the one the president really wants. The much-discussed potential ...

The government has tapped L3Harris Technologies to overhaul the 747 as it waits for delivery of the two delayed new Air Force One aircraft from Boeing. Other upgrades could include a ...

(The Air Force operates a second Air Force One jet, also a Boeing 747-200B series aircraft, deployed in 1991.) Trump's idea is for the Qatari plane to serve as the temporary Air Force One until ...

He said that the aircraft will temporarily be used as Air Force One until the arrival of the new Boeing jets. The current Boeing 747 Air Force One jets used by the US president have been in use ...