Qatari officials had a problem: they were stuck with this jumbo -jet, “a palace in the sky” – expensive to use and maintain, and one of the remaining waste aircraft they tried to unload.
They are a lot like a guy who gets tired of filling this buzz with three cities with a gallon that he bought years ago to impress his friends.
These days, Qatari officials want smaller, agiles and more versatile planes that go unnoticed on the tarmac while sliding in and out of the city.
So, what to do with these ostentatious monstrosities of the sky, they wondered, because as an expert said, “the market is incredibly illite for a jet like this.”
And along Donald Trump.
We will let Forbes take the story from there:
Although many have hypothesized that the Qataris offered Trump the luxurious plane to stall the favor of the famous transactional president, there can be a simpler justification: they no longer want.
The Royals failed to sell the plane, which was put on the market in 2020, according to a archived list. Giving it could allow Qatar leaders a large piece of change on maintenance and storage costs, aviation experts told Forbes. Making Trump happy would be an additional bonus.
The Qatar, which gave another 747 Blinded-out and may have made two night blows, embodies the request for discoloration for these huge gourmet and highly personalized planes. There are not many who want to buy them, and many governments and royal families who have them have tried to abandon them in the last decade.
The jet costs $ 23,000 per hour to operate, according to Business Jet Investor – This is probably the reason why the donation of the Qataris to Trump stolen only 1,069 hours in the five years preceding its marketing in 2020, according to the Forbes report.
Trump is irritated that Boeing, who is currently working on two jets for presidential trips, has late years. The delivery, originally promised in 2024, is now in 2029. Trump plans to use the jet during his presidency, then relying on his presidential library when the new jets are delivered.
“Only an idiot would not accept this gift on behalf of our country,” wrote Trump on his social social social platform.
Aside from the argument that he is illegal for Trump to accept such a gift without approval from the congress – and that some elected officials of the GOP use words as “espionage” and “unconstitutional” to describe the gift – the experts do not agree to say that it would be stupid to refuse it.
It would cost hundreds of millions of dollars to modify to serve as an airborne command center, with encrypted communication systems, shielding that would protect electronics against the effects of a nuclear explosion and defenses against missiles, Forbes reported. It would take at least five years to start again, said an expert.
And even if the congress appropriated the money to change the jet – and it is long term – making these changes will not be simple. Boeing is already struggling with problems with suppliers of interior components of presidential jets, the design of wiring and the search for workers with safety authorizations to work on such a sensitive project.
There is an old saying that the happiest days of a boat owner are when he buys a boat and when he sells it. For the Qatari, this is probably true about Jumbo jets.
