In the wake of extensive delays and budget overruns for the building of two new ‘Air Force One’ 747-8s, the US Department of Defense is preparing to take delivery of a lavishly appointed Boeing 747-8 private jet as a stopgap.

Boeing 747-8's Intercontinental version is poised to soon become US President Donald Trump's official aircraft after the Royal Family of Qatar decided to give the Trump administration the luxury aircraft.

The Qatari luxury jet offered to Trump is in San Antonio, Texas, suggesting that improvements to the plane may already be underway. But officials have raised security concerns.

President Trump has defended his decision to accept a VIP Boeing 747-8i as an alleged ‘gift’ from the Qatari Government.

You’d think that no one needs a new jet less than Donald Trump, who already owns his own customized Boeing 757 and, as president, has free use of a pair of heavily modified 747 jumbo jets that collectively make up Air Force One.

President Donald Trump defended Qatar gifting the U.S. a jet to use as Air Force One as the new fleet is still under construction.

A LUXURY Boeing 747 with a golden staircase and an enormous master bedroom has been crowned as the world’s biggest private jet. The ultra posh jumbo jet, nicknamed the “Flying

Administration wird wahrscheinlich ein äußerst großzügiges Geschenk der Königsfamilie Katars annehmen: ein Jumbojet des Typs Boeing 747-8. Laut ABC News könnte es das wertvollste Präsent sein, das eine ausländische Regierung jemals erhalten hat.