«The project has been a delay for 5 years»

The president of the United States, Donald Trumpthis Saturday made an out of the agenda to a Boeing plane with which he wanted Air Force Oneaccording to the White House. The origin of the controversy is in his first term (2017-2021) when Trump negotiated with Boeing the Purchase of two Model 747 aircraft to become the new generation of the presidential aircraft Air Force One. However, the process adds years of delays. In the beginning, it was expected that the new planes were ready by 2022, but Now its delivery is not expected, at least until 2027according to media like CNN.

In a statement, the Communications Director of the White House, Steven Cheung, stressed that «The project has been delayed for five years And it still does not meet what was promised. «For its part, last month, Boeing’s CEO, Kelly Ortberg, said the company was In conversations with Elon MuskTrump ally and responsible for the Government Efficiency Department (Doge), to try to accelerate delivery, despite the fact that Spacex competes with the Boeing Aerospace Division.

«The president wants those planes»

«The president wants those planes as soon as possible, so We are working with Elon to see how to advance the calendar «Ortberg told CNBC on January 28. Trump already tried in his first mandate to introduce aesthetic changes in the Air Force One. In January, he told CNN that he would like to modify the colors of the plane so that the exterior is not light blue, but intense blue. Boeing has blamed the delays to Problems in the supply chain and lack of personnel after the Pandemia of the COVID-19.

The plane that Trump visited was in the Palm Beach International Airport (Florida)state where the weekend passes. The stop did not appear on the official agenda of the president distributed by the White House and it is not clear if the visit was coordinated with Boeing.