US President Donald Trump said he was not satisfied with Boeing on a contract to build two new Air Force One planes that take place late.
Speaking aboard one of the 35 -year -old presidential planes who are currently used, Trump also said that he was looking for alternatives because it takes Boeing for too long to build planes.
The contract for two updated versions of the presidential plane based on Modern Boeing 747-8 was negotiated during Trump’s first term.
Boeing did not immediately respond to a request for comments from BBC News.
“No, I’m not satisfied with Boeing. He takes a long time to do, you know, Air Force One, we gave this contract a long time ago,” said Trump.
“We can buy an airplane or get an airplane, or something.”
When asked if he planned to buy new planes at the European Boeing rival, Airbus, Trump said “No, I would not consider Airbus on Boeing, but I could buy one that was used and convert it “.
This occurs a few days after Trump visited a 13-year-old Boeing 747-800 that belonged to the Royal Qatari family when he was parked at Palm Beach International Airport.
The new Boeing plane was ready for delivery in 2024, but the aircraft manufacturer postponed delivery in 2027 or 2028.
During his first mandate as president, Trump forced the aircraft manufacturer to renegotiate his contract, qualifying the too expensive initial agreement.
This contract has already cost Boeing billions of dollars.
Following the planes for presidential use is extremely expensive. It requires installing highly classified and complex communications, safety and accessibility features.
Last year was terrible for Boeing. The aerospace giant lost $ 11.8 billion (9.4 billion pounds sterling) in all of 2024, its worst result since 2020, when the aviation industry was based on the pandemic Covid.
During the three months to the end of December, when strikes affected the company, it lost $ 3.8 billion.
In addition to suffering from well -published problems in his commercial aircraft unit, Boeing was also faced with problems with the number of defense programs.
