Cyril’s air force plane can’t fly so he chartered a SAA jet to travel to Kinshasa

Air force did not pay subscription fees to vital flight database

19 August 2022 - 14:18

By Erika Gibson

The presidential Boeing business jet would have cost about R800,000 for the eight flying hours to the DRC and back, while the A340’s average operating cost per flying hour is about R340,000 for the same flight, according to the aircraftcostcalculator.com website.

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