BDF stuck with OK1

The BDF is charged with the responsibility for the presidential jet. The BDF Protocol and Public Affairs Officer, Major Bernard Ragalase told Mmegi that companies, individuals and organisations that showed interest in purchasing the jet have changed their minds because of the global economic recession.

The value of the aircraft is estimated at P112 million. The plane was purchased in 1992 and has clocked 6, 200 hours. A new presidential jet arrived last month prompting questions on the fate of the old one. There are reports that the new plane has been named OK1 while the old one has been re-named OK2. When he left for the United States on Tuesday, President Ian Khama boarded a plane marked OK1.