The Airbus A350-900: Germany's Governmental VIP Transport

[@TheColinChapman]

It‘s worth mentioning that this plane is based on the A350-ULR. thanks to the reduced passenger capacity, it can fly nonstop to any airport on earth, even to Auckland and to Rarotonga.

[@1968konrad]

if the passengers are not too heavy, greetings from germany

[@TheColinChapman]

@@1968konrad Der A350 der Luftwaffe hat eine Passagierkapazität von gerade einmal 69 Passagieren, damit bekäme man auch 69 Kaliber vom Schlage der Ricarda Lang nonstop nach Auckland. :)

[@G4M3R524]

For pictures of the interior please refer to the public social media accounts of senior members of the government. It's not exactly hidden or anything...

[@stradivarioushardhiantz5179]

The German Air Force One A340-300 currently listed on sale

[@Jona-gs7ye]

But it’s clear that Lufthansa Technik will get the jets for their own fleet

[@matthiashartge5520]

@@Jona-gs7yeYes but rather for the spare parts. They will not be transferred back to thir active fleet of A340s :)

[@RaikuBs]

@@Jona-gs7yedu bist doch ein deutscher 😂😂😂😂

[@Jona-gs7ye]

@@RaikuBs Hä ja und? Darf ich kein Englisch reden oder was?😂

[@bonappa]

@@Jona-gs7ye doch.... Wie die Franzosen

[@gunvaldsandhaland7757]

A350 Is A Beautiful Air Craft.Great Video

[@pirazel7858]

With a range of 10800 nm, it can reach every airport in the World. On a test flight, it went nonstop from Berlin to Canberra

[@nhenghali1916]

The abbreviation for nautical mile is NM. "nm" is the abbreviation for nanometer. 10800 nm would be 0,0108 mm or 0,000425 inch.

[@baustronaut1390]

I, as a German, like the german aircraft more. But you didn't mention in the video that the "Luftwaffe" also has other airbus-passenger planes used for VIP-Transportation: Airbus A319-133CJ, Bombardier Global 5000, Airbus A321-200, Bombardier Global 6000, Airbus A321-LR. But I'm pretty sure, there are still more planes, which are just not listed. According to the "Luftwaffe"-website the A340-300 is still on duty.

[@lackky1426]

As a German I can say you pronounced it fairly good :)

[@ThatOneSpaniard]

As a Spaniard, its so random to me that she took an Iberia a330 to bueno Aires 😂😂😂

[@nettcologne9186]

The German Chancellor was not arrogant or too proud to fly on a Spanish plane instead. Not every head of government does that.

[@ThatOneSpaniard]

@@nettcologne9186 I’m not saying she was at all, I was just saying that it’s funny. Nothing more or nothing less

[@ja_u]

@@ThatOneSpaniardhaha yeah probably simply was the earliest flight she could get. Argentina probably gets flown to by Spaniard airlines frequently

[@ThatOneSpaniard]

@@ja_u Yea probably. There is in fact many flights to Argentina from Madrid

[@TacticaLLR]

Absolutely beautiful aircraft.

[@johnchristmas7522]

Brit here, have to say the a350 looks the dogs bollocks! That said, Americas Air Force one, is more of a war plane, than just a civil aircraft. I understand why and also the need for such a big aircraft. I love the 747, travelled on one many times. The winner for me is the A350, its just sleek and modern.

[@deonellis8577]

The external paint design could be SO MUCH BETTER...

[@Sebasti_ananas]

I think its okay. They arent an airline and looking at the plane everyone knows its a german one. Its kinda basic but I think that isnt a bad thing.

[@gerhardma4297]

typical german understatement

[@matthiashartge5520]

I like it. It's simple, clear, serious. Like a gouvernment sould be :)

[@alecbasba]

As a foreigner living in Germany, I think it reflects the country very well. Germans aren't for flashyness and do not like to display their flag prominently, so the subtle touch on the winglets is pretty on-point.

[@teves9656]

It’s a shame that the third color is just yellow instead of the original correct color which is gold. Would look so much better with the original tricolor black-red-gold.

[@Wintersky136]

In one sentence: Airbus is superior to Boeing!

[@turbofanenjoyer6969]

damn right

[@steve11263]

Looks great. Good job 🇩🇪

[@dennis12dec]

Theodor Heuss is the first President of the Federal Republic of Germany since its founding in 1949 , Konrad Adenauer and Kurt Schumacher are the figures in Germany's postwar history.

[@luisflucht6702]

As the creator of this video said, Konrad Adenauer was the first chancellor of Germany. Theodor Heuss was the first President and Kurt Schumacher was just another important person of the founders of Germany

[@erik_griswold]

The original German government aircraft were the A310s which Imterflug had acquired before the end of the GDR.

[@martymcfly256]

And before that they had 707s.

[@florimond.]

I love the A350 but isn't 3 of them overkill for a single country ? I mean, it must be quite expensive to maintain all three !

[@MrFreduard]

These are just the most modern additions to a wider fleet of planes. And they are not only there for the chancellor but also a bunch of other officials to fly to political events

[@fahik]

We are talking about the most powerful economy in Europe and the third economic power in the world after US and China, not a country like Somalia. And since this aircraft belongs to the Luftwaffe, i assume its a military spending. The budget of the German army is around 50 billion euros, which is the 1,5% of Germany total GDP, and its predicted to increase by 30 billions in th next years... and the order of these A350 costs only 1 billion euro including the refurbishments and defense system; you can do the math now.

[@EF2000Typhoon7LWA]

Actually the pronounciation of Regierungsflieger was really decent

[@maxyanez944]

Australia, this could be you

[@Celestial_Arishem]

Do a video on Air India 1 too. Modified B777s

[@HeinzBuchler-vg9dx]

Sometimes it’s even working :-)

[@Elliasp-xx7mb]

no swiming pool ? What a shame ^^

[@christianjunghanel6724]

Don t worry your ``Regierungsflieger`´wasn t that far off ! Just the ``r`` needs to be clearer ! Although most nativ speaker would have already understood you!

[@businessinsights5657]

They could learn something from Javier Milei... So ridiculous that they spend their money like this

[@104spun]

Eh, we can afford it

[@mdk-wc2sw]

Nah, we aren't Argentina. We can afford it.

[@businessinsights5657]

​@@104spunNope, it's other peoples money they are using without them paying voluntarily for this aviation clown-show... You're economy isn't doing so great lately with negative gdp growth. You could learn something from us in Denmark

[@Exodon2020]

We don't need a neolib charlatan laying waste to a welfare state that has been around since Otto von Bismarck, thank you very much! Ans also, considering the size of delegations usually traveling with heads of state, things would ultimately come down to chartering whole aircraft, plus having to escort them just in case because run-of-the-mill Airliners have no defensive measures whatsoever.

[@ja_u]

@@businessinsights5657Germany just moved up a spot to 3rd largest economy in the world. Not sure what you’re referring to. Besides, time is money. If you don’t have much of it like Argentina it may be a good idea but Germany can easily afford some planes for a billion so government officials can use their travel time efficiently and get to places quickly.