Prime ministerial travel is going to become slightly less exclusive after two new jets join the Royal Canadian Air Force transport fleet this summer.
Last year, the Air Force bought two used Airbus A-330s from Kuwait Airways.
The widebody jets will replace the RCAF’s 1980s-era Airbus A-310s, which are used for the prime minister’s trips abroad and for transporting military personnel.
The A-310s are becoming more difficult to maintain as they get older; the original Airbus A-310 fleet was purchased by the Mulroney government in the early 1990s.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper boards a military Airbus A-310 as he leaves for an eight-day trip to Europe on June 11, 2013
