On May 11, 2025, several mainstream news outlets reported that the nation of Qatar had offered U.S. President Donald Trump a Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet to be remodeled into a new Air Force One.

Boeing had fallen into a liminal trap partly of its own making. The nemesis of the 747 was the twin-engine 777 that airlines preferred for long haul because “the big twin” as it was called was ...

Each unit is priced around $418 million, though final costs vary based on configuration and custom airline specifications.

"It's much smaller. It's less impressive." Yet as Trump plans to accept a Boeing 747-8, often dubbed a "palace in the sky," from Qatar's royal family ‒ a $400 million foreign gift that would be ...