With this 737 Willem fly now-Alexander and Maxima

Boeing 737 aircraft instead of Fokker 70: the Netherlands government and The Royal family have a new Jet.

The happy Willem-Alexander and Máxima, The Dutch king and his Queen can travel from now on, more convenient to obligations in the whole world. The Netherlands have taken the beginning of July, a new government aircraft in operation. It is a Boeing BBJ 737-700, which has the wing of a 737-800.

The new flyer for members of the government and the Royal family can carry up to 26 people and carries the registration PH-GOV, where the GOV for Government (government) is. The interior Fokker Techniek took over. The new VIP-Boeing has, among Other things, speakers are not integrated visible in the wall panels and in cooperation with the University of Twente developed. The water tank of the jet is large enough to allow a 20-minute shower during the flight.

Additional tanks allow for long flights

The new Dutch government jet can Maarten fly due to additional Tanks without a stop to the Islands and countries in the Caribbean that belong to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao, and St. He caused, according to the Fokker-Techniek-mother GKN Aerospace around 20 per cent lower CO2 emissions than the Fokker 70. The machine is stationed at Amsterdam airport Schiphol and KLM will be responsible for operation and maintenance.

The national airline also provides Cockpit and cabin crew for the plane. However, king Willem-Alexander could control the machine itself to a state visit. He is flights, a trained Pilot and flew on a Fokker again and again unrecognized as a co-pilot on a normal KLM-line. In the meantime, he is licensed to fly a Boeing 737, to fly but only in private.

The king himself could fly

The predecessor of the new government pilot in the Netherlands was a Fokker 70. She carried the registration PH-KBX. The KBX for ' Koningin Beatrix stand. The machine was as the Dutch Queen and government jet, however, taken in 2017, out of service. Since 2018, it now flies as VH-KBX for the Australian Charter airline and Fokker-specialist Alliance Airlines, the former Austrian and Helvetic Jets has.

In the above image gallery, you PH will be able to see-GOV from the inside and the outside.

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