Sejm approves purchase of six replacement jets for the Government
The government is to buy six executive jets at a cost of around zl. 1
billion. Yesterday the Cabinet approved the report of a special team
appointed to prepare the purchase. Three producers will be invited to
participate in the tender: Canadian Bombardier, French Dassault and
Gulfstream of the US. The jets are to carry around 20 people and be capable
of crossing the Atlantic. The government would like delivery of the first
two planes to take place next year, with the remainder to be delivered in
2004. The new planes are to replace the fault-prone Jak-40 jets, all of
which are over 20 years old. A few months ago Prime Minister Leszek Miller
had to delay his return from Germany because his Jak-40 caught fire at the
airport. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A5) T.J.
