Inkwazi

Inkwazi is a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ / Boeing 737) aircraft used as the air transportation for the President of South Africa and operated by 21 Squadron South African Air Force. It has seating for six ministers and ten significant others.[1] The jet's name means "fish eagle" in Zulu.[2]

Inkwazi
Boeing 737-BBJ "Inkwazi" at Zurich-Kloten Airport in Switzerland
Type Boeing Business Jet
Manufacturer Boeing
Registration ZS-RSA
Owners and operators South African Government
Status Operational with 21 Squadron SAAF

References
  1. "SAAF Aircraft". South African Air Force. 9 June 2014. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  2. Laing, Aislinn (29 June 2012). "Jacob Zuma 'to buy presidential jet despite South Africa's poverty'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 6 December 2015.

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