In article , Geoff Miller
writes
Thanks. So that raises the question: does the PM take a seat on
a scheduled commercial BA flight for intercontinental trips like
this, or is an aircraft temporarily pulled from the BA fleet and
made available for the use of Blair and his entourage?

Usually a 'private' charter (paid for by taxpayers), if the journalists
are going to say/write nice things about the PM they get to go too. When
Blair flew to the US shortly after 9/11, Concorde was the choice for the
lucky few.

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John