Sarkozy Names New Plane After His Wife

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Jul 11th 2009 at 11:02AM

Ships are often given the name of a lady but French president Nicolas Sarkozy has used his new jet to declare his love for his wife, Carla Bruni. Sarkozy has ordered several planes including a new Airbus A330-200 plane. The first plane is a Dassault Falcon 7X which has the new name 'Carla One' painted on the side. The French jet has 12 leather seats and teak desks with a red, white and blue details. His Airbus will include a meeting room for 12 people and seating for 60 passengers. Sarkozy is currently meeting with other world leaders at the G8 Summit but his new jet is in a hangar in Villacoublay airbase near Paris.

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