There's been much fuss made of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's use of an air force aircraft on her visit to Auckland on Tuesday.
While the images people may dream up of what that air force aircraft experience may have looked like, the reality is likely very different.
Unlike aircraft of leaders from around the world, NZ7571 is no luxurious flying office in the sky. It's no airborne Beehive.
While the photo above was taken onboard our 'Air Force One', the plane isn't entirely made up of these 90's chic economy seats.
It does have a more comfortable "business class" style section at the front, with much larger seats and tables where meetings can be held and work can be done.
Putting aside the fact the aircraft flies daily, and often to Wellington, Palmerston North or Blenheim, it really isn't an aircraft someone would push for over the much quieter and more reliable aircraft from within Air New Zealand's domestic fleet.
The nearly 30-year-old Boeing 757 was first flown for Transavia Airlines, a Dutch low-cost airline in 1993, before being purchased by RNZAF in 2003.
Photos from inside the cabin reveal it doesn't appear to have had any work done to it since its first flight, and there's no such thing as first class. In fact, it looks like it would be more comfortable to fly as freight rather than a passenger onboard this aircraft.
And it's not just the interior that needs some work. Newshub revealed earlier this year that the aircraft is often out of service and unavailable for use.
In May, Chief of Airforce Andrew Clark said "anything can go wrong on an aeroplane at some stage".
Documents obtained by Newshub at the time showed the Boeing 757 fleet has been unavailable for a total of 156 days since 2019.
In 2019, Ardern had to deal with a week of breakdowns and in the same year a second plane had to be sent to pick up former Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters when one of the Boeing 757s broke down in Vanuatu.
Former Prime Minister Sir John Key had to be saved when a 757 broke down twice in 2016, stranding him and a delegation of nearly 100 in Australia en route to India.
But the Government has no plans to replace the aged 757s until around 2028. Perhaps then, New Zealand will have a Jacinda Jet which will be worthy of headlines.
This story was last updated on January 25.
