Blair's plane flew 1,400 miles to get banquet as PM discussed starvation
The chartered British Airways jet made a 1,450-mile round trip from Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to Nairobi in Kenya to pick up the banquet for the Premier and his entourage for their flight home to London.
The dinner - including asparagus mousse, prawn risotto and cheesecake - had already been flown out to Kenya from London on a normal flight. But the premier did not even have the meal because he had already eaten in Addis Ababa. Mr Blair had been in Ethiopia for a meeting of his Africa Commission - which was discussing starvation and poverty.
