The government spent on average almost half a million ringgit last year on each trip made by the aircraft in its VIP air-transportation fleet.<br /><br />In a written reply to DAP's Anthony Loke, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Shahidan Kassim said this includes RM14.95 million in fuel costs and RM160.08 million in maintenance costs.<br /><br />Shahidan said that this was for 372 trips to 339 destinations for official business in 2012.
