New Delhi, June 20 -- US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) introduced a new presidential aircraft, a customised Boeing 747 presented by Qatar, describing it as a state-of-the-art "flying White House" and one of the most technologically advanced planes ever flown by the United States.

Addressing attendees at the launch event at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Trump commended the extensive modifications made to the aircraft and said the project had been completed in an exceptionally short amount of time.

"This plane was transformed into a flying White House at a level of luxury that nobody's ever seen before, probably even almost outside of an airplane. Nobody's ever seen anything like this, and in only 10 months, a timeframe ...