Updated Thursday, July 18th 2013 at 14:15 GMT +3 David Cameron spent thousands of pounds of public money on a 140-mile helicopter flight to Lincoln instead of taking a car or train.
The Prime Minister snubbed public transport and travelled by military aircraft to attend a question-and-answer session with factory workers.
It is believed that the flight by RAF helicopter was only a little more than an hour faster than taking a train.
On Tuesday, Mr Cameron was driven to RAF Northolt, near Uxbridge, West London, in his ministerial car, a journey of around 35 minutes.
He was then flown by military helicopter to RAF Waddington, near Lincoln – a flight of less than an hour – where he was met by another car to take the 13-minute journey to a Siemens factory.
A similar train journey from London to Lincoln, changing at Newark North Gate, takes around two hours and costs £67, or around £120 for a first-class ticket.
It is not known how much using the RAF helicopter would have cost, but it is likely to have been several thousand pounds.
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