Mexico’s new presidential airplane was for several hours on the runway of a military airbase near this capital for its formal delivery, before returning to the United States to be fully equipped, the press reported Friday.
The aircraft, a Boeing-787 Dreamliner, landed at Santa Lucia airbase in the central state of Mexico, officials cited in the newspapers said.
Mexico took formal delivery of the aircraft, after which it immediately took off for the United States, where it will be equipped and prepared for the use of President Enrique Peña Nieto starting in September 2015.
The airplane, ordered in the final year of Felipe Calderon presidency, costs over 6.77 billion pesos ($505 million) – more costly than planes belonging to presidents of the United States, China, Russia, or Germany. The 787 will have the capacity to carry more than 200 passengers and travels at a speed of nearly a thousand miles per hour. It is capable of making the New York-Athens or Tokyo-Los Angeles routes without stop-overs.
The current presidential plane, a TP-01 christened with the name of Benito Juarez (1806-1872), the first indigenous citizen to become president, was acquired in 1987 and has a private cabin, with 26 executive-class seats and a capacity for 66 passengers.
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MÉXICO .????????
Some people just can not hide their greed and jealousy,
David Cunnison….the plane was actually ordered by the previous President so calling the one in office a blood sucking politician over something he had no control over is really not appropriate. Also planes do have to be replaced and considering the previous plane is over 20 years old, I think it was put in service in 1984 it has actually reached its life expectancy, especially when you are transporting a President. I would think their safety is paramount so you do not have a leadership void in the event of an untimely death due to an aviation accident or other transportation related issue.
Es una burla al pueblo de Mexico.
this is the one thing they DON’T need, could you just fix the streets and sewer first?
totally unnecassry to have a plan like this when the country is suffering on all ends
Typical blood sucking politician spending hundreds of millions of dollars while vast portions of the population are pennyless. What a loser.
The cost of this is outrageous.