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General Coordination of the Presidential Air Transport Unit

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The General Coordination of the Presidential Air Transport Unit is the main Mexican Presidential transport unit. Mexico's President uses mainly a Boeing 757-225 ordered by President Miguel de la Madrid built in 1987 exclusively for this purpose. The plane's official callsign when the president is inboard is TP-01, which stands for Transporte Presidencial 1 (Presidential Transport 1). President Felipe Calderón ordered a new Boeing 787-8 at a cost of 218 million dollars, which has been delivered on February 2, 2016 to substitute the aging 757, and was recently sold to the Government of Tajikistan.[1] When flying into airports with short runways, he uses either a Boeing 737-33A (TP-02) or a Boeing 737-322 (TP-03). For short trips he uses a Super Puma VIP edition called TPH-01 which stands for Transporte Presidencial Helicoptero 1 (Helicopter Presidential Transport 1). Before the 737s and the 757, two Boeing 727-100 were used as presidential transport. The current presidential fleet as of 2008 is as follows:

Aircraft Registration Code Name
Boeing 757-225 XC-UJM TP-01
Boeing 737-33A XC-UJB TP-02
Boeing 737-322 XC-LJG TP-03
Gulfstream III XC-UJN TP-06
Gulfstream III XC-UJO TP-07
Learjet 35A XC-IPP TP-104
Rockwell Turbocommander 695A XC-UTA TP-216
Super Puma AS332 XC-UHV TPH-01
Super Puma AS332 XC-UHU TPH-02
Super Puma AS332 XC-UHO TPH-03
Super Puma AS332 XC-UHM TPH-05
Super Puma AS332 XC-UHP TPH-06
Puma SA330 XC-UHC TPH-08
Puma SA330 XC-UHA TPH-09

References

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  1. ^ "Mexico's presidential jet sold to Tajikistan, in latest twist to political saga". Reuters. Reuters. Retrieved 25 April 2023.