General Coordination of the Presidential Air Transport Unit explained

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:

AircraftRegistrationCode Name
XC-UJMTP-01
Boeing 737-33AXC-UJBTP-02
Boeing 737-322XC-LJGTP-03
Gulfstream IIIXC-UJNTP-06
Gulfstream IIIXC-UJOTP-07
Learjet 35AXC-IPPTP-104
Rockwell Turbocommander 695AXC-UTATP-216
Super Puma AS332XC-UHVTPH-01
Super Puma AS332XC-UHUTPH-02
Super Puma AS332XC-UHOTPH-03
Super Puma AS332XC-UHMTPH-05
Super Puma AS332XC-UHPTPH-06
Puma SA330XC-UHCTPH-08
Puma SA330XC-UHATPH-09

Notes and References

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