General Coordination Of The Presidential Air Transport Unit

The General Coordination of the Presidential Air Transport Unit is the main Mexican Presidential transport unit.

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's President uses mainly a

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ordered by President

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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 will be in service until 2040. 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

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were used as presidential transport. The current presidential fleet as of 2008 is as follows: {, class="wikitable" , - ! Aircraft ! Registration ! Code Name , - ,

, XC-UJM , TP-01 , - , Boeing 737-33A , XC-UJB , TP-02 , - , Boeing 737-322 , XC-LJG , TP-03 , - ,

Gulfstream III The Gulfstream III, a business jet produced by Gulfstream Aerospace, is an improved variant of the Grumman Gulfstream II. Design and development The Gulfstream III was built at Savannah, Georgia, in the United States and was designed as an im ...

, XC-UJN , TP-06 , - ,

, XC-UJO , TP-07 , - ,

Learjet 35A The Learjet Model 35 and Model 36 are a series of American multi-role business jets and military transport aircraft manufactured by Learjet. When used by the United States Air Force they carry the designation C-21A. The aircraft are powered by ...

, 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 , - ,

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, XC-UHC , TPH-08 , - ,

, XC-UHA , TPH-09 Executive branch of the government of Mexico