General Coordination of the Presidential Air Transport Unit
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 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 737's 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 |
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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 |