The Minister of Economy, Trade and Business, Carlos’s bodyhinted on Monday that new planes are needed for the prime minister, Pedro Sanchez: “The Falcon is not comfortable.” For Body, these ships lack an important feature, namely that it is impossible to “turn the backrest completely” of the seat.
“I will debunk something,” the head of the Economy said. The Falcon, in the eyes of Corps, “is not a comfortable aircraft.” And he argued that these ships “are already old” and, therefore, no longer have “all the luxury of comfort.”
Corps mentioned, as a “joke”, that journalists “are very happy on the way” when they have to board the Falcon. However, they complain when they have to return on the same boat, since the minister assures that they ask him if “the return must also be on the Falcon”.
Problems that OKDIARIO journalists did not have to suffer after Moncloa once again vetoed the media during Sánchez’s African tour. The Secretary of State for Communication, who heads Francesc Valles And Carmen PerezThey reported that “on this occasion” they were unable to board “the official plane” because, they found, “there were not enough seats.”
The head of the Economy has put on the table a “serious” debate on the importance of the renewal of this fleet, even if he recognized in an interview with Four that it is “very difficult” to open up and talk about it without falling into a “populist or extremist” conversation.
Falcon State Review
This is not the first time that these ships have been criticized. All with a single objective: to renew the Falcon that Corps criticized this Monday. So much so that Moncloa keeps a log of failures to justify its future renovation. The fleet of five Falcon aircraft that the Air Force operates in the service of the government of Pedro Sánchez has been in service for more than 35 years. A figure that does not require renewal, but in Moncloa it has been prepared for years.
The cost of renewing the fleet of these ships could be as high as 800 million euros. To justify this expense, Moncloa is preparing a detailed report of the breakdowns and failures of these planes that have affected the progress of the trips of the president and his ministers. Among these problems is the depressurization that one of the planes with Sánchez and his family on board suffered in March. They were then heading to their vacation in Doñana and this incident forced them to make an emergency landing in Torrejón de Ardoz.
Moncloa has prepared a detailed dossier of incidents, breakdowns And discomfortas OKDIARIO learned, several concerned travel on board this fleet of aircraft. A job that they also carry out in the Air Force itself, but for pure maintenance work. At present, they say, none of the aircraft have shown signs of approaching the end of their useful life, since their inspection and maintenance schedule is respected with the utmost scruples. Something normal, given that these aircraft travel The Royal House and the Government.
Sanchez’s preferred means of transportation
Nor will Sánchez get off the Falcon during the next political year. The socialist leader plans to travel around the world and visit the five continents. The socialist leader has already made a tour of Africa, in three countries that emit irregular immigration: Mauritania, Gambia and Senegal. And he will travel before the end of the year to Cuenca (Ecuador), New York (United States) and several European countries. Before finishing the course that begins now, in the spring, he also plans to travel to Asia and Oceania.
These Falcons, Sánchez’s preferred means of transport, are executive-type aircraft, with VIP configuration and all kinds of comfort, capable of flying more than 7,000 kilometers distance without stopping at a speed of about 950 kilometers per hour.
The French company Dassault is the manufacturer of the Falcon, which began marketing in 1986. It was an improved model of the Falcon 50The aircraft, wider and longer than the previous model, was designed to compete in the world of private business aviation.
The Falcon fleet is part of the 45th Armed Forces Group based at the Torrejón de Ardoz base. These ships are equipped with advanced avionics and electronic systems. Thanks to them, they enjoy great protection during their use.
The Falcon has three engines Garrettwhich allows you to reach the 950 kilometers per hour speed. They can carry, at most, about 20,640 kilos at takeoff and have a flight autonomy of about 8 hours without refueling., with up to 11,800 meters of ceiling. One of its most interesting features for this type of VIP missions is its height, which reaches 7.55 meters and makes the cabin comfortable for passengers, unlike smaller aircraft.
