Lula suspends the purchase of a new plane for international travel

Planalto came to the conclusion that this was not the ideal time to purchase a new plane for the president’s international trips Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT). There is talk of controlling costs and the equipment will be seen as a waste of money.

Lula and First Lady Ganga Lula da Silva actually want a new plane. The president says one of his priorities is to reintroduce Brazil into the international arena. The problem is that the current plane does not make long flights. For the G20 meeting in New Delhi, India, for example, two stops were necessary.

In May this year, the president replaced the previous presidential aircraft, an Airbus A319 CJ, with an Airbus A330-200, which the then-president purchased in 2022. Jair Bolsonaro (PL) for US$80 million (about R$400 million at the current exchange rate), from the Azul airline.

In the new equipment, the room with double bed is larger. There is also a larger room for meetings during the cruise.

Lula has already spent 49 days outside Brazil

Lula has already made 13 trips since taking over at Planalto and spent 49 days outside Brazil. scan for Power360 One day is counted every time President Lula spends more than 12 hours outside the country, whether on the day of boarding or disembarking the plane.

The president still has at least 4 international trips scheduled until the end of the year: Cuba, the United States, the United Arab Emirates and Germany. On September 15, Lula left for Havana and then to New York, where he participated in the meeting of the Group of 77 and the United Nations General Assembly (UN), respectively.