The Mexico presidential jet is on sale.
As promised during his campaign, newly elected President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is selling the luxury airplane named “Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon.”
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner was purchased by the National Bank of Works and Services (Banobras) for $220 million in November 2012, according to gob.mx.
The presidential jet is not the only aircraft put up on sale. According to Reuters, altogether 60 government planes and 70 helicopters are being sold as part of President López Obrador’s campaign to get rid of corruption in the government.
According to the Mexican Finance Ministry, the presidential jet—something derided as a symbol of excess by the new Mexican president, is waiting in Southern California for a buyer.
López Obrador was inaugurated on Saturday, Dec. 1. In addition to not traveling in the presidential jet that used to transport his predecessor, he also pledged not to live in the presidential mansion, Los Pinos. The mansion is to be converted into a cultural center open to the public.
