Com discuses to use presidential plane for athletes to travel to Tokyo

After this morning the Government of Mexico reported that the TP-01 aircraft “José María Morelos y Pavón” would be used to transport Mexican athletes who will participate in the Tokyo Olympic Games, in Japan, the president of the Mexican Olympic Committee (Com), Carlos Padilla, ruled out such an option.

This morning, the Secretary of the Treasury, Arturo Herrera, reported that the aircraft had been transferred to Victorville Logistics Airport, in California, United States, to receive maintenance, with the aim of “returning at the end of the month and is scheduled to moveto Olympic athletes to Tokyo Olympic Games. ”

However, due to the logistics and health operations that will be imposed by the Government of Japan due to the coronavirus pandemic at the Olympic headquarters complicates the use of the presidential plane, the head of the com reported.

"It is a good intention in support, but it will be very complicatedPadilla said in statements to El Universal.

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According to the manager, all sports delegations will have to land at the Narita International Airport where the sanitary device will be to perform the COVID-19 tests to all athletes before entering Japan, however, the presidential plane does not haveThe characteristics of a civil aircraft so it would have to land in a military station.

Also, on this occasion, athletes as soon as they finish their participation must return the next day and that is achieved with a hired airline, Padilla said in statements to the newspaper Reforma.

Finally, Padilla said that he thanks the Mexican government gesture but the COM already has plane tickets thanks to the sponsorship of Grupo Value, so more than 100 athletes will be in Hiroshima in a camp since July 3.

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