The Mexican Olympic Committee (COM) thanked the support from Federal government to lend the presidential plane to the athletes who will participate in the Tokyo Olympics; However, for logistical reasons of sanitary measures, it will not be used, unless there is an emergency.
“It is a good intention in support, but it will be very difficult to travel in it, because it cannot make enough flights to take the athletes, who have to be five days before and return the day after their participation. It is very difficult”, He commented Carlos Padilla, president of the WITH, a EL UNIVERSAL Sports.
The Mexican Delegation has an agreement with the airline All Nippon Airways (ANA) to make the more than 120 scheduled trips before, during and after this summer’s competition.
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Hours before, Arturo Herrera, secretary of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP), announced that the presidential plane TP-01 flew to California, to receive maintenance, because it is scheduled to transfer tricolor athletes to Tokyo.
Sanitary measures by the Covid-19 it will make it impossible for it to work for the COM plans, unless an unforeseen event occurs.
“For our part, we sincerely thank the Government for their good intentions, Secretary Herrera, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Ana Gabriela [Guevara, titular de la Conade], but the logistics are already very complicated, unless there is some contingency “”Added Padilla.
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A part of the Mexican Delegation He will camp in Hiroshima and his flights are already scheduled, others will travel in small groups before and during the Olympic GamesTherefore, it is not economical for a plane of that size to be in constant motion between the end of July and the beginning of August.
“The logistics that Japan presents for these Games is difficult, because the athletes, as soon as they finish their participation, must return the next day and that is achieved with a contracted airline”, Explained Padilla.
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