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Asked by HotNews, the Presidential Administration answered how much it cost to travel to the United States for President Nicușor Dan, where the head of state traveled to participate in the Peace Council summit chaired by the leader of the White House, Donald Trump.
The Presidential Administration sent, in the answer given to HotNews, that the plane rented by President Nicușor Dan for the trip to the United States last week cost 200,000 euros, that is, approximately 1,018,667 lei.
Cotroceniul states that offers from several airlines were analyzed, including from Tarom, and the option chosen was “the one involving the lowest costs”.
The plane chosen was a small one, with 8 seats, according to the answer given by the Cotroceni Palace.
However, the Presidential Administration did not specify which plane the president rented or the company from which it was rented, although HotNews also requested this information.
However, according to Boarding Pass, a publication specialized in aviation news, it is a Bombardier Global 6000 private plane owned by businessman Ion Țiriac.
Accommodation in Washington for the president and the delegation of three advisers and technical staff cost $7,700, according to the Presidential Administration's response, that is 33,070.52 lei.
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President Nicușor Dan was in Washington, on February 19, at the first meeting of the Peace Council (Board of Peace), initiated by American President Donald Trump, where he explained how Romania can help Gaza. The president left for the US capital on Wednesday afternoon, on February 18, and after the meeting on Thursday the head of state returned to the country.
Iohannis paid double for a flight to the same destination
The former president of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, was in the US capital, between May 6 and 10, 2024, to participate in the awarding ceremony of the Atlantic Council Distinguished Leadership Awards.
The price of this flight, according to the documents made available by the Presidential Administration, after the end of Iohannis' mandate, was 2,208,000 lei, i.e. 441,600 euros.
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The president a used a military plane for all travel
So far, President Nicușor Dan has traveled, in almost all foreign trips, with the Spartan military plane, whether he went to Chisinau or Helsinki.
He recently complained, after being stranded at the Paris airport due to weather, about the conditions on board the military aircraft.
Also in January, Nicușor Dan was asked by journalists what he would do in case of longer trips.
“On a case-by-case basis. You know we were going to go to Colombia. Then we were going to charter a plane, because this one (ed. – Spartan) can't go there. If it's a commercial location, like Washington or New York, then it's simple. If not, case by case,” he answered then.
Nicușor Dan said that “at some point we must have (an official plane owned by the Romanian state). And not only for the president, but also for the ministers who go on delegations when there are important things”. He emphasized, however, that Romania cannot now afford the purchase of a presidential plane.
