This is the presidential plane of Panama, purchased in 2009 with the financial aid from the Taiwanese government and delivered in January 2010, this airplane replaced the old Grumman Gulfstream II presidential plane.
Before you begin to ask questions like “why you didn’t put air force?”, let me make clear the fact that the Republic of Panama doesn’t have an air force neither an army.
Panama ain’t getting the 787 or the A330, too much money in maintenance, money we don’t have due to corruption, fiscal fraud and illicit enrichment by our “honorable” legislators. At this point, having such big airplanes as for VIP transportation unviable. The 787 in the image is just an artistic concept and the other picture is the old airplane currently stored in Florida.
Though the Canal is our main source of economy, we depend in other areas such as tourism, agriculture and exportation of some goods and merchandise. Not taking out corruption and greed from the equation, we’ll be far from purchasing a better airplane, and possibly paying off our public debt.