According to an analysis of the boarding pass, in 2022 and the first two months of 2023, the President of Romania traveled 26 times within the country and abroad, and most of the flights had stops in Sibiu.

According to the source, in 19 cases the plane carrying the head of state made stops in Sibiu for several tens of minutes. There are at least seven visits with a stopover in Sibiu on the way to Brussels, as well as other trips, for example to Great Britain, Egypt or the USA. (see all flights here).

​​The departure of President Klaus Iohannis on a private plane during his visit to Japan once again starts the debate about the official plane in the public space.

What does the plane rented by Yohannis for a visit to Japan look like

The website Boarding Pass, which specializes in aviation news, reported that President Iohannis traveled to Japan on a private jet that departed from Bucharest and made a stopover in Sibiu, as well as a refueling stop in Baku, Azerbaijan.

“This is the cabin of the Boeing 737-900ER(BBJ) Global Jet, with which the President of Romania travels to Japan and Singapore. Its transport capacity is only 19 passengers. On March 4-5, 2023, the country’s president traveled on this plane on the Bucharest – Sibiu – Tokyo Haneda route. Since the autonomy of the plane is not enough for a non-stop flight from Sibiu to the capital of Japan, the pilots refueled. stop in Baku (Azerbaijan). The duration of the flight between Bucharest and Sibiu was 31 minutes, the flight between Sibiu and Baku was two hours and 48 minutes, and the flight between Baku and Tokyo lasted nine hours,” the Boarding Pass post says.

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