Nicusor Dan flies to Phnom Penh aboard a private jet chartered for his official visit to Cambodia

President Nicusor Dan is traveling to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for an official visit scheduled for the coming days, aboard a private jet chartered from Global Jet. The aircraft took off from Bucharest approximately 40 minutes after the head of state had returned from Dublin, Ireland, aboard a Spartan aircraft.

According to information published by BoardingPass, the flight is operated with a Dassault Falcon 8X and includes a refueling stop in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The destination is Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, although the cited communication also mentions a flight to Vietnam.

It is the same aircraft used by Nicusor Dan a few weeks ago for his trip to New York. For the Cluj-Napoca–Teterboro–Bucharest route, the Presidential Administration paid 1.6 million lei, according to the cited source.

The use of private jets for presidential travel has previously sparked controversy and criticism from civil society. The costs of former President Klaus Iohannis’s flights were also intensely debated, as information about the expenses was kept secret.