When Argentine President Pays $ 160,000 For Messi's Private Jet Charter

Lionel Messi's luxury jet (Photo: MARCA)

JAKARTA - Recently, the president of Argentina, Alberto Fernandez traveled to Mexico to attend the 200th anniversary of the country's independence. At first glance, there is nothing strange.

However, Fernandez accepted the invitation of his Mexican counterpart, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador by using a plane owned by Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi.

It is known that the Barcelona attacker leased the plane to the President for four days at a cost of 160 thousand dollars.

Launching MARCA, Tuesday, February 23, La Pulga bought a Gulfstream V private jet for more than 15 million dollars at the end of 2018.

The interior of Messi's luxury jet (Photo: MARCA)

It is 29 m long, 28 m wide and eight meters high. This jet was produced in the United States in 2002.

Messi usually uses this jet for family vacations and his father, Jorge, also uses it for business trips.

This jet has 16 executive seats, which can be transformed into eight beds and also has two bathrooms, one of which has a shower, and two kitchens.

On the back of the plane was the words' No. 10 ', while the names of his wife Antonela and their children are written on the stairs, Thiago, Mateo and Ciro.

Messi poses on his private plane (Photo: MARCA)

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and for safety reasons, Messi once provided his private jet for his Argentina team-mates who played in European leagues.

In October last year, the Albiceleste played qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup against Ecuador (9 October) and Bolivia (14 October). Messi shares the plane with players called coach Lionel Scaloni.

Marcos Acuna, Lucas Ocampos, Paulo Dybala, Nicolas Otamendi and Juan Foyth flew with Messi from Europe to South America.

When the Barca captain was not in Argentina, the luxury plane was at the airport in Rosario, where he was born.