# Lula Flies Into Flak With New Jet

URL: https://buzzle.com/government-politics/lula-flies-into-flak-with-new-jet
Category: Government & Politics
Published: 2005-02-10T22:04:43
Updated: 2026-07-27T09:11:20
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The Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a former union leader sworn to fighting poverty, has flown into flak after taking delivery of a £30m presidential plane.

The state-of-the-art Airbus, which has already been dubbed AeroLula, seats 55 people and has hi-tech communications, meeting rooms, an intensive care unit, and a presidential suite and shower. The leader sampled its delights yesterday, visiting a Colombian border town.

The image seems at odds with a man whose 2002 election campaign was built around ending hunger.

The furore comes amid a sense of disappointment that the Lula administration has kept orthodox economic policies and, some say, relegated lofty social aims.