Princess Leonor Could Fly Home on Weekends in This Cool “Air Taxi”

In less than two hours, Princess Leonor of Spain has the opportunity to leave the Military Academy in Zaragoza every weekend to return to her precious Zarzuela Palace and reunite with her parents, all with the help of exclusive “taxis”. air”.

And that is that the Air Force of your country, in its 402 VIP transport squadron, has at the disposal of the Spanish royal family two “Super Pumas”, helicopters that are usually used for search and rescue missions.

These units have the capacity to travel as much as 294 kilometers in one hour, so they will spare the Princess of Asturias a long journey by car, which takes about six hours, from the city of Zaragoza to the suburbs of Madrid, where King Felipe VI. and Queen Letizia live, as reported by Infobae.

An important event where Letizia will see Princess Leonor again after her enrollment at the General Military Academy in Zaragoza

On what days will Princess Leonor return home?

According to what was reported by El Plural, the Zaragoza Military Academy allows all its students to leave the facilities on weekends, from Friday to Sunday, something that was considered impossible for Princess Leonor due to the distance.

Many felt that this could be emotionally difficult for the heir to the throne, given that her outings in the Aragonese city are also strictly controlled, as happened on her last day off when she went to eat in a bar with colleagues and was watched by two bodyguards .

Photo of cadet Leonor de Borbón Ortiz: in a military uniform and without a haircut, this is how the Princess of Asturias began her military life in Zaragoza

For these reasons, and in order to make the 17-year-old’s process of adapting to military regulations a little easier, her parents would reach for the “Super Puma” as a solution.

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