Escadron de transport, d'entraînement et de calibrage

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The Escadron de transport, d'entraînement et de calibrage (ETEC, "Transportation, training and calibration squadron") is a unit of the French Air Force, under direct command of the Minister of Defence.

The ETEC uses 2 Dassault Falcon 900 and 4 Dassault Falcon 50 for travels within Europe, and 2 Airbus A319 for medium or long range flights.

In 2003, the ETEC provided 673 flight hours for the President, 516 for the Prime Minister, 602 for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and 318 for the Ministry of Defence. A flight hour typically costs:

  • € 4050 for an Airbus,
  • € 5750 for a Falcon 900 and
  • € 4090 for a Falcon 50.

Flight are identified as "COTAM 0xy", with "COTAM 001" being reserved for the President and "COTAM 002" for foreign presidents.

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