Jeff Bezos bought a new private jet and took 28 flights. He has already infected the equivalent of one person in 17 years.
In addition to being an avid collector of mansions, Jeff Bezos has also shown a great love for private jets, amassing a small fleet of three jets. Specifically, the millionaire founder of Amazon just upgraded one of them with a Gulfstream G700, the most advanced private jet on the market.
According to data published on the X-profile of Jack Sweeney, a university student who tracked down Elon Musk and Taylor Swift’s private jets in time to go on vacation with him, and he did.
One of the first to surrenderJeff Bezos’ Gulfstream G700 is valued at around $80 million and is positioned as one of the company’s flagships in the private jet space.
The Gulfstream G700 was certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in March 2024, clearing it for delivery and passenger use after nine months of processing. Qatar Airways was the first to receive two G700s to serve Qatar Executive. Elon Musk, who also ordered one, has yet to pick up his unit.
Rolls-Royce of the SkyIt’s not entirely a coincidence to say that the Gulfstream is the Rolls-Royce of the sky when it comes to onboard luxury and comfort. In fact, the jet is powered by Rolls-Royce Pearl 700 engines that provide a range of up to 9,000 miles, allowing Jeff Bezos to travel between destinations as far away as Miami and Tokyo without stopping.
The aircraft can accommodate 19 people, distributed among five rooms and two lavatories on board, allowing the cabin to be configured to accommodate beds or rest areas.
Jeff Bezos has already published itAccording to the JetSpy portal, Bezos’ plane received the identification number N11AF on its tail and was registered under the domain of the operator TVPX Aircraft Solutions, a service company that allows the privacy of the true owner of the plane to be preserved.
As published Business InsiderDespite trying to remain under the radar by taking advantage of the FAA’s ICAO Aircraft Identification Number (PIA) privacy program via temporary registration, the millionaire’s G700 was in Ibiza over the weekend. That same weekend, the local Ibizan press spotted the Amazon mogul’s impressive sailboat, the Cora, sailing the island’s waters.
39 days and 28 flights. What has drawn the most attention about Jeff Bezos’s new private jet is not its price, but its equipment. Without a doubt, the most striking thing about the early days of Bezos’s G700 was its impact on carbon emissions.
In just 39 days of operation, the plane has already emitted about 264 tons of carbon dioxide, 17 times the annual emissions of the average American, according to a study of per capita emissions published in Our world in dataThe data highlights the environmental impact of intensive private jet use, an issue that has become a source of growing concern in the context of the climate crisis.
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