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Business Insider
16 hours ago
- Business
- Business Insider
Bill Gates and Kylie Jenner's private jets among those flooding into Venice ahead of Jeff Bezos' wedding
Kim Kardashian 's Gulfstream G650 touched down at Marco Polo Airport on Thursday morning, according to flight-tracking data from ADS-B Exchange. The G650, which costs about $65 million, departed Los Angeles 10 hours earlier. Khloe Kardashian and Kris Jenner were also photographed with her in Venice, boarding a water taxi, before they met Orlando Bloom and the fashion designer Domenico Dolce. Kardashian attended Snchez's bachelorette party in Paris last month, which included a boat ride down the Seine. Kylie Jenner's Bombardier Global 7500 arrived from Budapest around 3:30 p.m. local time, soon followed by Bill Gates ' G650, which came from Brussels. Earlier in the day, Oprah Winfrey 's G700 also landed in Venice, per ADS-B Exchange. Business Insider's reporter in Venice saw Winfrey and the broadcaster Gayle King boarding a boat by the airport. The NFL legend Tom Brady was also pictured at the dock around noon, shortly after a charter jet arrived from Miami, and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's Gulfstream G650 landed about 1:30 p.m. local time. Another G650, which JetSpy says is owned by James Murdoch, the son of the media mogul Rupert Murdoch, landed in Venice on Thursday, too. So did another jet belonging to hedge fund billionaire John Griffin. Plus, Queen Rania of Jordan arrived on a government G650. Hollywood agent Ari Emanuel and his wife, fashion designer Sarah Staudinger, were also photographed arriving. They appear to have traveled on a Global 6000 owned by Endeavor Group Holdings, of which Emanuel is CEO. Endeavor's executive chairman, Patrick Whitesell, is Snchez's ex-husband. Bezos, who is one of the world's richest people and is worth just over $230 billion, owns three planes, according to JetSpy. Two aircraft — the G700 and a G650 — have been hopping around the Mediterranean in recent days. They were both parked across the Adriatic Sea in Dubrovnik on Thursday. Bezos and Snchez kicked off their pre-wedding celebrations on Tuesday with a foam party on his $500 million superyacht, Koru, parked just off the Croatian coast. Tuesday also saw the first pictures of guests at the Venice airport, including Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. Fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg's G500 landed about midday, and she was photographed at the water taxi dock. A Bombardier Global 7500 owned by her husband, the Fox cofounder Barry Diller, arrived in Venice at about noon on Wednesday, per ADS-B Exchange data. Rising activity "Jeff Bezos' wedding this week in Venice is likely to draw an influx of bizjets to nearby airports," said WingX, an aviation data firm. It added that business-jet activity had already "risen significantly," with 33 arrivals into Venice and nearby Treviso on Sunday, almost double from a week earlier. Data from Flightradar24, which doesn't display most private-jet arrivals for privacy reasons, showed five large business jets were scheduled to land on Thursday. That's compared with two on Wednesday, one on Tuesday, and none on Monday.
Business Insider
a day ago
- Business
- Business Insider
Private jets are starting to flood into Venice as celebrities and titans of business arrive for Jeff Bezos' wedding
Celebrities and their private jets have started landing in Venice ahead of the celebrations for Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's wedding. Kim Kardashian 's Gulfstream G650 touched down at Marco Polo Airport on Thursday morning, according to flight-tracking data from ADS-B Exchange. Khloe Kardashian and Kris Jenner were also photographed with her, boarding a water taxi. The G650, which costs around $65 million, departed Los Angeles 10 hours earlier. Kardashian previously attended Sánchez's bachelorette party in Paris last month, which included a boat ride down the Seine. Then, around 10 a.m. local time, Oprah Winfrey 's G700 also landed in Venice, per ADS-B Exchange. Business Insider's reporter in Venice saw Winfrey and broadcaster Gayle King boarding a boat at the airport. A G650, which JetSpy data says is owned by media mogul James Murdoch, son of Rupert, landed in Venice on Thursday, too, as did another jet belonging to hedge fund billionaire John Griffin. Bezos, the world's fourth-richest person, owns three planes, according to JetSpy. Two of them, the G700 and a G650, have been hopping around the Mediterranean in recent days. At the moment, they're both parked across the Adriatic Sea in Dubrovnik. Bezos and Sánchez kicked off their pre-wedding celebrations on Tuesday with a foam party on his $500 million superyacht Koru, parked just off the Croatian coast. Tuesday also saw the first guests land in Venice, including Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. Fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg's G500 landed around midday, and she was photographed at the water-taxi dock. A Bombardier Global 7500 owned by her husband, the Fox cofounder Barry Diller, arrived in Venice around noon on Wednesday, per ADS-B Exchange data. Data from Flightradar24, which doesn't display most private-jet arrivals for privacy reasons, showed five large business jets were scheduled to land on Thursday. That's compared to two on Wednesday, one on Tuesday, and none on Monday. The Guardian reported that more than 90 private jets are expected to land in Venice before the celebrations begin.
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Data from exorbitant private jet trips throughout 2024 reveals Elon Musk's deepening political ties — here's where they went
Elon Musk's foray into the political realm is already pretty obvious, but if you need further evidence, just look at his private jet trips in 2024. Business Insider used data from JetSpy in reporting the Tesla CEO's jets made 355 flights over roughly a 12-month period, totaling 881 hours of flight time. Increasingly, those flights have been heading to Florida, with 31 excursions to or from Palm Beach International Airport, which is just five miles from President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort. Musk also used the aircraft to travel to various swing-state locations during election season. Business Insider observed that it's unclear if Musk was on all of those recorded flights involving his private jets. However, that doesn't change the estimation based on JetSpy data that those flights guzzled $2.5 million worth of jet fuel, which produced around 4,000 metric tons (about 4,400 tons) of carbon dioxide pollution. Private jets are among the most polluting ways to travel. Superyachts, another playtoy of the rich, also have a sizable negative environmental impact. According to data from charity Oxfam, a private jet from London to Paris emits approximately six times more than a typical passenger flight on the same route — not to mention it carries significantly fewer passengers. Citing the International Energy Agency, Business Insider said Musk's flights produced 250 times more planet-warming pollution than the average person in the U.S. would be responsible for in their lifetime. With Musk tying his wagon to President Trump, the environmental harm doesn't look like it will stop with the private jet. The new administration has already pledged its support for the dirty fuel industry over progress in sustainable energy, according to the BBC, while intentions to end planet-friendly policies like the Inflation Reduction Act have also been suggested, per the San Francisco Chronicle — although that will require an act of Congress. That's why it's more important than ever to make sustainable changes at home to help slow the rate of rising global temperatures — which make extreme weather conditions stronger, longer, and more frequent. What do you think of Tesla and Elon Musk? Elon is the man Love the company; hate the CEO I'm not a fan of either I don't have an opinion Click your choice to see results and speak your mind. Installing solar panels or switching off electrical items at night wouldn't appear to combat private jet usage or unsustainable government policies. But if we band with friends and family to make positive, pollution-reducing changes, those actions could soon add up as we fight for a healthier, cooler planet. Join our free newsletter for good news and useful tips, and don't miss this cool list of easy ways to help yourself while helping the planet.
