Jeff Bezos has reportedly bought a fourth private jet — and it’s priced at a stratospheric $80 million.
The billionaire founder of Amazon last month purchased a Gulfstream G700, the luxury business jet made by Gulfstream Aerospace that is considered one of the largest and most advanced private jets in the world, according to Business Insider.
With a maximum range of around 7,500 nautical miles, the G700 is also said to be capable of a top speed of Mach 0.925 – or about 92.5% of the speed of sound, around 710 mph
The G700 also boasts 20 panoramic windows and “whisper-quiet cabin with 100% fresh, plasma-ionized air, replenished every two to three minutes.”
Last Sunday, the G700 took off from Ibiza.
At the same time, Bezos and fiancee Lauren Sánchez were photographed on the island next to the tycoon’s $500 million superyacht.
Publicly available flight data showed that Bezos’ plane made 28 flights in 39 days — leaving a carbon footprint of 264 tons, or 17 times more than the average American emits in a year.
Bezos apparently tried to keep his plane purchase out of the public eye by using a Federal Aviation Administration program that allows aircraft owners to keep information about their private jets.
The FAA Privacy ICAO Aircraft Address (PIA) program allows aircraft owners to use temporary, random addresses that change aircraft identification numbers in order to make flights less traceable to the public.
News of Bezos’ latest purchase was also posted by Jack Sweeney, the Florida-based college student who drew the ire of Elon Musk and Taylor Swift for posting publicly available flight tracking data about their planes private on his social media accounts.
The Post has sought comment from Amazon, where Bezos remains a board member. He stepped down as CEO in July 2021.
He was succeeded by the current boss, Andy Jassy.
Bezos also reportedly owns two other G700 predecessors – a Gulfstream G650 and a Pilatus PC-24.
As of Wednesday, Bezos’ net worth was estimated by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index at $203 billion, making him the second richest man in the world behind Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
In March last year, it was reported that Goldman Sachs abandoned plans to buy the G700, which comes equipped with a private shower, as part of a cost-cutting measure.
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