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Boeing's fleet of 8 corporate jets spent some 4,500 hours in the sky flying company executives last year, data shows
17.04.2024 - 15:11 / insider.com / Dave Calhoun / Elon Musk
Boeing's top executives regularly crisscross the globe on the manufacturer's fleet of private planes, hopping between company offices and assembly lines, visiting international airshows and conferences, and sometimes jet-setting for personal use.
Boeing's corporate planes collectively flew about 4,500 hours across some 1,800 flights last year, according to data from the aviation-tracking website JetSpy. That amounts to about $14 million in fuel and about 22,500 tons in CO2 emissions.
The fleet consists of two 737-700 Boeing Business Jets made by the company's private arm and six private planes made by Canadian corporate aircraft manufacturer Bombardier, including one Global 6,000 and five Challenger 600 planes, according to JetSpy.
Sizable private jets like these typically feature onboard luxuries like double beds, couches, theaters, and giant meeting spaces.
The fleet's top airports include Chicago International Airport, Washington Dulles International Airport, and Boeing Field King County International Airport — all located near Boeing's corporate offices and factories.
Other most-flown destinations include Westchester County Airport in New York and Lebanon Municipal Airport in New Hampshire, both near some of Boeing's executives' homes, per JetSpy.
This mirrors a September report from The Wall Street Journal that found company CEO Dave Calhoun took some 400 trips between Boeing's offices and his homes in South Carolina and New Hampshire since he took the helm in 2020. Calhoun announced his resignation effective year-end following heightened scrutiny over Boeing's quality control.
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The Journal also noted Boeing built a small office for CFO Brian West near his home in New Canaan, Connecticut — just a 30-minute drive from the airport in Westchester. West's convenient work setup represented a much different approach to return-to-office efforts previously pushed by the company.
Although it has a particuarly large fleet, the thousands of hours worth of flying isn't all that unusual for giant companies. Especially one like Boeing, which is in the plane business after all.
For instance, JetSpy data shows aerospace company Lockheed Martin collectively flew its five private jets for about 2,700 hours in 2023. And the five-strong corporate fleets operated by PepsiCo and Costco each flew about 1,600 hours last year.
Access to these swanky corporate fleets may be fast and convenient for high-worth VIPs. Still, the carbon impact of private flying has made headlines as activists rally against the jet-setting habits of the superrich, especially celebrities like Taylor Swift and Elon Musk.
Boeing did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.
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