Ball Corp lands in Leesburg after Montreal trip amid European expansion push

Ball Corp flew from Montreal to Leesburg Executive Airport on May 25, a 78-minute hop that landed the company’s Global 6000 (N400BC) in the Washington, D.C., suburbs. The flight followed a May 21 leg from the D.C. area to Montreal, suggesting a two-day business visit to Quebec.

The Montreal trip comes weeks after Ball Corp reported first-quarter 2026 earnings that grew comparable EPS more than 20 percent year over year, per a May 5 earnings release. The company also completed the acquisition of an 80 percent stake in Benepack’s European beverage can business in January, adding plants in Belgium and Hungary. Montreal, a hub for aluminum and aerospace, may have hosted meetings tied to that expansion or to Ball Corp’s broader European supply chain.

The Leesburg arrival is a familiar stop for Ball Corp, which regularly flies to Washington Dulles and other D.C.-area airports. The company’s headquarters remain in Westminster, Colorado, but the pattern of D.C. visits—often for regulatory or customer meetings—persists even after the 2024 sale of its aerospace business to BAE Systems for $5.6 billion, as noted in SEC filings.