Ball Corp arrives in Toluca the week Trump singles out its Bombardier jet

Ball Corp flew from Charlotte to Toluca on May 27, its Bombardier Global 6000 touching down at Adolfo López Mateos International Airport after a three-hour, 46-minute flight.

The same week, President Donald Trump threatened to decertify Bombardier Global Express jets and impose a 50 percent tariff on Canadian-made aircraft, per a report from [panow.com](https://panow.com/2026/01/29/cp-newsalert-trump-threatens-tariffs-decertification-on-canadian-made-aircraft/). Ball Corp’s N400BC is a 2013 Bombardier Global 6000—a model built in Canada by the company Trump singled out. While the threat’s legal basis is unclear, as [timeslive.co.za](https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/world/2026-01-30-trump-threatens-canada-with-aircraft-tariffs/) notes, it has rattled operators. The timing of Ball Corp’s trip to central Mexico, a non-host nation for this summer’s World Cup, suggests a routine business visit rather than tournament-related travel.

Ball Corp, the aluminum-can maker headquartered near Denver, has used this aircraft for a busy week of shuttling from Colorado to Florida, the Washington D.C. area, and Montreal before the Charlotte-to-Toluca leg. The flight fits a pattern of midweek executive travel—likely meetings at Ball Corp facilities in Mexico or with regional customers, conducted under the shadow of a trade dispute that could affect the very plane they flew in on.