Carlos Slim's Gulfstream G650 departs Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo after brief ground movement

Carlos Slim's Gulfstream G650, tail number XA-CLR, was tracked performing a brief ground movement at Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport on June 27, 2026, reaching a maximum altitude of just 325 feet and a ground speed of 126.1 knots. The aircraft had arrived at the coastal resort destination earlier in the week, per flight logs.

If Carlos Slim was aboard, the movement would follow a pattern of regional travel: the aircraft flew from Toluca to Ixtapa on June 26, after a trip to Savannah, Georgia on June 22. The timing coincides with Slim's recent public statements, per a Bloomberg report on May 26, where he announced plans to invest $5 billion this year and reiterated his stance on Pemex's Lakach project, calling it "irrational" in a May 27 press conference covered by Euronews and Mexico Business News.

While the aircraft's brief repositioning at Ixtapa suggests a routine ground movement rather than a new journey, Slim's Gulfstream G650 serves as his primary transport for the business engagements that define his schedule—shuttling between meetings tied to Grupo Carso, América Móvil, and his family's oversight of a multi-billion-dollar empire.