Carlos Slim returns to Mexico City from Puerto Vallarta as president's air fleet draws scrutiny

Carlos Slim flew from Puerto Vallarta to the Toluca area on June 7, 2026, a 48-minute hop in his Gulfstream G550, XA-ATL. The flight arrived at a private airfield near Mexico City just before 2:30 p.m. local time, a short repositioning from the Pacific coast resort city where Slim maintains a second home.

The same week, a detailed investigation by EL CEO revealed that President Claudia Sheinbaum has used up to 17 military and naval aircraft for domestic travel in 2026, including a Gulfstream G550 and a fleet of support planes. The report, published June 5, documents 26 official flights in the first 80 days of the year, with the presidential jet often accompanied by a CASA C-295 carrying staff and equipment. The pattern has drawn renewed attention to the cost and transparency of executive air travel in Mexico.

Slim, who has lived in the same six-bedroom house in Lomas de Chapultepec since the 1980s, rarely comments on his travel habits. His primary residence sits just a few kilometers from the airfield where XA-ATL touched down, and his Grupo Carso offices are a short drive away in Polanco. The flight from Puerto Vallarta appears to be a routine return from a weekend property, not a business event — but it lands in a capital where the politics of private aviation are once again in the headlines.