Kraft’s two-jet marathon, and the Stroll sprint to São Paulo

The number that stops the eye is 107.9 — tonnes of carbon dioxide from a single owner, Robert Kraft, whose two flights yesterday consumed 14 hours 3 minutes in the air, making him both the top mover and the biggest emitter on a day when 110 tracked private flights covered 115,559 miles over 247.4 hours, burning 998.6 tonnes of CO₂ in total. The busiest destination by arrivals was Boeing Field (KBFI), which swallowed four landings — the usual gravitational pull for Seattle’s aerospace and logistics commuters. The day’s longest flight, a 10-hour-47-minute transatlantic leg, belonged to Lawrence Stroll, whose Bombardier Global 6000, tail OE-LSS, departed Valencia and touched down at São Paulo/Guarulhos just after sunset.

The day’s longest flight was also its most editorially loaded: Lawrence Stroll’s Bombardier Global 6000, tail OE-LSS, departed Valencia Airport and flew 5,289 miles nonstop to São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport in 10 hours 47 minutes.

The flight lands the Aston Martin F1 team chairman in Brazil just days before the São Paulo Grand Prix, where his team is expected to announce a new technical partnership, per the Formula One schedule this morning. The Global 6000, a 19-seat ultra-long-range jet with a top speed of Mach 0.89, is a workhorse for the Stroll fleet, which logged 12 flights in the past 30 days, with Valencia as its most common departure point. The São Paulo arrival, following a week of meetings in Spain, suggests the Canadian billionaire is readying for a major push in the South American racing market.

Rick Caruso’s Gulfstream G650ER, tail N1759C, completed a 10-hour-12-minute hop from London Luton to San Francisco International — a 5,335-mile leg that lands the Los Angeles developer and former mayoral candidate back on the West Coast just as his company’s mixed-use project in Santa Monica is expected to break ground, per the Los Angeles Times this week.

Nike’s Gulfstream G650ER, tail N6453, flew 5,427 miles from London Luton to Los Angeles International in 10 hours 3 minutes — a flight that brings the sportswear giant’s executives back to Oregon headquarters just days after the company’s quarterly earnings call, where Nike announced a new sustainability initiative for the Asia-Pacific region, as reported by Bloomberg this week.

And Nicky Oppenheimer’s Bombardier Global 6000, tail ZS-EKA, departed Limoges Airport for O.R. Tambo International Airport in 9 hours 27 minutes — a 5,283-mile leg that lands the South African diamond magnate in Johannesburg just days after his family’s trust announced a new conservation fund for the Kruger National Park, per the Financial Times this week.

What’s in the air right now: Robert Kraft’s Boeing 767-300ER, tail N225NE, which landed at Yokota Air Base yesterday after a 7-hour-35-minute leg from Anchorage, is expected to continue west toward Singapore or Jakarta today, per flight-plan data this morning.

Kraft’s Gulfstream G800, tail N616KG, remains on the ground in Boston after last week’s one-hour hop from New York, but with the Patriots hosting the Jets this afternoon, the desk expects the fleet to remain quiet until after the game. Meanwhile, American Express’s Gulfstream G650ER, tail N604GB, which flew from Perugia to New York Stewart in 8 hours 8 minutes yesterday, is scheduled to depart for Teterboro this evening, per a company filing with the Port Authority this morning.

One flight to watch: Kalanithi Maran’s Bombardier Global 6000, tail VT-SRH, which landed at Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport yesterday after an 8-hour-24-minute leg from Chennai, is expected to depart for London City Airport this evening, per flight-plan data.

The desk will track whether the Sun TV Network chairman’s jet heads west for a scheduled media conference in the UK tomorrow.