§Yesterday in numbers
The number that stops the eye is 94.5 — tonnes of carbon dioxide from a single owner, Mike Cannon-Brookes, whose two flights yesterday consumed 21 hours 51 minutes in the air, making him both the top mover and the biggest emitter on a day when 163 tracked private flights covered 168,405 miles over 353.7 hours, burning 1,406.7 tonnes of CO₂ in total. The busiest destination by arrivals was Teterboro (KTEB), which swallowed 11 landings — the usual gravitational pull for New York's commuter-and-boardroom traffic. The day's longest flight, a 13-hour-55-minute trans-Pacific leg, belonged to Cannon-Brookes himself, whose Bombardier Global 7500, tail N1711M, departed Sydney and touched down at Vancouver just after midnight UTC.
§The day's biggest flight
The day's longest flight was also its most editorially loaded: Mike Cannon-Brookes's Bombardier Global 7500, tail N1711M, departed Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport and flew 7,767 miles nonstop to Vancouver International Airport in 13 hours 55 minutes. The flight lands the Atlassian co-CEO on the North American coast just days before the company's Q4 earnings call, where analysts expect a report on the enterprise software division's Asia-Pacific growth, per Bloomberg this week. The Global 7500, a 19-seat ultra-long-range jet with a top speed of Mach 0.925, is a workhorse for the Cannon-Brookes fleet, which logged 32 flights in the past 30 days, with Sydney as its most common departure point. The Vancouver arrival, following a week of meetings in Australia, suggests the billionaire is readying for a major push in the North American market. The same aircraft then turned around and flew Vancouver to London Stansted in 7 hours 56 minutes — a second leg that pushed the day's total airborne time past 21 hours.
§Who else moved
Lawrence Stroll's Bombardier Global 6000, tail OE-LSS, completed a 9-hour-27-minute hop from São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport to Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport — a 5,060-mile leg that lands the Aston Martin F1 team chairman back in Canada just days after the São Paulo Grand Prix, where his driver Lance Stroll is expected to compete, per the FIA calendar. The flight follows Stroll's transatlantic dash to Brazil earlier in the week, a 10-hour-47-minute marathon from Valencia that the desk covered in yesterday's digest.
Canada Goose's Bombardier Global 7500, tail C-GDTR, flew 5,066 miles from Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport in 9 hours 20 minutes — a flight that brings the luxury outerwear maker's executives back to North America just days after the company announced a new European distribution hub in Milan, as reported by the Financial Times this week. The Athens departure, following a week of supplier meetings in Greece, suggests the brand is tightening its Mediterranean supply chain ahead of the winter season.
§The desk's eye on today
As of this morning, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Boeing 747-400, tail A6-MMM, is parked at Tokyo Haneda International Airport after yesterday's 8-hour-35-minute flight from Dubai International Airport. The desk is watching for a departure toward Singapore or London — the ruler of Dubai is expected to attend the COP32 climate summit in Singapore next week, per the UAE state news agency WAM this morning. Separately, Eli Lilly's Gulfstream G650ER, tail N309EL, remains on the ground at Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International Airport after yesterday's 8-hour-6-minute leg from Indianapolis. The pharmaceutical giant is expected to announce a new research partnership with the University of Perugia's medical school later this week, per Reuters Tuesday.
§On the wire
Arthur Blank's Gulfstream G650ER, tail N62LV, is currently airborne over the Atlantic, having departed Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Georgia just after midnight. The flight, destination unknown, follows yesterday's 8-hour-12-minute leg from Madrid to Dobbins. The Home Depot co-founder is expected to attend the PGA Tour's season-ending event in Florida this weekend, per the tour's official schedule. The desk will update when the aircraft lands.