Ernesto Bertarelli arrives in Nice as Monaco Grand Prix wraps the Riviera season

Ernesto Bertarelli flew from Geneva to Nice on June 10, 2026, a 43-minute hop aboard his Bombardier Global 7500 (HB-JIT) that touched down at Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport just before eight in the morning local time.

The same week the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix concluded its June 7 race weekend, capping a 26-day stretch that also included the Cannes Film Festival. Per a Reuters report published June 8, private jet demand to the region surged nearly a third for the Grand Prix and a quarter for Cannes compared to last year, as wealthy travelers swapped commercial flights for charters to avoid war-related disruptions. The Riviera window, as aviation brokers call it, is the most operationally constrained corridor in Western European private aviation, with Nice handling roughly 70 percent of the 750-plus private movements generated by Cannes alone.

Bertarelli, a two-time America's Cup winner and yachting patron, keeps a presence on the French Riviera and frequently flies between Geneva and Nice. His recent flight history shows a pattern of short-haul trips to Gstaad and London, suggesting this landing is less about business and more about joining the post-Grand Prix flotilla of yachts and private jets that linger along the coast well after the checkered flag drops.