Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha's Gulfstream lands at Stansted after King Power deal week

A Gulfstream G650 bearing tail number HS-KVS, registered to the estate of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, was tracked departing Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok on the evening of June 26 and arriving at London Stansted Airport on the morning of June 27, after an 11-hour 38-minute flight.

If Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha or a family representative was aboard, the arrival comes the same week King Power struck a deferral deal with Airports of Thailand on minimum guarantee payments, as reported by Leicestershire Live on June 25. The same period saw Leicester City owner Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha give his first UK media interviews in a decade, outlining a structural overhaul at the club — including a new sporting director and chief executive — after the Foxes' slide to mid-table in the Championship.

The aircraft, a long-range Gulfstream G650, has no prior flights on file in the tracking record, making this trip a rare movement. The Srivaddhanaprabha family maintains deep ties to both Bangkok and the East Midlands, and the flight's timing suggests a response to the twin pressures of King Power's Thai business renegotiation and Leicester City's urgent need for a reset. [leicestermercury.co.uk](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/leicester-city-owners-king-power-10298998) [bbc.co.uk](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cn8j9n48lmxo)