Frank Lowy’s Gulfstream G700 lands in Nice after an 11-hour crossing from Indonesia

Frank Lowy’s Gulfstream G700, registered N720LF, was tracked departing Hang Nadim International Airport in Indonesia on the morning of July 31 and touching down at Nice-Côte d’Azur Airport nearly twelve hours later, after a 11h 51m flight that reached 43,000 feet and a peak ground speed of 546 knots. The aircraft’s path crossed the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Peninsula before descending into the Mediterranean coast. As always, celebplanes tracks the machine, not the person; whether Frank Lowy was on board is a matter of inference, not confirmation.

If Frank Lowy was aboard, he would arrive on the French Riviera the same week his aircraft’s recent flight history shows a pattern of rapid, multi-continent movement. In the ten days before this leg, N720LF flew from Nice to Tel Aviv, back to Nice, then to northern Italy, then to Chennai, India, and finally to Indonesia — a loop that suggests either a tightly scheduled business itinerary or a series of repositioning hops. The G700, which Lowy took delivery of earlier this year per an Australian Financial Review report, has the range to link those cities without refueling, and the owner’s known interests span Australia, Israel, Europe, and Asia.

The Australian Financial Review reported in January 2025 that Lowy had traded up to the Gulfstream G700, a model also operated by Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, and noted that Lowy had recently traveled to Poland for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. That trip, combined with his role as chairman of the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, underscores a life split between the Eastern Mediterranean and the global business circuit. Nice has long been a base for the Lowy family’s European activities; the aircraft’s repeated visits to LFMN in the tracking record — including flights on July 20, 22, and 24 — reinforce that the Côte d’Azur functions as a hub for the Westfield patriarch’s transcontinental movements.

The broader context: Frank Lowy, now 95, stepped down as executive chairman of Westfield in 2011 but remains active through the Lowy Institute and family office. His aircraft fleet has historically included Gulfstream 550s and a Global Express, per earlier AFR coverage, and the acquisition of the G700 represents a generational upgrade. The flight from Indonesia to Nice, while not tied to a specific public event at the destination, fits a rhythm of shuttling between Asia and Europe that has defined his later years. Whether the purpose was a board meeting, a family visit, or simply a return to a preferred residence, the aircraft’s trail tells its own story — one of range, speed, and the quiet logistics of a life lived across time zones.