Goldman Sachs leaves Washington the week it shatters dealmaking records

Goldman Sachs flew from Washington Dulles International Airport to Teterboro Airport on Thursday morning, a 58-minute hop in the Gulfstream G280 (tail N280WS) that landed just before 11:45 p.m. local time. The short-haul jet, used for regional convenience rather than transatlantic range, carried executives back from the nation's capital after meetings that coincided with a historic announcement.

The same week Goldman Sachs disclosed it had managed more than $1 trillion in announced mergers and acquisitions in the first half of 2026 — a record for any investment bank in a six-month period, per a Reuters report cited by multiple outlets [rte.ie](https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2026/0617/1578847-goldman-sachs-shatters-dealmaking-records/) — the firm's leadership was in Washington, where CEO David Solomon was photographed with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at a dinner described as 'carefully orchestrated optics' [usabusinesstimes.com](https://usabusinesstimes.com/inside-the-goldman-sachs-succession-storm-nobody-is-talking-about/). The flight follows a pattern of frequent Washington trips: N280WS flew from Teterboro to Dulles on June 15 and again on June 14, and the aircraft logged a Paris run on June 17, underscoring the bank's reliance on its mid-range Gulfstream for East Coast policy and client calls.