John Hess flies from Trenton to Teterboro the week of the Chevron merger close

John Hess flew from Trenton Mercer Airport to Teterboro Airport on the morning of May 19, 2026, a 24-minute, 24-mile hop aboard the Gulfstream G650ER N1454H. The aircraft climbed no higher than 3,850 feet before descending into the private airfield that serves midtown Manhattan.

The short trip lands Hess back at the company's New York-area base in the same week the Federal Trade Commission's restriction was lifted to allow him to join Chevron's board of directors, per a Chevron press release on July 18, 2025 [chevroncorp.gcs-web.com]. That clearance followed the close of Chevron's $53 billion acquisition of Hess Corporation, which had been delayed by a separate arbitration dispute over the Guyana Stabroek Block. John Hess is expected to serve as an advisor on government relations and social investments in Guyana.

The flight from Trenton, where the company maintains a hangar, to Teterboro is a familiar route: N1454H has made the same short trip at least twice in the past two weeks, including a return leg on May 10 after arriving from London's Farnborough Airport. Hess had also flown to Washington, D.C. on May 6 and back to New York the next day, consistent with the regulatory and advisory demands of a newly combined company.