INEOS Gulfstream G600 M-INKE lands at Nice after 8-hour Atlantic crossing

INEOS's Gulfstream G600, tail number M-INKE, landed at Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport on Friday, October 30, 2026, at 21:22 UTC. The flight departed President Donald J. Trump International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, at 13:22 UTC and spent 8 hours 0 minutes in the air.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 4,211 nautical miles, or 4,846 miles. The aircraft climbed to a highest altitude of 45,025 feet and reached a top ground speed of 594 knots, averaging 526 knots over the whole leg. Our estimates show the Gulfstream G600 burned about 3,522 US gallons of fuel, releasing roughly 33,832 kg of CO2, equivalent to driving a car 83,743 miles. The G600 is an ultra-long-range jet with a range of 6,600 nautical miles, a ceiling of 51,000 feet, and seating for up to 19 passengers.

The G600's top speed is Mach 0.925, or 515 knots. The aircraft has four passenger zones. The flight from West Palm Beach used about 440 US gallons of fuel per hour.

This was the 12th landing by an INEOS aircraft at Nice in the 30-day window before this flight. The previous one came just one day earlier, on October 29, when M-AMBA, another Gulfstream G600 in the fleet, also arrived at Nice. The fleet's home base is Isle of Man Airport in Castletown, and its usual destinations include Farnborough, London Luton, Geneva, and Manchester. Two other tracked aircraft landed at Nice in the 24 hours before M-INKE: Lawrence Stroll's Bombardier Global 7500 about 5 hours earlier, and Philip Green's Gulfstream G650 about 3 hours earlier.

The most common destination was Nice, with 11 landings, followed by Farnborough with 10. The longest leg in that window was M-INKE's flight from Farnborough to West Palm Beach on October 29, covering 3,790 nautical miles.

INEOS is one of the world's largest chemical producers, founded in 1998 by Sir Jim Ratcliffe. The company employs about 26,000 people across 190 sites and generates roughly $65 billion in annual revenue. Its sporting arm includes OGC Nice, the INEOS Grenadiers cycling team, the INEOS Britannia America's Cup campaign, a stake in the Mercedes-AMG Formula 1 team, and about 28 percent of Manchester United, acquired in February 2024. The fleet of three Gulfstream G600s, including M-INKE, is held through Hampshire Aviation LLP, the INEOS flight department, and is shared among Ratcliffe and co-owners Andy Currie and John Reece.

The city also sits near Monaco, where the company maintains a significant presence. The arrival of an INEOS aircraft at Nice is routine, given the frequency of flights to the region.

The aircraft had been on the ground for about 13 hours before this flight, after its previous tracked landing at West Palm Beach on October 29. The home base, Isle of Man Airport, is 779 nautical miles from Nice.

The flight from West Palm Beach to Nice used about 64 percent of the aircraft's maximum range, a typical transatlantic leg for the G600.