Jim Ratcliffe lands in Saguenay as Monaco Grand Prix week begins

Jim Ratcliffe flew from an offshore Newfoundland position to Saguenay-Bagotville Airport on June 4, 2026, a 1h 42m hop aboard his Gulfstream G650, M-OVIE. The departure coordinates — roughly 230 km southeast of St. John's — suggest a transatlantic leg ended with a fuel stop before this short repositioning segment into Quebec.

The same day Ratcliffe landed in Canada, the Monaco Grand Prix's tightest operating restrictions took effect at Nice Côte d'Azur Airport, per Universal Weather's planning guide [universalweather.com](https://www.universalweather.com/blog/monaco-grand-prix-2026-business-aviation-planning-guide/). Ratcliffe, a Monaco resident who owns OGC Nice and the INEOS Britannia America's Cup challenger, is a regular visitor to Nice (LFMN) during the Grand Prix window. Transworld Jets notes the 2026 Riviera calendar runs 26 days straight, from Cannes through Monaco, with Nice parking requiring pre-confirmation and helicopters booked alongside slots [transworldjets.com](https://transworldjets.com/insights/riviera-window-cannes-monaco-2026/).

Ratcliffe's flight history shows he flew from Nice to Ireland on May 28 before crossing the Atlantic, then repositioned from the Irish coast eastward on May 25. The pattern — Nice, then westbound, now a Canada stop — may reflect a broader travel schedule that lands him back on the Riviera in time for race weekend, or it may simply be a mid-journey pause. Either way, his jets remain in the air while Nice's slot office guards every parking stand.