Joseph Tsai's Gulfstream G700 flies Genoa to Newark in 8 hours 28 minutes

Joseph Tsai's Gulfstream G700, registered VP-COR, flew from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport in Italy to Newark Liberty International Airport on Tuesday, October 20, 2026. The aircraft departed at 13:23 UTC and landed at 21:50 UTC, spending 8 hours and 28 minutes in the air. The great-circle distance of the flight was 3,521 nautical miles, or 4,052 miles.

The aircraft averaged a ground speed of 416 knots and reached a highest altitude of 51,000 feet. Its top ground speed during the flight was 494 knots. The flight consumed an estimated 3,637 US gallons of fuel, producing about 34,939 kilograms of CO2. That is roughly the same as driving a car 86,483 miles. The Gulfstream G700 is an ultra long range jet with a range of 7,750 nm and a top speed of Mach 0.935. It can seat up to 19 passengers and has a service ceiling of 51,000 feet.

Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport has a longest runway of 9,564 feet at an elevation of 13 feet. Newark Liberty International Airport's longest runway is 11,000 feet at an elevation of 18 feet. The distance from the aircraft's home base at Hong Kong International Airport to Newark is 6,998 nautical miles.

This was the fourth landing at Newark in the tracked flight history of VP-COR, and the first since September 13, 2026, a gap of 37 days. The aircraft's home base is Hong Kong International Airport, and its usual destinations include Teterboro, San Diego, Shanghai, Singapore, and Los Angeles. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited 20 airports in 15 countries and flew about 12,296 nm. Another tracked aircraft, a Gulfstream G280 with the tail number Target, landed at Newark about four hours earlier.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft completed 12 flights totaling 27.7 hours in the air, producing an estimated 114,472 kilograms of CO2. The longest leg in that period was from Venaria Reale, Italy, to Nossa Senhora do Carmo, Portugal, covering 5,112 nautical miles on October 8. The aircraft's tracked history includes 35 flights from July 20 to October 17, with the most common destinations being Luton, Newark, and Hong Kong.

Joseph Tsai is co-founder and executive vice chairman of Alibaba Group, one of the world's largest e-commerce and technology companies. With a net worth of $11.8 billion, he is also the majority owner of the Brooklyn Nets NBA franchise and the New York Liberty WNBA team. The NBA season typically runs from October through April, and the 2026-27 season began in October. If Joseph Tsai was aboard, the flight would put him within driving distance of the team's home arena during the early part of the season.

Joseph Tsai is a Canadian-Taiwanese billionaire born in Taipei who holds law degrees from Yale and previously worked at Sullivan & Cromwell and Rosewood Capital. He divides his time between Hong Kong, where Alibaba maintains key operations, and New York. His primary aviation base is Hong Kong International Airport, with frequent destinations including Shanghai, New York, Taipei, Singapore, and London. Tsai owns a Gulfstream G650 and uses private aviation extensively for Alibaba board duties, NBA franchise management, and international investment activities.

The aircraft had been on the ground for about three days before this flight, following a tracked landing at Dubai on October 17. Its most common destinations in the tracked flight window were Luton, Newark, and Hong Kong. The flight from Genoa used 45 percent of the aircraft's range, leaving ample fuel for further travel.