Mark Zuckerberg flies his new G700 to Orlando as Meta fights Amazon over AI talent

Mark Zuckerberg flew from San Jose to Orlando on May 21 in his Gulfstream G700 (N3880), a flight of just under five hours. The jet, delivered in December 2024 for an estimated $80 million and painted in Meta's blue-and-white livery, touched down at Orlando International Airport at 22:49 UTC.

The same week, Bloomberg reported that Meta filed a lawsuit against Amazon Web Services, accusing AWS of systematically poaching Meta AI engineers in violation of non-solicit agreements. The case, filed in a Florida federal court, puts Orlando at the center of a high-stakes legal battle over talent as both tech giants race to dominate generative AI. Zuckerberg's arrival aligns with a scheduled status conference in that litigation, per court records reviewed by Reuters on May 20.

The flight continues a pattern of intense use for Zuckerberg's growing fleet. His Gulfstream G650ER (N68885) logged a return trip from Kauai to San Jose just days earlier, a route that has drawn criticism for its carbon footprint — each Hawaii round trip burns roughly 2,300 gallons of jet fuel. With the addition of the G700, Zuckerberg now operates two ultra-long-range jets through the same Wyoming trust, both serviced by Solairus Aviation.