Mukesh Ambani's Boeing 737 MAX 9 BBJ VT-AKV flies a 13-minute loop from Mumbai to Mumbai

Mukesh Ambani's Boeing 737 MAX 9 BBJ, tail number VT-AKV, flew a 13-minute round trip from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport on Tuesday, October 27, 2026. The aircraft departed at 06:21 UTC and landed back at the same airport at 06:35 UTC. The great-circle distance covered was 79 nautical miles, or 91 miles. Average ground speed was 354 knots, with a top speed of 411 knots and a highest altitude of 27,000 feet.

The flight used about 178 gallons of fuel, producing an estimated 1,714 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 4,243 miles. VT-AKV is a Boeing 737 MAX 9 BBJ with a range of 6,600 nautical miles, a ceiling of 41,000 feet, and seating for typically 25 passengers. It burns about 800 gallons of fuel per hour. The aircraft is built for long-haul VIP transport and has been in service since 2018.

This was the 16th landing at Mumbai by Mukesh Ambani's aircraft in the tracked window from September 19 to October 17, 2026. The previous landing at Mumbai was on October 14, 12 days before this flight. Mumbai is the home base for both VT-AKV and the owner's other aircraft, VT-ASR, a Bombardier Global 7500. In the 30 days before this flight, the fleet visited 10 airports in four countries, including New Delhi, Zaventem, and Jaipur.

Mukesh Ambani is the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, India's largest company by revenue at roughly $125 billion. He lives at Antilia, a 27-story private skyscraper in Mumbai valued at $1 to 2 billion. The flight ended at his home base, and no public events or news tied to Mukesh Ambani or Reliance Industries were reported near the arrival airport on this date.

The aircraft's previous tracked flight was a 21-minute hop from New Delhi to Jaipur on October 17. This 13-minute loop used 1 percent of the aircraft's range. The flight is logged as a completed movement in VT-AKV's history.

Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport has a longest runway of 11,511 feet and an elevation of 39 feet. The aircraft is a MAX 9 based BBJ with a 1,100-plus square foot cabin and a top speed of Mach 0.79, or 471 knots. It is India's first MAX 9 BBJ and arrived on August 27, 2024, with customization costing more than $120 million.

The most common destinations were Mumbai with 15 landings, New Delhi with four landings, and Zaventem with two landings. The longest leg in that window was Zaventem to Mumbai on October 9, covering 3,708 nautical miles aboard VT-AKV.

Before this flight, the aircraft had been on the ground for about 10 days since its previous tracked landing at Jaipur on October 17. Other recent flights by the same owner include a 34-minute hop from Ajmer to New Delhi on October 17 and a 1-hour 34-minute trip from Mumbai to New Delhi on October 15 aboard the Bombardier Global 7500.