Rodolphe Saade’s Global 7500 lands in Paris days after PM Modi meeting and amid Strait of Hormuz fallout

A Bombardier Global 7500 operating under the tail number OE-LYS was tracked flying from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Paris-Le Bourget on 28 June 2026, completing the 1-hour 46-minute hop at 16:02 UTC. The aircraft is registered to Rodolphe Saade’s corporate fleet.

If Rodolphe Saade was aboard, the return to Paris comes days after bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Paris, where per The Week and India Shipping News, the CMA CGM chairman discussed shipbuilding at Cochin Shipyard and a new R&D hub in India [theweek.in](https://www.theweek.in/news/maritime/2026/06/18/why-does-cma-cgm-want-to-build-more-ships-in-india-pm-modi-rodolphe-saade-discuss-maritime-collaborations.html) [indiashippingnews.com](https://indiashippingnews.com/pm-modi-discusses-maritime-connectivity-and-collaboration-opportunities-with-cma-cgm-chairman-and-ceo-rodolphe-saade/). It also coincides with renewed US-Iran strikes in the Strait of Hormuz, which CNA reported on 28 June have escalated despite an interim peace deal, and where CMA CGM’s vessel Galapagos recently transited what the firm called a “complex” environment [channelnewsasia.com](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/us-iran-war-escalate-fresh-strikes-hormuz-tanker-6215731). Rodolphe Saade had previously told the French parliament the industry “can’t be prisoners to Hormuz,” per TradeWinds [tradewindsnews.com](https://www.tradewindsnews.com/containers/rodolphe-saade-we-can-t-be-prisoners-to-hormuz-/2-1-2002080).

The aircraft had shuttled between Marseille and Venice on 26 June before heading to Paris, a pattern suggesting a working trip bookended by CMA CGM’s headquarters in Marseille and Le Bourget’s business-aviation hub.