Warner Bros Discovery's jet lands in Charlotte as antitrust drama swells

Warner Bros Discovery’s Falcon 900EX, N304K, was tracked flying from Charleston to Charlotte on July 1, a 42-minute hop that landed at Charlotte Douglas just after noon local time. The aircraft had spent the previous week cycling through South Carolina and North Carolina before this short coastal run.

If Warner Bros Discovery was aboard, the arrival in Charlotte coincides with a surge of regulatory activity around its proposed $110 billion acquisition by Paramount Skydance. On July 1, Reuters reported that Paramount had submitted concessions to the European Commission, pushing the decision deadline to July 22, while the UK’s Lisa Nandy signaled she is “minded to intervene” over media-plurality concerns — a move covered by Variety and The Washington Examiner this week. Charlotte sits in a key battleground state where state attorneys general are reportedly weighing a lawsuit to block the deal.

The aircraft’s recent pattern shows frequent shuttling between Charlotte and the West Coast — including a trip to San Francisco on June 25 and a return from the same airport on June 28 — suggesting Charlotte may be functioning as a logistical hub or secondary base for personnel shuttling amid the merger’s closing push, which Paramount hopes to finalize by the end of September.