Bombardier Global Express XRS
PP-VDR · ICAO: E483F7 · Heavy jet

Vale S.A. is a Brazilian multinational mining corporation headquartered in Rio de Janeiro and one of the largest mining companies in the world. The company historically operated a substantial corporate fleet, which peaked at eight aircraft in 2012. Vale has been gradually downsizing its aviation operations; it sold its Embraer E190 in 2023 and its Bombardier Global Express XRS (PP-VDR) in early 2025. The Global Express XRS had operated from Belo Horizonte/Pampulha Airport (SBBH) since 2009, flying executives to the company's mining operations in Carajás (SBCJ), Rio de Janeiro, and international destinations including Canada and Africa. Following the sale, Vale acquired a smaller Embraer Praetor 500 and retained one King Air B300 along with five helicopters. The decision to downsize reflects cost optimization efforts, with executives now also traveling on commercial airlines. Vale's mining operations span Brazil's Iron Quadrangle near Belo Horizonte, the Carajás mineral province in Pará, the Serra Sul complex, and the Voisey's Bay nickel mine in Canada.
Note · Celebplanes tracks Vale's registered aircraft — not Vale personally. ADS-B data shows when and where the plane moved; who was aboard any given flight is unknown.
Where Vale's aircraft has flown — each dot is a recorded position.
Total flights
12
Total CO₂
162.1t
Flight hours
39h
PP-VDR · ICAO: E483F7 · Heavy jet
Yes. Celebplanes tracks 1 aircraft associated with Vale: a Bombardier Global Express XRS (PP-VDR). Every movement is logged from the public ADS-B broadcast, so the flight history on this page is a record of the aircraft, not of who was aboard.
Vale flies a Bombardier Global Express XRS (registration PP-VDR). Live tracking, full flight history, and CO₂ emissions for each aircraft are available on this page.
Vale owns 1 tracked aircraft: PP-VDR (Bombardier Global Express XRS). This is the count Celebplanes can evidence from public registration and ADS-B records; aircraft held through undisclosed entities or chartered rather than owned would not appear here.
Vale flies a Bombardier Global Express XRS — Ultra Long Range class, 6,160 nm range, seating up to 16 (registration PP-VDR).
Vale flies a Bombardier Global Express XRS (PP-VDR). Pre-owned examples typically ask $10–18 million — indicative mid-2026 market figures, not an appraisal. Actual value turns on airframe hours, engine-programme enrolment and cabin configuration.
Vale's private jet tail number is PP-VDR (a Bombardier Global Express XRS). Each registration links to the live tracking page with full flight history, fuel burn and CO₂ emissions on Celebplanes.
Vale's Bombardier Global Express XRS (PP-VDR) burns roughly 430 gallons of Jet-A per hour, which converts to about 4,131 kg of CO₂ per flight hour — equivalent to roughly 10,225 miles of average passenger-car driving.
Attributions derived from FAA registry + ADSB Exchange + SEC filings; may be incomplete or outdated. Methodology · Report an error. Observational use only.
Vale's home base is Belo Horizonte/Pampulha Airport (SBBH / PLU), with frequent destinations including SBCF, SBGL, SBGR, SBCJ.
Across 12 tracked flights (39 flight hours) on Celebplanes, Vale's aircraft have emitted approximately 162.1t of CO₂. These figures are calculated from public ADS-B flight times multiplied by manufacturer-published fuel burn × the EPA standard 9.57 kg CO₂/gallon for Jet-A.
Yes. Every transponder-equipped aircraft broadcasts unencrypted ADS-B position data continuously, by FAA mandate. Celebplanes aggregates this public broadcast from ADSB Exchange, ADSB.fi, FlightRadar24 and airplanes.live — the same sources used by news outlets and academic researchers. See celebplanes.com/methodology for details.