A Global 5000. Juan Carlos I has flown this midday from London to Galicia in this aircraft model: a very long-range private jet built in 2014 by the Canadian Bombardier. This aircraft, which in Spain is used as a corporate aircraft by different banks and textile companies, is one of the private jets with the largest radius of action on the market. This feature allows you to reach anywhere in the world with, at most, one layover.
The plane that the former head of state uses these days for his trips to England and Spain, was registered in the United Arab Emirates as A6-RJC and is part of the RoyalJet fleet, an operator based in Abu Dhabi specializing in VIP flights. The company, led by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Hamad Bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, has three Global 5000s and eleven Boeing BBJs, the business jet version of the popular Boeing 737, where the many passenger rows in commercial versions have been replaced by 22 comfortable seats, as well as a suite with a bathroom and a large bed in the back of the plane.
The Global 5000, smaller than the BBJ, also have a generous layout: it can carry a maximum of 12 passengers and the divan at the rear of the plane can be converted into a comfortable bed at the request of the plane’s charterer. This is a model identical to the regional jets operated by Air Nostrum, although in this case the rows of seats and the upper cupboards to store coats and briefcases have been replaced by other types of much larger and more comfortable seats, as well as wooden tables. , finishes in the style of the best high-end cars and other luxury airplane details.
The aircraft operator also has its own terminal at Abu Dhabi International Airport. This is totally segregated from the rest of the terminals and there the company guarantees maximum discretion to its travelers by offering four elegant waiting rooms. Due to the characteristics of these flights, these spaces are not usually used for more than a few minutes, since the coordination between land and air transport is absolute, both upon arrival and departure, with which the passage of this type of travelers through the airport is ephemeral. Aircraft changes are even made directly on the same platform, going from helicopter to private plane or vice versa to continue the trips.
The Global 5000 that arrives in Spain today left Abu Dhabi on Monday, April 17, and after a seven-hour and 20-minute flight, it landed in Stansted, 50 kilometers northeast of the British capital. The airport is one of the main Ryanair bases and is specialized in low-cost flights, although it is also one of the main airports in London dedicated to private aviation along with Farnborough or Luton. In fact, the demand is so great that virtually every airport serving London has an inordinate number of business jets.
After spending yesterday parked in Stansted, the plane took off this afternoon and to avoid tracking in the applications that report civil flights in the skies around the world, the company decided to delete the registration, origin and destination information to If possible, avoid following the Global 5000 journey from the screens at a cruising speed of close to 900 kilometers per hour and at 12,500 meters of height on its journey between London and Galicia.
