Pimp my Jet: A mansion with wings

[slodave]

This is my next ride.
Pimp my jet

Well, maybe not.

Does it have a garage for all the cars needed for a trip as well?

[URY914]

I've never seen a jet with tha fireplace before!

[Jeff Higgins]

Allah would be proud. I bet he still brings his goats on board.

[TSNAPCRACKLEPOP]

i could do more with 150 million

[rammstein]

I am afraid of flying.

Not because of motion sickness, or mortal fear.

I am afraid of being on a seat that is somehow less comfortable than a $5 office chair, next to a blimp-human, in a narrow, hot claustrophobic tube with a screaming 8 year old and....

If I was rich, I would definitely get a small, nice private jet. God, it would be nice.

[kach22i]

It needs a bigger bar.

[Zeke]

Way too stupid. Sure, sitting in a cramped cattle shuttle is no way to go, but that extravagance is way over the top. And, what's more, in over 6000 sq. ft., the wet bar is about a 2500 sq. ft. tract home variety.

A shameful waste. Makes me really want to try and understand middle eastern culture and wealth.

(no, I didn't capitalize M.E.)

[Joeaksa]

That airplane is the A-380 for for Al Waleed, out of Jeddah Saudi Arabia. Friend of mine's Father was his chief pilot for 20 years. Very interesting group...

This is the guy who owns part of Citibank, part of EuroDisneyland and so on. Something like the 3rd richest guy in the world.

This is the Airbus A-340 (left) and Boeing B-747-400 (right) that he uses now.



This is the Boeing B-727 that he flew for many years.



If you want to see more about this guy, look here:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070405.wtalal0405/BNStory/Business

EDIT, updated the percentages on the companies. I believe that he now owns most of the Citigroup but the lastest from Forbes shows only 4%. I know its more but not sure how much more.

[Zeke]

Ah, thanks for the info, Joe. Next on my list is to turn in my Citibank card. No need to support that kind of decadence.

[Joeaksa]

Milt,

I agree completely. If you look into the "Kingdom group" you will find that his fingers are in everything.

Look at this list:

Azizia Commercial Investment Company, 20%
Amazon.com, less than 1%
AOL Time/Warner, approximately 1%
Arab Palestinian Investment Company Ltd. (APIC), 4%
Arab Radio and Television (ART), 5%
Apple Computers Inc., 5%
Ballast Nedam Group, 3%
Cal Merchant Bank, Ghana, 14%
Canary Wharf, London, approximately 2%
Citigroup, 4%
Disneyland Resort and Theme Park, Paris, 17.3%
eBay.com, less than 1%
EcoBank, 10%
The Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, 4.9%
Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, 22%
Four Seasons, London, 100%
Ford Motor Company, less than 1%
George V Hotel, Paris, 100%
Hewlett-Packard (HP), approximately 1%
Jerusalem Dev. & Investment Co. (JEDICO), 5%
Kingdom Agriculture & Development Co. (KADCO), 50%
The Kingdom Centre, 32.5%
Kingdom City, 38.9%
Kingdom Holding Company, 100%
Kingdom Hospital, 65%
Kingdom Hotel Investment Group, 46.9%
Kingdom Schools, 47%
Kodak Corporation, 1%
Lebanese Broadcasting Center (LBC), 49%
Motorola, approximately 1%
Mövenpick Hotels and Resorts, 33.3%
National Industrialization Company, 15%
News Corporation, 3.75%
Nigeria United Bank, 13.7%
Nile Plaza Complex, Cairo, Egypt, 50%
Palestine Development & Investment Company (PADICO), 5%
Pepsi Co., less than 1%
Plaza Hotel, 50%
priceline.com, 5.4%
Procter & Gamble, less than 1%
Rotana Video & Audio Visual Co., 100%
Saks Fifth Avenue, more than 2.3%
Saudi American Bank, 5%
Savola Group Company, 17.9%
Senegalese Telecom. Co. (SONATEL), 10%
The Walt Disney Company, less than 1%

Remember a few months after 9/11? A Saudi prince tried to give Pres Bush several million bux to help the survivors? It was Prince al-Waleed. Am glad that the President refused the gift.

Joe

EDIT, forgot to tell you the worst part about working for him. He has the two large airplanes above, the largest in the world until the A-380 came along. For EVERY flight both airplanes are fueled, catered, staffed and ready to go. He walks to the airport and makes a decision which one to take that day on the flight, then boards that plane. The other airplane then fires up and follows the "primary" airplane where-ever it goes just in case it might break down.

Everywhere he goes, it not only costs an arm and a leg, it costs twice what it should cost because of this procedure.

[RKC]

Looks quite nice.

But why does a Muslim need a wet bar and a wine chiller?

And having the Middle East leadership's wealth dependent upon the health of Western companies seems to me to be a GOOD thing.....The more capitalists, the fewer terrorists.

[Zeke]

For a minute there, I read that as "wine cellar. Now, that would be something. I guess I missed the fireplace. Oh well.

Only 4% of Citi? Well, I'll keep my card and my FICO intact, thank you.

[URY914]

Originally posted by Jeff Higgins
Allah would be proud. I bet he still brings his goats on board.

The first time I read this I thought you said " ... BANGS his goats on board".

[slodave]

I still want to know what happens with any cars he wants to bring along.

Does he travel often and I thought the A380 was too big for most airports at the moment? Kind of limits where you can go.

[Joeaksa]

Originally posted by slodave
I still want to know what happens with any cars he wants to bring along.

Does he travel often and I thought the A380 was too big for most airports at the moment? Kind of limits where you can go.

Brings along? Silly boy... he owns a fleet of houses with cars ready and waiting in every city he visits.

Mikey Schumacher is almost as bad. He owns something like 10-12 Harleys and stations one in every city he spends time in, so he has a toy while there.

The rich and famous do not worry about small things like this.

Al-Waleed has a Challenger as well that he uses if he is going to a smaller town. He flies the Boeing or Airbus to the largest town nearby then hops on the Challenger and flies it to the smaller airport.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Nigeria United Bank, 13.7%

That's where all the 419 scam $$$ goes.

[slodave]

Originally posted by Joeaksa
Brings along? Silly boy... he owns a fleet of houses with cars ready and waiting in every city he visits.

Yeah, yeah. Next you'll be telling, that tricks are for kids

[Joeaksa]

Dave,

Hate to admit it but I STILL like Trix... too damm much sugar in them so never eat them but its tough to walk past them in the grocery store!

Joe

[Flatbutt1]

what are the operating costs for such a ride?