Friday 5 August 2022 11:19 PM As celebrities shamed for 'excessive' use of private jets, which eco-spouter is ... trends now
Quaffing champagne at 40,000ft, flying from glitzy party to awards dos and back again in time for bed — it’s a hard life being an A-lister with your own luxury jet. But the high life has come under fire this week, as celebrities are being named and shamed for their excessive use of private planes.
A private jet emits as much carbon dioxide in an hour as the average person does in a year
A single private jet emits as much carbon dioxide in an hour as the average person does in an entire year, with private flights 14 times more polluting (per passenger) than a commercial plane.
Yet their super-rich owners — many of whom boast about their apparent eco credentials — are hopping on and off their jets for trips that last less than 15 minutes.
Using data compiled by an international flight tracker, British marketing agency Yard compiled a list of the worst offenders.
So whose plane is the worst polluter? And who’s the biggest climate hypocrite among the high fliers?
Kylie Jenner
Kylie Jenner, 24, shared a picture on Instagram showing two private planes — her own and one belonging to her rapper boyfriend, Travis Scott — with the smug caption: ‘You wanna take mine or yours?’
THE JET: Kim Kardashian’s younger sister Kylie has been labelled a ‘climate criminal’ for repeated shorthaul trips on her £60million jet.
Last month, the billionaire social media star, 24, shared a picture on Instagram showing two private planes — her own and one belonging to her rapper boyfriend, Travis Scott — with the smug caption: ‘You wanna take mine or yours?’
She bought the all-white 59.6ft-long Bombardier Global 7500 on a reported spending spree in 2020. The exterior features her name and a Barbie-pink strip, while the interiors have white seats, pink satin pillows and eye masks (bearing ‘Kylie Skin’, the name of her make-up range) and coloured lights that can be set to different hues depending on the time of day.
There are Hermes blankets for guests, two bathrooms, a master suite and an on-board wardrobe.
FLIGHTS TAKEN: 64 this year.
SHORTEST FLIGHT: 12 minutes (Van Nuys to Camarillo, both in California).
CO2 EMITTED: 1,682.7 tons — 240 times the average person.
ECO BOASTS: Kylie prides herself on buying eco-friendly products for her daughter Stormi, four, and made her make-up range vegan last year, telling followers she was going ‘vegan and clean’ because it was ‘time to elevate’ for the planet.
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift, 32, used to own two jets but sold the smaller one (worth a mere £4.9 million) in early 2020.
THE JET: The 32-year-old singer — worth an estimated £470 million — bought her private plane, a £33million Dassault-Breguet Mystere Falcon 900, in 2011.
With its plush cream interiors and in-built flatscreen TVs, it features 18 fully reclinable seats and a distinctive number 13 on the side (her lucky number and birth date in December).
She used to own two jets but sold the smaller one (worth a mere £4.9 million) in early 2020.
FLIGHTS TAKEN: 170 this year
SHORTEST FLIGHT: 36 minutes (Missouri to Nashville, Tennessee).
CO2 EMITTED: 8,293.54 tons — 1,185 times the average person’s annual carbon emissions of seven tons.
ECO BOASTS: In 2020, Taylor was branded a ‘sustainable fashion influencer’ by Vogue.
In another interview that same year, she branded climate change a ‘horrific situation’.
A representative defended her apparent air miles, saying that her jet is ‘loaned out regularly to other individuals’. They added: ‘To attribute most or all of these trips to her is blatantly incorrect.’
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey (pictured with her husband Stedman Graham) bought a £62million Gulfstream G650 in 2016
THE JET: With an estimated net worth of more than £2 billion, it’s no wonder TV host Oprah has her own posh plane. The 68-year-old bought a £62million Gulfstream G650 in 2016, reportedly after becoming irritated when a female fan asked her for a hug while she was waiting in an airport queue.
The opulent jet, which can comfortably fit 16, is divided into four themed areas: dine, work, entertain and relax. There’s a double
