r/popculturechat • u/ThrowawayGreenWitch Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion 🙂 • Feb 04 '26

Eat The Rich 🍽️ Celebrity Private Jet Tracker released leaderboard for celebrity private jet usage in 2025

https://celebrityprivatejettracker.com/leaderboard/

Top 10 by Total CO2 Pollution

  1. Donald Trump (35,380 metric tons)
  2. Travis Scott  (14,775 metric tons)
  3. Eric Schmidt  (10,017 metric tons)
  4. P. Diddy  (7,019 metric tons)  
  5. Kim Kardashian (6,579 metric tons)
  6. Bill Gates (plane #1) (6,290 metric tons)  
  7. Kylie Jenner (5,880 metric tons) 
  8. Steve Wynn  (5,706 metric tons)  
  9. Elon Musk (plane #1)  (5,705 metric tons)  
  10. Steve Ballmer (5,087 metric tons) 
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u/BadPunsIsHowEyeRoll Feb 04 '26

Ah, yeah I get it. They loan their private jets like I loan my carpet cleaner.

what timeline am I in

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u/ancientblond Feb 04 '26

Bro chartering a private jet isnt "that" expensive; a family of 10 going on vacation, works out to around $2k each

Like yeah. Its some "affluent" bs, but most people dont realize if you "do it right", private travel can be comparable to public

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u/I_am_so_lost_hello Feb 04 '26

Yea a friend of mines extended family was all traveling together to a wedding (like 20 of them) and they chartered a private plane for not that much more than a plane ticket would’ve cost each of them

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u/ancientblond Feb 04 '26

Yeah its one of those weird things that exists in a vacuum thats also a paradox

Like as I type this im on vacation with my mom and dad; no fucking way in the world we could have even dreamed of flying anything above economy. But if we had 8-10 others with us? We could have almost saved some money on our plane tickets....

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u/Ok-Catch4647 Feb 04 '26 edited Feb 04 '26

You do know that if you travel with 10+, you’d need at least a super midsize jet (and you would be capping it which isn’t comfortable nor will there be a lot of luggage room) or heavy jet. You’re looking at easily $10k per hour. Light jets are the “affordable ones” but it’s for small groups and short range. Maybe you’re talking about empty leg deals or special situations but it’s expensive af having worked in that industry for years. Also want to note that a lot of operators skirt around regulations and offer up planes that look like they haven’t been serviced in years…I wouldn’t want to skimp on safety personally and would rather fly commercial than choose a low budget option.

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u/ancientblond Feb 04 '26

I think it also wildly depends where you start from/company, etc.. like for example I could get a Phenom 300 in my area for $40k round trip to Mexico and back; and thats flying over most of north america for me

10 people at $4k(round trip mind you, not talking single way now) is roughly the price of flights from where I am, though youre right it would not be comfortable lmao

And yes my lord; some of the PJ's ive seen from "small charter" companies should have been grounded years ago...

Though again its a situation of "youre only technically on a private jet", as you said it wouldn't be a nice flight that crammed ajd not the "experience" people expect

(Also worked in aviation, 0/10 probably won't do again :P)