The Airbus A380 is the largest passenger aircraft in the world and is known as the "Big Mac" in the air.

How big is this plane?

With just a simple statistic, you can understand that this aircraft can carry 960 passengers and travel 16,000 kilometers!

In other words, you can fly directly from Hong Kong to New York!

Anywhere in the world, you can get there directly!

It's just such an airplane, and someone has been converted into a private jet......

Alwaleed, the world's richest oil prince, owns $31.2 billion in assets and owns three private jets, including the A380, Boeing 747 and Airbus 321.

The furnishings of each aircraft are extravagant and luxurious, but the most striking is the A380, the world's largest and most luxurious private jet, valued at $500 million.

With huge dollars in exchange for rolling oil and a brilliant business acumen, the oil prince Alwaleed lived a life of extreme luxury. Known as the "Buffett of the Middle East", as early as 2006, Forbes magazine ranked eighth in the world and first in the Middle East with a net worth of 20.3 billion US dollars.

At the request of Prince Alwaleed, more than 900 seats were removed from the plane, with a total floor area about the size of three tennis courts, and eventually transformed into a "flying palace".

It is reported that the interior of the "Flying Palace" has a total of three floors, which are connected by a luxurious and stylish spiral staircase and a private elevator for the prince.

The luxury experience begins at the moment of boarding: the car is driven directly onto the plane and parked in the garage on the plane. You read that right, there is a garage on this plane......

It's also so that Prince Alwaleed can take his beloved sports cars with him when he flies around the world!

Elevators stop on the runway and a red carpet unfurls to greet VIPs, illuminated with brilliant lights to "create an Oscar-like atmosphere."

The belly of the aircraft was converted into a relaxation area, including a Turkish bath. This Turkish bath is inlaid with natural marble, and the marble slabs are only 2 mm thick to reduce weight.

Next door to the hammam is the Observation House, where the floor and walls have been converted into giant screens showing the view from the ground. Passengers can stand on this "magic carpet" and enjoy the scenery of the whole journey, and from time to time there are bursts of aroma blowing into the house.

A three-story spiral staircase and Prince's private elevator provide access to the meeting room and Prince's private living area.

In the conference room, there is a huge touch screen, which can be used by 4 people at the same time, and the huge electronic screen on the ground can be seen.

There is also a professional concert hall for a giant grand steinway piano with a capacity of 10 people.

According to the designer, the Saudi prince's request was to create a "palace in the sky" full of Arabian style.

The owner's private area has a total of five ensuites, including a royal queen bed, entertainment system and prayer room. In the prayer room there are computer-generated prayer mats, always in the direction of the holy city of Mecca.

The most personal decoration on the plane is the "Oasis Lounge", designed according to the requirements of Prince Alwaleed, made of tents in the Bedouin style of ancient Arab nomads. Large velvet curtains hang from the ceiling of the lounge, low tables are placed on the floor, soft silk and cashmere cushions are scattered around the floor, and desert landscapes made of optical fibre material are painted on the walls.

Environmentalists and politicians have accused the Saudi prince of extravagance, but he has his own arguments, saying: "Wealth is a blessing." If wealth is used correctly, it is neither waste nor abuse. ”

Since he can afford such an expensive aircraft, Prince Alwaleed is naturally not a problem for later operation and maintenance. Although the exact cost of the flight is not known, the flight cost of its competitor Boeing 747 can be used as a reference - it costs more than £5,000 per hour of flight, which is almost $10,000!

Although it is only ranked second on the list, it is definitely the undisputed first place in terms of luxury!

The first aircraft on the list is a Boeing 767-300 aircraft, the space of this aircraft is obviously not as good as the Airbus A380, and the interior space is only about half of the Airbus A380.

The reason why it can be ranked first is because the owner of this plane pays more attention to personal safety......

The top rich man from Eastern Europe, Abramović.

He demanded that the private jet enjoy the same level of security as the President of the United States' Air Force One. You must know that the safety guarantee of "Air Force One" is not just talking, there are all kinds of black technologies in it, and the value of these security guarantees is more expensive than that of aircraft, so this private jet spent a total of 1 billion US dollars before and after.

If these safety and security equipment are removed, then the actual value of this aircraft is not as expensive as Prince Alwaleed's Airbus A380.

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As for what kind of plane Wang Ye wants to buy, he has already thought about it, not to buy Airbus A380, nor Boeing 767, he has a new plane.

That's Boeing's new 747-8 VIP!

This aircraft has not been purchased as a private jet by anyone, but it is said that Air Force One, which is currently in service in the United States, will be retired, and it will be this Boeing 747-8 VIP model that will be purchased!

Wang Ye wants to get ahead of Lao Mei and take this plane first.

However, the cost is also extremely high.

The personalized Boeing 747-8 VIP private jet sells for about $403 million, or about 2.53 billion yuan. And it only has a basic flight function, not even the paint is brushed, and the furniture inside is naturally not, which has to be customized by you in the later stage.

Of course, the interior space of this aircraft is also huge, a full 450 square meters!

It seems to be the area of a mansion, which is not much different from the area of Wang Ye's house at No. 1 Pengcheng Bay......

If you want to buy this kind of aircraft, you can't get it right away, you need to place an order for customization.

If someone is waiting in line, they don't know how long they will have to wait.

But this matter, just leave it to Susan, Boeing is American, and Citi is even more powerful in the United States, maybe it can cut a queue or something. As a top VIP customer of Citi, I can still enjoy this convenience.

So, Susan's first task after serving as Wang Ye's personal financial advisor was to contact Boeing and order a private jet!

This makes Susan also a little excited, since she entered the industry, although she has often dealt with top rich people, the last customer she served was also a top rich person.

It was a wealthy man in the United States, a woman, who was a little older, and when Susan took over the job of serving her, the client was in her seventies.

As for why Susan doesn't continue to serve her now, of course, it's because the rich woman has passed away......

When dealing with high-ranking customers, Susan slowly adapted to the spending habits of the top rich.

Of course, the net worth of that rich woman is far less than that of Wang Ye, and the customer named Biliana has a net worth of more than 3 billion US dollars.

Although it is much worse than Wang Ye, it is also more than 3 billion US dollars!

There are only a handful of people in the world who can have this wealth, but there are no more than a thousand!

In the United States, this net worth can be ranked in the top 100.

As soon as Susan joined, she could get the opportunity to serve such a rich man, which can be regarded as the best of the best, which also proves Susan's excellence from another aspect!

Bilena also owns private jets, and older wealthy people tend to be more willing to spend money......

Her private jet, the same model as Wang Ye's current one, is a Gulfstream G550.

Susan has also flown a few times and has an idea of the luxury of private jets.

The Gulfstream G550, which is worth only tens of millions of dollars, is extravagant to that extent, and now Wang Ye wants to buy the Boeing 747-8 VIP, then don't think about it, this is currently the most expensive private jet in the world!

Generally, to buy such an expensive item, customers need to go to repeated inspections, test flights, and experiences.

But Wang Ye is different, his habit is like this, once he decides what he wants to buy, then he won't waste too much time on this matter, and he won't even come forward himself, just let his subordinates buy it!

Just like this time to buy a private jet, he didn't bother to fly to Boeing to talk about it in person, but handed over the task to Susan and entrusted her with full authority.

Seriously, even if you go to Boeing in person, go to test flight experience, and negotiate the price, what can you do?

Airplanes, the world's two major companies can provide this kind of large aircraft, not Boeing but Airbus, it can be said that there is basically no choice.

And Wang Ye's Boeing 747-8 VIP is the latest model, and the technology is also the most advanced, if he doesn't buy this, then he can only choose Airbus's A380.

Wang Ye is also a "good-looking party", he really doesn't like Airbus's wide and bulky aircraft, it looks a little ...... Silly.

The Boeing 747-8 VIP is different, although Wang Ye has not seen the actual machine, he has seen high-definition pictures and videos. This aircraft, the design concept is a bit like a supercar style, the fuselage is slightly streamlined, and the overall look is very stylish and very cool!

is the style that Wang Ye likes, so it has become his first choice.

As for the price, this is just a few hundred million dollars, and it would be a bit of a shame for Wang Ye to come forward to negotiate the price in person.

Besides, he may not be better than Susan when he talks about it, after all, behind Susan, there is not only him, the world's top richest man, but also the behemoth Citibank. Even if you don't give him Wang Ye face, you have to give Citi some face.

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As soon as Susan took over the task, she sprang into action.

The private banking department of Citibank, where she works, of course, has close ties with Boeing, you know, the top billionaires served by Citigroup Private Banking can be said to basically include the world's top billionaires, and most of these billionaires buy private jets or something, and most of them entrust Citi's private financial advisors. Therefore, Citi's private banking division often has business dealings with these major airlines.