Elon Musk‘s SpaceX has seemingly purchased a Boeing 737 that used to belong to Air China, information present.
A planespotter filmed the jet, registered as N154TS, touchdown at Los Angeles Worldwide Airport on Wednesday — the place its distinctive gray livery attracted consideration.
The Federal Aviation Administration’s registry exhibits the jet’s proprietor is Falcon Aviation Holdings LLC. That firm’s deal with is similar as SpaceX‘s headquarters in Hawthorne, California.
Falcon Aviation Holdings took possession of the 737-800 again in July, in accordance with knowledge from Planespotters.web. The Boeing jet first entered service in 2002, when it was delivered to Air China.
A decade later, Air China then transformed the airplane right into a freighter. It is unclear whether or not it is nonetheless configured as such, or what SpaceX may be utilizing it for.
Notably, the subsidiary which owns the jet is completely different from the opposite planes associated to SpaceX.
A assessment of the present plane associated to SpaceX
N628TS (FALCON LANDING LLC) a G650
N272BG (FALCON LANDING LLC) a G550
N502SX (FALCON LANDING LLC) > Now (TVPX TRUSTEE) a G550
N450GG (TVPX TRUSTEE) a G450
N154TS (FALCON AVIATION HOLDINGS LLC) a B738— Jack Sweeney (@Jxck_Sweeney) January 26, 2024
Jack Sweeney, the aviation fanatic who has drawn Musk’s ire by monitoring the jets, famous there are 5 planes linked to SpaceX. Most of them are owned by Falcon Touchdown LLC.
All the opposite 4 are Gulfstream personal jets, together with the G650 which is Musk’s typical mode of air transport.
So why his firm has purchased one other airplane, which might seat as much as 10 instances extra individuals than a Gulfstream, stays to be seen.
SpaceX didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from Enterprise Insider, despatched exterior common US working hours.
