Private jet’s registration
Published:
January 23, 2014 at 4:17pm
The private jet on which the anonymous Chinese ‘billionaire’ flew in and out of Malta is registered to Head Win Ltd., a subsidiary of China Aoyuan Property Group Ltd.
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And it’s registered in the Isle of Man.
and an incorporated office in the Cayman Islands.
http://www.aoyuan.com.cn/uploadfiles/20130320014740471.pdf
If only the Forbes China Rich List had the option to narrow down searches to people in real estate/ property development, based in Guangzhou. There are many names without photos, however, and somehow I doubt the billionaire in question is one of the top people on the list.
Do you have the registration number – it may be possible to track its movements over the past few weeks at http://flightradar24.com
M-GYQM, strangely enough, is not listed anywhere in Flightradar’s database.
The only trace I can find is on Flightaware:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/MGYQM
But it only shows a flight from Hong Kong to the Seychelles a couple of weeks ago.
This is somewhat odd as it would indicate that it is flying without a transponder most of the time.
Interesting that the plane seems to be for sale, unless the web site is stale:
http://www.aviationbusinessindex.net/aircraft_details.asp?aircraft_id=115554&comp_id=246728
As the mist over the Chinese billionaire`s mystery slowly lifts, we should be looking at what Mrs Konrad Mizzi might have had to do with it.
Does anyone reading this know the jet’s registration number?
M-GYQM
China Aoyuan Property’s major share holder, Ace Rise Profits Limited, was incorporated in British Virgin Islands.
Am I right to say that the Chinese billionaire does not necessarily own the jet or the company which owns it?
He could have leased the plane.
Of course. But knowing who owns the plane is a start.
The Famous Leak told us the man is the owner of China’s largest independent brokerage firm. For some reason, that’s been interpreted to means finance. What about commodity brokerage?
What tends to happen with private jets is you get all sorts of creative shell companies to hide the real owners. If it were a lease it would be listed as operated by a well known company like NetJets or what have you, since that way confidentiality is guaranteed.
Would anyone care to run a search here? http://www.icij.org/offshore/china-who-uses-offshore-tax-havens
I have just had it confirmed that this jet is indeed Manx-registered: M-GYQM.
REG NO M-GYQM
http://www.gov.im/lib/docs/ded/Aircraft/AboutUs/RegisteredAircraft/isleofmanaircraftregisternume.pdf
The jet was in Malta 18-20 January.
Plane M-GYQM listed here. Arrival 18 January 2014. departure 20 January.
http://www.maltaspotting.com/aviationinmalta.htm
Previously photographed in Nurenberg, Germany on 12 January 2014.
http://www.planepictures.net/netsearch4.cgi?srch=Bombardier+BD-700-1A10+Global+Express&stype=actype&srng=1
http://www.planepictures.net/netsearch4.cgi?srch=M-GYQM&srng=2&stype=reg
Actually, there is a picture of the plane, probably during take off, by Stephen J. Borg in the link to the Maltese site above. The registration number is very visible.
The jet registration code is posted here:
http://translate.google.com.mt/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&u=http://www.atmb.net.cn/web/UploadFile/201391675526867.xls&prev=/search%3Fq%3DM-GYQM%26start%3D90%26sa%3DN%26hl%3Den-gb%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D671
http://www.planespotters.net/Aviation_Photos/search.php?tag=M-GYQM
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=M-GYQM
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/MGYQM
http://www.aviationbusinessindex.net/aircraft_details.asp?aircraft_id=115554&comp_id=246728
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cxbjsddw/6106388258/
http://www.icij.org/blog/2014/01/whos-who-china-leaks
Previous registration
http://www.airframes.org/reg/lxgjm
http://flugzeugbilder.de/search4.cgi?srch=LX-GJM&stype=reg&srng=2