Saudi Prince Buying 'Flying Palace' Jet for $300 million

[Herman Munster]

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8SSA62G0&show_article=1

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - In the annals of excess, it could be a new high: a more than $300 million dollar, super-sized luxury airplane, bought and outfitted solely for the private comfort of a Saudi Arabian billionaire.

Once done, the Airbus A380, the world's biggest passenger plane, will be a "flying palace" for Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the manufacturer announced Monday.

Airbus SAS would not give a specific price tag for the VIP double- decker jet, with its football field-length wings, saying only that it would cost more than the aircraft's list price of $320 million.

That doesn't even include the money the prince will spend to custom fit the nearly 6,000-square foot plane to include whatever he wants. The options include private bedrooms, a movie theater or even a gym with a jacuzzi. He'll also need a flight crew of about 15 to operate the luxury liner.

"Prince Alwaleed is the first, and so far the only customer of this aircraft," said David Velupillai, the spokesman of the Airbus, which announced the luxury order at the Dubai International Airshow.

It's all just spending cash for bin Talal—Citigroup Inc.'s biggest individual shareholder and the world's 13th richest person with assets around $20 billion.

[Skink]

1. He should by Carnival Cruises.

[Junkdrawer]

2. Walking around money for the Saudis...n/t

[Wiley50]

3. I HATE HUMAN PIGS! What about the sick and hungry? Fucker! n/t

[Lint Head]

4. Boy those Saudis really know a lot about airplanes.

Especially the ones that flew the passenger jets into the WTC. I guess it has something to do with that Bush kid getting bailed out of bankruptcy by the Saudis. Man, they can do anything. Things like being told Iraq will be attacked before the American people are told. Are they still beheading people in the soccer fields? Wow. Maybe we should just declare ourselves Saudis. Then we could get away with anything. At three bucks a gallon for unleaded regular that translates into $300,000,000 pretty fast.
:sarcasm:

[Ron Green]

5. It's our energy and transportation decisions that are buying him his plane.

SUV, anyone?

[Mike03]

6. My god....

There's nothing I can say about this, except that this story epitomizes what is wrong with the human spirit.

[ecstatic]

7. That sounds dangerous

Sort of like the Titanic, but GODDAMN he's FILTHY RICH!

[Sugar Smack]

9. That's the first thing I thought of, too. Dangerous.

I hope he didn't forget his gold-plated parachutes.

[Pavulon]

8. Mouthy communists playing animal farm, and Gold Toilets

bring on the bio fuels. Please, I would pay a dollar over a gallon, just to watch them collapse.

That money should stay in the US.

[peacetalksforall]

10. Well, if based in Dubai, the new home of Halliburton, I would like to see -

the Prince fly over to pick up Cheney when it's time for Cheney to move to Dubai to be with friends and reside far away from our courts.

[IDemo]

11. A Saudi saying,

"My father rode a camel. I drive a car. My son flies a jet-plane. His son will ride a camel."

[AlCzervik]

12. nothing exceeds like excess.