The decision made by Mr Louis Vuitton after pressure
This issue has preoccupied French public opinion, with some politicians going so far as to propose banning or taxing private jets
The second richest man in the world, the founder of the luxury goods group LVMH, made a sensational revelation. In an interview with the radio station Radio Classique (owned by the French group), Bernard Arnault stated that he has sold his private jet.
It is not surprising that the French crois decided to sell one of his assets (after all, buying and selling is common for billionaires), but the reason why he sold his private jet.
And this is the pressure he received from users on Twitter, who were recording the flights of Bernard Arnault's private jet, in order to demonstrate the environmental pollution they were causing. Accounts such as “I Fly Bernard” and “Bernard's Airplane” have been created for this very purpose to document the flights of the French cross planes and the pollution they cause.
In fact, as reported by Bloomberg, during the last summer this issue had occupied the public opinion of France, with some politicians reaching the point of proposing the exclusion or taxation of private jets.
One of the of the aforementioned accounts claimed that Bernard Arnault's jet had stopped being registered in France.
“No word from Bernard Arnault or LVMH on the matter of private jets So Bernard, are you hiding?” his post read. account “Bernard's Airplane” on September 10.
Le jet privé de LVMH n'est plus immatriculé en France depuis le 1er septembre 2022.
Toujours aucun mot de Bernard Arnault nor de LVMH sur le sujet des jets privés.
Alors Bernard, on se cache ? pic.twitter.com/dt5Oajw8zK
— laviondebernard (@laviondebernard) September 10, 2022
However, the post was in vain, as the sale of the jet took place during this summer, as Bernard Arnault's son Antoine explained on French television last week.
“Actually with all these stories , the group had a plane and we sold it,” said dad Arnault. “The result is that now no one can see where I'm going because I rent planes when I use private planes,” he concluded.
Last week, son Arnaud during his interview with the France 5 television network, defended himself. of using private jets. “This plane is a work tool. Our industry is hyper-competitive,'' and a private jet gives executives an edge in the race to be first to a new product or deal.
In today's interview with his father, he said there is another reason to company travels are kept secret.
“It's not very good that our competitors know where we are at any time. It is something that can give ideas, lead to conclusions and clues”, he pointed out characteristically.
Source: moneyreview
