V8-BKH
- Aircraft
- B748B748
- Operator
- Brunei / Sultan’s Flight
- Mode-S
- 8953DF
The Boeing 747-8 ‘flying palace’ of Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah — reportedly a ~US$600 million jet fitted with gold and Lalique-crystal touches, lounges and bedrooms across nearly 5,000 sq ft of cabin. A lifelong aviator, the Sultan is type-rated on the 747 and has personally flown it to summits, including the 2026 ASEAN gathering; it succeeded his earlier gold-trimmed 747-400.
Airframe passport
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Registered owner not listed in public registries.
No current FAA registry row matched this query.
Evidence history
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No registry history is loaded for this aircraft yet.
Where it flies
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Flight history
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