04/21, 2008
To fly in a ‘palace’
Last November, Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, a billionaire investor purchased a double-decker aircraft that is the largest plane manufactured by Airbus, the A380.
In December, the Daily Mail reported that his royal highness will spend an additional $177 million to customize it; that’s more than half the purchase price of the plane!
Plans for the complete Airbus makeover include a marble-paneled dining room, Bedouin-style sleeping quarters and a tilting whirlpool bath. And, of course, a missile system to defend the aircraft against attackers.
And remember this is just his plane…nevermind his various properties and houses on the ground!
must be nice…
Just wanting to share the world's ridiculous extravagances...
April 21st, 2008 at 11:08 pm
[…] fallallaroundme wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptLast November, Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, a billionaire investor purchased a double-decker aircraft that is the largest plane manufactured by Airbus, the A380. In December, the Daily Mail reported that his royal highness … […]