Sultan of Brunei’s extravagant ‘floating palace’ touches down in Auckland

Auckland’s skies saw a flash of grandeur as the world’s most luxurious private jet touched down for a mysterious whistle stop visit in the city of sails. The Sultan of Brunei ’s ultra-luxurious private Boeing 747-400, known as the “Floating Palace” and widely considered one of the most extravagant aircraft in the world, arrived in Auckland as part of an international flight route before swiftly departing. RadarBox showed the jet touched down in Auckland at 3.

11pm from Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei, before departing at 5.18pm The Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has held his position as ruler of Brunei for over five decades and is one of the world’s last remaining absolute monarchs..