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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Richard Desmond ready for take-off

Some news to gladden hacks at Express Newspapers - their boss Richard Desmond is getting a £17m jet. Desmond's Express Newspapers parent company, Northern & Shell, is to take receipt of a G450 jet in 2010, according to today's Financial Times. The paper reports that the plane is needed because of increased business overseas by Northern & Shell executives, whose celebrity magazine OK! has been launched in the US and is now available from Spain to the Philippines. The G450 jet can apparently fly eight passengers 4,350 nautical miles. The truly tragic news is that the company failed to make the waiting list of the far flashier - and oversubscribed - G650 jet, which is faster and offers a range of 7,000 nautical miles.

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