Air Drake: Drake’s Boeing 767 for 185 million dollars – Three bedrooms above the clouds

Drake is not the first rapper with a private jet – but he has taken the concept to another level. With the Air Drake, a converted Boeing 767-300F worth around 185 million dollars, the Canadian superstar owns the largest celebrity private jet in the world. Virgil Abloh, Drake’s close friend and later Louis Vuitton head designer, designed the interior: three bedrooms, fur lounges, a poker table and OVO branding everywhere.

Boeing 767: The technical facts about the Air Drake

The Boeing 767-300F is actually a cargo plane. Drake bought the aircraft in 2019 from Cargojet, a Canadian freighter company, for around 60 million dollars – the rest is conversion costs. The result:

• Range: 9,200 km (non-stop Canada to London possible)
• VIP capacity: up to 19 people
• Maximum cruising speed: 851 km/h (Mach 0.82)
• Cabin area: around 330 square meters
• Year of construction: 1993 (completely renovated 2019-2021)

Virgil Abloh and the interior: fur lounges in the airplane

What Virgil Abloh has done with the cargo plane is unique in terms of industrial history. The cabin is divided into clear zones: The boarding zone bears the OVO owl logo in brushed gold. The main saloon features fur carpets and custom-made sofas. Behind this is a conference area for tour planning and business meetings. At the far end, three bedrooms that resemble real hotel rooms – no reclining seats, real beds.

The details are what make it special: Swarovski crystals on the ceiling lights, heated floors, a sound system for live monitoring. Drake is said to have produced on board – the jet is both a studio and a penthouse.

What Air Drake costs and what this means for private jet travelers

A widebody jet like the 767 costs between 120,000 and 200,000 euros per flight when chartered. For Drake’s tour logistics – where crew, equipment and entourage travel at the same time – this is more economical than individual charter bookings. He pays no charter costs, just the operation and crew.

If you want to travel by private jet yourself, you don’t need a 767 conversion. For European routes or routes from Germany to the Mediterranean, heavy jets such as the Bombardier Global or the Gulfstream G650 are available for charter – similar comfort, more realistic budget.

Since his first public appearance, Air Drake has generated several million YouTube views. Today, the plane is more of a brand asset than a means of transportation: it lands at festivals, appears in music videos and regularly appears on social media. Sometimes as an OVO advertisement, mostly as pure flex.

What remains: Drake has proven that a private jet can be more than just a means of transportation. It is a statement, a studio, a home while traveling and a PR tool all in one.

If you want to know how other hip-hop billionaires fly: Jay-Z’s Bombardier Global Express XRS – gifted by Beyoncé for Father’s Day – is every bit as classy as Air Drake. The complete overview of the most famous celebrity private jets from Kim Kardashian to Kylie Jenner can also be found on FIV. And if you want to know exactly what a private jet like Kylie Jenner’s Bombardier Global 7500 costs and looks like – that is also documented.