Oligarch László Szíjj spotted on 3-day Mauritius trip using private luxury jet

Átlátszó first discovered the Bombardier Global 7500 registered as OE-IAV in December 2025, with indirect evidence connecting the aircraft to oligarch László Szíjj, owner of Duna Aszfalt. Now one of our readers has photographed the motorway tycoon returning returning to the small aircraft terminal of Budapest, just after the OE-IAV jet landed, arriving from Mauritius, 8,500 kilometres from Hungary.

The Bombardier Global 7500 luxury jet, described by aviation website Simple Flying as the “Ferrari of the skies”, costs around 75 432 170 Euros when purchased new. Átlátszó first spotted the aircraft in late 2025 among photographs taken in Hungary and published on the aircraft database Planespotters.net.

Flight data available at the time showed that despite being based in Vienna and carrying an Austrian registration, the aircraft had clear Hungarian connections: on its journeys, it picked up its passengers in Budapest and brought them back there.

At the time, we found indirect evidence linking the aircraft to the billionaire when we first discovered it. One clue was that the private jet began operating for its Hungarian users just as the aircraft previously used by László Szíjj stopped doing so.

Another telling detail was that the aircraft had, on several occasions, crossed paths with yachts associated with Szíjj.

Moreover, as we previously reported, the asset management company established to purchase the aircraft, Norvia GmbH, has companies and individuals among its owners who had previously been connected to firms operating other private jets, which are also associated with businesses and oligarch favored by the Orbán government.

One such person is former Austrian finance minister Andreas Staribacher, who previously owned International Jet Management (IJM) through a complex network of companies. At the time, the holding structure was controlled by TrueTrust GmbH, which in turn was linked to PKF-Centurion. TrueTrust is also the sole direct owner of the asset management company connected to the aircraft in question, while some participants in the corporate network continue to have links to a PKF company.

This is significant because, as Átlátszó previously revealed, a Maltese member of the global PKF network was used to conceal the ultimate beneficial owner of the company that owned the yachts mentioned above: László Szíjj.

A three-night trip to Mauritius

Recently, one of our readers shared photos with us, showing László Szíjj and his wife leaving the small aircraft terminal at Ferihegy 1 Airport in a Mercedes-Benz S 680 Maybach driven by a chauffeur.

Using flight tracking data, we reconstructed the Szijj’s recent journey. The OE-IAV aircraft departed Vienna early in the morning on 23 August 2026 and flew to Budapest. Barely an hour later, it took off again and, after a ten-hour flight,

landed on the island of Mauritius, around 8,500 kilometres from Hungary.

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The couple could have reached their accommodation at around 10 p.m. local time, leaving little time for relaxation that day. Members of Hungary’s NER elite have been known to spend two or even three weeks at such distant exotic holiday destinations, but the Szíjjs, unusually, stayed on the island for just three nights.

The aircraft departed Mauritius on the morning of 26 August and landed in Budapest in the early evening. According to photographs taken by our reader, the couple disembarked there. The aircraft then flew back to Vienna.

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The travel costs for this rather short end-of-summer excursion could have reached $274,740, or approximately HUF 86.2 million. This estimate is based on a total round-trip flight time of 20 hours and an aircraft ownership operating cost of $13,737 per flight hour, as reported by an aviation website.

Luxury and ultra-long range

Besides the original purchase price, the paircraft’s annual operating costs are also considerable, particularly if it is used solely by its owners and is not made available for charter to generate revenue. In that case, its owners have to cover approximately $2 million a year in operating and maintenance costs, equivalent to around HUF 624 million at current exchange rates.

According to photographs and information provided by our reader, a black chauffeur-driven Mercedes-Benz was also waiting for László Szíjj and his wife when they emerged from the general aviation terminal at Ferihegy 1 Airport.

A photo from one of our readers showing the Mercedes-Benz S 680 Maybach used by László Szijj and his wife

Using the car’s registration plate, we checked publicly available information through the Hungarian government’s online Vehicle Service Platform (JSZP). The vehicle, manufactured in 2021 and first registered in Hungary in early 2022, is an all-wheel-drive Mercedes-Benz S 680 Maybach, part of the S-Class range. It is fitted with a six-litre, 612-horsepower twin-turbo V12 engine and a nine-speed automatic transmission.

According to the records, the car is still with its first owner.

Source: magyarorszag.hu, Vehicle Service Platform (JSZP)

When this particular model was introduced in Hungary in May 2021, its official base price was around 225,000 Euros

including VAT. However, hardly anyone buys a vehicle of this kind with only standard equipment, meaning the purchase price of a model fitted with numerous optional extras can reach HUF 100 million.

One thing is certain: László Szíjj saved money on at least one optional extra. He did not choose the two-tone paintwork shown on the model in the video above, which costs HUF 5.5 million including VAT, opting instead for “simple” black.