Prince Alaweed Spending $176m to Pimp His A380

**Matt Molnar** · 02-12-2008, 01:03 PM

See your $2 Citibank ATM fees and $4 gallons of gas at work!

Alwaleed plans $176mn Airbus refit
by Lynne Roberts on Tuesday, 12 February 2008

Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud is planning to spend up to $176 million customising his private Airbus 380 ‘Flying Palace’, it was reported Monday.

The world’s 13th richest man, who became the first private customer for the $320 million superjumbo in November, is to splash more than half the value of the plane itself on a ‘Lawrence of Arabia meets Star Wars’ interior, said the UK’s Daily Mail.

According to German media, a Hamburg firm has received an order for a marble-panelled dining room to be constructed “next to a bar with curtains to mimic tents of the Arabian desert”, the newspaper said. Read more...

**T-Bird76** · 02-12-2008, 01:13 PM

Be nice if he gave the 176 mil to the poor of his country...I can't wait for their oil to dry up.

**wunaladreamin** · 02-12-2008, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by T-Bird76

.I can't wait for their oil to dry up.

I can. $3 and up is more than enough to pay for a gallon of gas.

**Nonstop2AUH** · 02-13-2008, 05:53 AM

Don't hate the playa...

**cancidas** · 02-13-2008, 02:45 PM

that's insane, and in a way disgusting. talk about being selfish and greedy!! :evil: :evil:

**Nonstop2AUH** · 02-13-2008, 07:54 PM

How is this any more selfish and greedy than hedge fund managers and i-bankers who profit from, among other things, the subprime mortgage crisis, spending $20 million and up on Manhattan luxury residences? Don't tell me it's different because they are American....

**flyboy 28** · 02-13-2008, 08:13 PM

Lol, I like how it's "refit". It's a brand-new airplane!

**cancidas** · 02-13-2008, 11:01 PM

Originally Posted by Nonstop2AUH

How is this any more selfish and greedy than hedge fund managers and i-bankers who profit from, among other things, the subprime mortgage crisis, spending $20 million and up on Manhattan luxury residences? Don't tell me it's different because they are American....

no, it's not.