Erling Haaland’s Private Jet Was a One-Eighth Share of a Turboprop. His Accounts Now Show Something Bigger.

The Erling Haaland private jet story has been told wrong three times. He was said to have sold his plane in 2021, the year he got it, and to have bought a £4 million Pilatus, which he called fake news. Then came two private jets, which is not what the filing says.

The record is stranger and more modest. His first aircraft was not a jet, and his personal stake in it was 12.5%. His company’s accounts now carry an “interest in aircraft” that cost £2,354,678, written off over the length of a lease.

This article covers what the Norwegian reporting and the UK company filings actually show, the aircraft he has been linked to, and how that compares with the footballers who own their jets outright.

Does Erling Haaland Own a Private Jet? What the Record Shows

No aircraft is on record in his own name. We searched the FAA’s October 29, 2026 aircraft files for Haaland, York Promotions and EBH Promotion, and nothing tied to him came back. That check has limits, since a Norwegian playing in England would be unlikely to use a US register.

The better evidence is UK company filings. York Promotions Ltd, his image rights company, was incorporated on December 6, 2022, with Erling Haaland as a director. Its accounts are the only place we found a current aircraft interest disclosed.

Erling Haaland’s Private Jet Fleet, Such as It Is

Four aircraft entries come up whenever his name is searched. Only one has a confirmed tail number, and one was never his at all.

The Origin Story: From Sola to a Line in the Accounts

Haaland was born in Leeds on July 21, 2000, while his father Alf-Inge was playing for Leeds United. His flying life is mostly a paper trail.

The Piper M600: Not a Jet, and Not Really His

Almost every English report calls it a “private jet”. The Piper M600 is a six-seat, single-engine turboprop, which cruises at up to 274 knots (315 mph) with an IFR range of 1,484 nautical miles. Piper’s current M600 page lists a bigger engine and a longer range, but this was a 2017 airframe with the original PT6A-42A.

It was also a shared plane. On May 20, 2021, E24 reported that Sola M600 AS would own it, with Erling’s company EBH Promotion AS holding 12.5% and Alfie holding 25%. Two contracting groups, Bertelsen & Garpestad and Velde Industri, held the rest.

That is why “Haaland’s plane” oversells it. At the reported price of about 25 million kroner, a 12.5% share works out to roughly 3.1 million kroner of airframe. The company’s chair told E24 the owners would use it around Norway and abroad, and declined to say whether Erling would fly it to Madrid, London or Manchester.

The airframe’s history matches the reporting. PlaneLogger’s record shows it as N71195 and then D-FLBW in 2017, before it took the marks LN-ECM on May 20, 2021, the same day E24 said it was being registered in Norway.

Three Wrong Stories About Haaland’s Planes

“He Sold It in 2021”

The Mirror’s August 2024 story said the pair sold their Piper M600 in 2021, and that date has been copied widely. It cannot be right. 2021 is when they bought it, and Aftenposten reported the sale on December 31, 2023, citing Finansavisen.

The buyer, Anders Eckhoff Johansen, told Finansavisen he bought it for cost-shared flying, so that more people could fly the plane. Simple Flying says he runs a gun silencer business, and cites a source in The Sun saying the Haalands appeared to sell at a profit. Neither report gives a price.

“He Splashed £4 Million on a Pilatus”

On January 31, 2024, Finansavisen reported that Sola M600 had bought a 2014 Pilatus PC-12, priced at 50 to 70 million kroner (roughly $5 million to $7 million). Headlines turned that into Haaland buying the “Swiss Army knife” of planes.

Haaland answered on Instagram the next day over a screenshot of the report: “Ikke tro på alt de skriver om meg … #FakeNews #Klovner.” That means don’t believe everything they write about me, with the hashtag for clowns.

Finansavisen then reported that he and Alfie had already sold out of Sola M600, so they had nothing to do with the purchase. ABC Nyheter’s correction says it plainly: his former flying partner bought the plane, not Haaland. An English version with the £4 million headline is still online.

“He Bought Two Private Jets”

In August 2024, Goal and The Mirror reported that he was spending about £2.1 million ($2.8 million) on two private jets. The source was one line in York Promotions’ accounts: “The company has entered into an agreement to acquire an interest in two aircraft for an amount of £2,155,342.”

An interest is not two jets. The note says aircraft, not jets, and names no type. For scale, Simple Flying put a pre-owned Bombardier Challenger 850 at $7 million to $10 million, so $2.8 million would not buy even one outright.

What York Promotions’ Accounts Show Now

Coverage stopped at the 2024 headline, but the filings kept coming. The accounts for 2024, filed in August 2025, book a new tangible asset called “Interest in aircraft” at a cost of £2,354,678, about $3 million at the time and roughly £200,000 above the original commitment.

The accounting policy is the interesting part: the interest is depreciated “over length of lease”. The 2025 accounts, filed on September 30, 2026, show a charge of £470,936 for the year, almost exactly one-fifth of the cost, leaving £1,798,429 on the books.

These are unaudited accounts for a small company, and Companies House does not check what is filed. They also do not say who flies on the aircraft. What they do establish is that Haaland’s company has put real money into aircraft, without any plane being publicly tied to him.

Charters and the Criticism

Whatever the York arrangement is, the reporting has him on bigger aircraft. In its December 2023 report on the sale, Aftenposten noted that recent sightings of him in private aircraft involved a much larger plane than the M600.

Simple Flying reported in January 2024 that he had been flying around Europe on a VistaJet Challenger 850, with lie-flat beds, WiFi and two lavatories. The Mirror said the pair had used the same charter firm as Charles Leclerc, without naming it. No tail number has been published for any of these flights.

The flights have drawn some fire, though the reporting names few critics. In October 2024, Norway teammate Jørgen Strand Larsen defended him in Dagbladet, in comments translated by Sport Witness: “To many, it sounds completely sick,” he said, adding: “But you can’t live a life where you can’t go anywhere freely.”

Strand Larsen added that “Erling (Haaland) needs all the time he can to relax,” and said his own goal was to get good enough to need private flights too. We found no published carbon estimate for Haaland, so we are not printing one.

Erling Haaland’s Most Famous Plane Moments

The Matchball on the Plane (2023)

After his hat-trick in City’s 5-1 win over Fulham in September 2023, Haaland posted a photo of the signed matchball on a private plane home to Norway, captioned “LEVERTE IGJEN” (delivered again). Dagbladet put the flight at about two hours and, citing the Manchester Evening News, quoted a note on the ball from reserve goalkeeper Scott Carson: “Earl, what a human. Top man.”

The Manchester Rumor (2019)

In December 2019, Aftenbladet reported that the 19-year-old and his father were on a Norwegian flight to Manchester, as a move to United was being discussed. Other reports said he was going on holiday to Copenhagen. Nine days later, Borussia Dortmund confirmed his signing.

The Ponytail on the 737 (2026)

His newest aviation story involves no flight. Haaland and York Promotions sued Norwegian Air Shuttle after the airline’s World Cup post edited a ponytail onto one of its jets, a dispute we covered in Norwegian’s ponytail lawsuit. We found no reported outcome from the October 9 planning meeting as of late October 2026.

How Haaland Compares With Other Footballers

Football’s two most famous flyers took the opposite route. Cristiano Ronaldo’s private jet story runs through a line of large Gulfstreams, and Lionel Messi’s private jet is a Gulfstream V with his family’s names on the steps.

Haaland sits closer to Kylian Mbappé’s charter habit, with one difference: he has now put company money into aircraft. A share keeps a player’s name off the tail number, which is worth something to a man who once called aircraft coverage clowns.

For the wider picture, our list of footballers with private jets shows who owns what across the sport.

FAQ

Does Erling Haaland own a private jet?

No aircraft is publicly identified as his. His company York Promotions Ltd holds an interest in aircraft that it values at £1,798,429 at the end of 2025, but its accounts do not name a type, tail number or operator.

What plane did Erling Haaland own?

He part-owned a 2017 Piper M600, registered LN-ECM, through Sola M600 AS. His company held 12.5% and his father Alfie held 25%, with two Norwegian contracting groups holding the rest. It is a single-engine turboprop, not a jet.

When did Haaland sell his Piper M600?

Aftenposten reported the sale on December 31, 2023, citing Finansavisen, about two and a half years after the May 2021 purchase. English reports that say he sold it in 2021 have the date wrong. No sale price has been published.

Did Erling Haaland buy a Pilatus PC-12?

No. According to Finansavisen, Sola M600 bought it, and the paper later reported that Haaland and his father had already sold their shares in that company. Haaland responded to the original story on Instagram with the hashtags FakeNews and Klovner.

Did Haaland buy two private jets for £2 million?

Not as reported. York Promotions’ 2023 accounts disclose an agreement to acquire an interest in two aircraft for £2,155,342. Its 2024 accounts book that interest at a cost of £2,354,678 and write it off over the length of a lease.

What private jet does Haaland fly on?

Simple Flying reported in January 2024 that he had been flying around Europe on a VistaJet Challenger 850, and The Mirror said he used the same charter firm as Charles Leclerc. No tail number has been published for those flights.

What is York Promotions Ltd?

It is Erling Haaland’s UK image rights company, incorporated on December 6, 2022, with him as a director. It is the company that disclosed the aircraft interest, and it is also a plaintiff in his lawsuit against Norwegian Air Shuttle.

How far can the Piper M600 fly?

The original M600 has a range of about 1,484 nautical miles and a maximum cruise of 274 knots (315 mph). It seats six and uses one Pratt and Whitney PT6A-42A turboprop engine, which is the version the Haalands had.