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Drake defends a 14-minute flight from Toronto to Hamilton


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According to CelebJets, the flight to Hamilton emitted four tonnes of carbon dioxide and cost $2,729 in fuel

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July 27, 2022 • 9 hours ago • 2 minutes read • 25 comments Toronto rapper Drake. Photo from Instagram

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“This is just them moving planes to the airport where they are stored, for anyone who cares about the logistics…no one is taking that flight,” Drake, 35, wrote, commenting on an Instagram post that asked followers if the rapper was “wrong for Using his $185 million jet to go to Hamilton.

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The self-proclaimed Certified Lover Boy offered his response after CelebJets, which publishes celebrity flight information, shared Air Drake’s “ridiculous” flight itinerary on social media.

Drake’s plane took off from Toronto, Ontario, California. You go to Hamilton, Ontario, CA (YHM, John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport), arriving in ~12m. pic.twitter.com/huu8aLDOiR

— Celebrity Jets (@CelebJets) July 22, 2022

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“This waste of fuel to get around the lake (is) tacky,” wrote one person, while others branded the music star a “climate criminal” and a “hypocrite.”

With Toronto’s Pearson Airport ranked as the worst in the world for delays due to long security lines, several commentators praised the father-of-one for choosing to park his Boeing 767 at Hammer.

According to CelebJets, the flight to Hamilton emitted four tonnes of carbon dioxide and cost $2,729 in fuel (this came after he spent $99,590 on a flight from Nice to Toronto and emitted 155 tonnes of CO2 and annoyed fans with high ticket prices, for to see his Road to OVO Fest tour next month).

Drake is far from the only one using private jets. Just this month, 24-year-old millionaire businesswoman Kylie Jenner was blasted on social media for taking a 12-minute flight from Palm Springs to Van Nuys, California.