The luxury private jet that Jeffrey Epstein uses to ferry his VIP associates around the globe is being torn apart and scrapped, has exclusively learned.
The infamous Boeing 727 – nicknamed the “Lolita Express” – has not flown since 2016 and racks up thousands of dollars in storage fees every year as it sits idle next to a runway in Georgia.
Florida-based World Aviation Services paid an undisclosed amount for the decades-old Tri-Jet in March 2020, hoping to turn a profit or use the parts for a similar cargo plane in its fleet.
But after learning of the plane's central role in Epstein's sex trafficking empire, the company's shocked boss has given up all hopes of finding a buyer and will instead dismantle it for something valuable.
Jeffrey Epstein's infamous “Lolita Express” – a private Boeing 727 plane that carried celebrity passengers and alleged underage girls – is being torn apart and scrapped
The Boeing 727 – nicknamed the “Lolita Express” – has not flown since 2016 and was sold to Florida-based World Aviation Services in 2020. Epstein is pictured on the jet receiving a foot massage from Ghislaine Maxwell with French model scout Jean-Luc Brunel
For four years, there hasn't been a single offer for Epstein's 54-year-old plane, which once transported the likes of Bill Clinton. Clinton is pictured on the jet with Ghislaine Maxwell
The private plane's bright red couch sits in the middle of the plane with an executive table and chairs
Exclusive images obtained by show the large bed in the rear bedroom cabin of Epstein's plane, equipped with extra bedding
Even everyday items such as bed linen, toilet paper, water bottles and instant coffee were reminders that the aircraft – now heavily corroded – was in regular use
“When I bought the plane I didn’t know who he was or what he did with it,” the businessman said in an exclusive interview with .
“My business is aviation – not this Epstein shit.” “Of course I wasn't happy,”
As of December, there were only 35 Boeing 727s in service worldwide, serving primarily as freighters, charter jets or military aircraft for countries such as Colombia, Mexico and Burkina Faso.
A handful have become novel homes, glamping accommodations and even a hotel, with disused models being auctioned off for as little as $2,000.
But in four years there has not been a single offer for Epstein's 54-year-old plane, which according to flight logs once carried people like Bill Clinton, Britain's Prince Andrew and actor Kevin Spacey.
“It's going to cost a lot of money to restore.” “There are always crazy people out there, but I just don't see it,” the current owner added, asking to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals.
“It's a rare plane.” Not many of them fly around the world these days. There's a lot of stuff in there that you can't find on the market anymore – avionics, landing gear, windows, flaps.
“I can get my money back, I’m not too worried about it.”
There are numerous spooky clues about the plane's infamous former passenger, including mirrored walls
The rear bedroom cabin of the aircraft. Florida-based World Aviation Services paid an undisclosed amount for the decades-old Tri-Jet in March 2020
The front cabin of the “Lolita Express” has a round seating area. The aircraft has been parked near a maintenance hangar in Brunswick, Georgia since 2016
Federal prosecutors say Epstein's jet was used to ferry young sex trafficking victims between his sprawling homes in New York, New Mexico, Paris, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Palm Beach
In the flight logs, Bill Clinton is listed as a passenger on the plane 26 times and flew to places such as Brunei, Norway, Russia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, the Azores, Africa, Belgium, China, New York and Belgium
The interior of the cockpit of Jeffrey Epstein's private jet. As of December, there were only 35 Boeing 727s in service worldwide, serving primarily as freighters, charter jets or military aircraft for countries such as Colombia, Mexico and Burkina Faso
Federal prosecutors say Epstein's jet was used to ferry young sex trafficking victims between his sprawling homes in New York, New Mexico, Paris, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Palm Beach.
Federal aviation records still list the owner as Delaware-based JEGE Inc., which is named in multiple lawsuits as a company linked to the 66-year-old financier who hanged himself in August 2019 while awaiting trial.
However, understands that the records are out of date and that the company has changed hands several times since 2016.
The call sign N908JE made its final flight on July 11 of that year, departing Palm Beach International Airport at 11:39 a.m. and landing 51 minutes later at Brunswick Golden Isles Airport in Georgia.
Since then, it has sat near a maintenance hangar owned by Stambaugh Aviation, an independent aircraft maintenance company that charges about $1,000 a month in storage fees.
It has been unregistered since 2019, meaning it cannot be flown legally, a moot point since its three Pratt & Whitney engines were dismantled and sold after it arrived in Georgia.
first spotted the dormant jet in 2020, when we found the once-plush interior full of mold and mildew filled with shag carpets, throw blankets and fluffy pillows.
There were numerous spooky clues to the infamous former resident, including a bright red couch, mirrored walls, monogrammed tissues and a bottle of baby lotion stored in a wood-paneled bathroom.
Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre has filed multiple lawsuits against the pedophile and his imprisoned wife Ghislaine Maxwell, claiming she was recruited as a 15-year-old “sex slave” and forced to “entertain” a number of VIPs aboard the jet.
She has resolved cases involving Prince Andrew and Alan Dershowitz and admitted last year that she may have “made a mistake” in accusing the Harvard law professor.
Bill Clinton is seen lounging on the jet, smoking a cigar and reading a newspaper, with some bedding behind him
Flight logs released during Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial show that Donald Trump boarded Epstein's Lolita Express in May 1994 on a round-trip trip with his ex-wife Marla Maples, his then-infant daughter Tiffany and one Nanny traveled
Donald Trump flew on Jeffrey Epstein's Lolita Express private jet at least seven times.
According to flight logs, Prince Andrew was on board Epstein's plane on a flight from New Jersey to Florida in 2000 along with Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and others
Prince Andrew puts his arm around Virginia Roberts' bare waist as Ghislaine Maxwell grins in the background
Flight logs show that President Bill Clinton, Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker appear to have taken a trip together from JFK Airport along with Jeffrey Epstein (“JE”) and Ghislaine Maxwell (“GM”).
But many more prominent Epstein friends have now been exposed after previously sealed documents in the Maxwell lawsuit were released on Wednesday.
That lawsuit was settled in 2017, but New York federal judge Loretta Preska ruled last month that the documents should finally be released in January.
The trial descended into chaos Wednesday when “Jane Doe 107,” a woman who claims she would be in danger in her “culturally conservative country if exposed,” was given 30 days to appeal the decision.
But Dershowitz, who negotiated a notoriously lenient deal in 2008 when the corrupt financier was first accused of abusing girls in Florida, is among those calling for the names to be revealed.
“I want everything out, every document, every piece of paper, half-truths or lies, and I wanted them out for personal reasons because I know they would prove what I've said from day one, that I've done nothing wrong , and the woman who accused me later admitted that she may have misidentified me and confused me with someone else,” he told NewsNation.
“There are some people who may be ashamed that they spent time with Epstein, but they remember that a lot of people spent time with Epstein before he was convicted.”