article_snippet.sent: A similar plane can cost up to £67,000 to charter.
article_snippet.sent: Tesco's old Gulfstream 550, worth around £30 million,  that was capable of flying 14 executives at a time .
article_snippet.sent: Tesco was capable of flying 14 executives at a time.
article_snippet.sent: With a top speed of 580mph, powered by two Rolls-Royce engines, it was the height of luxury, kitted out with DVD players, widescreen TVs and a bar .
article_snippet.sent: it even had cabins allowing executives to sleep in full-sized beds on longer journeys to America and Asia.
article_snippet.sent: Tesco spent nearly £29 million flying executives to different parts of the world between 2005 and 2012 .
article_snippet.sent: In future the City will use chartered aircraft only if there is a compelling business justification and travel cannot be completed by scheduled airline.’
article_snippet.sent: Between 2005 and 2012 scheduled airline has spent nearly £29 million flying executives to different parts of the world.
article_snippet.sent: Previous chief executive Sir Terry Leahy has been reported as saying Previous chief executive Sir Terry Leahy preferred flights with EasyJet than flying on private jets but still managed to spend £2.3 million on the planes in 2009.
highlights_snippet.sent: Tesco operated multimillion-pound a fleet of five aircraft for Tesco bosses .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Over a seven year period firm spent £29million flying executives across the world .