The criticism erupted into a public dispute last summer when customs officers caught two men loading 55 pounds of cocaine onto a Miami-bound commercial jet owned by the Government airline.

Alliot-Marie faced criticism and calls for her resignation in February after news broke that she flew in a private jet owned by a Tunisian businessman during the uprising.

The jet, owned by NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson, suffered nose gear damage.

"They flew to Germany aboard a private jet owned by one of Maria's patrons."

Chief Justice Rehnquist's own ethics have been questioned, most recently this month, when he flew on a corporate jet owned by an Ohio power plant company with dozens of cases in federal court.

One bomb, still unexploded, is buried under a fleet of jets owned by the state carrier, Ariana Airlines.

The jet, owned by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, took off, with eleven crewmembers on board, from Mirny Airport, where the onboard cargo had been unloaded.

Mr. Obama flew twice last year on jets owned by Archer Daniels Midland, the agricultural giant.

Enter the Rockies, who sent a private jet owned by the club's president, Jerry McMorris, to Atlanta.

But the figures, covering all big jets owned by American lines, do not tell the whole story.