The holding company at the heart of the Renault-Nissan alliance owned four private jets, rather than the one previously assumed, an investigation by Renault has discovered.
The three extra jets not previously known about were discovered as part of an internal investigation by Renault into the company following the arrest of Carlos Ghosn last November in Japan.
Two of the planes were long range jets, while two were used for shorter journeys, investigators found.
One of the planes, bearing the tail number NI55AN, was the one in which Mr Ghosn arrived in Tokyo last November immediately before his arrest.
Questions about the use of company jets have focused on the blurred lines between Mr Ghosn’s globe-spanning business remit and his personal life, with children and personal properties on several continents.
The jets were owned by RNBV, the Netherland-registered joint venture that housed some of the alliance-level functions of the two carmakers.
The discovery comes as investigators probe Mr Ghosn’s pay at Renault and at the RNBV.