Forget about who will win the Super Bowl, the biggest question on everyone’s lips has been if Taylor Swift will take the 17-hour flight, and the 19-hour time difference, to fly from Tokyo, Japan to Las Vegas to watch boyfriend Travis Kelce try to win his third ring.
And it looks like the answer is yes as the 34-year-old is reportedly flying over the Pacific Ocean and into Los Angeles where she will land and possibly drive the four hours to Vegas. But the singer hasn’t taken her own personal private jet, instead hiring a Bombardier Global 6000 via Vista Jet – which bills itself as the first and only global private aviation company – to fly her around the globe.
Taylor’s own personal jet is a Dassault 7x, which has similar capacity but a slower speed. The Bombardier Global 6000 was therefore a smarter choice to ensure a quicker flight; it appears weather is also on her side as the 17-hour flight looks to be taking 16-hours instead. Flight tracking capabilities reveal that a charter flight left Tokyo’s Haneda Airport at 11:36 p.m. local time; approximately 90 minutes after she finished her fourth and final show in the city.
Details on Flight Radar reveal that the jet’s codename was The Football Era, a playful nod to the singer’s tour name and recent appearances at NFL games. The plane is scheduled to arrive at Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday afternoon. It has also been alleged that Vista Jet sent a second plane to Tokyo, to ensure that if there were any issues with the original jet there would be a backup; the codename for the second charter was named ‘Backup Quarterback’ on FlightRadar24.
The discourse around Taylor’s private jet usage has led to criticism over the carbon emissions footprint, while her team has insisted that there are privacy concerns at play when social media accounts share her flight information; flight tracking is public information.
