Taylor Swift’s Private Jet: Specs & Features of Her Aircraft

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Being one of the top 10 highest paid celebrities in the world (her combined total net worth exceeds $1 billion), Swift has spent a lot on her own fleet of personal jets to fly around the world and keep up with her busy schedule.

Here, we dig into the specs and features of the planes in Swift's aviation portfolio, the costs to own and operate them, and controversies about their environmental impact.

Swift's New Jet - Dassault Falcon 7X

Swift's Dassault Falcon is her comparatively new private jet. It is an expansive business jet that's also known for its long-range capabilities and a roomy, upscale interior. Interesting facts about this cutting-edge aircraft include:

Description: Ultra long-range 3-engine jet, suitable for North Atlantic and transpacific sectors
Maximum Range: Around 6,450 nm (12,000 km)
Maximum Cruise: 0.9 Mach ~ 560 mph
Passenger Capacity: Up to 16
Cutting-edge avionics, autothrottles, 500 ft3 baggage compartment

Swift's Falcon 7X is capable of nonstop flights between almost any two city pairs in the world and perfectly suits her international tour and promotional jaunts.

Thanks to its Mach 0.9 cruise speed, which lets Swift fly between oceans and continents faster than standard airliners.

Swift is able to configure the entire cabin layout however they wish, ensuring maximum comfort on those long flights. She is free to layout the interior spaces from expansive seating zones to fully reclining berths.

Operating Costs

Not just anyone can afford to own and operate an ultra-long-range business jet (the Falcon 7X), but this celebrity is more than up for the challenge!

They don't come cheap, either. In fact, the price of a new Falcon 7X starts at between $50 and $60 million just by itself.

However, the purchase price is only part of the picture. For a jet like this, annual operating costs can top $3 million easily:

Fuel: Given its three engines and long legs, fuel can cost $1-2 million+ per year. Maintenance: With advanced avionics and luxurious finishes, expect maintenance bills of $500k+ annually. Crew: A flight department with pilots, technicians and support staff will set you back $500k+. Insurance, Parking, Incidentals: Easily $500k+ per year. In total, direct operating costs for each flight hour on Swift's Falcon 7X run about $6,000-8,000. So, that costs more than $120,000 for a single transatlantic flight!

Obviously, for a billionaire pop star like Swift, the luxury of having her own long-range jet at her disposal whenever the need arises is worth that exorbitant price tag. That is an outrageous amount of money just to be a personal passenger for us common folk.

Swift's Former Jet - Falcon 900LX

Before his upgrade to the Falcon 7X, Taylor used to travel in a Dassault Falcon 900LX bizjet. The Falcon 900LX was Swift's medium to long-range aircraft until she started expanding the distance her touring footprint covered, at which point we see her transition away from this type of jet. While it is considerably smaller than the 7X, it was probably the bird of choice for shorter distances.

Here's a quick rundown of the Falcon 900LX:

Overview: Long-range trijet, optimized for US transcontinental and European flights.
Max Range: Around 4,750 nautical miles or 8,800 km.
Cruise Speed: 0.8 Mach, approx. 590 mph.
Passenger Capacity: Up to 12 passengers.
Key Features: Transcontinental range, roomy stand-up cabin.

The Falcon 900LX served Swift well earlier in her career, with its generous range able to cross North America non-stop and connect major European cities.

It housed a relatively roomy stand-up that was good for tours across the continental US and Europe.

We’ve found the Falcon 900LX to be ideal for short overnight trips or same-day, multi-city hops.

However, since Swift's career expanded and she began taking her show on the road internationally, she stepped up into a longer-legged Falcon 7X. The 900LX was offloaded in early-2022 to simplify her operations.

Why Does Taylor Swift Choose These?

Flying aboard a private plane has plenty of perks, including a large well outfitted cabin interior designed for comfort and productivity. Swift's jets were outfitted to be a home in the air. Now for some bits of the luxury magic:

Customizable Seating Areas The Falcon 7X and 900LX also allow for custom seating arrangements. Big, modular sofas and recliners give them a living room feel. Tables serve to dine or have conference in-flight. That means Swift can reconfigure the cabin as necessary to meet demands on a flight-by-flight basis.

Ultra Long Haul Bedroom Suite Swift can install an optional private stateroom with full-size bed on the 7X. So, she can sleep on 12+ hour intercontinental journeys across oceans comfortably. The bedroom even features privacy partitions allowing Swift to separate herself from staff or entourage.

Spacious Lavatory with Shower Swift's jet bathrooms look less like an airplane lavatory, more like a luxury bathroom. There was so much headroom and there was a big shower in Swift to take an inflight bath after a hard show. It provides privacy and comfort in a spacious environment.

Advanced Form of In-Flight Entertainment Our jets are equipped with the most advanced entertainment systems, complete with satellite television and audio and video on-demand. There are several screens around the cabin for Swift to watch new episodes of her shows or her own documentaries from her tour.

Swift-Approved Interior Stylings Swift probably also contributed to the fabric colors and surface finishes you see within the cabin. The decor suits her signature styles and aesthetics. To Swift, her plane is a second home and its interior is an extension of it.

Swift's Falcon 7X and 900LX, with their opulent leisure-oriented cabins, are flying official monuments to her superstar status.

Controversies

In recent years however, Swift's heavy use of private planes has raised some eyebrows as well about the disproportionate jet-setting carbon emissions that come from travelling in comfort. Here are a few of the controversies around the eco-footprint of Swift's flight ops.

Massive Carbon Emissions

Environmental advocates have pointed out that flying on a private jet releases many times more CO2 per passenger than commercial flights:

The Falcon 7X, for example, emits more than 8,000 metric tons of CO2 in a single year; about 1,200 times as much CO2 equivalent pollution that the average person causes every year.
The jet can inject more than 5 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere for one hour flying.
Emissions per passenger mile are ~14x higher on private jets as compared to commercial aviation.

Flight radar histoyr of taylor swift private jet travels in 2025

The heavy flight schedule for Swift is leading critics to argue her globetrotting lifestyle is deeply out of touch with its climate footprint.

Flight Tracking Backlash A college student developed a real time Twitter bot in 2022 to track celebrity private jet flights. That was brought sharply into focus when Swift's many short flights showed up on a mapping tool, drawing vitriolic criticism over use of her jet.

Swift's publicist, in turn, stressed that when Swift is not flying on her jets, she frequently loans them to other people. But the data, which took into account the emissions regardless of who is on board her fleet, emphasized its huge carbon footprint.

Calls for More Sustainability Given the increased awareness around climate issues, it is expected for Swift to do more for greener flight operations. They include switching to sustainable aviation fuel, purchasing carbon offsets and upgrading to greener jets.

Swift is, by most accounts, an ultimately successful person — but some critics say success brings with it a moral responsibility to make her pantsuits less damaging to the climate. Those may be changes that boost your already astronomical costs.