Taylor Swift has offloaded a big expenditure as federal records show the pop superstar parted ways with one of her private jets last month.
According to Federal Aviation Authority data compiled by Business Insider, Swift’s Dassault Falcon 900 was sold on Jan. 30 amid criticism about her carbon footprint and potential legal action regarding a flight-tracking social media account.
SATA LLC, a holding company that shares the same business address as Taylor Swift Productions in Nashville, reportedly acquired the two-pilot aircraft in 2009, but the jet is now registered to a company based in Missouri.
Financial terms of the sale were not made available but, according to Business Jet Traveler, a brand new Dassault 900 is listed at $44 million.
After the recent transaction, Swift reportedly now owns one private jet, a Dassault Falcon 7X, which seats up to 16 passengers and has a nautical range of around 5,800 miles.
The 14-time Grammy winner’s air travel have been a hot button issue as of late.
Earlier this week, it was reported that attorneys for Swift had threatened legal action against a Florida college student, who has been tracking the private jets of celebrities and other high-profile figures, posting publicly available information about takeoffs and landings on social media.
Jack Sweeney, 21, confirmed to the Washington Post that he received a cease-and-desist letter from Swift’s legal team in December likening his online activities to “stalking and harassing behavior, including consistently publishing real-time and precise information about our client’s location and future whereabouts to the public,” which has left Swift in a “constant state of fear for her personal safety.”
“This information is already out there,” he said in response. “Her team thinks they can control the world.”
Swift, who’s expected to fly private from a concert in Tokyo to watch boyfriend Travis Kelce play in the Super Bowl on Sunday, has also met scrutiny from environmental activists and even right-wing media outlets for the planet-warming emissions she releases with every flight.
Last week, Fox News took to social media to blast the “Anti-Hero” artist when she arrived in Baltimore to attend the AFC championship game, tweeting that her jet was “belching tons of CO2 emissions.”
Sweeney’s tracking data was also cited in a 2022 analysis that indicated Swift was the biggest “celebrity CO2e offender” of that year.
