Storm delays and cancels public flights while Taylor Swift’s private jet lands in Sydney

Despite weather difficulties, the celebrity’s private plane landed in Sydney, but other passengers didn’t have as much luck.

Due to severe storm weather in the city, multiple commercial aircraft that were planned to arrive at the same time were cancelled, delayed, or diverted, but Taylor Swift’s private jet managed to land in Sydney with no delay.

Due to thunderstorms and lightning strikes in the vicinity on Monday afternoon, the Sydney airport’s tarmac was closed for around two hours

This resulted in the cancellation of three flights between Sydney and Melbourne and the diversion of at least three planes to Canberra or Brisbane.

There were several other domestic flight delays.Taylor Swift’s private jet arrived at Sydney airport today in the middle of a heavy storm. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Swift

Swift’s private aircraft, meanwhile, arrived at Sydney airport just before 1:30 pm, with only a brief 20-minute delay.

A representative for Sydney Airport stated that there had been “flight delays, cancellations and diversions” due to the intense storm activity.

“We advise travelers to inquire about the status of their flight with their airline,” the statement read.

The superstar left Melbourne around midday on Monday in preparation for her upcoming four-day series of gigs on her Eras Tour. around the same time, violent thunderstorms were pummeling Sydney.

Just prior to 1pm, when Swift’s flight was supposed to land, the city was shook by loud thunderclaps and a torrential shower of rain, but by approximately 2.30pm the storm had subsided.

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In addition to being delayed by little more than 20 minutes, FlightRadar24 was watched by over 3000 fans.

Swift’s aircraft landed at an airport hangar, allowing her to disembark and head alone to her hotel in the city.

She landed and presumably got into a car convoy to be driven to a penthouse at Crown in Barangaroo.

The 34-year-old pop sensation will play four gigs in Sydney starting on Friday before traveling to Singapore.

She announced on Sunday that she will be changing her rule to never play the same acoustic version of “Surprise Song” more than once during her Eras Tour during her last gig in Melbourne.

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“With the acoustic set going forward, I want to be as creative as possible and I don’t want to limit anything or say, ‘If I played this song, I can’t play it again,'” the singer-songwriter declared.

I therefore don’t want to remove any paint colors or utensils from the paintbox going forward.

“I would like to be able to edit songs and play them more than once when I feel like it. Does that seem reasonable to you?

The audience let out a cheer.A crew member on the jet was briefly seen before the plane went into the airport’s hangar. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Swift