Taylor Swift's private jet-related stories have dominated the news this week

AvWeb editor-in-chief Russ Niles scored a traffic hit by taking on a topic outside his usual purview.

Niles’ story racked up more than 700,000 pageviews, a number that would be impressive at a general-interest site like Slate .

Swift’s ability to dominate plane-related headlines is just the latest illustration of her inescapability.

Many Swifties seem to be reading up on business jets’ fuel capacities.

"It’s funny for non-aviation professionals to be interested in the nitty-gritty of this," said a private jet pilot I know named James .

"Flying for a celebrity is probably worse than flying for an unknown wealthy individual," said James Hubbard of the NBAA .