Nike flies to London the week of its women's football kit launch

Nike flew from Portland Hillsboro Airport to London Luton Airport on May 12, arriving in the early hours of May 13 after an 8-hour, 26-minute flight aboard its corporate Gulfstream G650 (tail N6453). The trip lands the same week Nike hosted a launch event for its 2025 Women's Federation Kits at Dock X in Canada Water, London, on May 13, per a report by Marketing Beat. The event featured players including Lucy Bronze and Ada Hegerberg, alongside a performance by British rapper Ms Banks, and unveiled primary and secondary kits for England, Netherlands, Norway, Nigeria, and France.

This London visit also comes as Nike faces a proposed class-action lawsuit in federal court in Portland, Oregon, over alleged failure to refund tariff-related price increases passed on to consumers, as covered by Retail Gazette on May 15. The suit claims Nike raised footwear prices by $5 to $10 and apparel by $2 to $10 to offset tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, with the company having previously stated it paid around $1 billion in such tariffs.

Nike's corporate Gulfstream G650, hangared at Hillsboro Airport near the company's Beaverton headquarters, typically serves executive travel to recurring destinations including Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and London. This Luton arrival aligns with the company's pattern of using the aircraft for key product launches and international business events, with no prior flights on file for this specific tail in recent weeks.