MGM Resorts returns to Las Vegas after transpacific high-roller flight

MGM Resorts flew its Embraer Legacy 500, tail N783MM, from Hollywood Burbank to Las Vegas Harry Reid International late Thursday, a 54-minute hop across the Mojave. The aircraft had departed Vegas for Burbank earlier the same day, suggesting a quick turn—likely ferrying a high-roller back to the Strip after a business or entertainment stop.

The same week, this very jet completed a far longer journey: from Tokyo Narita to Anchorage, then to Seattle, and finally to Las Vegas on May 20, per recent flight tracks. That transpacific arc aligns with MGM Resorts’ emphasis on premium mass guests from Asia, a segment it called a “leadership position” at MGM China in its February 2026 earnings report [sec.gov]. The company’s fleet of Embraer jets is explicitly used to bring big spenders to its resorts, as noted when MGM ordered six such aircraft in 2015 [corporatejetinvestor.com].

The Burbank leg is the mundane bookend to an extraordinary itinerary—a reminder that for MGM Resorts, the private jets are not toys but tools, shuttling high-value customers across oceans and back for a night at the tables.