Target flies to Sacramento the week its turnaround plan gains altitude

Target flew from Winsted, Minnesota, to Sacramento on May 20, 2026, aboard a Gulfstream G280 bearing tail number N484EM. The 3-hour-24-minute flight arrived at Sacramento International Airport just before noon local time.

The same week, Target reported first-quarter sales growth of 6.7 percent to $23.4 billion, well ahead of analyst expectations, per a WWD report on May 20. CEO Michael Fiddelke, who took the top job in February, has been executing a turnaround plan that includes a $2 billion investment in inventory and delivery, along with price cuts on 3,000 items. The company doubled its annual sales growth forecast to four percent, as covered by BNN Bloomberg on the same day.

The Sacramento landing follows a flurry of recent Target flights: a May 19 trip from Minneapolis to Newark, and a May 18 hop from Minneapolis to Dallas-Fort Worth. The retailer operates a three-aircraft fleet of Gulfstream G280s from its Minneapolis headquarters, and the California visit likely ties to the company's broader push to strengthen supply chain and store operations in the region, including the April 29 opening of a new receive center in Houston, as reported by CNBC.