There is an interesting dynamic with celebrities and private aircraft that extends into the economics and mentality of Hollywood. Everyone in Hollywood wants to appear super-rich and super-successful while living the most luxurious of lifestyles. Actors, musicians, and sports stars all want to be put on a veneer of having made it, when the truth is that the lifestyle of mansions, limos, and private jets belongs to a very few celebs. The even sadder truth is because having it all is the ethos of Hollywood that many of those attain the accoutrements of the super-successful often cannot maintain them. Having staff to attend to mundane tasks takes reoccurring revenue and as a celebs times passes, those excesses begin to drain the capital reserves quickly.
So, in Hollywood many celebrities will have the studios fly them to events or locations via private jet. Failing that they will opt for flying first-class. There have been stories of actors trying to sneak into first-class and being shown the way to their coach seat. Few who buy a private plane can maintain it, as it is expensive. John Travolta invests in
owning a private jet (huge jet at that) but that is his hobby, he would make it a point to maintain a reserve of money to cover his expenses. Plus, he has reached the place he could afford to keep it. Others take jet charters. Helen Hunt after 9/11 was stranded in New England, unable to fly commercial as all flights were grounded. As soon as the skyways were opened again, she
chartered a jet for her and her staff to get home. But even chartering a jet is an expense that is hard to maintain if one travels much. Regardless of jet ownership, jet charter, or flying first-class, keeping up appearances is expensive for celebrities to maintain.
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