Scammed at 40,000 Feet: Opaque Market Costs the Jet-Setting Rich

  • Private plane business is open to overcharging, abuses
  • Business jets cost owners $32 billion to run, My Sky says
A Gulfstream G550 aircraftPhotographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg

Five grand for mystery sushi. Seven for plastic cups. And more fuel than the plane could possibly hold.

Such are the deceptions stinging the billionaires and mere millionaires of today’s private jet-set class. In an era of ultra-wealthBloomberg Terminal, reports of shady billing related to private-jet travel are on the rise.