| The super rich can afford some extraordinary toys. | | | | are looking at the Airbus 380, which has a price tag |
| We are talking about those who have billions (yes, | | | | of three hundred million dollars. |
| with an 's') of dollars in net worth and control | | | | Or they like the Boeing 767, which is enjoyed by the |
| companies that operate in the tens of billions of | | | | founders of Google Serge Brin and Larry Page. The |
| dollars. One of their favorite toys is private jet. But | | | | price tag for the 767 is over a hundred million dollars |
| these are not your standard executive aircraft from | | | | and can reach over one hundred fifty million dollars |
| Gulfstream or Learjets, these are custom fitted | | | | depending on options. |
| commercial airliners. What they pay is amazing. | | | | The not even on the market yet Boeing 747-8 is |
| Boeing was one of the first major commercial aircraft | | | | already being sold for almost three hundred million. |
| manufacturers to sell airliners for private use. In 1996 | | | | Four of these private airliners have been sold, |
| they started selling the Boeing 737 for thirty million | | | | meaning Boeing has grossed a billion dollars in sales |
| dollars to those who could afford them. Understand, | | | | for an aircraft that has not even been delivered |
| that the 737 are the same aircraft Southwest Airlines | | | | anywhere yet. The commercial passenger model is |
| uses almost predominately in its fleet. Southwest | | | | not to be released until 2011. It has a twenty million |
| moves more people than any other airline on these | | | | dollar luxury upgrade that can be purchased. When |
| aircraft. | | | | one is already spending two eighty million on a private |
| Fast-forward to the present day and the super rich | | | | jet, why wouldn't they want the upgrade? |
| consider the 737 a quaint private jet. The super rich | | | | |