When first class just won't do... Now jumbo jets are being bought and personalised by billionaires to replace puny private planes

Saudi princes and Russian billionaires who travel with large groups are turning away from Gulfstreams and to Boeing and Airbus. Wired reports that the makers of jumbo jets like the 747 and A380 are happily personalizing their planes to suit the outrageous needs and tastes of Saudi princes, Russian oligarchs and the like. In fact, Airbus is so interested in the business that they conducted a 'billionaires study,' which concluded that Middle Eastern oil magnates and Chinese captains of industry just happen to like to travel in groups of more than a dozen. 

The Daily Mail (UK) | 17 June 2014