May 31, 2026 – 8.00pmBeing given a private jet hasn’t catapulted Pauline Hanson into a class above her voters. Just like One Nation, private air travel is going mainstream.On a typical day at the Platinum Aviation hangar at Essendon Fields Airport in Melbourne’s north, about three or four private jets take off for destinations across the country. There’s an impressive Bombardier Global 6000 parked up in the hangar that belongs to someone described only as being “uber-rich”. In this world, anonymity is everything.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles