Alan Semsar - the exclusive world of private aviation

My guest today, Alan Sansar, is a pilot, foodie, and luxury lifestyle expert, and he has become the king of the private skies, flying his clients all over the world to the most luxurious destinations in the most spectacular private aircrafts. We met him at the Van Nuys Airport for a super quick interview on board one of the very planes he works with and quick because it was literally just before the plane was taking off.
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So today we literally took Cat on the Loose out of the studios and into the Van Nuys private airport for a very special reason.

I am going to show you the exclusive world of private traveling

with the king of private traveling, Alan Samsar.

It's very, very private. We are not allowed to shoot in the lobby.

We're not allowed to show a lot, but he's giving us exclusive access into one of his aircrafts. So come with me, you don't want to miss it.
Welcome to Van Nuys Airport. Thank you, my love.
You're welcome. Let's go to Paris.
That's a great idea. Alan, welcome to Cut on the Loose.
Thank you for having me. I'm so excited to be here.
I should say thank you for having us in this spectacular airplane. Well, as I tell everybody, welcome to the good life.
I know, welcome to the good life. So 10 million questions.
I know you don't have a lot of time because the plane actually has to go somewhere. So let's do this fast and furious.
Hey, look, that's the best thing about what I do. We are actually really on aircraft that moves around.
And I actually do fly around on the aircraft compared to other people that talk about jets all the time. I know.
They're just talking about them. By the way, this is not like a prop for social media.
This is like a real spectacular plane. And so let's talk about this plane first this is um a long distance no this so this is not a super long distance this plane goes about five hours okay so you can go to new york on it you can go to cabo okay you can fly up to canada or down to mexico anywhere you like okay and uh we can also go to hawaii from which is really great.
Which I've never been to, by the way.

So we're going to have to take you.

Yeah, I know, I know.

I need to make enough money

so I can fly one at a time.

But so if somebody wants to go to Europe

on a plane like this,

they have like to stop in New York.

So you can do that,

but we have larger aircraft,

which are called ultra long range aircraft.

And we can go straight from here to London

or from here to Paris,

wherever your destination.

Okay, so explain to us for people that don't, because I follow you on social media, you know, I live vicariously through your travels. Like, I was telling Anthony, one minute you're here, you're in LA, then you're in Monaco.
Like, oh my God, what a life, what a life, what a life. Do you need a flight attendant, by the way? Our positions are...
Always, so we won't... You're definitely not going to be a flight attendant.
You're flying with me everywhere we go. Thank you.
Anytime. But, you know, it's a growing field.
This is a very exciting time to be in private aviation. The industry's, you know, experiencing a robust growth and we have some fantastic aircraft.
Obviously, this is something for the super rich, right? It's for an exclusive, exclusive minority. You know, I wouldn't call it a minority, but there is a lot of people that own corporations, right? And that can use the aircraft to get around.
The point is ease and access. So if you're asking me why private? So you have ease and you have access to everywhere you want to go.
And we cut off hours and hours on your travel time. So we went from Los Angeles to Portugal in nine hours.
Oh my God. Right now, keep in mind, there's no TSA.
There's no security. So that's nine hours from point to point.
And then you're in your hotel in 15 minutes. And you're done.
No, I mean, it's a totally different life, but why do you think there is such demands? Do you think there are more wealthy people or do you think there are more companies that decided this is really worth it? I'm going to put this in the budget. So generally, there's more demand for travel.
So if you look at commercial airliners, and those are the big brands that, you know, are on the other side of the business, they are flying a lot more. But private aviation had its own growth because the economies for the whole world grew, right? So people can't afford a little more luxury in their life.
Yeah, for sure. And you know, this is a Bombardier Challenger 850.
So we have smaller aircraft. It depends on where you're going, how comfortable do you want to be? Do you want to have a flight attendant? Do you want to have food served.
Yes, yes, yes, yes. Where's my champagne, please? And that's kind of the benefit of it all.
And then we have super small aircraft, which are called light aircraft, right? And those will only take six people. And you have to be your own flight attendant.
Oh, yeah. I remember because like I said, when I was married, we used to fly private a lot around the United States and it was always the tiny ones.
I never had a flight attendant, but I do remember and tell me if I'm right, if it's still the same, because this was like 10 years ago. I remember we could actually like pre-order the food that we, even if it was from here, we are in the Van Nuys airport, by the way, we used to go to Las Vegas a lot because we had a house in Las Vegas and it's like like, what, a 30-minute fly, right? Usually it's about 35 minutes to 40 minutes, Max.
Yeah. So let's say I want to do that.
You can call in and pre-order what you want, a snack, right? So those are all the fringe benefits that nobody really talks about. Yeah.
So we cater the food that you like. So it doesn't matter if the food is from, let's say, Waldorf Astoria or Wolfgang Puck or whatever chef you like.
We actually order the food, have it delivered on the airplane and have it ready. And then if you're flying international, of course, then, you know, it's really extravagant.
So we'll have multiple meals. We can actually cook everything on the plane and serve everything from espresso to your favorite cocktail.
Oh my God, the good life. This This plane fits how many people? That's a huge one, right? Yeah, so this plane fits 15 people.
15 people. Right, and we have planes that go up to 18.
So this is one that more like mostly corporations use, or do you have private clients that would charter a plane like this? There is, so it's a big mix. You know, you can't really answer that.
So there's a lot of entertainers. There's a lot of entertainment business.
Obviously because we're Los Angeles based. You got a lot of celebrities that fly these things.
A-level celebrities. And then you have all the corporate executives.
And if you consider a corporate executive and their salary, do you want a CEO of a major corporation sitting in a terminal as you're paying them thousands of dollars an hour? I know. So you don't.
And then, so you come here and you cut off the TSA. You also cut off the walking in a terminal and walking out.
And all of a sudden a trip to Las Vegas with us is 35 minutes, 40 minutes at the most. Right.
And if you go commercial, it's a three-hour turnaround. Oh, at least.
If everything goes right. If you have clear and pre-check and you got all that stuff.
Especially nowadays. I know.
And it's interesting that you're mentioning that because I know a lot of people, the criticism is like, this is ridiculous. It's so expensive.
But people forget that our time is worth a lot, right? First of all, we're not going to get that back ever. But like you said, if you're like a high-profile CEO or a celebrity, if you have the money for that matter, all the hours that you're wasting, hoping that everything is going to go right, you can be productive doing something else with your life and your time.
Yeah, and you know, people are getting smarter as well. Consumers are getting super smart.
So, you know, there's times where we travel and then a group of friends get together, you know, couples. So you have three couples or four couples will share a large jet.
Oh, I love that idea. So instead of flying first class somewhere, this is a much more elegant, faster experience.
And I like to call it VVIP, right? It's a super VIP experience. It's super VIP.
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A lot of people are curious. They don't have any idea.
I know we're sitting on a huge one. So let's start with this one.
How do people get charged? By the hour or by the flight or by the distance? How does it work? So every charter company has a little bit of a different formula, but it's usually per hour. So there's a standard rate per hour and then depending on the size of the aircraft.
So you start with the, let's say, smaller, medium, large, and then the ultra larger aircraft that go to Europe. And what you want to do is select an aircraft that fits what we call is your mission.
Yeah. Right.
So if you want to go from here to, let's say, Las Vegas, you don't necessarily need a large aircraft. Right.
Like this one. Right.
You could go a little bit smaller. Unless you have 15 people, you want to think.
And if you have a lot of people in your party. Yeah.
So I kind of tell people if you're at six, there's a special size or you're nine at special size. And if you're larger than that, then you got to go with an aircraft.
Can you give us an idea of the cost? So let's say you're going to Las Vegas. It would be a $15,000 trip.
15? 15,000 to go from here to Las Vegas. In a small plane? In a large aircraft.
Oh, like this? Right. And that's not bad when you think about 15 people.
Yeah, exactly. If all the 15 are paying.
Correct. Usually one person pays.
I know. Usually it's like one person and their entourage.
Right. That's how it usually works.
And do they pay for the $15,000 includes the cost of gas? Includes the fuel and the crew and everything else. Oh, includes everything.
So if you think about it, it's not that crazy. Yeah.
Because like, I don't know how much a ticket costs to Las Vegas, but like first classes, I personally think it's very expensive compared to how shitty it is. Right.
Well, there isn't much in first class. Right.
Right. I think commercial aviation, it kind of cut the quality and the service standards substantially.
More and more and more. And the biggest thing that bothers me about flying commercial, and don't get me wrong, I fly commercial.
Do you? I've never seen it. So four or five times a year, I do fly commercial.
That's very rare, though. So I have that experience, and I know.
But when I fly commercial, I have all the VIP passes and the extra get-in-the-back-door card or whatever that is. I want to learn how to do that.
Can you teach me? But even with all that, you still have to put up with some of the kind of the red tape around airports, right? Yeah. It's the traffic of getting there.
It's the... It's a nightmare.
Dealing with the nightmares. Now...
The crying babies, the crazy drunk, the person that opens the emergency. That's right.
Oh my God. So I'll tell you one thing, like for Los Angeles, for example, you know, like we can come to LAX, we can go to Perbank Airport, we can come to Van Nuys, we can go to Camarillo, we can go to Santa Monica.
So you got choices. And how far are you from which airport will pick you up there? At the end of the day, it's all about money, right? Because if somebody calls and say, I want this plane right now at LAX, I want to fly to Florida.
If they pay the price, you guys do it. You move the plane.
So how long does it take to move the plane from Van Nuys to LAX? Like you go up and down like this? Yeah, you literally, you go up and then you come right back. You don't have to go around.
Yeah, you don't have to go around. So, you know, when you fly, you communicate with what's called air traffic control, right? Yeah.
And as soon as they find out that you're making a short hop, or we call it a reposition, as soon as they find out, then you kind of cut off the traffic, and then you go and you land. Oh, and is there, so obviously there is a private place for private aircraft at LAX.
Right. So we don't go to the commercial or the terminal side.
We have our own private terminals. They're called FBOs.
That's just like the building we walked through on our way here. And those are meant just for the private jet service.
So we get our fuel, we get our food, our catering, everything delivered here. Put it on the plane.
Everything's separate. Before we started filming, you were mentioning to me the cost of because we were saying let's go to paris let's go to paris what would be the cost of flying because let everybody deserves to dream right most people will never be in a private let's be honest most people will never be in a private plane in their lives or they're going to be just sitting on one, not going anywhere.
But what would be the cost to go from LA to Paris? Let's say on this one here, 15 people. So this one won't actually go there, but we need the larger aircraft.
So let's say we take a Gulfstream 550 or a Gulfstream 650. Which you work with, by the way, Which we have, yes.
You have them. Now, those are the planes that people call G5 or G6.
Ah, yeah.

Like the... You're looking at about $300,000.
All in. Does it wait for you there? It waits as long as you like.
So if you want to be there for a month, the plane would sit there and wait for you? So that's another thing. We could bring the plane back.
The plane could be flying around, right? It all depends on the logistics. But if I say I want my plane to wait for me, like Kim Kardashian, I don't know when I'm going to leave, la, la, la, la, la.
Do you charge them to keep the plane there? So, yeah. So there's all kinds of fees associated with parking and aircraft.
So you would be paying all those fees as long as the client or the owner of the aircraft is happy with that. Then you keep the plane in London.
Oh, my God. Now, that's an interesting question.
Just pop my mind because I thought about about Kim Kardashian, obviously the gazillionaires, they own their own plane, but it's an absurd cost to own your own plane and maintain it and keep it there. And then there is the next step, which is just hire your planes when people need it.
So why do you think some celebrities say, I'm going to own my own plane? Do you think they just have unlimited money? It's worth it for them? So there's a couple of things about that aircraft ownership. There is all kinds of depreciation.
There's tax benefits for having these things, right? So once you get to a specific level of money, what are you going to do with your money, right? You're going to buy real estate and another house and a hotel. And then then you're going to start getting through jets.
And then once you have a couple of jets, then you get into the big yachts, right? 50 million, $80 million yachts. Oh my God.
It does make sense. However, the people that own their own jets and they fly their own jets, it's because they don't want anyone else in their plane.
You're the only one. Because they want to leave their personal things in the plane.
And it's yours. You customize every little piece.

True.

Do you see their planes?

Do you know who is the biggest celebrity that has the biggest plane?

Do they compete with each other?

So, you know, because of technology, now everything is searchable on the internet.

You really can't hide.

So an average person can, if they want to look, find out exactly where a celebrity went or where they're flying to. Which is kind of bad, right? Like they have no privacy.
It's possible, but that's the point of private aircraft. There is ways where we get around those things and give you 100% privacy.
By the way, that's the benefit of flying private is we know how to get you there and nobody will know. So there's no paparazzi and there's none of that stuff.
Yeah, there's no paparazzi here. Of course, that's the benefit of not going to a terminal, right? So then you don't have paparazzi.
This is completely closed off. How long have you been doing this? So I've been in general aviation business for about 15 years.
Oh, wow. But for private, I've been doing it since the pandemic, since 2019.
Oh, my God. And you amassed a huge following on Instagram.
People love following your trips around the world. Congratulations.
Thank you very much. So if anybody's interested in finding out more, if anybody's interested in flying with you guys, where do they find your Instagram? You can just go to my Instagram, Alan Samsar, and send me a message.
Yeah, I'm going to put the link there. And you connect, and your crew, your team, they book the flights and everything.
Absolutely. And I told my crew, you guys should follow him because you live the most dreamy, incredible life.
Thank you. You wake up in different places all the time.
It's pretty incredible. Congratulations on all the amazing work.
Thank you very much. Can you spill the tea before I let you go? Like, and tell us who's the most famous celebrity you guys ever flew? So that's the one thing I can't talk about.
We're not allowed to talk about that, but I will tell you who gave me permission. Oh, okay.
So I had the privilege of flying Alicia Keys and her husband once. Oh, are they super nice? Absolutely.
Do you have, even if you don't tell us the name, do you have someone that you flew, they were like, oh my God, what an a-hole, what a bitch. So look, every business, every level of business, every avenue has people that are difficult to deal with.
Yeah. But, you know, my job and our job is to make sure they're catered to all the way to the end.
But in general, most people that you deal with are super nice, even the famous ones. Absolutely.
I don't think there's any anyone that's difficult to handle as long as you know who they are and what they want. And if you deliver what people want, you have customer satisfaction.
I mean, with this VIP life, why not? Right. Absolutely.
And last but not least, can they bring their dogs? We allow dogs. You can bring as many pets as you like.
Oh, my God. And it's no problem.
Okay, I'm going to try to make a lot of money so I can start flying with you and bring my dogs. Well, let's go.
Thank you, Alan. This is such a pleasure.
I mean, guys, look at this plane. Seriously, that's the life.
Where are you going next? So from here, we're going to San Francisco and then we're going to take a trip to Europe. Oh, my God.
It's going to be amazing. I'm going to sign up for whatever, flight attendant, personal assistant.
I want to have your life. I love it.
Let's go. All right.
Thank you so much. You're the best.
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