Jetset
Jet or Jet Set (English for glitterati ) are usually referred to an international class of society, to which the young rich ( yuppies ) are to be counted, that has enough money to often to meet ( by means of an aircraft) to exclusive international locations to which most people do not have access.
History
The term is derived from a lifestyle that is changed in the by plane ( Jet) in quick succession between the most beautiful, hottest and most exotic places in the world. The term came at a time when flight prices were extremely high and hardly affordable for average earners. However, the entry into the party scene is not subject to conditions as elite of high society.
The history of the term can be traced from the 1950s to the introduction of special " Jet" - scheduled flights. Up to that time the term existed "café society", which took in a very similar way to a lifestyle reference in which it could afford rich people, between such places back and herzureisen. Even these took advantage of the services that originated in the 1930s and 1940s, airlines, then still with propeller aircraft. Developed for military use and much faster jet aircraft were initially too expensive for the normal passenger operation; However, the BOAC recognized a specific need: You taught starting on May 2, 1952, the first route with the de Havilland Comet between London and New York City and shortly afterwards to Paris, Rome and Los Angeles. The offer expanded rapidly, in addition to the business centers more and more destinations were added, the beaches and party life promised - to the classical objectives of the Society as Bermuda, Cannes, Saint- Tropez, Portofino, St. Moritz, Gstaad were more like Acapulco, Nassau and Huntington Hartford's new Paradise Iceland added ( since 1962), as well as Capri and small villages on the Riviera. From 1974, many Greek islands could be approached directly - you referred Jetset then long for this line network. Today, jet aircraft, the standard for the general passenger traffic, so Jetset rather refers to a social group that can afford luxury travel or even private aircraft, to meet the diverse and often exotic places around the world. Here today the target is almost arbitrary, unlike in the first decades of the jet set.
Even in the early days of the use of the term referred to on those celebrities who do not shy handling of public media - it emerged paparazzi and tabloids that many ( actually happening or Staged ) published in the lives of the rich and famous. The fast life alternating between Paris and Rome gained a foothold in the public consciousness and in 1960 picked up on film by Federico Fellini's La dolce vita. Who invented the term is unclear; he was proven to spread first by Igor Cassini in his columns for leaves the Hearst publishing companies.
While in the 1970s waned, the jet-set phenomenon, the Concorde has created a new opportunity for particularly quick turnaround. However, the route network this supersonic aircraft remained limited to a few lines. From 21 January 1976, it was the route London -Bahrain and Paris- Rio de Janeiro ( via Dakar ); from November 1977, she regularly flew to London, Paris or New York. Supersonic gave a new boost for the jet set ( "From rock stars to royalty, the Concorde that the way to travel for the jet set " - NOVA ), but the Concorde flights were discontinued in 2003.
The term jet set was acquired in some languages ; many languages have their own terms for this lifestyle, such as 'wa - Benzi ' ( Benz people ) in Central Africa.