Complex sentence: The air fare at the time was about $1,000, as it still is today... but in dollars currently, that translates into $10,000 and thus flying in that style was somewhat limited to business folk, celebrities and government officials.
Split into simpler sentences: The air fare at the time was about $1,000, as it still is today... but in dollars currently, that translates into $10,000. Thus flying in that style was somewhat limited to business folk, celebrities and government officials.