A few searches for charter flights from England to Australia give figures roughly around this amount.

This man spends almost five and a half years in prison fighting for press freedom and now you think he is suddenly a grifter?

What planet do you live on or what U.S.Intel agency do you work for?

That depends how dangerous you want air travel to be. The world is currently spending way too much on air travel security, the number of deaths is too low compared to automobile travel.