--- title: Airport: Delta Starts Anti-Paparazzi VIP Service at LAX for Celebrity description: Featuring secret underground exits, private shower suites and a premium security line canonical: https://time.com/3916287/delta-anti-paparazzi-service-lax/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-10T16:44:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:20:58.533Z og:title: How Delta Will Allow Celebrities to Avoid Paparazzi at LAX og:description: And it'll only cost $350 og:url: https://time.com/3916287/delta-anti-paparazzi-service-lax/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86b1f8c8924c828c/698853eb0b72e3f7b96e4672/ap159654014827-copy1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4620 og:image:height: 2599 og:image:alt: A Delta Airlines Boeing 737 on March 3, 2015. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How Delta Will Allow Celebrities to Avoid Paparazzi at LAX twitter:description: And it'll only cost $350 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86b1f8c8924c828c/698853eb0b72e3f7b96e4672/ap159654014827-copy1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # How Delta Will Allow Celebrities to Avoid Paparazzi at LAX > Sponsored content. 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Larry MacDougal—AP by [Seth Abramovitch / The Hollywood Reporter](https://time.com/author/the-hollywood-reporter/) ## Seth Abramovitch / The Hollywood Reporter Jun 10, 2015 4:44 PM UTC _This story first appeared in the June 19 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine,_ [_click here to subscribe_](https://subscribe.hollywoodreporter.com/sub/?p=THR&f=saleb&s=IH1402HR20)_._ While Delta Air Lines is the world’s largest in terms of sheer passengers — more than 120 million in 2014 — any traveler passing through Los Angeles International Airport in recent years would have agreed that its West Coast digs were in need of an upgrade. Now, after a five-year, $229 million overhaul (the first since the mid-’80s), Terminal 5 is ready for its close-up. Mayor Eric Garcetti will attend to ribbon-snipping duties at the June 10 unveiling ceremony. The project is far smaller than Delta’s recent $1.5 billion terminal redo at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport but does not skimp when it comes to servicing coast-hopping influencer clientele. The company even devised a unique method of battling one of LAX’s most persistent nuisances: paparazzi. Celebrities, such as Delta flier Nicole Kidman, and under-the-gun industry bigwigs (think Amy Pascal) can request an unadvertised service called VIP Select (from $350 with a first-class ticket), which dispatches a Porsche hybrid to greet them on the tarmac. A Panamera sedan or Cayenne SUV will whisk the passenger and their luggage out of the airport through a special gate to a secret subterranean location somewhere on Century Boulevard, to be met by their own personal driver. “You avoid the entire arrivals process,” says Delta vp Ranjan Goswami. “You won’t see TMZ.” Says one paparazzo who regularly stalks the Terminal 5 exit, where he has ambushed the likes ofUsher and Michael Keaton, “If they’re going off the tarmac, there’s no way around it.” Outbound travelers like Katy Perry can pull up to the curbside VIP Delta One lounge (hidden behind frosted glass sliding doors) to check their bags. From there, an elevator transports them to a private corridor that funnels directly into a premium security line. An assigned handler, trained in the art of fending off selfie-seekers, will escort them to a renovated Sky Club. There, they can relax with a martini, freshen up in a private shower suite or get down to dealmaking with the likes of, say, Delta regulars Michael Francis, chief creative officer of DreamWorks Animation, or Brent Weinstein, head of digital media at UTA (which represents Delta). Travelers venturing into the terminal can grab a bite at the L.A.-centric dining court that includes 6-month-old Ford’s Filling Station, the comfort-food joint from Harrison Ford’s restaurateur son,Ben. There’s also a Farmers Market, where you can chow on a charcuterie plate from French grocery store Monsieur Marcel. All it needs is a WGA outpost to complete the Fairfax-and-Third-Street illusion. What Else LAX’s $8.5 Billion Makeover Will Buy After Tom Brady International Terminal B’s 2013 renovation, Delta is first out of the gate, so to speak, with its redone Terminal 5\. More big changes are ahead for LAX, which is undergoing an $8.5 billion face-lift, the largest public works program in the city’s history. Southwest’s Terminal 1, a $508 million project, is scheduled for completion in 2018 and promises shorter lines (thanks to more efficient screening) and redesigned waiting areas. Terminal 2, which services several international airlines, also is undergoing a freshening-up, including new restaurants with a local focus. American Airlines recently announced new plans for premium services at Terminal 4, and ground recently broke on United’s $573 million revamp of Terminal 7, which will include an outdoor terrace overlooking the airfield by late 2017\. More good news: A lightrail stop is in the works. Bad news? Construction on those won’t be finished until 2024\. Expect traffic into the airport to be abominable till then. _This_ [_article_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/delta-debuts-anti-paparazzi-vip-801158) _originally appeared on_ [_The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com)_._ _More from The Hollywood Reporter:_ * [Hollywood’s 100 Favorite Films](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/list/100-greatest-films-all-time-713215) * [Movies: Heat Vision blog](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/heat-vision) * [50 of the Worst Movie Titles of All Time](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/50-worst-movie-titles-all-779509) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3916287/delta-anti-paparazzi-service-lax/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3916287/delta-anti-paparazzi-service-lax/"},"headline":"How Delta Will Allow Celebrities to Avoid Paparazzi at LAX","datePublished":"2015-06-10T16:44:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:20:58.533Z","description":"And it'll only cost $350","url":"https://time.com/3916287/delta-anti-paparazzi-service-lax/","keywords":["Newsfeed","U.S.","los angeles","Travel","celebrity","paparazzi","Airport","LAX"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86b1f8c8924c828c/698853eb0b72e3f7b96e4672/ap159654014827-copy1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Seth Abramovitch / The Hollywood Reporter"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86b1f8c8924c828c/698853eb0b72e3f7b96e4672/ap159654014827-copy1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"A Delta Airlines Boeing 737 on March 3, 2015.","caption":"A Delta Airlines Boeing 737 on March 3, 2015.","creditText":"Larry MacDougal—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3916287/delta-anti-paparazzi-service-lax/","name":"How Delta Will Allow Celebrities to Avoid Paparazzi at LAX"}}]}] ```