The odd thing about this advert for BA's predecessor, Imperial Airways: it resembles a luxury train's restaurant car rather than an aircraft cabin. Elaborate inflight service diverted attention from the inevitable discomfort of early passenger aviation - a trick later used to distract Concorde passengers from the supersonic jet's narrow fuselage.The post-war London Games won a gold for austerity, but British European Airways made an inspired choice of designer: Abram Games.
Er....would that be the routes that didn't make them go bust by any chance? Ffs...
only half.. for what's going on.. Half is fine for now,, could be 20% or 15%... 10%
Instead of the government investing billions of pounds in white elephants such as HS2 & Crossrail it could have taken over Flybe & provided important fast public travel links around the U.K. at reasonable cost
Necessary replacement.
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