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Fat Tony

OPINION - What happened to flying? Airlines are a rip off, flights are delayed or cancelled and then service is terrible

I’m not being funny but… whatever happened to air travel? Once considered a luxury, an experience, these days most of us dread flying more than anything. The mere thought of having to get through airport security or those never-ending customs queues makes my skin crawl.

The feeling of being a second-class citizen in Europe is not the way someone wants to travel. Last year saw an unprecedented amount of disruption in the industry, from cancellations to luggage mishandling.

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