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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Simon Calder

Wouldn’t it be great to still be living in aviation’s golden age?

Q Can you remember the days when you turned up at the airport an hour before the flight with a ticket sent to you through the post? When there were at least two staff behind each desk to check in your luggage and issue boarding passes? And when the flight landed in the city advertised?

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