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Old 16th Jul 2017, 19:47
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Gertrude the Wombat
 
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Originally Posted by slip and turn
Suddenly we were packed off on Air UK ...
Now that was my favourite airline[*], from the baked beans to the "welcome to Honolulu".


Baked beans: Air UK used to include baked beans in their breakfast, but decided that this was incompatible with the grown-up-airline image they decided they wanted to cultivate. Guess what? - the punters complained. Guess what? - the baked beans reappeared on the menu.


Touchdown at Stansted on an endless-grey-drizzle day (I think we'd come from Edinburgh). "Welcome to Honolulu" says the hostie on the PA.

[*] Well, depending on how I'm feeling from day to day. The other contender is Aurigny
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