Does anyone remember which airline was the first to introduce an all Non-Smoking flight and which of the major airlines was the last to convert ?
Paramount Airways (QJ/PAT) and not to be confused with the Indian airline of the same name, which operated MD 83s and later B 737s from 1987 for about three years from its operational base at Bristol Airport and from other UK airports, did not permit smoking on board during the life of the airline.
Furthermore, they would not sell tobacco products on board in their duty free sales.
It was said at the time that they were the first British airline to operate a complete no-smoking ban on board.
I travelled with them several times and thought them an excellent little airline, and not just because they banned smoking on board.
The airline company became insolvent but was only wound up after protracted financial legal action.