I remember it well from close involvement in the industry. However the internet translates 13 pounds in 1973 into 149 pounds in today's money. So a return flight to Paris seemed cheap at nearly 300 pounds. It shows what competition has done to prices and indeed efficiency in the airline world.
An airline with over 60 jet aircraft (Jet 2) having its head office at Leeds would have been inconceivable.
I vividly remember the powers that be looking for a part time chairman for (iirc) BOAC. A cartoonist paraphrased it as them needing someone for a couple of evenings a week, which shows how the government of the time viewed the importance of the job. That was to change when Lord King took over.
Its funny how time plays with memories. For instance the sun always seemed to be shining at Headingley when Boycott was batting. But Yeadon I always remember as gray and windy.
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