Wow, the 25 years since EK arrived at Manchester have really flown by. Remember well the pre-launch flights using a brand new Airbus that had been collected from Toulouse the previous afternoon - I seem to think we were the first passengers to sit on those seats. Was served an excellent lunch and drinks whilst on a 90 minute circuit of the North of Scotland. Think there were two such flights before the plane operated a scheduled service to DXB the following day.