LH service in the 70's
Apr 22, 2017, 6:43 am
#17
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Apr 22, 2017, 10:11 am
#19
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Flying was expensive, uncomfortable and time consuming back then. The famous banana boat routes took days to get to your destination. All that food was to make the time fly, so to speak.
Apr 23, 2017, 5:42 am
#21
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Hardly time consuming in the 1970s. Also compared to now, economy class was pretty good.
Apr 23, 2017, 8:24 am
#22
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Apr 25, 2017, 11:49 am
#24
Join Date: Apr 2005
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Apr 25, 2017, 5:21 pm
#26
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It's kind of symbolic for society as a whole and the way wealth has become more and more concentrated. Back then the gap between the classes of service wasn't huge: premium was worse than today, economy better than today. Today we are moving toward the concept of hotel room in front, Salvadoran prison in the back.
Apr 25, 2017, 6:18 pm
#27
Join Date: Apr 2005
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It's kind of symbolic for society as a whole and the way wealth has become more and more concentrated. Back then the gap between the classes of service wasn't huge: premium was worse than today, economy better than today. Today we are moving toward the concept of hotel room in front, Salvadoran prison in the back.
Something similar is true in airline travel.
Apr 25, 2017, 7:48 pm
#28
Join Date: Oct 2004
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It's not about the routing, but about the destinations. Except for BOG, none of the ones above is served by LH any more. Not even Lima, the largest capital city on the continent.