Originally Posted by
lady1964
I'm old enough to remember when passengers could smoke on flights without any problems, in fact, just over 20 years ago on a flight from Hong Kong to LHR, we stopped in Bahrain to disgorge/collect new passengers and what should have been an hour, turned into 8 hours on the tarmac. The flight had originated in Perth so some people had been on the plane for 15 or so hours already. Not a worry for the smokers, we just lit up.
In fact BA only finally outlawed smoking on 29 March 1998. I think it was done in stages but I've got that timetable booklet in front of me and there's a little note saying:
"From March 29th smoking will not be permitted on British Airways and partner operated flights".
Smoking on planes was horrible for non smokers, I remember it all too well.
PUJ is Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Many people on that flight will be off from all inclusive resorts. Let's say a primarily leisure market.