… A start-up airline based here plans to offer long-haul luxury flights - to Asia, at first - that cater to smokers, countering a decades-long global trend that has made it impossible to enjoy a cigarette on most passenger flights.
The new airline is called, naturally, Smoker’s International Airways, or Smintair for short.
The founder is a local entrepreneur (photo) who promises a return to the days when air travel was considered glamorous, when stewardesses were happy to bring you a glass of scotch, and when smoking in the lavatory didn’t risk criminal prosecution…
Some niches aren’t exactly healthy but giving people exactly what they want and can’t have is a way to make good money. Plus, if you’re a non smoker you wouldn’t be flying with Smintair, right?
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hah, great article. i’m a smoker, but i don’t think i’d want to sit on a 5 hour flight–even an 50 min flight with cigarette air. doesn’t sound so appealing. check out lowfares.com and find discount flights to top destinations.