Beginning 75 years ago, the story of British Eagle is typical of many a British independent airline. In one of the final features he completed before his death, Bruce Hales-Dutton looked back to a 2009 interview with Eagle’s founder Harold Bamberg to chart this much-loved carrier’s rise and fall
If you thought low-cost air travel started with Ryanair and easyJet, think again. Michael O’Leary and Stelios Haji-Ioannou weren’t even born when the British air transport industry took its first steps towards the freedom of choice and lower fares today’s passengers enjoy.
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