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BBC - German plans airline for smokers

On its website Smintair promises to “bring back the exclusivity in flying encountered in the 1960s”.

The plan is to fly two leased Boeing 747s on the Duesseldorf-Tokyo route. …

On the website Mr Schoppmann writes nostalgically about the old times when Lufthansa offered its passengers a vast selection of Montecristo cigars.

We have a couple old Alitalia and Lufthansa ashtrays, and they’re so cool. Just not the same as the little armrest pop-out trays that always have some kid’s gum stuck in them. But even those are a thing of the past.