Smintair
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Smintair, or Smokers' International Airways, was a proposed luxury passenger airline that was scheduled to begin flying between Düsseldorf and Tokyo in march 2007. [1] Smintair was founded by German financier Alexander Schoppmann, a heavy smoker who, according to the International Herald Tribune, obtained approximately 300 million euro from private investors in Europe and the Middle East. Smintair flights would have had business and first class seats.
The airline would have been marketed for business travelers, who would be permitted to smoke cigarettes or cigars during the flight.
Two similar attempts in the United States to launch smoking-friendly airlines failed. The Great American Smokers' Club, a members-only charter airline, intended to fly between Dallas and Houston. It signed up more than 6,000 members but was refused a license from the Federal Aviation Administration. Florida-based Smokers Express failed to obtain enough money to become viable.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ unknown (27 June, 2006). "German plans airline for smokers". British Broadcasting Corporation. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/5121786.stm. Retrieved 1 November, 2010.
- ^ Nicola Clark (5 September, 2006). "Smoke if You've Got 'Em On This Airline Next Year". The New York Times Company. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/05/business/worldbusiness/05smoke.html. Retrieved 1 November, 2010.
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