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Toast - Dan-Air

Toast - Dan-Air

Sliced Bread
Nov 28, 2024 25 min
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<p>Dan-Air was one of Britain's biggest airlines and took millions of people on their first package holidays. </p><p>So, why did such a successful business end up 'toast'? </p><p>The BBC Business journalist, Sean Farrington, and the entrepreneur, Sam White look into it. </p><p>They are joined by:</p><p>-Graham Simons - Dan-Air historian and author of the book 'The Spirit of Dan-Air'</p><p>-Jackie Stacey &amp; James Hoffmeister - former Dan-Air cabin crew</p><p>Produced by Jon Douglas. Toast is a BBC Audio North production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.</p><p>You can email the programme at toast@bbc.co.uk</p><p>Feel free to suggest topics which could be covered in future episodes.</p><p>Sliced Bread returns for a new batch of investigations in December, where Greg Foot investigates so-called wonder products to find out whether they really are the best thing since sliced bread. In the meantime, Toast is available in the Sliced Bread feed on BBC Sounds</p>

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