Toast - Dan-Air
Sean Farrington assesses the fortunes of the family-run airline Dan-Air. Why did it fail?
Sliced Bread · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
Dan-Air was one of Britain's biggest airlines and took millions of people on their first package holidays.
So, why did such a successful business end up 'toast'?
The BBC Business journalist, Sean Farrington, and the entrepreneur, Sam White look into it.
They are joined by:
-Graham Simons - Dan-Air historian and author of the book 'The Spirit of Dan-Air'
-Jackie Stacey & James Hoffmeister - former Dan-Air cabin crew
Produced by Jon Douglas. Toast is a BBC Audio North production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.
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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