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Great British Railways: genuine reform or a slick rebrand?

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Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 18:14:17 +0100
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by: hounslow3@yahoo.co.u - Mon, 31 May 2021 17:14 UTC

Did anybody ever watch the parody serial "Come Fly with Me," which
featured the mock airline Great British Air?

I wonder if it ever dawned on anybody at DfT, that they are setting
themselves up with the name Great British Railways

https://www.euronews.com/2021/05/31/great-british-railways-genuine-reform-or-a-slick-rebrand

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by: Roland Perry - Mon, 31 May 2021 17:35 UTC

In message <s935h8$o8m$1@gioia.aioe.org>, at 18:14:17 on Mon, 31 May
2021, "hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk" <hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk> remarked:

>Did anybody ever watch the parody serial "Come Fly with Me," which
>featured the mock airline Great British Air?

Yes. I think it was based at Stansted, and so true it almost hurt.
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Roland Perry

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From: gemeha...@btinternet.co.uk (Marland)
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by: Marland - Mon, 31 May 2021 21:15 UTC

hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk <hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Did anybody ever watch the parody serial "Come Fly with Me," which
> featured the mock airline Great British Air?
>
> I wonder if it ever dawned on anybody at DfT, that they are setting
> themselves up with the name Great British Railways
>
> https://www.euronews.com/2021/05/31/great-british-railways-genuine-reform-or-a-slick-rebrand
>

There was also Yorkshire Airlines.

https://youtu.be/WQcjanPGqAA

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by: Arthur Conan Doyle - Tue, 1 Jun 2021 23:11 UTC

Marland <gemehabal@btinternet.co.uk> wrote:

>There was also Yorkshire Airlines.
>
>https://youtu.be/WQcjanPGqAA

AIr Scotia!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URLe29YZICo

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aus+uk / uk.railway / Great British Railways: genuine reform or a slick rebrand?

Subject	Author
Great British Railways: genuine reform or a slick rebrand?	hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk
Great British Railways: genuine reform or a slick rebrand?	Roland Perry
Great British Railways: genuine reform or a slick rebrand?	Marland
Great British Railways: genuine reform or a slick rebrand?	Arthur Conan Doyle