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Airline for smokers will fly by March

Published Monday, October 16, 2006 by Attu | | E-mail this post

A German entrepreneur wants to create a nostalgic smokers' haven above the clouds by starting a nicotine-friendly airline offering Cuban cigars, caviar and flight attendants in designer uniforms — as well as smoking allowed in every seat.

Alexander Schoppmann, a 55-year-old former stockbroker, has come up with a business plan for Smoker's International Airways, or Smintair, which he says will offer flights between his home town of Düsseldorf in western Germany and Tokyo.

It's all about service, he says — and that includes helping people avoid long hours confined without a cigarette break during a long-haul flight.