Air France had the slogan ‘Have you ever done it the French way?’ But how can you fly in a way that’s particularly ‘French’? Does the plane wear a beret and leave a trail of Gauloises fumes? Are the in-flight announcements underscored by an accordion? Are other planes, especially if they’re on their gap years, inexplicably attracted to them? What is so specifically French about these aircraft? Are they just giant winged baguettes? Or is the advertiser trying to suggest that the French cabin crew may well … well, what exactly? Why don’t they just call it Caligulair? ‘Our seats are wipe-clean
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