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lundi 1 février 2016
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There are good reasons why airport food is so bad
A NEW ranking of restaurants in American airports has been released by the makers of AirportXP, a market-research smartphone app. Based on the responses of around 88,000 of its users, it found that Honolulu is the worst airport in the country for a pre-flight meal, followed by Washington Reagan and Los Angeles. Tampa, Salt Lake City and Minneapolis St. Paul, meanwhile, came top.
According to Scott Ludwigsen, an executive at AirportXP, air travellers “are very discerning when it comes to the choices they have in food and beverage”. Those are not the words Gulliver would use. Things are improving, but being voted the best airport for food is still a bit like being voted the least-fatuous Kardashian: you only look good in comparison with your flaky peers. No one would choose an airport restaurant over its equivalent in the real world.
There are many reasons why airport dining is so terrible. For a start, there is rarely...Continue reading
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