Alistair Gordon
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The fascinating moment is 60s, early 70s, you have a really pretty intense series of hijackings, you know, mainly Cuban exiles who were hijacking planes to go back to Cuba. Also, you know, that famous bombing in Jordan where terrorists blew up three airplanes on the runway at the same time. It was kind of extraordinary.
The fascinating moment is 60s, early 70s, you have a really pretty intense series of hijackings, you know, mainly Cuban exiles who were hijacking planes to go back to Cuba. Also, you know, that famous bombing in Jordan where terrorists blew up three airplanes on the runway at the same time. It was kind of extraordinary.
The fascinating moment is 60s, early 70s, you have a really pretty intense series of hijackings, you know, mainly Cuban exiles who were hijacking planes to go back to Cuba. Also, you know, that famous bombing in Jordan where terrorists blew up three airplanes on the runway at the same time. It was kind of extraordinary.
So to your first question about, you know, why do you buy a suitcase in an airport? Suddenly you had this incredible group of people who had ready cash, or at least sparkling credit cards, and you've got them trapped for three hours, you know? I mean, like the ideal capital situation, right?
So to your first question about, you know, why do you buy a suitcase in an airport? Suddenly you had this incredible group of people who had ready cash, or at least sparkling credit cards, and you've got them trapped for three hours, you know? I mean, like the ideal capital situation, right?
So to your first question about, you know, why do you buy a suitcase in an airport? Suddenly you had this incredible group of people who had ready cash, or at least sparkling credit cards, and you've got them trapped for three hours, you know? I mean, like the ideal capital situation, right?
It began with just simple shops, certain kind of newsstands and snack bars, and now it's huge luxury items, you know, that...
It began with just simple shops, certain kind of newsstands and snack bars, and now it's huge luxury items, you know, that...
It began with just simple shops, certain kind of newsstands and snack bars, and now it's huge luxury items, you know, that...
I mean, do you ever go through security and then go back out through security to have a smoke or something? No. Once you're through that nightmare, do you really want to go through it again? Yeah. You know, whereas before 9-11, it wasn't that big a deal. So, yeah, you really have them stuck there.
I mean, do you ever go through security and then go back out through security to have a smoke or something? No. Once you're through that nightmare, do you really want to go through it again? Yeah. You know, whereas before 9-11, it wasn't that big a deal. So, yeah, you really have them stuck there.
I mean, do you ever go through security and then go back out through security to have a smoke or something? No. Once you're through that nightmare, do you really want to go through it again? Yeah. You know, whereas before 9-11, it wasn't that big a deal. So, yeah, you really have them stuck there.
And of course, that concourse, what the engineers called the sterile concourse, you know, you've been stripped of any possible dangerous weapon, but you also can't leave. So you're the ideal target for marketing.
And of course, that concourse, what the engineers called the sterile concourse, you know, you've been stripped of any possible dangerous weapon, but you also can't leave. So you're the ideal target for marketing.
And of course, that concourse, what the engineers called the sterile concourse, you know, you've been stripped of any possible dangerous weapon, but you also can't leave. So you're the ideal target for marketing.
Yeah, yeah. It's no great secret, you know, and that new airport that opened in Dubai or the new terminal, it's only got like, you know, the highest level of luxury goods for sale in this place. And people apparently now go there who want to get Louboutin shoes and they don't want to go all the way to Paris. They go to the airport to buy their shoes. Yeah.
Yeah, yeah. It's no great secret, you know, and that new airport that opened in Dubai or the new terminal, it's only got like, you know, the highest level of luxury goods for sale in this place. And people apparently now go there who want to get Louboutin shoes and they don't want to go all the way to Paris. They go to the airport to buy their shoes. Yeah.
Yeah, yeah. It's no great secret, you know, and that new airport that opened in Dubai or the new terminal, it's only got like, you know, the highest level of luxury goods for sale in this place. And people apparently now go there who want to get Louboutin shoes and they don't want to go all the way to Paris. They go to the airport to buy their shoes. Yeah.
I think the people who go to the shop, they don't just go in and buy a shoe and then leave. I think they're going somewhere. But, you know, they don't wait to go to Paris. They get it there because it's just accessible. I mean, I do it too. We're all kind of sluts for, you know, commercials. Shopping is a kind of an addictive habit.
I think the people who go to the shop, they don't just go in and buy a shoe and then leave. I think they're going somewhere. But, you know, they don't wait to go to Paris. They get it there because it's just accessible. I mean, I do it too. We're all kind of sluts for, you know, commercials. Shopping is a kind of an addictive habit.