![]() In 1964, Britannia Airways was founded and flew to destinations like Spain, the Canaries, Malta and North Africa while, in 1966, Freddie Laker founded Laker Airways offering cheap air travel worldwide.Įconomy class was introduced at the tail end of the 1950s and this, coupled with the 47% increase in earnings between 1955-1970, meant that your 1960s holiday might have been the first time you could afford to take a flight to your holiday destination. Maybe your 1960s holiday was your first time in a plane. British holidays in the 1960s declined in popularity in favour of sunny weeks spent on the continent. If you went on holiday in the 1960s, it could well have been your first holiday abroad.
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