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Jake O'Kane: Airport turning travels into travails

When I was young, airports were the exclusive domain of movie stars and royalty and not for the likes of me. They possessed a mystique, much like the door of the wardrobe to Narnia as they were a portal to other lands

Jake had a bad feeling about his trip from Belfast International Airport when the moment he met the restaurant's robot waiter...
Jake O'Kane
I’ve always loved airports. Indeed, on many occasions, my time at the airport has trumped whatever trip I happened to have been going on.  When I was young, airports were the exclusive d[...]

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