Yet with passably funny Comedy Central take-offs undermining its stature as an important, enduring motion picture, and newer, glitzier fare squeezing out this special stand-by, is the new generation missing out?
The combination of BA and AA met with fierce opposition from Virgin Atlantic, BA's main transatlantic rival, which warned that it would result in higher fares and squeeze competitors.
Lower fares may squeeze profitability, but Mr Amaro reckons he can offset that by spreading fixed costs across increased traffic and, next year, introducing two classes on Brazil's domestic routes.Managing such swift expansion will be tricky, especially now that Mr Amaro's profitable base in Congonhas is threatened by rivals.
"These fare rises squeezing commuters are the direct consequence of the Tory-led Government's decision to cut too far and too fast, and travellers are having to pay more to plug the gap in the transport budget.
And when delegates at last September's Royal Television Society convention toyed with a number of forward projections for the TV industry, it was noticeable that Channel 4 fared badly, squeezed by the gorillas of BSkyB and the BBC.
A spokeswoman for Ken Livingstone said: "Boris Johnson is fatally stuck fighting the stale arguments of the last election, when Londoners are crying out for action now to cut fares and ease the squeeze on their living costs.
Isaiah works as a 'bus conductor' – collecting fares from passengers who squeeze onto the yellow commercial buses of Lagos.
The increased demand has squeezed air fares upward, said Tom Parsons, the chief executive of BestFares.com.
It was only towards the end that his fare was able to squeeze a few words in: "Yes, we know that guy.
This week, the city will introduce six fully electric taxis into the fleet as part of a pilot program intended primarily to answer a single question: Can yellow-taxi drivers, conditioned to squeeze every fare-generating second out of their shift, find the time to plug in their vehicle while on the job?
