Aerial Beauties: Flight Attendants From Around the World
Aerial Beauties: Flight Attendants From Around the World
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On July 12, one of the most inspiring and romanticized jobs is being celebrated. For 90 years, cabin crew members have greeted passengers with friendly grins... 12.07.2018, Sputnik International
On July 12, one of the most inspiring and romanticized jobs is being celebrated. For 90 years, cabin crew members have greeted passengers with friendly grins, served dingy meals and have even had to tackle bullies and deliver babies aboard.
Introduced in 1928 in Germany to wean pilots off additional duties, flight attendants were solely male for some time. The game-changer happened in 1930 in the US, when pretty and friendly women were hired to attract more clients. Since then, smiling girls in smart uniforms have become a hallmark of this profession and a pop-culture phenomenon. The best of the best in the business can be viewed in our gallery.
Lufthansa's stewardesses dressed in typical Bavarian clothes at Franz Josef Strauss Airport in Munich, Germany. In 2016, the company's crews flew on selected flights in this traditional clothes during the traditional Oktoberfest festival.
A flight attendant of the Serbian national carrier Air Serbia ahead of its first commercial flight to New York, the first after 24 years following the conflicts that ravaged the former Yugoslavia.
Flight attendants working with the Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific had insisted that their company redesign their uniforms because they were too revealing and could provoke sexual harassment.
Italian flight attendants check photos taken while Pope Francis boarded an airplane in Rome's Fiumicino International Airport ahead of one of his international trips.
Stewardesses of the North Korean national carrier Air Koryo ready for the airline's first flight from Dandong to Sunan Airport in Pyongyang, which became its fifth scheduled international destination.
Indian female cabin crew from Air India after a non-stop all-women flight from Delhi to San Francisco, which traveled via the Pacific Ocean and returned via the Atlantic Ocean, completing a roundtrip of the world with 16 crew members and 250 passengers onboard.
Ten former Mexicana stewardesses teamed up efforts and savings to produce a pin-up calendar as a way to earn some money and also attract attention after their company stopped flying and declared bankruptcy.
Hong Kong Airlines flight attendants holding a replica of a company plane.
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