Sky-High Glamour: Russian & Soviet Air Hostesses - 09.02.2019, Sputnik International

Air hostesses provide a human touch on every flight, attending the needs of passengers and keeping people on board safe. Once known as stewardesses, they and their male colleagues are now known as flight attendants. Despite the fact that the job has a lot of stress and a heavy workload, the romanticised image of a smiling girl in a neat uniform still catches the attention of people.

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An Aeroflot flight attendant after a flight at Vnukovo Airport.

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Flight attendants of the S7 airline are photographed on the airfield of Tolmachevo International Airport in Novosibirsk.

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Flight attendant with the airline Aeroflot Anastasia Belousova in a terminal at Sheremetyevo Airport.

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Flight attendants exiting a plane at Domodedovo Airport.

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Future flight attendants study in a safety class during training at the North Caucasus Civil Aviation Training Centre in the city of Mineralnye Vody.

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Flight attendants on the airfield at Sochi International Airport.

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Flight attendants at dance classes at the Leningrad Technical School of Civil Aviation.

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Flight attendant Nadezhda Tkach poses for a photo at Sheremetyevo International Airport

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Flight attendants of the airline Aeroflot at the Russian Investment Forum (RIF-2018) in Sochi.

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An air steward and stewardess walk in front of an airplane at a newly-opened aviation transit terminal in Kaliningrad, the westernmost Russian region.