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In an interview, Paul Jarvis, Director, BA Museum, describes early days of flight, experiences onboard and on the ground, and the luxury of air travel.
Back then, the travel time from UK to Sharjah to India on Imperial Airways — British Airways’ predecessor — used to take a cool six days. “Air travel in those days was very expensive, and was only really for the rich and famous — government servants, military personnel etc,” said Jarvis. “It was all first class. Economy travel did not start until the 1950s. Passengers expected luxury and they received it. The airfare those days was £84 one way. That fare included hotel accommodation, all meals, transport, and gratuities; there was nothing further for the passenger to pay.”
“The next morning they’d be taken by car to the flying boat from Brandeis,” he continues. “It would fly to Athens, Baghdad, Basra, Kuwait, over the Straits of Hormuz and through Hajar mountains in the north of Oman — back then, you couldn’t fly over the mountains, which were several thousand feet high — to what was then British Balochistan, where the aircraft would refuel and fly to Karachi, and onwards to Delhi.”
Here’s a selection of heritage images from over the years — and while you can bask in a bit of nostalgia, you’ll also probably feel glad about how far we’ve travelled.
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