{"id":24012,"date":"2019-10-09T13:08:56","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T18:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/?p=24012"},"modified":"2019-11-21T10:29:19","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T15:29:19","slug":"air-india-travel-good-old-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/air-india-travel-good-old-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Luxury and Glamor of Flying on Air India in Good Old Days: A Myth to Our Next Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"
The golden age of air travel and Air India were synonymous in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.<\/strong> With everything from the fleet to the travel cabins to the on-board service to the inflight dining to the air hostesses having epitomized sheer luxury, Air India used to pamper travelers in the sky long before the world went gaga over the Etihad Residence and Singapore Airlines became one of the world\u2019s best airlines. There was so much indulgence on Air India flights<\/span><\/a> in the bygone golden era of air travel that it sounds too mythical to believe today.<\/strong><\/p>\n When Air India flew Malabar Princess, one of the most advanced aircraft of the time, from the Santa Cruz Airport of Mumbai<\/span><\/a> (then Bombay) to London via Cairo and Geneva in 1948, it became not only a pride of the nation but also a pioneer for other airlines, including Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways and Cathay Pacific.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n