15 Photos That Prove Air Travel Used to Be a Luxurious Experience

Although it might seem unbelievable at first, air travel used to be a comfortable and fancy experience. Passengers were served lavish meals, had plenty of leg room, and even got breakfast in bed.

5-Minute Crafts is making sure you get to see real-life examples of dishes served in airplanes used by Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) back in the days when air travel still had a luxurious feel.

1. Answering the “window seat or aisle seat” question was so easy back then.

2. The number of dishes served by the chef could easily be compared to a fancy Michelin restaurant today.

3. That couple seems quite amused by the size of the salmon steak.

4. Can you remember the last time you boarded a flight dressed up like this? Neither can we.

5. Think of this next time you get served a basic airline dish.

6. “Let me serve you more dressing for the shrimp, sir.”

7. According to the SAS Museum, serving breakfast in bed onboard was a thing back in the day.

8. And here’s proof!

9. This kid’s joy is totally understandable.

10. How much would an airplane ticket including a shrimp meal cost nowadays?

11. Somebody give this man a medal!

12. Yep, the aisle space keeps on impressing.

13. Not sure if the man is stunned by the flight attendant’s beauty or the fact that he’s being handed an entire box of chocolates...

14. If it weren’t for the cabin window, this could be mistaken for a date night.

15. In the mid-1970s, the service was already starting to evolve into what we are used to seeing today.

Would you like to own a time machine and travel back to the past when classy air travel was a normal thing?

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