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We remember the romantic or golden age of the aviation, and we will review how the industry has evolved since those years until reaching today's modern aviation. Photos: Pan Am Historical Foundation
long ago, there was a very special time for the airline industry that was known as the golden or romantic era of aviation.
A few years where flying was considered glamorous, with style, luxury, big seats, full meals, fine tableware, personalized attention, unlimited drinks and even, could you smoking on board.
Too, then we remember souvenirs for children like coloring books, pillows and blankets for everyone, a welcome champagne and other small details made flying a first class experience, very different from what it is now?
Surely by reading some of the characteristics of the golden age mentioned, you will be able to find services that are still found in few airlines or even exist., you must pay for them.
remember the film Catch me if you can by Leonardo DiCrapio to understand this time.
Better or worse
Definitely, are other times, other industry conditions and other costs.
Those longing years ago also had another way of flying. The airports were not overwhelmed, flights were not full, planes were not pressurized until the early Jet (security in between) and flying was much more expensive than it is now.
I remember what it does 15 years a flight abroad cost easily from the $1.000 dollars upwards for flights within the region such as to Chile, caro, but with a first-rate service, now you can fly for much less, but with a different service.
What has happened is that aviation has changed, the airlines realized that they could not target only the upper classes and well-off economically, but it should be access aviation for all the case all.
Services so exclusive and expensive, limited the occupancy of their configured aircraft to a single class, it was not profitable.
By opening aviation to the public, new challenges appeared. more demand, more costs, more competition, increase in the price of fuel and related services, led airlines to lower their costs to capture market, but they had to stop offering a wide and glamorous service.
New forms of marketing were born and this is what we see now.
The new age
Although that champagne era is long gone in the vast majority of airlines, and now the trend is that users can personalize your trip paying for each extra service from hand luggage, even food, there is still hope for those who miss those days.
lucky for you, there are still airlines trying to keep those golden ages alive by offering ultra-luxury service like Emirates, Qatar, Singapore, Turkish and others, but with high costs for a small segment of the market and the aircraft that can access these services, same as years ago.
We will continue to fly economically.
What was better?
They say that the past was always better, but there are exceptions. Although before flying had a greater charm, Today flying is within the reach of more people who will be able to visit places that would previously have been impossible due to distance or cost..
As aviation has evolved, us as users too, and we have become accustomed to fly more, but with fewer services.
Now we have more access to promotions, destinations and airlines, there will not be that incredible luxury service that we remember until the 90s, but in the end, remember that you can bring your own sandwich and make your experience as glamorous or unique as you want.
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