Golden age of flying in the Middle East - in pictures
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The flight crew of Middle East Airlines – Air Liban at what was then called Beirut International Airport in 1970. The airport changed its name to Beirut Rafic Harari in 2005. Photo: Middle East Airlines – Air Liban -
Flight crew in front of a Boeing 747, which was introduced in 1975. Photo: Middle East Airlines – Air Liban -
A Middle East Airlines – Air Liban flight attendant in the 1970s. Photo: Middle East Airlines – Air Liban -
Middle East Airlines crew members featured in an advertising campaign, Lebanon's Sun, to promote tourism in 1977. Photo: Middle East Airlines – Air Liban -
A Middle East Airlines – Air Liban flight attendant in the 1950s. Photo: Middle East Airlines – Air Liban -
A Middle East Airlines – Air Liban flight attendant serves passengers in the 1960s. Photo: Middle East Airlines – Air Liban -
A Middle East Airlines – Air Liban Vickers Viscount plane in 1967. Photo: Middle East Airlines – Air Liban -
Middle East Airlines staff in front of a Boeing 707-320C in 1967. Photo: Middle East Airlines – Air Liban -
A DXB airport lounge in the 1970s. Photo: Dubai Airports -
A DXB airport lounge in the 1970s. Photo: Dubai Airports -
DXB air traffic control in the 1970s. Photo: Dubai Airports -
Dubai International Airport in the 1980s. Photo: Dubai Airports -
Turkish Airlines pilot and flight attendants. Photo: Turkish Airlines -
Turkish Airlines flight attendants. Photo: Turkish Airlines -
Turkish Airlines flight attendants. Photo: Turkish Airlines -
Turkish Airlines flight attendants. Photo: Turkish Airlines -
An Air France Morocco poster designed by Jean Fortin and released in 1959. Getty Images -
A 'Colorful Middle East' poster depicting a collage of minarets, the Great Sphinx of Giza and a dome, with 'welcome' written in English and gilded Arabic, illustrated for Scandinavian Airlines in 1965. Getty Images
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