In this decade, plane tickets were still very expensive, so air travel was the domain of the wealthy and elite.
Though commercial aviation was developing at an alarming rate, it hadn't quite opened up to the masses yet. In this decade, plane tickets were still very expensive, so air travel was the domain of the wealthy and elite. Fit for royalty, this BOAC flight landed Her Majesty the Queen safely in Bermuda in 1953: she visited the country just months after her coronation.