In an age when airlines today hesitate to transport minors without layers of indemnity forms, biometric verifications, and tightly codified liability frameworks, there was a period in Pakistan’s aviation history when parents entrusted five-month-old infants to cabin crew for transcontinental travel, and the airline carried not only passengers but parental faith across continents. The now-circulating image of PIA air hostesses Momi Gul Durrani and Rashida holding twin babies inside a Boeing 720 cabin is not merely nostalgic content for social media; it is documentary evidence of a service culture that once defined Pakistan International Airlines at the height of its global prestige.
Society & Culture
PIA’s “Flying Nanny” Era: When Pakistan’s Flag Carrier Became Guardian of a Diaspora’s Children
PIA’s 1960s “Flying Nanny” service saw infants fly 4,500 miles unaccompanied. The story of Momi Gul Durrani blends aviation pride and tragedy.

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