Modern-day air travel is a far cry from what it used to be.
Lines have gotten longer, leg room has shrunk, and food has worsened. Even passengers' behavior has become increasingly questionable.
To show how glamorous air travel used to be, we rounded up photos from the 1930s to the 1980s and compared them to present-day photos.
Keep scrolling to see what flying was like in the glory days.
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Airports' arrival and departure terminals seemed less complicated back in the day.
Pictured above is New York's Idlewild Airport, now known as John F. Kennedy Airport.
Today, things are a little less leisurely. Lines of cars call for traffic lights.
A couple kisses goodbye at the Oakland International Airport in California.
In the '30s, when you checked into an airport, there were no computers.
This check-in counter was at London's Gatwick Airport, which is still in operation today.
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