Pan American World Airways Stewardess Susan Sicari greeting Aeroflot flight attendant Natasha Arutyunova at JFK Airport
July 15, 1968: Pan American World Airways and Aeroflot Soviet Airlines inaugurated passenger service between New York and Moscow. A Pan American Boeing 707 departed Kennedy that evening with a stop in Denmark, arriving in Moscow the next day.
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This was an historic event during the Cold War. The July 28th, 1968 cover of LIFE Magazine featured Pan American World Airways Stewardess Susan Sicari greeting Aeroflot flight attendant Natasha Arutyunova at JFK Airport.