From here.
1960's BOAC flight to Tokyo. The airline started to use two Japanese nationals on the flight and required that one be in kimono at all times. They would work 4 hour shifts in turn. Getting the obi on in the confines of the plane was a challenge. Below is a BOAC ad from 1963 which is a cultural anthropologist's wet dream. The text says:
Can't pronounce her full name? Try "Suki".
Suki's more than beautiful. She speaks Japanese and
English fluently. Understands modern jazz and customs
forms. Can serve you saki and sushi like a geisha,
your teriyaki steak with ancestral grace, and say thank
you so nicely you'll know she means it. She does.
From Ebay
Searching for some background on the first photo, I came across an interesting account of a 1966 crash of a BOAC Boeing 707 near Mt. Fuji which killed all 124 passengers. Less than 24 hours before, 64 people had died when a Canadian airlines flight crashed on landing at Haneda. The Wiki entry for BOAC 911 adds the following detail:
"Several passengers decided to cancel their tickets at the last moment in order to see a ninja demonstration. These passengers, Cubby Broccoli, Harry Saltzman, Ken Adams, Lewis Gilbert and Freddie Young, were in Japan scouting locations for the fifth James Bond film, You Only Live Twice."
