Originally Posted by
FlyerGoldII
Thanks, to all the responders.
Going back to the original question, are there any other countries, outside of UK or India, where the term "air hostess" is used officially and/or commonly?
The term "air hostesss" or (in context) simply "hostess" is used in Australia, not officially but commonly and in ordinary speech. I should guess that most people using it would be aware that a lot of "hostesses" these days are men (who are never called "hosts", of course), but it is used nonetheless. It is often abbreviated to "hostie".
The official terms, in both the UK and Australia, would be "flight attendant" or (in the collective sense) "cabin crew", I imagine.
The word "purser" would not be used — in ordinary speech — of the senior member of the cabin crew on a plane. (It would be used by members of the general public of the senior passenger-facing crew member of a cruise ship.) It might be used officially by airlines, although they now seem to refer to these people as "in-flight supervisors" or "senior flight attendants".