The Golden Age of Air Travel: 33 Beautiful Vintage Airline Posters From Between the 1940s and 1970s

These airline posters hark back to a bygone era when flying was an experience only for the well-off. Passengers donned their best for the journey and leg-room and reclining were not even topics of conversation yet.

We revisit a time when the skies were ruled by Pan Am and British Overseas Airways Corp (BOAC) courtesy of a new coffee table book, Airline Visual Identity 1945-1975.

Lucian Boucher. Stone lithograph, 1946.

Victor Vasarely. Stone lithograph, 1948.

Walter Bomar. Lithograph, 1949.

Yasse Tabuchi. Stone lithograph, 1952.

Joseph Charles Parker, Martin D. Glanzman. Silkscreen, circa 1953.

Stan Galli. Offset photolithograph, circa 1955.

Peter Ewart. Silkscreen, 1956.

David Klein. Silkscreen, circa 1956.

David Klein. Silkscreen, circa 1957.

Raymond Savignac; art direction by Jean Carlu. Lithograph, 1956.

Bernhard Villemot, art direction: Jean Carlu. Lithograph, 1956.

Aaron Fine. Silkscreen, 1958.

Walter Bomer. Lithograph, circa 1959.

Jean Colin. Stone lithograph, 1959.

Hans Rott. Lithograph, 1960.

Anonymous. Silkscreen, circa 1962.

Victor Sergueyevich Asseriants for Aeroflot. Offset photolithograph, 1964.

Manfred Bingler. Offset photolithograph, 1964.

Manfred Bingler. Offset photolithograph, 1964.

Manfred Bingler. Offset photolithograph, 1966.

Anonymous. Offset photolithograph, 1966.

Offset photograph, 1967.

Offset photolithograph, 1967.

David Klein. Lithograph, circa 1967.

Anonymous. Offset photolithograph, 1969.

Anonymous. Offset lithograph, circa 1969.

Anonymous. Offset photolithograph, circa 1969.

Ivan Chermayeff, Chermayeff & Geismar. Offset photolithograph, 1971.

Ivan Chermayeff, Chermayeff & Geismer, Offset photolithograph, 1972.

Anonymous. Offset photolithograph, 1971.

Anonymous. Offset photolithograph, 1971.

Ivan Chermayeff, Chermayeff & Geismar. Offset photolithograph, 1972.

Saul Bass and Associates. Offset photolithograph, 1974.

(Photos: Callisto Publishers)