Blue Air: Brussels to Bucharest, Bacau and Constanta, January 2012

Romania's Blue Air promises super-cheap flights from Belgium to Bucharest and the Black Sea aboard its Boeing 737 fleet. Blue Air previously flew to Charleroi, and its reach across Western Europe has waxed and waned since its 2004 founding. A travel agency on Rue du Progrès handles ticketing in Brussels.

Malev: The Southeast European Routes, c. 1974

Following on the previous post, this second, equally-vivd postcard shows Malev's Balkan routes, which interestingly bypass the region's capitals (Belgrade, Sofia, Bucharest, Zagreb) in favor of seaside leisure destinations along the Black Sea and that great Venetian fortress on the Adriatic: Dubrovnik. Perhaps the major cities were unserved, or perhaps this placard was meant to entice the socialist holiday-maker. Like the other item, each city is paired with an illustrated scene, further marketing each city as a vacation spot.