An attractive greyscale announcement of an adolescent Malayan Airways tiger lines, which at the time extended only as far as Hong Kong, direct with its jet-prop Bristol Britannia (and supercool frill typeface). Decades later Malaysia would crest as one the world's largest carriers, with services like KL-Dubai-Newark and KL-Johannesburg-Cape Town-Buenos Aires.
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Saturday, December 4, 2010
Malayan Airways c.1960
An attractive greyscale announcement of an adolescent Malayan Airways tiger lines, which at the time extended only as far as Hong Kong, direct with its jet-prop Bristol Britannia (and supercool frill typeface). Decades later Malaysia would crest as one the world's largest carriers, with services like KL-Dubai-Newark and KL-Johannesburg-Cape Town-Buenos Aires.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Malaysia-Singapore Airlines Worldwide, c. 1970
Two snapshots of Malaysia Singapore Airline's worldwide network as it stood circa 1970. Its flagship route was undoubtedly the Singapore-Bombay-Bahrain-Rome-London service. MSA split with the dissolution of the Federation of Malaya; it became MAS (Malaysia Airline System, now the global mega-carrier Malaysia Airlines) and Singapore generated its now legendary Singapore Airlines.
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