Air Tahiti Nui map, 2007 The Air Tahiti Nui route map from a 28 October 2007 timetable ..read more

Pacific Western-Transair Merger Map, 1978 A stylised Pacific Western and Transair merger map from the former’s 1978 annual report. While we get that this map is targeted at showing shareholders Pacific Western’s expanded reach after acquiring Transair — and not what cities it actually serves and from where — it still would have been nice to have some labels. Maybe just bases? But this map does what it needs to do: show Pacific Western’s growth through its acquisition of Transair. The integration was completed in 1979. Source: Pacific Western Annual Report 1978 via McGill University Libraries ..read more

Independence Air Washington Dulles diagram, 2005 An Independence Air diagram of Washington Dulles International Airport from November 2005. Independence, neé Atlantic Coast Airlines, briefly operated a hub from Dulles’ Concourses A and B in 2004 and 2005. This is one of the few diagrams of those facilities, which since have been home to a collection of international carriers, except for the ground-level A gates that continue to serve United Airlines’ hub at Dulles. We like this map, we wish there was an overview of the airport so travelers could get a sense of where they are in the airport ..read more

MIAT route map, 2020 The MIAT Mongolian Airlines route map from a 3 March 2020 timetable. Not the most exciting map, but it works ..read more

Syrian Air map, 1984 A Syrian Air diagrammatic international lines map from 1984. We do love a diagrammatic map. Not to say this is a perfect example, but it quite good. There are no random angles, everything is 90 degrees, and, given the size of Syrian’s network, it’s actually quite legible. Source: @michirova1 on Twitter ..read more

Northwest Orient routes, 1976 The Northwest Orient Airlines route map in September 1976. Northwest clearly did not make all clean, easy-ish to read maps in the 1970s. This landscape map does what intends, shows the landscape, but as a route map it isn’t that useful. The routes are difficult to follow, and the carrier’s prize Asia network is minimized to an inset in the lower left hand corner. Source: Northwest Airlines History Center ..read more

Allegheny cities, 1979 The Allegheny Airlines cities route map from a 1 April 1979 timetable. This map is on the cusp of Allegheny’s name change to USAir that October. The maps are little different in style, for better or worse ..read more

JetBlue Proposed Spirit Merger map, 2022 JetBlue Airways’ proposed merger with Spirit Airlines map in 2022. A bidding war is on for Spirit with JetBlue countering the Frontier Airlines deal with its own $3.6 billion offer. This proposed merger map, while we would have loved to see routes, highlights the combined JetBlue-Spirit’s size (ie, departures) in markets across the U.S. That will be the focus of U.S. regulators as the scrutinize the proposed transaction ..read more

Wizz Air ad map, 2005 A Wizz Air ad map from a 14 March 2005 timetable. Source: Air, Land and Sea on Flickr ..read more

Sabena route system, 1947 The Sabena Belgian Airlines route system from a 6 June 1947 timetable. The map shows Sabena’s then new New York service via Shannon and Gander. Also, its strength to Africa, particularly the Belgian Congo, today the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sabena shut down in 2001. Source: Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren ..read more