Travel Poster USA Air France Airline Georges Mathieu

Original vintage travel poster for the United States of America / USA issued by Air France - Great abstract design by Georges Mathieu (1921-2012) a French abstract painter and art theorist. He is considered one of the fathers of European lyrical abstraction, a trend of informalism. Printed in France. Air France, stylised as AIRFRANCE, is the French flag carrier headquartered in Tremblay-en-France. It is a subsidiary of the Air France - KLM Group and a founding member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance. As of 2013 Air France serves 36 destinations in France and operates worldwide scheduled passenger and cargo services to 175 destinations in 78 countries (93 including overseas departments and territories of France) and also carried 46,803,000 passengers in 2019. The airline's global hub is at Charles de Gaulle Airport with Orly Airport as the primary domestic hub. Air France's corporate headquarters, previously in Montparnasse, Paris, are located on the grounds of Charles de Gaulle Airport, north of Paris. Air France was formed on 7 October 1933 from a merger of Air Orient, Air Union, Compagnie Generale Aeropostale, Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aerienne (CIDNA), and Societe Generale de Transport Aérien (SGTA). During the Cold War, from 1950 until 1990, it was one of the three main Allied scheduled airlines operating in Germany at West Berlin's Tempelhof and Tegel airports. In 1990, it acquired the operations of French domestic carrier Air Inter and international rival UTA â€â€œ Union de Transports Aériens. It served as France's primary national flag carrier for seven decades prior to its 2003 merger with KLM. In 2018, Air France and its regional subsidiary HOP! carried 51.4 million passengers. Air France operates a mixed fleet of Airbus and Boeing widebody jets on long-haul routes, and uses Airbus A320 family aircraft on short-haul routes. Air France introduced the A380 on 20 November 2009 with service to New York City's JFK Airport from Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport. HOP! operates the majority of its regional domestic and European scheduled services with a fleet of regional jet aircraft. Good condition, small tears, bumps and minor loss on margins. Country of issue: France, designer: Georges Mathieu, size (cm): 100x60, year of printing: 1968