Air Congo Africa Boeing Jet Intercontinental
Original vintage airline travel advertising poster for Air Congo featuring a colourful mid-century design of smartly dressed passengers boarding a plane including a child holding a doll and lady in a traditional patterned skirt and yellow head wrap waving to the viewer on the steps in front of the yellow star logo on the blue tail fin, another plane (four-engine Boeing Intercontinental jetliner) flying across the yellow sky background, the bold title text below. Air Congo was established in 1961 with operational and technical assistance from Sabena (Belgium national airways); the company operated long-haul flights to Europe and regional routes in Africa and was renamed Air Zaire when the country became the Republic of Zaire in 1971. Printed in Belgium by Andre Beyaert and Fils. Good condition, staining, backed on linen.
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