On The Points Guy: the evolution of airline maps

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Just as you can follow the different historical eras through the study of art, the history of the commercial aviation industry is also reflected in the maps airlines produce.

From the age of flight pioneers, when flying was nothing short of an adventure, to the more utilitarian and later, minimalistic, approaches of the modern jet era, airline maps are an ecclectic collection of themes and styles.

Check it out in my latest piece for The Points Guy: “How Maps Show the Evolution of Airlines