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Antikbar Previously Mounted one sheet
vintage travel poster for Saudi Arabian Airlines (known today as Saudia). The poster, dating back to the 1960s or 1970s, features the airline's former "SDI" logo with crossed scimitars and a palm tree.
Poster Details
Design: The artwork depicts a colorful, modern city skyline as viewed through a traditional, ornate purple archway. A plane is visible flying overhead in the pink-shaded background.
Text: The poster includes text in both English ("SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES", "SAUDI ARABIA") and Arabic, which translates to the same.
Era: This design is characteristic of vintage Middle Eastern travel advertisements from the mid-20th century, a time when the airline was promoting travel to the Kingdom. The aircraft depicted in the poster is likely a
Boeing 707 or a similar early commercial jet airliner, such as a Boeing 720.
The specific type is difficult to pinpoint exactly from the stylized illustration, but several factors suggest it is a Boeing model:
Era: The poster is from the vintage "jet age" era, likely the 1960s or 1970s. Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) received its first jet airplanes, two Boeing 720s, in 1962. The airline later operated the Boeing 707 and 737 models, which became symbols of its early jet-age heritage.
Design: The plane in the illustration features a swept-wing design and four engines mounted on pylons beneath the wings, which is characteristic of the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8.
Airline Fleet: Postcards and historical information from the era confirm that the Boeing 707 was a prominent aircraft in the Saudia fleet during that time |
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