Air France | 1935

Vintage ad for Air France, 1935

Formed in 1933 from the merger of several French airlines, Air France soon reached Brazil, as this 1935 ad shows.

There are no passengers in it, only a letter. The route drawn on the map links Europe and South America, at a time when airmail was the main business of transatlantic routes. The address on Avenida Rio Branco was in central Rio de Janeiro, then Brazil’s capital.

Today Air France remains one of the major names in commercial aviation.

The ad ran in the magazine Ilustração Brasileira in 1935.

Text in the ad

Rapidez e regularidade
Air France
Av. Rio Branco, 62 · Tel. 23.0010

Translation:
Speed and reliability
Air France
Av. Rio Branco, 62 · Tel. 23.0010

Brand: Air France
Year: 1935
Decade: 1930s
Country: Brazil
Medium: Magazine
Themes: Transport & aviation
Original publication: Ilustração Brasileira, 1935

Air France | 1935 · Vintage Ad Museum

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