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Airlines carefully conceived their chinaware, flatware, and glassware for presentation, utilization, storage, and durability. Manufacturers often created tableware bearing the airline’s service mark or logo, as well as other unique patterns. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek #PaxEx This tweet was posted on October 21, 2022.
Continental's service mark featured an aerodynamic oval with jet contrails designed to communicate the carrier’s new global services. Over the next 20 years, “Contrails Red” became the predominant color, while the symbol also appeared in gold, black, and white. #AirlineMealSets This tweet was posted on June 21, 2023.
During the early years of commercial flight, the nourishment needs of passengers became a primary focus for nascent airlines. To provide a restaurant-style inflight dining experience, airlines also considered the tableware comprising the meal service set. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek This tweet was posted on October 21, 2022.
Formed in 1931 from the merger and acquisition of several airlines, United Air Lines grew and prospered as one of the leading U.S. coast-to-coast carriers during the ensuing decades. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek This tweet was posted on December 05, 2022.
Founded as Varney Speed Lines in 1934, Continental Airlines expanded its domestic regional services during the 1950s & 60s. When the airline became an international carrier in the late 1960s, it launched a new corporate identity created by Saul Bass & Associates. #AirlineMealSets This tweet was posted on June 21, 2023.
In 1959, Trans World Airlines introduced jet flights to Europe, and soon after, launched its “Royal Ambassador” international first-class service. It was promoted by TWA as “the finest passenger service ever offered to airline travelers.” #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek #TWA This tweet was posted on November 29, 2022.
In 1959, the airline launched Douglas DC-8 jet service on its transcontinental routes, and shortly thereafter, introduced the Silhouette “Debonair” pattern for its first-class inflight meal services. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek This tweet was posted on December 05, 2022.
In the 1980s, Continental offered its first- and business-class passengers premium meals on white china with the Contrails Red logo. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek #PaxEx This tweet was posted on June 21, 2023.
JAL introduced the Boeing 747 widebody in 1970. During this decade, JAL offered its passengers premium meal services on ceramic dishware created by Noritake of Japan featuring either a single crane or a flock of cranes in blue. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek This tweet was posted on April 19, 2023.
Japan Air Lines (JAL) was formed and initiated domestic operations in 1951. The airline launched transpacific international service between Tokyo and San Francisco with Douglas DC-6B airliners in 1954. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek This tweet was posted on April 19, 2023.
Jason Peterson (b.1968) (@Jasonmpeterson) is a Chicago-based artist and art director known for his evocative and high-contrast black-and-white photographs of urban environments. #AirlineMealSets This tweet was posted on November 18, 2022.
More than a Meal: Airline Meal Service Sets, 1960s–80s” is on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal and online at: https://t.co/RZvuSbD00G #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek #PaxEx #TWA This tweet was posted on November 29, 2022.
More than a Meal: Airline Meal Service Sets, 1960s–80s” is on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/RZvuSbD00G #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek #PaxEx This tweet was posted on April 19, 2023.
More than a Meal: Airline Meal Service Sets, 1960s–80s” is on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/RZvuSbD00G #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek #PaxEx This tweet was posted on December 05, 2022.
Prepared in its San Francisco kitchen, United’s hearty entrees included broiled ham steaks with pineapple and whipped potatoes. The set was in use until 1970. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek This tweet was posted on December 05, 2022.
Presented within “More than a Meal” are Jason Peterson’s striking photographs made while flying on commercial airliners. Over the past decade, Peterson has captured cloud- and cityscapes from a familiar yet endlessly enjoyable vantage point: the window seat. #AirlineMealSets This tweet was posted on November 18, 2022.
The Rosenthal China Company of Germany was contracted to create fine bone china tableware with a distinctive ambassadorial red sash and medallion design surrounding the cursive initials “RA”. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek #TWA This tweet was posted on November 29, 2022.
The service mark was repeated on the glassware, while the silver-plated flatware by the International Silver Company featured United’s shield logo with the carrier’s cursive-script logotype. The pattern was designed in a traditional, retrospective style. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek This tweet was posted on December 05, 2022.
These motifs were inspired by the JAL logo called the “tsurumaru” or "crane circle," created in 1958 by Jerry Huff of Botsford, Constantine and Gardner of San Francisco who was inspired by Japanese Kamon or family crests. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek This tweet was posted on April 19, 2023.
This set included embossed entree, bread, and side plates, along with a bowl and a demitasse cup with saucer. TWA also included Swedish glassware with the Royal Ambassador medallion and salt and pepper shakers. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek #TWA This tweet was posted on November 29, 2022.
United contracted the Syracuse China Company of Syracuse, NY, to create ceramic plates, bowls, coffee cups, and saucers in a classic, beige, scalloped edge design. The pattern comprised a brown line around the rim and United’s shield and circle logo. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek This tweet was posted on December 05, 2022.
“More than a Meal: Airline Meal Service Sets, 1960s–80s” is on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal and online at: https://t.co/RZvuSbD00G #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek #PaxEx This tweet was posted on November 18, 2022.
“More than a Meal: Airline Meal Service Sets, 1960s–80s” is on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/RZvuSbD00G #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek #PaxEx This tweet was posted on June 21, 2023.
“More than a Meal” presents eight airline meal service sets from the 1960s to the 1980s, along with menus & images of inflight meal services from the time. See this exhibition pre-security in the Intl Terminal or online at: https://t.co/RZvuSbU32G #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek #PaxEx This tweet was posted on October 21, 2022.