Direction of Travel is a newspaper about airline maps and the culture of flying.

Airlines have been charting their networks for more than 100 years. These maps are often beautifully designed and illustrated in a myriad of styles. Direction of Travel charts their progress, examines their designs, decodes their stories, explores their makers and the history of the airlines behind them.

This issue, Before British Airways explores the evolution of the airlines that eventually formed the airline British Airlines as we know it today. It includes maps from British European Airways (BEA) and British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). 

There are essays on the ephemeral relationship between flying and printed matter (from paper airplanes to passports), an in-depth look at the history and future of Heathrow's proposed third runway and more.

36 pages; tabloid, newsprint, full colour; 230mm x 289mm