Welcome to the Air Sickness Bag Virtual Museum!

Museum currently exhibits 3161 unique bags.

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Donations and Swaps

As a collector of Air Sickness Bags. I am interested in obtaining new specimens. If you happen to encounter any kind of sickness bag, would you kindly send me one (unless it's plain white)? Here's the "corporate" address:

Steve Silberberg
9 Third St.
Hull, MA 02045
USA

Actually, airlines change their bags every few years, so if you ever notice a change, please snatch that bag and send it to me! I would be very grateful for any help you might provide. Many thanks in advance.

Japan Air Lines

Approximate Vintage: 1995
Received From: Ken Costilow
Print or Image Color: Red and Black
Background / Bag Color: White
The bag says 'This may be used also for air sickness.' Hey, what a novel idea!

Japan Air Lines

Approximate Vintage: 1999
Print or Image Color: Red and Black
Background / Bag Color: White
Same as 1995 bag, except mechanism reverts to a tab, instead of tear off.

Japan Air Lines

Approximate Vintage: 2003
Received From: Stuart Hickson
Print or Image Color: Red and Black
Background / Bag Color: White
After two decades of parallel lines on their bags, JAL finally excises them for this cleaner version with what looks like a hyperactive hair growing out of their logo.

Japan Air Lines JAL

Approximate Vintage: 2007
Received From: Thorsten Hecht
Print or Image Color: Pink, White
Background / Bag Color: White, Pink
JAL goes for subdued colors in its most recent offering. This bag has J in the gusset, which probably means it was made in Japan.

JAT

Approximate Vintage: 2006
Received From: Rich Stevens
Print or Image Color: Red, Blue
Background / Bag Color: White
Nice bold red and blue design in excellent font.

Jet Airways

Approximate Vintage: 2000
Received From: Nicolai Christie
Print or Image Color: White
Background / Bag Color: Dark Blue
Whoa! The flying egg logo was added.

JMC

Approximate Vintage: 2000
Received From: Andy Rudge
Print or Image Color: White
Background / Bag Color: Lime Green
This is one of the studliest bags to come along in a while. The toxic looking bag says, "Sick as a ...". Next to that is an abstract drawing of an inchworm with a cowlick. Now that's exactly the image you want your airline to portray -- an inchworm -- the paragon of speed and efficiency. Furthermore, the bottom of the bag warns that "This bag may contain bio-hazardous waste after use". Really? What kind of food is JMC serving anyway?

Bagmeister Ian Brown corrects me by writing, 'Your JMC Air Bag description describes the critter as an inch worm. It's actually a parrot. It's due to an English phrase "As sick as a parrot". I don't know where the phrase comes from, it could be a reference to Monty Pythons dead parrot sketch.' Pretty arcane representation of a parrot if you ask me.

Kenya Airways

Received From: Mike Roselle
Print or Image Color: Brown
Background / Bag Color: Tan
You are flying K7 Airways, if you look at the bag carefully.

Kenya Airways

Approximate Vintage: 2000
Received From: Paul Mundy
Print or Image Color: Red and Black
Background / Bag Color: White
Bag design is very clean -- until you use it.

KLM

Approximate Vintage: 1983
Received From: Dan Kramer
Print or Image Color: Blue and White
Background / Bag Color: White
Carries "Dusty" the happy kangaroo.

KLM

Approximate Vintage: 1994
Received From: Albert Oosenbrug
Print or Image Color: Blue + well, Blue
Background / Bag Color: White
KLM somehow justifies incurring printing costs for two nearly indistinguishable shades of blue. They did a nice job in designing a crown out of 6 simple geometrical shapes.

KLM

Approximate Vintage: 1994
Received From: Ben Burgess
Print or Image Color: Blue + well, Blue
Background / Bag Color: White
Identical to other 1994 bag EXCEPT this one has a straight edge at the top instead of a serrated one.

KLM

Approximate Vintage: 1995
Received From: Jos Groen
Print or Image Color: White
Background / Bag Color: Blue
KLM Goes to the blue bag, instead of white. Straight top.

KLM

Approximate Vintage: 1999
Received From: Graham
Print or Image Color: White
Background / Bag Color: Blue
Whoa! KLM decided to put their name back on the bag. Because remember, it's all about product placement!

Straight Top

KLM

Approximate Vintage: 1999
Received From: Graham
Print or Image Color: White
Background / Bag Color: Blue
Whoa! KLM decided to put their name back on the bag. Because remember, it's all about product placement!

Serrated Top

KLM

Approximate Vintage: 1999
Received From: Christian Funch
Print or Image Color: White
Background / Bag Color: Blue
Ever the marketing pioneer, KLM decided to put their name on the bottom instead of the front! Will the madness never end?

KLM

Approximate Vintage: 2002
Received From: Christian Annyas
Print or Image Color: White
Background / Bag Color: Blue
Christian notes a linguistic change in Dutch. The word Prullezakje has been changed to Prullenzakje. What is the point of that???

Dutch speaker Carl-Cyril Dreue to the rescue with the answer: Dutch changed it's official spelling in 2002, so there's your answer!

Anyway, if you look at the revamped bottom of the bag, you'll see the retro abstract guy throwing garbage out, originally popularized by a mid-70s Qantas bag.

KLM

Approximate Vintage: 2004
Received From: Christian Annyas
Print or Image Color: White
Background / Bag Color: Blue
Christian notes another change on the bag's bottom. Now KLM is part of SkyService and the executives that brokered the alliance felt a need to push their ego on everyone by changing the bottom of the barf bag!

KLM Cityhopper

Approximate Vintage: 1991
Received From: Craig Richards
Print or Image Color: White
Background / Bag Color: Dark Blue
Whatever this bag might be for, NO SMOKING!

KLM Cityhopper

Approximate Vintage: 2000
Received From: Andy Rudge
Print or Image Color: Blue
Background / Bag Color: White
KLM pointlessly re-invents its bag yet again.
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