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.

Luxair

Approximate Vintage: 1992
Received From: Ray Brunsberg
Print or Image Color: Teal
Background / Bag Color: White
It seems that only capital letters are used in Luxembourg.

Luxair

Approximate Vintage: 2000
Received From: Christian Funch
Print or Image Color: Aqua and White
Background / Bag Color: White and Aqua
Clean, clear text makes this a nice bag. Not to mention the "Severe Tire Damage" logo.

Luxair

Approximate Vintage: 2005
Received From: Dave Towers
Print or Image Color: White
Background / Bag Color: Blue
Luxair downsizes its name and logo. In fact, the logo looks like a derivitive of Motorola tilted 145 degrees.

Maersk Air

Received From: Christian Funch
Background / Bag Color: Navy
According to Mr. Funch, Maersk Air is a charter from Copenhagen operating a fleet of 20 B-737's. It's a subsidiary of the enormous shipping conglomorate.

Malaysia

Approximate Vintage: 2000
Received From: Terry Bredeau
Print or Image Color: Gray and Red
Background / Bag Color: White
Via eBay. The bag says, "Beg Mabuk Udara" which is an excellent name for a Star Trek character. In fact, the logo looks hauntingly like the Starship Enterprise. Emesis hobbyist, Y.L. Tan says that this is actually a wau, or kite

As an aside, the instructions on the back tell you to "Yang" something or other, which Y.L. says translates to "who be".

Malaysia

Approximate Vintage: 2000
Received From: Tim Gibson
Print or Image Color: Gray and Red
Background / Bag Color: White
This bag differs from the other Malaysia 2000 only on the bottom of the bag, which says, "Specially Produced for Malaysia Airlines", which is a fortuitous happenstance because the airline's logo is printed on the bag.

Malev Hungarian Airlines

Received From: Mike Roselle
Print or Image Color: Blue
Background / Bag Color: Blue and White
The following table is a breakdown of the number of letters in each word on this bag vs. the number of times it appears. Possibly the most complex instructions on any bag anywhere!

Number of lettersNumber of Words with that many letters
31
53
82
91
122
131
141

Malev Hungarian Airlines

Approximate Vintage: 2000
Received From: Bruce Kelly
Print or Image Color: Blue and Red
Background / Bag Color: White
I admire any airline whose first word they print on the bag is: "Egeszsegugyi".

Martinair

Received From: Matthias Koch
Print or Image Color: Black and Red
Background / Bag Color: White
Looks like the other half-sergeant chevron bag, but for some unknown reason, a square hems in the free form bag.

Meridiana

Approximate Vintage: 2001
Received From: Nicola Ottolini
Print or Image Color: White and Orange
Background / Bag Color: Purple
Nice color again. Looks somewhat like the cut grass on a purple baseball diamond (if you're high).

Merpati

Received From: Mari van Rijbroek
Print or Image Color: White and Aqua
Background / Bag Color: White and Aqua
The smallest bag next to Garuda. The Merpati logo looks a little like abstract whale baleen.

Merpati

Approximate Vintage: 2002
Received From: Paul Mundy
Print or Image Color: Orange and Blue
Background / Bag Color: White and Blue
Interestingly, the bag tells you to "get the feeling", although a more friendly message would be to "avoid the feeling". Bag displays 6 orange cilia.

Mexicana

Approximate Vintage: 1987
Received From: Alan Laves
Print or Image Color: Black and Red
Background / Bag Color: White
Continental-like bag with a cool Mayan logo.

Mexicana

Approximate Vintage: 1999
Received From: Bruce Kelly
Print or Image Color: Blue
Background / Bag Color: White
Went to plastic. The model airplane-like instructions actuallly make sense.

Mexicana

Approximate Vintage: 2000
Received From: Steve Thompson
Print or Image Color: Blue
Background / Bag Color: White
Identical to the 1999 version, except they added a serif 'p' on the back of the bag. Why do they do nonsensical things like this?

Monarch

Approximate Vintage: 1998
Received From: David Birtwell
Print or Image Color: Black and Gold
Background / Bag Color: White
ENORMOUS white bag for that lousy British food. Could easily fit three meals. The bag claims that it's made of low density polyetheline (LDPE) but it sure feels like Tyvek.

Monarch

Approximate Vintage: 2002
Received From: Garnier Fabrice
Print or Image Color: Black and Gold
Background / Bag Color: White
I still think the Monarch logo looks like a diamond shaped guy playing jump rope.

MyTravel Airways

Approximate Vintage: 2002
Received From: Ulrik Christensen
Print or Image Color: White
Background / Bag Color: Navy and White
Very professional looking demure bag whose name screams "Discount Airline"! I actually think there's some story behind this airline and its name, but hell if I know it!

According to Ulrik, MyTravel Airways is "an airline formed in the ruins of Premiair. The first flights took off in May of 2002, and the concept is just about the same as with Premiair."

Northwest Orient

Approximate Vintage: 1982
Print or Image Color: White
Background / Bag Color: Navy
Blue "Hysteresis" logo. Pointy bottom.

Northwest

Approximate Vintage: 1987
Print or Image Color: White
Background / Bag Color: Navy
Same, but changed "cabin attendant" to "flight attendant" Has Blue bottom.
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