Month: April 2025

May 2025 issue of Airliner World, incorporating Airports of the World, is a US special celebrating 100 years of Delta Air Lines. Editor Thomas Haynes takes a deep dive into the history and current operations of America’s oldest airline. In the first of a two-part special, our second US feature covers the often overlooked story of Braniff International Airways’ brief dalliance with Concorde. We explain how the iconic airline used the supersonic airliner on domestic US flights. Staying across the pond, Edward Paine reports on Air Greenland and the airline’s renewed optimism as the country opens new airports and extends its runway capacity. Meanwhile, Chris Sloan ventures to Bermuda to be charmed by the territory’s first commercial airline, BermudAir.

As the aviation industry gathers in Atlanta for MRO Americas 2025 from April 8-10, Airliner World examines some recent market developments in this special supplement compiled and produced by Bernie Baldwin. Engines are vital to flight, so ongoing airworthiness is paramount. Aircraft engines and maintenance procedures are constantly changing, and we talk to GE Aerospace, CTS Engines and Magnetic Engines to discover how their support programmes are evolving and learn how each of them stands out from the competition. It’s astonishing to think that a smartphone has more computing power than the Concorde flight deck – and that also means maintaining avionics in a fully functioning state requires specialised processes. Thales is a major supplier of systems, knowledge and equipment for undertaking customer MRO and can also help operators wishing to carry out their own MRO work.