Airliner World November 2004

AIR Slovakia Linking the UK to India AVRO 748 Successful Turboprop British Airways Director of Light Operations Interview

Cover star of the December 2025 edition of Airliner World, incorporating Airports of the World, is Korean Air, which unveiled a new corporate identity after 41 years. Assistant Editor Robert Veitch travelled to Seoul to find out more about the carrier’s regeneration and its merger with Asiana Airlines. Back by popular demand is our Air Accidents Uncovered special, an exclusive supplement that takes an in-depth look at three air accidents that changed the aviation industry. Editor Thomas Haynes recounts the story of British Airways Flight 38, a routine landing at London/Heathrow that turned into a near disaster. Stephen Skinner looks at the tragic story of Air France Flight 269Q, the world’s first fatal accident involving the Airbus A320, while Lee Cross recounts the story of Pan Am Flight 103, which exploded over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing all 259 people onboard and 11 on the ground. Today, almost 40 years later, the investigation rumbles on. For our lovers of classic airliners, Bernd Sturm hops onboard the last remaining US-registered Douglas DC-8, owned and operated by Samaritan’s Purse, as it readies for its retirement at the end of this year.

On the 20th anniversary of Concorde’s retirement, Airliner World’s October 2023 edition pays homage to the supersonic icon in our free 16-page guide. We gain an engineer’s perspective on the mammoth efforts undertaken to keep the fleet flying, and why the legendary jet was retired well before its time. We also delve into Concorde’s final flight and meet the team working hard to preserve its remarkable legacy. We sit down with Heathrow Airport systems engineer Mo Taher to hear how he helps keep Britain’s busiest airport moving, we head to Istanbul to find out what is driving the remarkable growth in Turkey’s commercial aviation sector, and we take a road trip from Bangkok to discover some of Thailand’s colourful retired classic aircraft. We also delve inside KLM’s Boeing 777 transformation, investigate why Ampaire is betting its future on hybrid-electric technology, discuss the challenges and opportunities of the post-pandemic era with RwandAir CEO and new IATA chair Yvonne Makolo, and our classic Palma photospread features some of the more unusual and colourful airliners to visit the leisure hotspot of Majorca during the 1990s.