Airliner World April 2021

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Airliner World April 2021

Highlights

  • The April 2021 edition of Airliner World is an Asia-Pacific special. Our first port of call is Laos, from where we take a domestic hop on the rare Xian MA60 before analysing this fascinating aircraft type. Next, we head Down Under as we grab an exclusive chat with Rex’s deputy chairman to discuss the Aussie firm’s exciting Boeing 737 plans. We then depart for Alice Springs to survey the dozens of airframes grounded by COVID-19. Finally, we bag a virtual seat at a roundtable discussion with the director general of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA).
  • Elsewhere, for those inclined to more historical features, we have not one, but two exhilarating examples. to start, we chronicle the history of the original transatlantic budget pioneer, Loftleiðir, before the first of a fascinating two-part series exploring several well-known brands of the Eastern Bloc under the USSR.
  • Meanwhile, Airliner World’s Thomas Haynes speaks to two senior figures from the industry: Barbara Kracht, the former VP of media relations at Airbus, whose career at the airframer spanned more than 35 years; and the CEO of the UK’s biggest regional firm, Loganair. We round off this issue by gaining an intriguing insight into FlightRadar24 and assess the impact of Brexit on aviation.
  • As usual, we also bring you comprehensive coverage of news along with deliveries, flight training, preservation, up-to-date accident reports and MRO news.

Full Contents

  • Global news – Airliner World’s international news coverage
  • Rex joins the jet set – Competition in Australia’s ‘golden triangle’ is about to heat up, as Chris Frame discovers
  • Madame Airbus – We speak to Barbara Kracht to learn more about her 35 years at the European aerospace giant
  • The restarting line – Gordon Smith hears from Subhas Menon, head of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines, about the region’s pandemic recovery plans
  • Alice Springs storage – Seth Jaworski shares his experiences photographing grounded aircraft in the skies above the Australian outback
  • Eastern Bloc party – Keith Otto kicks off a two-part special analysing the role of aviation in former Soviet territories
  • MA60s in Laos – Daniel Johnston sets out to track down the elusive Xian MA60 turboprop
  • Scotland the brave – Thomas Haynes has an exclusive chat with Jonathan Hinkles, chief executive of Loganair
  • On the radar – Tom Batchelor learns about the logistics and technology behind Flightradar24
  • Splitting airs – Keith Nuthall wades through the Brexit agreement to find out what it all means for aviation
  • Deliveries – The latest commercial acquisitions
  • MRO news – Updates from maintenance, repair and overhaul providers around the world
  • Historic aviation – In this month’s dispatch we examine the fate of the last remaining 707-400s
  • Aviation training – A round-up of recent developments
  • Departure gate – Readers’ comments, photographs and lighter stories
  • Air safety – Accident reports and crash information
  • The hippie airline – Charles Woodley chronicles the history of Loftleiðir, based in Reykjavik, Iceland – a truly pioneering budget airline
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