Airliner World October 2022

September 8, 2022 jamesm Back Issues Comments Off

Highlights

In Airliner World October 2022, we begin this jam-packed issue in Dubai as we sit down with one of the industry’s most well-known and respected leaders, Sir Tim Clark – president of Emirates. We reflect on his fascinating 50 years in the airline business, from his early BCal days at Gatwick to top role at one of the world’s best-known carriers.
We kick off the first of a special two-part series on Sofia, a unique Boeing 747SP airborne observatory jointly operated by NASA and Germany’s DLR, covering its history and development to revolutionary missions scanning the cosmos.
Those who enjoy airport action are in for a treat with two separate features. We explore why Lithuania’s gateways are emerging from the pandemic in remarkably robust shape, before crossing the Baltic Sea to Scandinavia and seeing the evolution of Norway's most important hub: Oslo/Gardermoen.
We also have in-depth analysis on the Spirit Airlines merger, with our US-based contributor reviewing the deal, and we talk sustainability with the team at easyJet. to conclude, we have an extract on the British Aerospace 146 from an exciting new book and make a visit to a rather peculiar Danish-based Boeing 727.

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Features

Spirit finds new Frontier – Chris Sloan sifts through the fallout from one of the most dramatic airline takeover battles of recent years
Fighting to be heard – Airliner World presents an extract from Brian Wiklem’s new book, a love letter to the last commercial airliner built in the UK; the British Aerospace 146
Ready, steady, Oslo! – Matteo Legnani travels to the Norwegian capital to learn more about the continuing evolution of the country’s most important international airport
Race to net-zero – EasyJet believes hydrogen is the key to greener flying. Chief operating officer David Morgan talks to Richard Schuurman about the airline’s bold sustainability plans
So long SOFIA – In the first of a special two-part feature, Bernd Sturm explores the fascinating history behind one of the most technologically ambitious projects in the sky: NASA’s airborne observatory
Retiring in style – What better way for a business to make a statement than by parking a former Dan-Air classic jet on its front lawn. Dirk Grothe visits a company that has done exactly that
Baltic bounce-back – Despite geopolitical headwinds, Lithuania’s airports are emerging from the pandemic in remarkably robust shape, as Tom Batchelor and Gordon Smith find out
Right Tim, right place – As Emirates president Sir Tim Clark prepares to retire from his full-time role, he sits down with Andreas Spaeth to reflect on a fascinating 50-year career in the global airline business