Airliner World June 2023

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Airliner World June 2023

Highlights

  • Welcome to a bumper June 2023 edition of Airliner World. This month we go behind the scenes of one of the biggest names in aviation in our 24-page ‘Airbus Uncovered’ guide, bringing you unique insight into the European aerospace giant in a series of exclusive articles and interviews. We run the rule over Airbus’s latest and greatest commercial aircraft, delve inside the A321XLR certification programme to find out how its test pilots and engineers are pushing the envelope, find out how the manufacturer has transformed its former A380 production site, sample Korean Air’s new A321neo, and we gain an operator’s perspective on operating the A220 and A320neo families from Swiss International Air Lines.

Full Contents

Airbus Uncovered

  • The A-team – Dominic Ward runs the rule over Airbus’s latest and greatest commercial aircraft
  • Swiss bliss – Swiss International Air Lines offers an operator’s perspective on the A220 and A320neo families
  • Tried & tested – Gordon Smith puts Korean Air’s brand new A321neo to the test
  • Building on holy ground – How Airbus has transformed what was once the A380 production site into an A321 line
  • Pushing the envelope – Craig West delves inside the Airbus A321XLR certification programme

Features

  • Dassault thinks big – James Ronayne takes a closer look at the newest additions to the Dassault Falcon family
  • Seoul Searching – Peter Apsey shares some of his spotting highlights from a recent visit to the South Korean capital
  • Can Paris pack a punch? – Richard Schuurman predicts key themes for the 2023 Paris Air Show
  • Aviation's power players – Today’s commercial aero engine market has been shaped by a small group of manufacturers, as Tom Batchelor discovers
  • Flying the Tropic Thunderpig – Daniel Johnston mounts an expedition into the depths of Latin America in pursuit of the rarest of aircraft: a classic Boeing 737-200
  • Getting Technikal – Ian Harbison crunches the numbers on Lufthansa Technik’s annual results
  • Trouble in paradise – Stephen Skinner examines the events that led to critical fuselage failure on a Boeing 737 – Aloha Airlines Flight 243
  • TAAG reborn – How Angola Airlines' CEO Eduardo Fairen Soria is modernising the Luanda-based flag carrier
  • FlySafair: A Herculean journey – South Africa’s biggest domestic airline is poised to spread its wings further, as Andreas Spaeth reports

Regulars

  • News review
  • Airliner Insights: Expert industry analysis from Cirium
  • Deliveries: The latest commercial acquisitions
  • MRO News: Maintenance, repair and overhaul insights and announcements
  • Departure Gate: Readers’ letters and lighter stories
  • UK Visitors: Rarities spotted on UK runways
  • Aviation Training: A round-up of recent developments
  • Air Safety: Incident and accident reports
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