Airliner World February 2005

January 31, 2005 jamesm Back Issues Comments Off

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Airsea Lines
AIR Astana
Virgin Atlantic
Bulgarian AN-12S

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News – Airliner World’s comprehensive 21-page coverage of worldwide events. Aberdeen Airport Northern Scottish hub operations for both fixed-wing and helicopter traffic. Open Skies The issues involved in trying to create a common Open Skies policy. ABC of Mediterranean Airports – Alghero, Bastia and Calvi Three regional airports serving the islands of Corsica and Sardinia. Yakovlev Yak-42 Colourful snapshot of this Russian-built tri-jet. ‘On Turn-round’ – Snapshot Central and South American airports in the 1980s and early 1990s. Kuwait Airport Visitors to Kuwait from throughout the Gulf region. Feedback A selection of readers’ comments and photographs, including the result of the caption competition. Manchester Archive Historical preservation at one of the UK’s main airports. Spotting Spot – Hamburg Busy north German regional airport. Airliner Deliveries and Crashes Recent airline acquisitions and attrition. AirSea Lines A new and imaginative air taxi enterprise has started up in the Greek Islands. Air Astana Spreading its wings in Kazakhstan. Antonov An-12s in Bulgaria The flourishing operations of the Bulgarian-based An-12 airlines. Virgin to Australia The carrier inaugurates services to Australia after a 20-year delay.

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Airliner World April 2016

March 9, 2016 jamesm Back Issues Comments Off

In the April issue of Airliner World, we find out how Alitalia is on course to return to return to profit after spending almost its entire history in the red, we profile the new Airbus A320neo that promises to deliver unprecedented reductions in emissions and improvements in fuel efficiency, and we fly with Air North in one of the last Hawker Siddeley 748s in passenger service. Elsewhere in this edition, we go upfront in Virgin Australia’s new Business Class cabin, welcome KLM’s first Boeing 787 Dreamliners and bid au revoir to Air France’s last 747s. We also go sightseeing Down Under with Sydney Seaplanes, report on Oslo/Gardermoen’s major leap in biofuel delivery and feature the concluding part of ‘From Scrap to Skytrain’ – the Sir Freddie Laker story Lastly, we bring you our comprehensive coverage of worldwide news, including multi-billion dollar orders by Iran Air, a double celebration for Swiss International Air Lines, the prototype 737 MAX takes flight and All Nippon Airways selects the Airbus A380. We also have all of our regular sections covering the latest commercial aircraft acquisitions, up-to-date accident reports and developments from the world of aviation training and MROs, and we give you the chance to win a Kinetic Avionics Virtual Radar Receiver.

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Airliner World February 2014

January 8, 2014 jamesm Back Issues Comments Off

In the February issue of Airliner World we examine how TAAG Angola is working towards becoming one of Africa’s leading airlines. We also remember the UK’s first nationalised carrier, British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), and we chronicle the 75 year history of Vienna/Schwechat Airport, Austria’s leading international hub. In an exotic-themed edition, we sample the Business Class offering from Virgin Australia on a domestic flight between Melbourne and Perth, profile quasi-military classic jet and turboprop operator TAM Bolivia and we look at new Bangkok-based airline Asia Atlantic. We also go behind the scenes to see how Air New Zealand prepared its latest Hobbit-themed Boeing 777 logojet, ‘Smaug’, and attended the official unveiling of Spanish flag carrier Iberia’s new livery. The February issue also incorporates our comprehensive coverage of worldwide news including the opening of Monarch Aircraft Engineering’s new maintenance hangar at Birmingham and developments at UK corporate travel specialist Cello Aviation. Finally, we have all of our regular sections covering the latest commercial aircraft acquisitions, up-to-date accident reports and developments from the world of aviation training.

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