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Buses to Brussels

(Photo Airbus) AIR BELGIUM has taken delivery of

Air France’s first French Canadian

(Photo Airbus) AIR FRANCE has continued its long

ITA is unveiled

(Photo Fabrizio Berni) ALITALIA SUCCESSOR, Italia Trasporto Aereo

From dreams to Dreamliner

AIRTEAMIMAGES.COM/TREVOR MULKERRINS This 2017-built Boeing 787-9 is the

A European farewell

THE MCDONNELL Douglas MD-11F has now officially been

End of the line for TUI 757s

TUI AIRWAYS has retired its final Boeing 757-200,

DHL in Boeing shift

(Photo AirTeamImages.com/ Wouter Cooremans) DHL AIR has created

in brief

The Airbus A380-800 is due to make its

Airbus pair head for ‘new activity’

(Photo AirTeamImages.com/ Artyom Anikeev) RUSSIA’S NORTH-WEST Air Company

MyWay adds the freight way

(Photo AirTeamImages.com/ Jan Severijns) THE NEWEST and first

New scheme for veteran freighters

V1IMAGES.COM/UWE WILBERG Georgia-based cargo firm Geo Sky has

International links boost

AIR ASTANA has ramped up its international services,

New entrant in the last frontier

NORTHERN PACIFIC Airways, set to be an Anchorage/Ted

Uniting more of the world

(Photo Flickr Commons/Florian Klebl) AS GLOBAL travel restrictions

A striking star

JOE G WALKER This 54-year-old McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15RC,

Amazon fleet diversification on the cards?

AMAZON.COM IS reportedly eyeing both Airbus A330 and

Qatar goes back to the future

IN A surprise turn of events, Qatar Airways

Full of nice surprises

EMIRATES HAS given the first of three Airbus

The Crane goes intercontinental

CELEBRATIONS HAVE been held at Uganda Airlines after

A new lease of life

MARIO CARUANA/MAVIO NEWS The latest procurement for Cameroon-based

Transatlantic connection

AIR SENEGAL has kicked off services to the

Promoting Petra, tempting tourists

ROYAL JORDANIAN AIRLINES Royal Jordanian Airlines has applied

Going first for rebrand

V1IMAGES.COM/SHREY CHOPRA An Airbus A320neo was spotted in

Budget boom on the horizon?

BONZA, A proposed new Australian low-cost carrier, is

Flying Kangaroo’s earlier bounce-back

(Photo Qantas) QANTAS HAS brought forward resumption of

Super jumbo sorties set

(Photo Singapore Airlines) SINGAPORE AIRLINES is the latest

Air India acquired

(Photo Flickr Commons/Steve Walsh) THE TATA group has

in brief

Following recent approval by Japan’s Civil Aviation Bureau

ASL ATRs to get hydrogen conversion

(Photo Universal Hydrogen) ASL AVIATION has become the

That’s your ’flot

(Photo v1images.com/ Nickolas Sheeder) THE 831ST and final

Zhu-ming into the bizjet market

COMAC unveiled a business variant of its ARJ21

A319 99.2% recycled

FINNAIR HAS succeeded in almost completely recycling an

LATAM becomes biggest Airbus DPO user

(Photo Wikimedia Commons/Rafael Luiz Canossa) LATAM AIRLINES Group

AviaAM hands over 737-800BCF

AVIAAM LEASING has delivered its first Boeing 737-800

Challenger 3500 launched

BOMBARDIER HAS announced the latest version of its

G400 and G800 announced

GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE Corporation has unveiled a pair of

Phenom 300 century inked

NETJETS HAS concluded a new deal with Embraer

Back to business

The annual NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) event has just wrapped up in Las Vegas. Barry Ambrose shares his closing thoughts from the Nevada gathering

Airline focus shifts to carbon emissions

In our monthly check-in with the Cirium team, we explore how environmental topics are shaping the global aviation recovery

DESTINATION clean air

As global leaders were gathering for a key climate change summit, Tom Batchelor considered some of the options available to the aviation industry to scrub up its act

The forgotten poineer

The Airspeed Ambassador was hailed as the Douglas DC-3’s heir apparent before the California-built type had cemented its place in history during D-Day and Market Garden. However, the post-war type failed to keep pace with technological advances, as Bruce Hales-Dutton describes

The internet’s favourite wingman

As Paul Lucas reaches his 250,000th subscriber on YouTube, Chris Smith catches up with the aviation fanatic to learn more about his jet-setting adventures

Ultra ambitious

Colombian start-up Ultra Air is hoping to capitalise on Avianca’s pandemic-prompted problems when it launches services later this year. Chris Smith speaks to its CEO, William Shaw

A decade of the Dreamliner

CHARTING THE TURBULENT RISE OF THE WORLD’S BEST-SELLING 21st CENTURY WIDEBODY

The Dreamliner turns ten

• This 787-10 example, c/n 60256 and sporting

Measuring up

How do the different Dreamliner derivatives compare? Which carriers field the biggest 787 fleets? Airliner World crunches the numbers so you don’t have to

From dream to reality

Ambitious. No single word better describes the outset of the 787 Dreamliner programme as Boeing sought to turf manufacturing out to contractors worldwide, while creating a second production line thousands of miles from home

An auspicious start?

A decade since he stepped aboard the Dreamliner’s revenue debut, Chris Sloan looks back at the 787’s first years in service

Sweet dreams aren’t made of this

Who is Boeing to disagree? The Chicago airframer’s fastest-selling widebody should have been one of its biggest cash cows, but 18 years on from its launch, production problems persist, as Chris Sloan details

LONE STAR STATE-OF- THE-ART

American Airlines’ Skyview headquarters is a new state-of-the-art complex fit for the 21st century. Chris Sloan journeys to Fort Worth, Texas for an exclusive tour

A star is born

Taiwan’s EVA Air and China Airlines have a new challenger to their duopoly. Chris Smith sits down with Glenn Chai, CEO of new Taiwanese carrier STARLUX, to discover its strategy

No job too small

The easing of lockdown restrictions prompted thousands of Germans to reach for their beach towels and head to Palma de Mallorca. But with demand far exceeding narrowbody supply, there was only one tool for the job, as Vasco Garcia discovers

The need for speed

James Wyatt, general manager of specialist aviation consultancy aeroconcept, offers his informed assessment of the rise of online retailing for air cargo operators speed

Best of British

The Duxford-based British Airliner Collection, with a fleet encompassing everything from Airspeed Ambassadors to Vickers VC10s, boasts an unparalleled selection of domestically developed types. Martin Needham concludes his visit to the Cambridgeshire airfield, in the second of this two-part feature

Powerplant partnership extended

The latest news from maintenance, repair and overhaul

On-call maintenance collaboration

Swiss firm Helvetic Airways has formally concluded an

E-jet materials support

A multi-year services contract has been inked between

Line maintenance stations opened amid expansion

Direct Maintenance, part of the Magnetic MRO group,

Multiple certifications gained

ExecuJet MRO Services in Dubai gained certification from

TotalCare service agreement signed

South Africa-based carrier Airlink inked a TotalCare service

Serving the industry

The latest news from maintenance, repair and overhaul providers

Crawley crew training

L3Harris Technologies has been chosen to provide pilot

Ten-strong Skyhawk order

Kansas State University Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus

New MAX

type-rating programme

Letters to the editor

Dear Editor, I am sure I won't be

Flying a Falkland Islander

Dear Editor, As a long-time fan of your

A Balkan Airways bonanza

Dear Editor, I would like to thank you

Incorrect altimeter setting put 787 300ft too low

Reports and details of recent incidents

Qatar Airways A350 narrowly avoids mid-air collision

A Qatar Airways Airbus A350 came close to

Proven partners or rising rivals?

In parts of Europe and Asia, high-speed rail is becoming a viable alternative to flying on many key short-haul routes. What does this mean for aviation and how is the industry adapting to this shift?