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The Boeing 737-800 caught up in the drama

JetBlue secures London duo

AIRLINER WORD'S COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF WORLDWIDE NEWS (Photo

Brits flock to ‘green list’ Portugal

AFTER A 19-week ban on international leisure travel

Lufthansa’s long-haul order addition

IN A bid to accelerate the modernisation of

Unveiling its European PLAYbook

ICELANDIC START-UP PLAY plans to launch operations with

TAROM flogs fleet

(Photo Flickr Commons/Mark Harkin) ROMANIAN FLAG carrier TAROM

in brief

London/City Airport has become the first major international

Canary on the line

The first jet, an ex-Atlantic Airways Airbus A319ceo,

Growing with Boeing

(Photo Boeing) IN AN effort to boost its

Making history in Kyrgyzstan

(Photo Airbus) AIR MANAS has become the first

Tesla takes a trip to Moscow

Air Serbia’s newly delivered Airbus A330-200, YU-ARB (c/n

Uzbek humanitarian partnership

UZBEKISTAN AIRWAYS and Boeing have teamed up to

Etihad to retire 777-300ER

(Photo Flickr Commons/Anna Zvereva) AS PART of a

Financial fix fouls first Air Austral A220s

AIR AUSTRAL has confirmed that the delivery of

Preserving a partnership

(Photo v1images.com/ Arthur Ragoucy) SAUDIA AND Gulf Air

Green light for US flights

(Photo AirTeamImages.com/ Matthieu Douhaire) AIR SENEGAL is poised

in brief

As Airliner World went to press, South African

Heading north of the border

JETBLUE AIRWAYS has revealed intentions to add services

Final 737-200 to be frozen out

CANADIAN NORTH plans to phase out the last

Neo deal expanded

DELTA AIR Lines has placed a firm order

New birds for Trinidad and Tobago

(Photo v1images.com/ Preston Fiedler) CARIBBEAN AIRLINES is set

Go-ahead for start-up Breeze

THE US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted an

Hitting a 767F century

Federal Express (FedEx) has celebrated the arrival of

in brief

Passengers travelling on American Airlines’ regional operations from

Goodbye Kitty...

(Photo Iain Marshall) TAIPEI-BASED EVA Air has disposed

MAX spotted in Singapore colours

THE FIRST Boeing 737 MAX to wear Singapore

NZ bubble boost begins

AIR NEW Zealand (ANZ) has resumed revenue services

ANA eyes Air Do/Solaseed merger

(Photo Flickr Commons/Alan Wilson) JAPANESE REGIONAL carriers Air

Double down on domestic duties

QANTAS HAS increased its focus on domestic links,

A319 ops start here…

Aero Mongolia’s first Airbus A319ceo was spotted on

in brief

As part of its Medium-Term Management Plan 2021-2025,

Q1 deliveries revealed

THE FIRST-QUARTER deliveries – covering January 1 to

Airbus aerostructures shake-up

(Photo Airbus) AIRBUS HAS revealed transformation plans for

LEAPing to major milestones

CFM INTERNATIONAL has celebrated a pair of significant

Airbus Deliveries

Air Cairo's maiden Airbus A320neo was handed over

Big Twin in Incheon

ISRAEL AEROSPACE Industries’ (IAI) Aviation Group has signed

A321PCF granted STC

US-BASED 321 Precision Conversions was awarded a Federal

Boeing Deliveries

South Korean low-cost start-up Air Premia accepted its

Americas debut for 737-800BCF

(Photo v1images.com/ Simon Fontimpe) AFTER RECORDING strong demand

Dassault launches Falcon 10X

FRENCH AEROSPACE giant, Dassault Aviation, has revealed the

First Brazilian Praetor 500 conversion

THE MAIDEN Embraer Praetor 500 conversion from a

Double delivery milestones recorded

(Photo Pilatus Aircraft Ltd) PILATUS AIRCRAFT has celebrated

Birthday present for Sywell Aviation Museum

Sywell Aviation Museum has celebrated its 20th anniversary

Chinese rebound gathers pace

China’s domestic aviation market is leading the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, but it has been a bumpy ride

The ‘swift bird’ takes flight

There’s a new kid on the American low-cost block. Chris Sloan meets Andrew Levy, Avelo Airlines’ chairman and CEO, before jumping on board for the first flight

Shims

The thin end of Boeing’s wedge

Plane talking

Amid the pandemic, one airline has been bucking the capacity trend. Gordon Smith spoke to Thierry de Bailleul, Qatar Airways’ VP of sales for Europe, about the carrier’s bold approach

Power progression

Recent incidents have put the safety of airliner engines into focus but, as expert Professor Pericles Pilidis tells Tom Batchelor, new developments point to a cleaner, greener future

The Centre Spread

JULY 2021

Orange origins

Joining a start-up can be a risky career move, especially when the company happens to be an airline. Thomas Haynes speaks to Tony Anderson about the time he made the leap from his job at Thomas Cook to become employee number three at a fledgling carrier called easyJet

HOT ROD heads home

Once John Travolta’s personal transport, Boeing 707-138B, N707JT, is being readied for a return to Australia. Chris Frame speaks to HARS’ president Bob De La Hunty to learn whether the jet will dash down under like grease lightning or if its arrival in Oz will be a work of (pulp) fiction

Going spare

Qantas may have been the last airline to transport a spare engine using an underwing pod, but the Australian flag carrier and its Boeing 747s were by no means the first to employ the turbojet or turbofan transportation tactic. No fewer than six aircraft – the Boeing 707, 747, Douglas DC-8, Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and Vickers VC10/Super VC10 – had the capacity to move additional engines underwing.  Here we share a selection of images from several of our regular contributors

CEDARJET GOES TO WAR

Within a decade, civil war had transformed Lebanon from being  ‘the Switzerland of the Middle  East’ to one of the most dangerous places on Earth. Yet the nation’s flag carrier, Middle East Airlines, flew on undeterred, as Charles Kennedy details

Airliner Deliveries

The latest commercial aircraft deliveries from manufacturers and lessors

CSAT cleared to offer MAX base maintenance capability

The latest news from maintenance, repair and overhaul providers

First Gulf 787-9 C-check performed

Gulf Air has successfully completed the first in-house

Multiple component support agreements inked

Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI

Embraer maintenance deal

The latest news from maintenance, repair and overhaul providers

Qantas Group reviews facilities post-COVID

(Photo Nigel Pittaway) Following the completion of a

LEAP-1B due for Zürich debut

(Photo Adrien Daste/Safran) SR Technics is poised to

Letters to the editor

Information for the traveller. 

Stronger together?

Dear editor, I read with interest in a

Aviation pioneer

Dear editor, Air Nostrum has named one of

Time-travelling ticket tales

Information for the traveller

Shows & events

Enthusiast shows and events worldwide may be listed

Skyborne goes stateside

The latest training aids available for the aviation professional

June launch for Irish flight academy

Airline Flight Academy, the newest aviation training services

Maintenance apprenticeships

(Photo Eamon Ward) Atlantic Aviation Group (AAG) is

Shattered propellers puncture fuselage after Metro snowbank collision

Reports and details of recent incidents

COSMIC CARRIER

Is this the most unusual use for the Boeing 747 yet? Robin Evans speaks to Virgin Orbit chief test pilot and seasoned jumbo jockey Kelly Latimer about using the Queen of the Skies to get to space