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Hello and welcome to your November 2021 edition

Blue livery marks green launch

BRITISH AIRWAYS has revealed a striking new colour

Ryanair rejects MAX 10

RYANAIR HAS confirmed that it has failed to

British Boeing buyer breaks step

JET2.COM HAS become an Airbus customer for the

Italy’s new airline aims to reprise old brand

ITALY’S LONG struggling flag carrier has been set

Embraers 2 London City

HELVETIC AIRWAYS has become the first airline to

In brief

London/Stansted-based Titan Airways has launched a Maltese subsidiary

Interline agreement inked

(Photo Flickr Commons/Anna Zvereva) SILK WAY West Airlines

Budget brand takes off

(Photo Flickr Commons/Anna Zvereva) THE FIRST services by

New name revealed

FOLLOWING NEWS that the Armenian National Interests Fund

London link resumes

KAZAKHSTAN-BASED FLAG carrier, Air Astana, has reinstated its

Emirates’ A380 revival as last deliveries loom

EMIRATES HAS brought forward the delivery dates of

Saudia goes ’ 70s for 75th

SAUDI ARABIAN airline Saudia has marked its 75th

Is this the last DHC 8-400?

(Photo v1images.com/Eddy Cuperus) AIR TANZANIA has received what

Air Austral eyes Corsair joint venture, gains A220s

(Photo v1images.com/Arthur Ragoucy) REUNION-BASED AIR Austral has entered

In brief

Qatar Airways has bolstered its route offering in

Delta ups NEO order

(Photo Delta Air Lines) DELTA AIR Lines has

US cargo carrier eyes expansion

(Photo AirTeamImages.com/ColinParker ) WESTERN GLOBAL Airlines has requested

Palm Beach to say hello Avelo

AVELO AIR has added a fifth route to

Neeleman’s first A220 breezing through production

(Photo Airbus) THE FIRST Airbus A220-300 for Breeze

Eastern 777 freight start-up

Eastern Airlines plans to launch a cargo subsidiary,

Viva Air tickled pink

(Photo Yannick Delamarre) VIVA AIR is set to

In brief

Air Lease Corporation is to place ten Airbus

PAL tightens belt after bankruptcy protection

Philippine Airlines (PAL) has secured several deals that

Qantas poised for international restart

QANTAS HAS outlined plans to restart international services

A great spot!

The maiden aircraft for start-up Greater Bay Airlines

IAI conversions out of Africa and Abu Dhabi

ETIHAD ENGINEERING has signed a strategic partnership with

Asian regulators let MAX back in

INDIA, MALAYSIA and Singapore have become the latest

Wright and easy’ make electric breakthrough

WRIGHT ELECTRIC, which has partnered with easyJet to

‘Ox-powered Yak takes flight

(Photo AirTeamImages.com/ Artyom Anikeev) A FORMER Aeroflot

Lufthansa debuts second-gen Airspace

(Photo Airbus) AIRBUS’ REVISED single-aisle Airspace Cabin has

New-look King Air 260 interior

TEXTRON AVIATION has revealed details of its new

Gulfstream G700 showcased

THE LAUNCH customer for the Gulfstream G700, Qatar

Embraer delivers 1,500th executive jet

BRAZILIAN AEROSPACE giant, Embraer, has handed over its

Airports enjoy summer boost

In our monthly check-in with the Cirium team, we learn how some global gateways have been able to return to pre-crisis traffic levels

All eyes on Dubai

The aerospace sector is back in event mode, as the Dubai Airshow returns this November. Richard Schuurman highlights the key trends to look out for

Doing things proper

Could the humble turboprop’s best years be yet to come? Gordon Smith sits down with Embraer’s Martyn Holmes and Rodrigo Silva e Souza to discuss one of the industry’s hottest topics

CALLING

Our man in America, Chris Sloan, criss-crosses the pond to put JetBlue’s first JFK-London services to the test

Whispperjet

Working on the

Making the Mad Dog

The Douglas DC-9 stole a march on the BAC One-Eleven and Boeing 737, but McDonnell Douglas had another trick up its sleeve, as Stephen Skinner discovers in the second half of our two-part feature

ATR: ser vice insight

Ian Harbison talks with David Brigante at ATR to learn more about the firm’s customer offering

BEST OF BRITISH

Duxford is home to the world’s most significant collection of British-built airliners. Martin Needham pays a visit to the Cambridgeshire airfield in the first of a special two-part report

Maintaining the edge

As the dust begins to settle after a turbulent 18 months for the MRO sector, Gordon Smith sat down with David Doherty, head of sales at Etihad Engineering to discuss the challenges and opportunities ahead

From checkout to check-in

If there were ever a contest for the worst time to become an airline CEO, February 2020 could be a contender. Greg Foran, Air New Zealand’s chief executive, spoke to Thomas Haynes about his turbulent first 18 months in the job

Sound judgement

A critical, but often overlooked part of any pilot’s inventory is their headset. Airliner World caught up with Patrick Schutterop, Business Manager, Bose Aviation EMEA & APAC to learn more about the origin and evolution of the company’s products

Turning back the time machine’s clock

From 1993 to 2003, Andreas Spaeth flew on Concorde eight times. In this extract from his new book, he shares a unique insight into the supersonic airliner with this personal account of a journey that took place not long before the type’s retirement

Exclusive maintenance training deal inked

The latest news from maintenance, repair and overhaul

Inflight connectivity solution offered

Lufthansa Technik says it can now offer a

Serial additive manufacturing of components

Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Engineering, together with 3D printing

1,000th aircraft under FHS programme

A long-term flight hour services (FHS) agreement has

GE CF34-8C engine support

Lufthansa CityLine has chosen StandardAero – based in

China Southern partnership expanded

Certified line maintenance service provider, Direct Maintenance –

Letters to the editor

Dear Editor, I loved the article and pictures

Soviet throwback

Information for the traveller. Dear Editor, I thought

Trijet memory hits a loud note

Dear Editor, Thank you for the excellent feature

New mental health service for pilots

UK charity PilotsTogether has launched a text-based crisis

Launch customer for 787 FTD

Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT) has become launch customer

Luton training boost for Wizz

complement LAT’s existing pair of (Photo L3Harris Technologies)

Bolstering its simulator inventory

Florida-based Skyborne Airline Academy Vero Beach has added

Pride of place for Negus 747

Preserving Commercial Aviation’s Past Ex-British Airways Boeing 747-

Dutch Dak’ to fly again

The Aviodrome – based at Lelystad in the

Tante Ju sitting pretty

Quax Flieger has begun work to reassemble the

Captain did not respond to ‘go around’ calls

• The aircraft was operating a repatriation flight

ATR 40 years on

Airliner World analyses the trials, tribulations and triumphs of turboprop titan ATR