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Last call for Condor’s 757s

(Photo Condor) GERMAN LEISURE carrier Condor will close

Icelandair adds more A321LRs

ICELANDAIR HAS signed lease agreements with Chinese lessor

Maiden 777 for One Air

British cargo carrier One Air took delivery of

EasyJet’s COMAC consideration

EASYJET COULD consider acquiring the Chinese-built COMAC C919

Wizz Air to close Vienna base

(Photo Wizz Air) WIZZ AIR has announced plans

Dreamliner delight in Deutschland

(Photo Lufthansa) LUFTHANSA HAS welcomed its first brand-new

in brief

Norwegian Group carried 2.79 million passengers in August,

Brussels boosts A320neo order

(Photo Brussels Airlines) BRUSSELS AIRLINES has confirmed plans

Stored superjumbo returns to flight

(Photo Airbus/A Doumenjou) AN EARLY-BUILD Airbus A380 has

Second restored Tu-214 for Red Wings

(Photo Aviation Image Network/BaoLuo) MOSCOW/DOMODEDOVO-BASED RED Wings has

Aeroflot to add further MC-21s

(Photo UAC) RUSSIA’S FLAG carrier Aeroflot is planning

US lifts restrictions on Belavia

(Photo Belavia) THE US has lifted some sanctions

Aurora adds Il-114-300s

AURORA AIRLINES has signed a letter of intent

First Riyadh Air 787 nears completion

(Photo Riyadh Air) RIYADH AIR’S much-anticipated launch is

Etihad’s bumper 2025

(Photo Airbus) ABU DHABI-BASED Etihad Airways has achieved

Air Peace looks west

(Photo Air Peace) NIGERIA’S AIR Peace is expanding

SAA boosts flight schedule

SOUTH AFRICAN Airways is stepping up capacity across

Qatar’s all-economy A321

QATAR AIRWAYS is preparing to add three Airbus

Air Côte d’Ivoire receives A330neo

(Photo Airbus) IVORY COAST flag carrier Air Côte

in brief

Flydubai has signed a new interline partnership with

Avelo’s E2 order

(Photo Embraer) HOUSTON-BASED LOW-COST carrier Avelo Airlines has

Air Canada reveals A321XLR routes

AIR CANADA is set to expand its international

JetBlue’s final E190 flight

(Photo AirTeamImages.com/ Andres Meneses) NEW YORK-BASED JetBlue has

WestJet bags Boeings

(Photo Boeing) CANADIAN AIRLINE WestJet has confirmed a

Aerolíneas Argentinas back in black

FLAG CARRIER Aerolíneas Argentinas has reported a full-year

Southwest to Europe?

(Photo Southwest Airlines) US LOW-COST carrier Southwest Airlines

in brief

United Airlines will restart services to Tel Aviv

A220 for Air Niugini

(Photo Airbus) AIR NIUGINI has welcomed its first

IndiGo launches Athens

INDIAN LOW-COST carrier IndiGo is pushing further into

Qantas expands fleet

(Photo Qantas) AUSTRALIAN FLAG carrier Qantas has become

AirAsia eyes C919 order

(Photo Nigel Pittaway) MALAYSIAN MULTINATIONAL low-cost carrier AirAsia

Chinese airlines return to India

DIRECT FLIGHTS between China and India, which were

Maiden E2 for Virgin

(Photo Embraer) VIRGIN AUSTRALIA Regional Airlines (VARA) has

in brief

Air India and Air Astana have entered a

Delivery speed up, 777-9 slow down

(Photo Boeing) BOEING ACHIEVED its highest number of

US authorities push for airport drone protection

US AUTHORITIES are working on a bill that

Boeing Deliveries

Guangzhou/Baiyun-based China Southern Airlines accepted delivery of Boeing

Safety violation fines for Boeing

THE FEDERAL Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed fining

Embraer wins big, again

(Photo Embraer) EMBRAER HAS continued to expand its

Maeve aims to fly high

(Photo Delta Air Lines) MAEVE AEROSPACE is partnering

Vertical transitions to horizontal

(Photo Vertical Aerospace) VERTICAL AEROSPACE claims it has

Airbus Deliveries

Ethiopian Airlines accepted delivery of Airbus A350-1041, ET-BAZ

Green light for Gatwick’s second runway

(Photo Gatwick Airport) PLANS FOR a second runway

Belfast City launches master plan

(Photo Belfast City Airport) BELFAST CITY airport has

Bournemouth Airport workers plan strike action

(Photo Bournemouth Airport) AIRPORT WORKERS at Bournemouth Airport

Sky View

Insights and opinions on the industry’s hottest topics

Airlines Delivery

The latest commercial aircraft deliveries from manufacturers and lessors

StandardAero offers exchange CFM56-7Bs

The latest news from maintenance, repair and overhaul

Lufthansa Technik signs MRO contracts

Separate contracts with India’s IndiGo and Filipino carriers

Riyadh Air APU support deal

Air France Industries-KLM Engineering and Maintenance (AFI KLM

FL Technics develops its offering

FL Technics, part of the Avia Solutions Group,

Embraer adds Aerocardal to network

Embraer has announced that Aerocardal will join its

ST Engineering and SF Airlines open MRO facility

There was a joint announcement by ST Engineering’s

Letters to the editor

Information for the traveller

Bose A30 headset review

As the Flight Test Editor for Airliner World’s

The science

DAVE UNWIN The two main types of noise

UK Visitors

We present a selection of images of visiting aircraft from airports around the UK. For the most part, they’re commercial jets, but almost all of them are unusual types, wearing new or unique liveries, or first visits by an airline or airliner to a particular airport. If you see something out of the ordinary while on your travels, please send in your pictures. Photos can be emailed to airlinerworld@keypublishing.com Please ensure you provide full details with the images, particularly the date, location, airline name and aircraft identity

Emirates opens new pilot training facility

The latest training aids available for the aviation

UK government seeks aviation ambassadors

The UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) is on

Calgary chosen for CAE/WestJet training

WestJet and CAE have signed a 15year agreement

Integrated degree and ATPL programme launched

Airways Aviation has announced an innovative programme that

Parallel problems in Delhi

Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, ET-ATL (c/n 34505),

BIG deal

Becoming the Middle East’s Saudi Arabian budget carrier

Do the right thing

Siddharth Ganesh sketches out the history of Air Do, the small, vibrant, Japanese airline operating flights from Hokkaido to Honshu and Kyushu

La paloma blanca

As Bilbao’s emblematic terminal turns 25, Robert Veitch looks back at the life and times of Santiago Calatrava’s white dove

A classic at King County

Andreas Rohde steps back in time to learn how the future once looked, with a visit to King County International Airport in Seattle

Survivor in the skies

Once hailed as Airbus’ answer to ultra-long-haul travel, the four-engined A340 has been overshadowed by more efficient twinjets. Yet from Lufthansa’s Frankfurt hub to leisure flights from Zurich, cargo runs from Bournemouth and even VIP duties in the Middle East, the quadjet continues to defy expectations. As retirements loom, Chris Croot charts the twilight years of one of aviation’s most distinctive widebodies

Talkin’ bout an orange revolution

One man brought about the low-cost air travel revolution in the UK and Europe, with a bold, orange airline called easyJet. Founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou writes exclusively for Airliner World about the story behind the company

How 30 years have flown

For 30 years, easyJet has disrupted the status quo in European aviation. During that time, it has faced countless challenges but has continued to innovate and evolve. Lee Cross looks back at the history of the UK’s original low-cost carrier

View from the top

As easyJet celebrates its 30th anniversary, Thomas Haynes sits down with new chief executive Kenton Jarvis to discuss the airline’s disruptive origins, its hybrid model, and the prospects for future growth – from holidays and Heathrow to the Chinese-built COMAC C919

“It’s an aircraft, not a bus”

In January 1999, easyJet became the focus of the ITV reality series Airline , a warts-and-all look at the airline’s operation. Lee Cross spoke to one of the show’s biggest stars, Jane Boulton , about the highs and lows of one of the UK’s best-loved TV shows

Working the aisle

Robert Veitch speaks to Michael Brown , easyJet’s director of cabin services, and learns how customer service has evolved through the lifetime of the airline

Striving for easyJet sustainability

Lahiru Ranasinghe , easyJet’s director of sustainability, speaks to Robert Veitch about the airline’s ambitious mission to achieve net zero by 2050

Breaking barriers

Robert Veitch sat down with Hannah Wells and Nadia Ismail , to hear how they found their way into the flight deck, the challenges and rewards of the job, and why inspiring the next generation of aviators remains so important

Come on, let’s fly!

Lee Cross chats to Nana Pam , one of easyJet’s longest serving crew members, to discuss what life is really like at 35,000ft and how she has no intention of hanging up her wings anytime soon

At the controls

Airliner World spoke to easyJet chief operating officer David Morgan about running one of Europe’s busiest airlines, embracing sustainability and harnessing AI, all while staying true to the carrier’s founding values

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