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Wearing a special 50th anniversary livery, TUI fly

EasyJet targets slots, not takeovers

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AEGEAN adds A321XLRs

GREEK CARRIER AEGEAN has placed an order for

Condor orders extra A330neos

(Photo Vincenzo Pace) CONDOR HAS ordered a further

Titan adds E190

(Photo Mark Bell/NCL Airpics) TITAN AIRWAYS has taken

Global’s A380 heads to Tarbes

AFTER COMPLETING a series of inaugural transatlantic flights

Pan Am takes flight

More than three decades after Pan Am ceased

in brief

Following the closure of its Abu Dhabi subsidiary

Virgin to deck out its Dreamliners

VIRGIN ATLANTIC will completely overhaul the cabins on

SAS selects the E2

IN A huge coup for Embraer, SAS Scandinavian

Neo nostalgia for Transavia

To mark its 60th anniversary, Transavia’s latest factory-fresh

Antonov An-24 crashes in Russia

AN ANTONOV An-24RV belonging to Angara Airlines crashed

Uzbekistan adds A321neos

(Photo Uzbekistan Airways) UZBEKISTAN AIRWAYS is set to

Armenian appeal for Aeroflot Group

(Photo Vincenzo Pace) RUSSIA’S AGENCY for air transport,

Testing continues on Russian revivals

(Photo UAC) RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES have confirmed that testing

Wizz Air axes Abu Dhabi subsidiary

(Photo Wizz Air Abu Dhabi) ON SEPTEMBER 1,

Oman Air, oneworld tie the knot

(Photo oneworld) ON JUNE 30, Oman Air joined

New Air Arabia airline

(Photo Air Arabia) THE SAUDI Arabian General Authority

Emirates’ A380 acquisition

EMIRATES IS to purchase another four Airbus A380s,

ATRs heading to Air Algérie

(Photo ATR) AIR ALGÉRIE has signed on the

Dreamliner dozen for Gulf Air

(Photo Boeing) IN A bid to expand its

Saudia welcomes first A330 cargo

Saudi Arabian Airlines’ Airbus A330-302(P2F), N810CM (c/n 1272),

in brief

South African Airways has revealed a full-year net

Alaska’s IT outage

ALASKA AIRLINES and its regional arm Horizon Air

American and Porter push partnership

AMERICAN AIRLINES and Porter Airlines have filed a

Avelo’s exit a boost for Breeze

ULTRA-LOW-COST CARRIER Avelo Airlines has announced its intention

AeroUnion rebrands

MEXICAN CARGO operator AeroUnion has rebranded to Avianca

Mexicana receives maiden E2

MEXICO CITY-based Mexicana has received its first Embraer

Argentum Airways to rise from Silver’s ashes?

CONNECTICUT-BASED ARGENTUM, which acquired the assets of the

Rolls-Royce retires iconic 747-200 testbed

Rolls-Royce North America has retired its iconic Boeing

in brief

United Airlines has reported that the travel disruptions

XLR delivery for Qantas

AUSTRALIAN FLAG carrier Qantas has received its maiden

China Airlines boosts Airbus backlog

CHINA AIRLINES is adding five Airbus A350-900s and

PIA plots UK return

AFTER BEING banned from flying to the UK

AirAsia looks to Gulf with new A321XLR order

KUALA LUMPUR-BASED AirAsia has ordered an additional 50

MAG doubles A330neo commitment

MALAYSIA AVIATION Group (MAG), parent of Malaysia Airlines,

Scoot’s Southeast Asian expansion

(Photo Scoot) LOW-COST CARRIER Scoot is launching new

All go at Akasa

AKASA AIR is confident it will reach its

in brief

The Australian division of ASL Aviation Holdings will

Final report on Alaska blow-out

THE US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has

Landing gear issues for 737s and 757s

THE FEDERAL Aviation Administration (FAA) has released a

Rise of the taxibot

(Photo Airbus) AIRBUS HAS gained approval for avionics

Split-scimitar retrofit for Jet2

UK LEISURE carrier Jet2 is expecting to complete

Embraer hits a high

(Photo Embraer) DURING THE second quarter of 2025,

Avolon goes Airbus shopping

(Photo Avolon) DUBLIN-BASED LESSOR Avolon has ordered another

Airbus Deliveries

Air Canada accepted delivery of Airbus A220-300 C-FDUY

Heathrow’s expansion hopes

LONDON/HEATHROW HAS unveiled a £10bn expansion plan that

Modlin moves to digital ATC

(Photo Saab AB) WARSAW/MODLIN IS to become the

Jersey’s makeover

THE DEPARTURE lounge at Jersey Airport is set

McKinney’s terminal moves closer

GROUND HAS been broken for the construction of

Sky View

Insights and opinions on the industry’s hottest topics

Airlines Deliveries

The latest commercial aircraft deliveries from manufacturers and lessors

MRO

The latest news from maintenance, repair and overhaul providers

Letters to the editor

Information for the traveller

Junkers on the move

Lufthansa’s Junkers Ju 52, D-AQUI (c/n 100), has

GET IN TOUCH WITH AIRLINER WORLD

Do you have a historical tale, burning question,

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

Aviation Training

The latest training aids available for the aviation professional

Fuel cut-off preceded Air India 787 crash

ABOVE: VT-ANB (c/n 36279) was delivered to Air

Talking Turkish

Inter view with Ahmet Olmuştur

POSTCARDS FROM NARITA

In the second part of his snapshot from the Japanese capital, Martin Needham visits Tokyo/Narita, soaking up the sun and enjoying a vibrant array of airline traffic

Wings across the water

Covering 4,300 miles and five stops, one legendary route bridges time, ocean, and necessity. In the first of a two-part series, Chris Sloan explores the enduring legacy of the Island Hopper – a Pacific lifeline that began with Air Micronesia and continues today under United Airlines

Baltich bounce back

Thomas Haynes speaks to Pauls Cālītis , interim CEO of airBaltic, about the airline’s recent upheaval, operational resilience, and future opportunities amid ongoing financial and fleet pressures

Introduction

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THE FRENCH CONNECTION

Air Corsica is an island airline with big plans for the future, as Robert Veitch discovered when he met president and CEO, Pierre Muracciole

Jumbolinos of Tehran

Despite being retired by most operators worldwide, the BAe 146 and Avro RJ remain popular types in Iran, as Babak Taghvaee reveals

TOP OF the spots

Martyn Cartledge offers a rundown of his top ten spotting locations in Europe, but are they Europe’s best planespotting airports?

The tale of TUI

The airline division of the mighty TUI travel