Airliner World Magazine July 2025 Zurück Ausgabe

July 2025 issue of Airliner World, incorporating Airports of the World, is a British Airways special featuring three articles on the UK flag carrier.

Assistant editor Lee Cross looks at the fate of some of BA’s former Boeing 747 fleet and chats to the aircraft’s former pilots, who share their memories of the aviation icon five years on from its retirement.

From the jumbo jet to the world’s first jet-powered passenger airliner, we head to Duxford to see how the team behind the British Airline Collection is ingeniously restoring the cabin of a BOAC de Havilland DH106 Comet 4. Meanwhile, Bernie Baldwin examines BA CityFlyer and how the London/City-based carrier has become a leader in regional operations.

The Airbus A350 features in two articles. Editor Thomas Haynes steps onboard Edelweiss Air’s first A350-900, HB-IHF (c/n 363), for a historic inaugural flight from Zurich to Tenerife/South. Martin Needham takes a deep dive into the larger A350-1000, considering the aircraft’s fortunes since it entered service with Qatar Airways in February 2018.

As the world’s aerospace industry prepares to head to the French capital for the 55th Paris Air Show, assistant editor Robert Veitch gives the low-down on what could be on the cards this year.

July 2025 also marks the 25th anniversary of the loss of an Air France Concorde in Paris. Robin Evans looks at the chain of events that led to the disaster. Meanwhile, Edward Paine reports on Azerbaijan Airlines’ bold plans to reposition itself as a hub-and-spoke operator by simplifying its fleet and expanding its route network.