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Hello and welcome to the November issue of

SAS soars out of bankruptcy

(Photo Airbus) HAILED AS a “new era” for

Wizz Air prepares for A321XLR arrival

(Photo Wizz Air) WIZZ AIR will become the

A321LR debut for Icelandair

Icelandair unveiled its first Airbus A321LR on September

Aegean announces Volotea investment

(Photo Aegean Airlines) AEGEAN AIRLINES has announced a

Three is the magic number

British all-cargo operator One Air has recently acquired

in brief

London/Luton-based easyJet has said it is set to

Loganair partners with Heart Aerospace

(Photo Heart Aerospace) LOGANAIR AND Sweden’s Heart Aerospace

Brussels flexes its muscles

(Photo Brussels Airlines) BRUSSELS AIRLINES has unveiled ambitious

London connects to Tbilisi

(Photo TAV Airports) BRITISH AIRWAYS is to launch

Yakovlev sells to Siberia

(Photo UAC/Yakovlev) IRAERO AND AURORA Airlines have announced

Aeroflot returns to Bali

(Photo Airbus/Pascal Pigeyre/ Master Films) ​RUSSIAN FLAG carrier

IL-114-300 gets UAC makeover

(Photo UAC) ​THE PROTOTYPE Ilyushin IL-114300, number 54115,

Turkish selects second Aussie route

(Photo Turkish Airlines) TURKISH AIRLINES is launching flights

Double-daily delight at Etihad

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

Riyadh Air, Virgin ink partnership

(Photo Virgin Atlantic) SAUDI ARABIAN start-up Riyadh Air

Iran Air’s international woes

IRAN AIR is facing further restrictions to its

Chopin calling for Air Arabia

(Photo Air Arabia) LOW-COST CARRIER Air Arabia has

Nigerian airlines’ Boeing boost

(Photo Boeing) BOEING HAS signed a memorandum of

Additional Airbus for Beond

PREMIUM LEISURE airline Beond has taken delivery of

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​Qatar Airways is expanding its operations in

Alaska completes paradise purchase

ALASKA AIRLINES has completed its acquisition of Hawaiian

American’s European expansion

(Photo Boeing) AMERICAN AIRLINES has launched five new

Breeze bags EAS contract

(Photo Airbus/ Tad Danson) BREEZE AIRWAYS has been

MAX trio for WestJet

(Photo WestJet) WESTJET IS acquiring three additional Boeing

Air Canada avoids strike

(Photo Air Canada) ​AIR CANADA has reached a

Caballero Aguila update for Aeromexico

(Photo Andrik Garcia) ​AEROMEXICO HAS unveiled a new

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Air Transat has added Jet2. com and

MAG goes big at MATTA

MALAYSIA AVIATION GROUP AIRLINER WORLD was a

CDB signs for A320neos

(Photo China Development Bank) CHINA DEVELOPMENT Bank’s leasing

Air India starts cabin retrofit

AIR INDIA has begun a $400m cabin revamp

A350 engine issues for Cathay

(Photo Cathay Pacific) CATHAY PACIFIC was forced to

in brief

EVA Air and All Nippon Airways (ANA)

Boom completes third test flight

(Photo Boom Supersonic) BOOM SUPERSONIC’S XB-1 demonstrator aircraft

Joby edges towards air taxi certification

(Photo Joby Aviation) ELECTRIC VERTICAL take-off and landing

Thrust problems for 777X

BOEING IS braced for further delays to the

Boeing Deliveries

Oman Air took delivery of Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner,

Heart unveils ES-30

(Photo Heart Aerospace) SWEDISH HYBRID-ELECTRIC regional aircraft designer

Airbus Deliveries

Virgin Atlantic accepted Airbus A330-941, G-VRIF (c/n 2070)

Istanbul tops connection charts

(Photo Istanbul Airport) ISTANBUL HAS been named the

Boeing forecasts significant growth

(Photo Boeing) BOEING PREDICTS the commercial aircraft fleets

Gulfstream G400 takes flight

(Photo Gulfstream Aerospace) GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE announced that its

HondaJet maintenance schedule revised

THE HONDA Aircraft Company revealed that it has

Pilatus expands US footprint

(Photo Sarasota Bradenton International Airport) SWISS AIRCRAFT manufacturer

Global 7500 wins more speed records

(Photo Bombardier) BOMBARDIER’S GLOBAL 7500 has set several

Construction begins at Changi T5

(Photo Changi Airport Group) AT THE 40th anniversary

Third Melbourne runway approved

(Photo Melbourne Airport) MELBOURNE AIRPORT has welcomed Australian

Fraport sells its Delhi stake

(Photo Delhi Airport) FRAPORT IS selling its stake

Sky View

Insights and opinions on the industry’s hottest topics

Airliner Deliveries

The latest commercial aircraft deliveries from manufacturers and lessors

Vallair deal with Cameroon CAA

MRO Vallair and Cameroon’s Civil Aviation Authority (CCAA)

Honeywell to support Air India APUs

Honeywell has signed a long-term agreement with Air

Lufthansa Technik seals Vietjet deal

German MRO giant Lufthansa Technik has signed a

EPCOR gains HGT1700 capability

Schiphol-based EPCOR has been granted a licence by

LHT signs support agreements

Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has inked agreements with China’s

And the winner is…

To celebrate the publication of our 300th issue

Letters to the editor

BENJAMIN PALMER Dear Editor, My brother and

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

Swap shop opens for pilots

The latest training aids available for the aviation

Airbus expands in Toulouse

Airbus is creating additional training capacity with the

New sims for Fiji Airways

(Photo Fiji Airways) The Fiji Airways Aviation Academy

Ice build-up reported before ATR crash

The accident aircraft was originally delivered to Albanian

A neo chapter for KLM

KLM has entered a new era with the arrival of its first Airbus A321neo. Richard Schuurman investigates how it is likely to change the Dutch carrier

Making waves in the desert

Siddharth Ganesh travelled to the newly renamed Zayed International Airport in the United Arab avesSiddharth Emirates to meet CEO Elena Sorlini

The method and madness, how RAYNAIR LEARNT TO FLY

Irish budget airline Ryanair was formed in November 1984, evolving from a single turboprop to become one of the largest airlines on the planet. Robert Veitch looks through the vaults to the fall and rise of the airline

When legacy go low-cost

If there were a graveyard for airlines, it would be littered with the headstones of various ‘airlines within airlines’ that legacy carriers established over the years to fight off competition from low-cost start-ups. Lee Cross looks back at the multiple failures

RYANAIR’S RACE FOR RENEWAL

Low-cost airline giant Ryanair is on a journey to upgrade its fleet to carry 300 million passengers a year by 2034. Thomas Haynes examines recent events at the carrier and reports on its plan to achieve this ambitious aim

Hawaiian’s heart and home

Our man in America, Chris Sloan, takes us behind the scenes at Hawaiian Airlines’ operation at Honolulu’s Daniel K Inouye International Airport

Microsoft’s mission impossible

A career mode, new aircraft, upgraded graphics and an advanced flight planning system are just a few of the exciting new features in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. Thomas Haynes was granted an exclusive preview ahead of its November 19 release

Beneath South Pacific skies

Michael Magnusson charts the recent evolution of Air Chathams, which operates regional services across New Zealand and islands of the South Pacific

THE SOUTHWEST STORY

In the first of a two-part series, Airliner World takes a nostalgic look back at the origin story of Southwest Airlines with its founder, the late Herb Kelleher