Airliner World Magazine

April 2025 edition of Airliner World takes you behind the scenes of the aviation industry with a special issue focusing on the people, processes and innovations that keep the world of air travel moving.

Assistant editor Robert Veitch heads to Istanbul to uncover the secrets of Turkish Airlines’ world-class facilities, including its crew and flight training, Turkish Technic and Turkish Cargo. Meanwhile, Martyn Cartledge spends the day in Manchester, visiting the UK’s third busiest airport’s airfield operations team to learn about their day-to-day responsibilities. Delving into the complexities of the commercial aviation industry, our ‘How it Works’ series returns this month with industry veteran Jonathan Hinkles uncovering the secret art of route network planning and development.

Assistant editor Lee Cross uncovers the story of the Boeing 737-100, a plane that almost never made it off the drawing board but became one of the world’s most successful commercial airliners. Then, Martin Needham brings us up to date, looking at the Airbus A330neo, which has spent most of its life playing catch-up with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Siddharth Ganesh delves into Air Serbia’s recent history following its re-emergence as a state-owned carrier. Andreas Rhode takes a trip onboard Germany’s smallest airline, Baltrum Flug, and Ben Stanley Hall discovers the vital links provided by Hebridean Air Services in a remote corner of the British Isles.

Finally, we have our cover star, SAS. The Scandinavian giant has had a difficult few years, but with new CEO Anko van der Werff, the airline has emerged from bankruptcy with a new ownership structure and a new airline alliance. Richard Schuurman finds out more.