WELCOME

Hello and welcome to the April issue of

KLM tweaks livery for A321neo arrival

DUTCH FLAG carrier KLM has unveiled a livery

Global’s first A380 takes flight

THE FIRST ‘fully acquired’ Airbus A380 of UK

Animawings expansion

ROMANIAN AIRLINE Animawings revealed plans to expand its

Volotea goes big in 2024

SPANISH LOW-COST carrier Volotea has announced plans to

Ascend welcomes maiden aircraft

New UK ACMI/charter carrier Ascend Airways has received

In brief

Austrian Airlines is adding to its transatlantic network

SAS rebuilds A350 fleet

SAS IS planning to reintroduce an Airbus A350-900

Air Moldova’s AOC revoked

MOLDOVA’S CIVIL Aviation Authority (AAC) has revoked the

Icelandair to freeze freight division losses

AFTER POSTING poor financial results, the Icelandair Group

Take-off for Air Astana IPO

KAZAKHSTAN’S FLAG carrier Air Astana has begun trading

International return for Tu-214

RED WINGS has placed its restored Tupolev Tu-214

Aeroflot’s fleet settlements continue

RUSSIAN FLAG carrier Aeroflot has finalised further insurance

RJ inducts inaugural E2s

ROYAL JORDANIAN Airlines’ first two Embraer E195-E2s have

Route revamp at Oman Air

OMAN AIR has overhauled its network as part

Riyadh readies for take-off

RIYADH AIR, the new Saudi national airline, is

Egyptair exits entire A220 fleet

EGYPTAIR HAS sold its entire fleet of 12

European expansion for flydubai

LOW-COST EMIRATI carrier flydubai is expanding its network

New airline takes off in Tehran

AIRTEAMIMAGES.COM/SHARAM SHARIFI Iran gained another air carrier in

In brief

Kenya Airways has signed a codeshare agreement with

Canadian Classic comeback

CANADIAN CHARTER carrier Nolinor Aviation has announced plans

Bound for Brisbane

AMERICAN AIRLINES is launching new services from Dallas/Fort

United support for SAF

AIR NEW Zealand and Embraer are among the

Additional MAXs for WestJet

WESTJET IS set to acquire five additional Boeing

Seeing the solar eclipse from the sky

DELTA AIR Lines is offering a special flight

In brief

LATAM is reactivating its nonstop route between Santiago,

Sky View

Insights and opinions on the industry’s hottest topics

Oneworld’s first branded European lounge

ONEWORLD ALLIANCE has unveiled its second dedicated lounge

Athens airport shares surge after stock offering

AN INITIAL public offering (IPO) for a 30%

€2.4bn expansion for Madrid Barajas

ADOLFO SUÁREZ-MADRID Barajas Airport will receive a €2.4bn

Airliner Deliveries

Alaska Airlines’ first Boeing 737 MAX 8 was

Lufthansa Technik signs Air India Express, China Southern

The latest news from maintenance, repair and overhaul providers

Airbus opens lifecycle centre

Airbus has opened its Airbus Lifecycle Services Centre

IAI to maintain PW4000 engines for ATSG

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced on January 17

StandardAero completes 200th RB211-535 overhaul

The latest news from maintenance, repair and overhaul providers

Embraer collaborating with Saudia Technic

On February 24, at the World Defense Show

Airbourne Colours heads to Teesside

Aircraft painting specialist Airbourne Colours has unveiled a

Saab send-off success

Information for the traveller (Photo Loganair/Dylan Morrison) Glasgow-based

UK Visitors

We present a selection of images of visiting

Quality Fly bolsters Tecnam fleet

Madrid-based Quality Fly has announced the imminent arrival

Air League launches 2024 scholarships

The Air League, a UK-based aviation and aerospace

Fuel emergency forced 757 to land on closed runway

Reports and details of recent incidents TF-ISF is

BRITISH AIRWAYS FIFTY YEARS OF FLYING THE FLAG

It is 50 years since British Airways in its current guise was created by the merger of BOAC and BEA. Bernie Baldwin takes a look at events since then and what the airline has in store

A FLEET FIT FOR A FLAG CARRIER

British Airways (BA) and its subsidiaries operate a fleet of more than 280 aircraft, from the 98-seat Embraer E190 flown by BA CityFlyer through to the 469-seat Airbus A380 super jumbo. The roster has undergone a transformation in the last five years, spurred on by the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw its iconic Boeing 747s make an exit to be replaced by more 787s and A350s

Next Month

The May 2024 issue of Airliner World includes:

Back in business

Nigel Pittaway reports from Changi on the major moves and deals to come out of the biennial Singapore Airshow

Surf Air signs for Electras

REGIONAL AIR travel company Surf Air has secured

Take-off boost for A330neo

THE AIRBUS A330neo is to undergo a series

GPS attacks on the increase

Airbus Deliveries European low-cost carrier easyJet accepted a

Delivery delight for Embraer

EMBRAER SHRUGGED off supply chain delays to deliver

Nordic hydrogen study takes off

AIRBUS, AVINOR, SAS, Swedavia and Vattenfall have signed

Aircraft delivery values to rise

THE STRONG rebound in global air travel will

First PC-24 for NSW Air Ambulance

AUSTRALIA’S NEW South Wales Ambulance Fixed Wing Aeromedical

250th HondaJet delivered

HONDA AIRCRAFT Company has announced the delivery of

Executive jet growth for Embraer

EMBRAER HAS reported delivery performance for the fourth

Travelcoup teams up with Gekko Group

EUROPE’S FIRST provider of scheduled flights using the

AIR INDIA'S flight of the future

After decades of struggles, Air India is looking forward to positive new beginnings, including the highly anticipated introduction of its brand new Airbus A350 fleet. Siddharth Ganesh reports on the type’s inaugural service.

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Airbus Transition

AIRLANDER WORLD

After exploring military applications for its Airlander 10 airship, Hybrid Air Vehicles is now looking at the airline market having completed a feasibility study of its possible use in the very north of Scotland. Ian Harbison reports

Good things come in threes

The global capital of fashion and design, Milan is served by three airports: Malpensa, Linate and Bergamo. Martyn Cartledge visited all three and presents a varied collection of photos from each

NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS

Aiming to tap into the lucrative US transcontinental showbusiness travel market, one carrier briefly earned its star on the airline Walk of Fame. David Ransted remembers MGM Grand Air

FIGHTING THE FREEZE

Thomas Haynes visits Finnair Flight Academy in Helsinki to learn more about how the airline trains its pilots to operate safely in some of the harshest flying conditions

Bon anniversaire CDG

Paris/Charles de Gaulle is the undisputed gateway to one of the biggest tourist destinations in the world, and this year, it celebrates its 50th anniversary. Airliner World takes a look at the history of the facility and how far it has come since it opened in 1974

It's bonza mate!

Bonza is Australia’s newest airline. A year on from its first flight, Chris Frame asked founder and CEO Tim Jordan about the origins of the carrier and its impact on Australian travel

SAVING SUPER JUMBOS

The Airbus A380 was once the flagship of many airlines, but only 144 out of 254 produced are in active service. Babak Taghvaee visits the Tarbes aircraft storage facility to find out how it is keeping the superjumbo alive

Monarchy to the museum

Nestled between a BOAC-Cunard Vickers Super VC10 and a Monarch Airlines Bristol Britannia 312 at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford, is a small quadjet with quite a history. Lee Cross visited the British Airliner Collection to step aboard its latest addition