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Airliners of the 2000s Each decade in aviation’s history has brought important developments and changes. In the 2000s, the European Airbus consorti...

British Midland Airways British Midland Airways existed under different identities for more than 70 years, during which time it grew from a flying ...

707: Boeing’s First Jetliner The first widely used commercial jet, the Boeing 707, brought America into the ‘Jet Age’ of the late 1950s and created...

Avro 748 The 748 was a highly successful commercial airliner, and since the 1960s had been the go-to aircraft to open new air routes in many corner...

Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopian Airlines was founded in 1945 by the Ethiopian government with the assistance of western airlines. With a fleet of war-...

Garuda Indonesia On 26 January 1949, Garuda Indonesia was officially established as Indonesia’s government-owned flag carrier. To begin with, the ...

Airliners of the 1990s The 1990s brought many important developments for the aviation world. The early jetliners now hauled cargo, and the new wid...

De Havilland Comet NOTE: This is a new edition of Aeroplane magazine’s De Havilland Comet   In the latter half of World War Two, the War Cabinet sa...

Aviation Quiz Book DO YOU KNOW… ·                     Which Russian aircraft has the NATO reporting name Hoplite? ·                     What the Lo...

125: The Jet Dragon That Roared The 125 was originally conceived in the 1960s. Initially, the response in Europe to a business jet was lukewarm, bu...

Airliners of East and Central Asia With the largest landmass of all the continents, and a population of more than 4.6 billion people, Asia has a ma...

Airliners of South and Southeast Asia With the largest landmass of all the continents, and a population of more than 4.6 billion people, Asia has a...

BAC One-Eleven NOTE: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane Classic Airliner: BAC One-Eleven. On 20 August 1963, the British Aircraft Corporation ...

Boeing Stratocruiser and 707 NOTE: Previously published as Aeroplane Classic Airliner: Boeing Stratocruiser and 707. In 1916, William Boeing offici...

De Havilland Canada Whether in the snow, desert, jungle, on the water or at any regular airport, de Havilland Canada’s legendary transport aircraft...

Douglas DC-3 NOTE: Previously published as Aeroplane Classic Airliner: The Douglas DC-3. Although many early aircraft were designed to carry passen...

Concorde NOTE: Previously published as Aeroplane Classic Airliner: Concorde. The desire for airliners that could fly faster and higher than all tha...

China Airlines The roots of China Airlines can be found in mainland China (the People’s Republic of China). After several attempts to set up nation...

Cubana In October 2022, Cubana de Aviación celebrated its 93rd birthday. The flag carrier of Cuba has been on a very colourful journey since its fo...

Flybe Established in 1979 as Jersey European Airways from the merger of Intra Airways and Express Air Services, by the start of the 21st century, F...

EgyptAir Established in the 1930s by Egyptian and British investors, and now thriving in its eighth decade, EgyptAir began life as Misr Airwork, co...

Dan-Air Dan-Air began almost by accident: with an aircraft received for a loan payment that wasn’t honoured. With the means to fly aircraft parts ...

Monarch Airlines Monarch Airlines was founded in June 1967 and began operations from Luton Airport in April 1968, using two Bristol Britannias to f...

Air France At 90: France’s Largest Airline Founded in 1933, Air France is that country’s largest airline with 211 aircraft at its disposal, compris...