Starting from Scratch: The NAMC YS-11
The YS-11 programme remains something of a controversial topic in its native Japan. Some see it as an epic adventure […]
Karachi Connies: PIA’s L-1049s
Nowadays Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is not thought of as a leader in civil aviation. Like its Indian neighbour Air
Pacific Rockets: Fijian One-Elevens
Air Pacific was one of only two customers in the Oceania region to equip itself with Britain’s BAC One-Eleven. Though
Air Crane LCC: Jiangxi Air
The low cost revolution is slowly coming to China now that the government and CAAC see the benefits that LCCs
Shandong Success: Xinxing 737-300s
During the early to mid-1990s China’s first nominally independent (though not private) airlines began to come into existence. The equipment
USAir’s PSA Hubris: A West Coast Disaster
The USAir purchase of Pacific Southwest Airlines was yet another result of the turbulence and merger panic flooding the US
A Hell of A Gamble: PSA’s 146 Smiliners
Deregulation changed the state of play in the Californian market, where unregulated intra-state airlines like PSA and Air California had
TAESA Pt3: DC-9 Disaster
TAESA had come through the crisis of the mid-90s albeit with a large debt burden, modified ownership and a much
TAESA Pt2: Old is New
After 5 years of operations Transportes Aéreos Ejecutivos (TAESA) had appeared to carve itself a strong and profitable position in
TAESA Pt1: The Little Airline That Could
TAESA (Transportes Aéreos Ejecutivos) Lineas Aéreas was begun in April 1988 operating executive jets and began scheduled passenger operations in
Flight 455 & the Cuban DC-8s
Communist Cuba has been largely cutoff from the West for over 50 years with some form of detente only beginning
Highflyer Brought Down to Earth: Globe Air
In the early 1950s Basel was the major charter gateway into Switzerland, however the traffic was dominated by foreign airlines.