Desert Sun: Fokker 70s in the America West
In the early 90s, just prior to the Regional jet revolution, Fokker’s line of twinjets were rather squeezed in at […]
Airline History
Empress Sydney: CP’s Only 707
Aside from its experiment with the Bristol Britannia Canadian Pacific had been a stalwart Douglas customer since the 1940s. Despite
Air India’s Revolution: Jetley’s Sun 1987-90
As with many developing nation’s national carriers, that have had long glorious histories, Air India is today a model of
Eastern Cross the Atlantic: New Mark 10s
Towards the end of the 1970s Eastern Airlines was in a period of cautious expansion and with deregulation upon the
Bleeding Edge: Oasis Hong Kong
There’s no doubt that low cost airlines have radically altered the face of the industry within the last twenty years,
National Goes International: MIA-LHR 1970
During the regulated era of US aviation the realm of long-haul international flights was primarily the domain of Pan Am
Hainan Airlines: The Beginning of a Dynasty
The HNA Group has grown to become a behemoth of an organisation owning stakes in such diverse organisations as The
Three Swallows Pt2: Go Getters Go Ozark
During its first 20 years of operation Ozark had fulfilled exactly the promise that the local service airlines had been
Three Swallows Pt1: Get Up & Go Ozark
Ozark was St Louis’s hometown airline and as with many of the local service airlines was a true pioneer of
Cuban Commandos: Aerovias Q and Cuba Aeropostal
Despite almost constant political turmoil and rampant corruption Cuba was, by the mid-1950s, doing well by many measures. Accordingly, civil
C-GRYN: 707 Voyager from OZ to Canada
Charter operations in Canada have a long and colourful history and much like charter services in Europe an impressive variety
Interchanges: Through Plane Service in the Regulated Era
Nowadays if you are an airline operating within the US domestic market and you wish to serve a route pair
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