All Around the World: Lan’s Air Cruises
Round the world flights were a feature of several major airlines route networks (Pan Am for example) and at times […]
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Bad Luck Blues: Braniff’s Dallas Cowboys Jet
By late 1981 Braniff International was in severe trouble. Braniff’s President and Chairman Harding Lawrence had believed that airline deregulation
New Life to Old Jumbos: 747-400BCF and BDSFs
The concept of converting used passenger jets to freighters is an old tradition that has been going since the Second
Whistling Dixie: Air South
The sea of red-ink that flowed out of the US airline industry during the 1980s, thanks to fare wars and
Future Echoes: Lufthansa Express
It’s not just since the 2000s that the big European carriers have been taking a hard look at how to
Tsuru in Full Flight: JAL in the 1960s
The first civil jetliners outside the Soviet Union were designed for long range travel. That left many airlines, including JAL,
Wings of the New Japan: JAL’s First Decade
The economic miracle which Japan achieved in the late 50s and 1960s was a vindication of the postwar policies of
FM Superbuses: Shanghai’s Short-term A321s
Shanghai Airlines is one of China’s oldest airline brands but throughout its history it has been a staunch Boeing customer
Ansett’s Last Props: The F50 Euroglider
The Fokker F27 had a long and distinguished career in Australia with the government airline, Trans Australia Airlines, and its
Howard Hughes’ Jetstreams: TWA L-1649s
Lockheed’s Constellation programme was a great success both for civilian and military marks but coming towards the end of the
KLM 3TENS: Intra-european Widebodies
The Dutch national airline, KLM, made an order for A310s in April 1979 but, unlike most of the type’s European
Six Survivors: Canadian Pacific’s Versatile DC-6Bs
Canadian Pacific turned to the trusty Douglas DC-6B to carry it through the 1950s, but even though the type was
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