Cramming Them In: HK Express’ New Airbuses
HK Express has been a major factor in the infiltration of low cost travel options into Cathay Pacific’s Hong Kong […]
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Peruvian Tristars in the 90s: Faucett/AeroPerú’s L-1011s
As Peru entered the 1990s both its largest airlines, AeroPerú and Faucett Perú, had serious financial problems. These forced the
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Unshining Path: AeroPerú in the 1980s
During the 1970s the Peruvian military government had successfully built up its new flag carrier AeroPerú into a seemingly well
Covering Peru Like the Sun: AeroPerú in the 1970s
The collapse of APSA in 1971 was rather humiliating for the Peruvian military government and left the country without a
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PBA Maxes Out: Provincetown-Boston in the 80s
Provincetown-Boston Airways (PBA) started operations in 1949 and was consistently profitable for over 30 years. In 1980 its founder John
Cherry Blossom Pacemakers: Piedmont YS-11s
In the mid-60s the local service airlines were well into their graduation from DC-3 centric fleets to those based predominantly
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
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