Block’s Third Way: Air Holland
Nowadays the charter market is undersiege from low cost airlines, and customers empowered by the internet to create their own […]
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Karnali & Gandaki: The Nepalese 757s
Few nations are as dependent on air travel as Nepal. Not only has it no access to the sea but
Persistence over Performance: Qantas Comet IVs
Qantas had always been a well-run flag carrier and as such had shown little interest in Britain’s reborn Comet 4.
Rise of the Jetset: Air 2000’s First Decade
The UK charter airline scene has always been ultra-competitive and highly susceptible to economic downturns, which disproportionally impact spending on
Eastern Bloc Boeings Pt1: Polish 767s
The gradual, and then sudden, changes that Gorbachev’s policy of Glasnost brought to Eastern Europe provided both a series of
High Country: Chinese 757s in the Himalayas
The Boeing 757 is renowned for having some grunt, which is one of the reasons it has gained a second
Soviet Airbuses in China: Xinjiang’s IL-86s
Even when it was first put into service the Soviet IL-86 was hardly a picture of modernity or efficiency, so
Earning Their Wings: Eastern 757s
Eastern struggled through the deregulation era, even prior to the Lorenzo led Texas Air takeover, however one of the few
Lan Tens: DC-10s in Chile
The 1980s were a time of crisis and transition at Chile’s national airline Lan Chile. During that period the airline
The First Flying Dream: Gutelman’s TEA
Prior to European Open Skies several airlines attempted to get around restrictive regulations by creating a Pan-European airline grouping, albeit
TACA: El Centromericano One-Elevens
TACA had a complicated series of owners throughout its history, however these rarely stopped it from achieving and it was
The 757 Story Pt2: Engines & Sales
By the time the design of the new Boeing 757 was finalized in 1979 it was clear it would be