Shanghai Trijets: The MD-11 in China
The MD-11 as a passenger aircraft was not a wild success. Failing initially to meet performance guarantees and suffering a […]
Airlines of Asia
Emirates’ Boeing A340s!
It isn’t often you see a company selling its competitor’s products, especially when they are multi-million dollar airliners. However, when
Air Road Cargo: Xiamen’s First All-Cargo Airline
With Covid firmly behind it China’s air traffic stats have regained their impressive growth. It has just been reported that
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Gotta Go: Rebirth at HK Express
I last wrote about HK Express back in May 2017, but since then the world has changed. Hong Kong’s airlines
Air Travel’s Spicy Girls of Hunan
Collecting model airliners can give you a window into other cultures, which can sometimes seem bizarre by Western standards. Chinese
Budget Oryx: Qatar Airways Early Years
The rise of the ME3 has been nothing short of meteoric and nowadays this area of the world appears to
The A319neo Struggles To Find A Niche
The A319 has been an important and successful member of the A320 family, especially in the early 2000s. It’s successor,
Kampuchean Crustys: 134 Peacemakers
Thankfully there are few nations with the genocidal recent history of Cambodia, a nation that, since independence in 1953, has
Mistakes On A Plane: B-HNO Goes PACIIC
Cathay has had a torrid time of it in the past 5 years hit by storms on several fronts that
Taban Airlines & Iran’s Only EP- 757
I find Iran’s aviation scene to be vibrant and interesting, the more so due to the sanctions the country’s airlines
Tabriz Feather: Eram Air
Iranian aviation is famous for keeping elderly aircraft in the air, but that achievement shouldn’t overshadow what is a vibrant
Air Great Wall: From Chongqing to Ningbo
I am a major fan not only of Chinese airlines but also obscure airlines so an obscure Chinese airline is