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Jazz Aviation is currently one of two regional partners operating feeder flights for Air Canada under the joint brand Air Canada Express. With a current fleet of 121 aircraft, including 46 Q400 turboprops, Air Canada Express flies to over 80 destinations...

The Croatian airline received its first of a total of 14 Airbus A220s on order in July 2024. The first scheduled flight led – for historical reasons – from the Croatian capital Zagreb to Frankfurt: in 1992, the first international flight of...

On November 25, 2024, Emirates not only took delivery of its first of 65 Airbus A350 aircraft on order, but it also marks the first new aircraft type to enter the fleet since 2008. On her delivery flight from Toulouse, France to Dubai in the United Arab...

 Spain's largest airline, Iberia, first introduced its current color scheme in 2013. Ten years later, the first ATR, operated by Air Nostrum under the Iberia Regional brand, has now also received this livery. 9H-NCD is one of five ATRs operated by...

As early as the 1970s, Boeing set to work developing a successor to its medium-haul bestseller, the three-engine 727. The result was the twin-engine 757, which promised better performance and more efficiency. After all, no fewer than 1,050 units were to...

On March 1, 2024, the first of 29 Airbus A220 jet aircraft ordered by Australia’s Qantas took off for its inaugural commercial flight, sporting a very unique color scheme. A leading Indigenous Australian design agency, Balarinji has worked with...

With the entry into service of this first A321neo with the registration PH-YHZ, the Dutch airline, which is part of the Air France-KLM Group, is initiating the fleet conversion from Boeing to Airbus. The A320neo and A321neo will gradually replace the...

  Despite the fact that more than 150 Boeing 737 Max aircraft have already been put into service, no fewer than 320 Next Generation 737s, including 141 Boeing 737-800s like this one with the registration N87531, are in service across United...

Because Airbus needed additional cargo capacity primarily for the serial production of the A350 XWB, and because the much-used Beluga fleet was also getting on in years, the airplane manufacturer began studies at the beginning of the 2010s to develop a...

At the end of 2024, Ethiopia's national airline took delivery of its first Airbus A350-1000 – as the first airline in Africa. The new aircraft will initially be deployed to key destinations such as Frankfurt, London, Paris and Washington D.C. The...

The original of this now third edition of the Dreamliner in the colors of Germany's largest airline was also originally built for China's Hainan Airlines, which, however, cancelled its order for several aircraft with Boeing. Lufthansa seized the...

On September 26, 2024, the last two KC-10 Extenders, among them the trijet with the serial number 86-0031, left Travis Air Force Base heading out on its final flight to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group in neighboring Arizona, where...

Flying from Zurich to over 90 vacation destinations worldwide, the award-winning Swiss airline Edelweiss is investing in an extensive modernization of its long-haul fleet, to ensure that the best time of the year will continue to begin with boarding one...

GOL’s fleet of more than 130 aircraft currently includes 50 of the latest variant of Boeing's successful 737 aircraft family. In the long term, the 737 Max 8 is set to replace all older 737 variants. However, the long-term financial consequences of...

China's flag carrier operates a total of 46 of the shorter -200 and longer -300 variants of the Airbus A330 on long-haul routes around the globe. Since 2011, the currently 28 A330-300s have been deployed on routes mainly to Europe from Beijing and...

With an extraordinary design chosen by the public from more than 800 submissions coming from all over the world, airBaltic celebrates the milestone of the 50th Airbus A220-300 joining the airline’s growing fleet. This aircraft features a unique...

With an extraordinary design chosen by the public from more than 800 submissions coming from all over the world, airBaltic celebrates the milestone of the 50th Airbus A220-300 joining the airline’s growing fleet. This aircraft features a unique...

Since its inception as a mail delivery service in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1937, US Airways has renamed itself several times and grown strongly: from All American Aviation to Allegheny Airlines, to USAir, after the purchase of Pacific Southwest...

On May 9, 2024, the A320neo with the registration D-ANCZ took off on its first commercial flight from Frankfurt to Heraklion in Crete, sporting Condor’s unmistakable stripes, in this case in “Passion Red”. She is the first of no fewer...

Initially established in 2021 as Eurowings Discover, the Eurowings spin-off served long-haul tourist destinations in North America, the Caribbean and Africa with a fleet of Airbus A330s. In order to differentiate itself more clearly from Eurowings, which...

Founded in July of 2003, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates commenced operations on the 5th of November of the same year, with a flight from Abu Dhabi to Beirut, using one of the two A330-200s that made up its fleet at the time...

In addition to transporting cargo in the holds of its passenger aircraft across its international network covering more than 80 destinations around the world, Abu-Dhabi-based Etihad Airways also operates five dedicated Boeing 777 all-cargo aircraft. This...

The newest member of the Lufthansa subsidiary's current fleet of more than 70 aircraft is the Airbus A320neo. Since 2022, seven “Neos”, the most modern and efficient variant of the successful Airbus A320 family, have been added to the fleet...

In 1955 - 70 years ago - the Caravelle by French manufacturer Sud Aviation took off on its maiden flight. It was one of the first jet-powered commercial aircraft for short and medium distances. The arrangement of the engines at the rear was new at the...