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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 Bulgarian airline Varna International Airways, better known as Air Via, was founded in 1990 as the country's first private airline, offering flight services for various European tour operators. It was one of the few vacation carriers still using...

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...

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...

The Beech Aircraft Corporation was founded in 1932 by Olive Ann and Walter Beech in Wichita, Kansas. The company's first aircraft was the legendary Model 17 Staggerwing, which made its maiden flight in November of 1932. During the Second World War, Beech...

Length: 16.4 cm Material: Diecast Brand: Herpa Alongside an ageing fleet of A319 and A320 aircraft, Croatia's largest airline operates six Q400 turboprops to connect the country with other cities in Europe. Named after the Zagorje region in the north...

Between 1984 and 2002, Crossair operated no fewer than 34 of the Swedish-built turboprops. HB-AKN was the only Saab 340 in the fleet to receive the new livery introduced in March 2000, which was ultimately to remain the last Crossair livery: Following...

Founded in 2020, Sky Alps is an Italian airline operating from Bolzano Airport in the Northern Italian region of South Tyrol. The airline’s currently 12 Q400 turboprops connect the year-round popular tourist region with other parts of Italy but...

On Friday, October 13, 1972, the Fairchild FH-227 of the Uruguayan Air Force operating a charter flight from Montevideo to Santiago de Chile crashed in the Andes. Of the 45 passengers and crew members, including a team of young rugby players, 32 people...

  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...

Length: 18 cm Material: Resin Brand: Herpa On May 29, 2014, RA-89033 became UTair's first Superjet 100 to leave the paint shop in Ulyanovsk on the banks of the Volga River. The jet destined for UTair-Express received a livery specially developed for the...

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...

In 1967, Texas-based Braniff International revolutionized commercial aviation with its radical new color scheme – or rather color schemes: no less than 15 different colors were to attract attention and create more excitement for passengers. The...

Soon after the first examples of the Antonov AN-24 were imported from the Soviet Union in the 1960s, the plan arose to manufacture the robust aircraft locally within China. The first AN-24 assembled in Xi'an by the factory of the same name left the...

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...

As the last of 16 Ilyushin IL-18s, DM-STO entered service with Interflug, the state airline of the German Democratic Republic, in April of 1968. In the almost 30 years of service, the four-engine, Soviet-produced turboprop was the main aircraft type and...

Initially established for charter services, the “Gesellschaft für internationalen Flugverkehr mbH” (“Company for international Air Transportation, Limited”), better known as Interflug, became the sole national airline of 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 August 14th, 1974, the Panavia Tornado multi-role combat aircraft took off at Manching, Germany for its first flight. 50 years later, the aircraft is still operational with the Air Forces of Germany, Italy and Saudi Arabia. To celebrate the 50th...