If there were a graveyard for airlines, it would be littered with the headstones of various ‘airlines within airlines’ that legacy carriers established over the years to fight off competition from low-cost start-ups. Lee Cross looks back at the multiple failures
The prototype Ilyushin IL-114-300, number 54115, has received the corporate livery of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) as it continues its test flight programme.
Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) will perform base maintenance, repair and overhaul inspection work on Global Airlines’ first Airbus A380 ahead of the UK start-up carrier commencing operations in 2025.
An ‘Emirates World’ Travel Store has opened in London which allows people to experience some of the airline’s onboard products, such as a First Class private suite and the lounge on an A380.
Ocala, Florida-based warbird operator Tim Savage — whose ‘Western Airlines’ Douglas DC-3 NC33644 was flown to Europe as part of the D-Day Squadron during the spring — has announced the acquisition of C-47A 43-15935/N33VW from Hangar 360 Aircraft Services at Bolton, Mississippi.
Top award at the 18th annual Freddie March Spirit of Aviation concours d’elegance for pre-1966 aircraft at the weather-beaten Goodwood Revival from 6-8 September went to John Romain for the Aircraft Restoration Company’s Westland Lysander IIIa V9312/G-CCOM, the only airworthy British-built Lysander in the world.
During an event held at Andravida Air Base on August 28, an F-4E (AUP) was rolled out sporting a new anniversary scheme to celebrate 50 years of Phantom II operations with the Hellenic Air Force (HAF).
In the early 1990s, German reunification and the subsequent economic measures made it clear that the Luftwaffe would need to strengthen its structure, disband several units and close certain bases.
The last remaining HC-130H Hercules in US Coast Guard (USCG) service was retired after making its final flight from Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Clearwater in Florida on September 24.
After 35 years, Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze No 2 (WZL-2; Military Aviation Works No 2) at Bydgoszcz, Poland, has completed overhauling, repairing, maintaining and modernising the Polish Air Force (PoAF) fleet of Su-22M4/UM3K Fitter-K/G variable-sweep wing fighter-bombers.