LET’S DIVE into its history and see what has made it what it is today. Let’s also look at the challenges it is facing in light of the COVID-19 pandemic that has so radically changed the world. Francois Legault founded Transat in 1986 as Trafic Voyage

TERUEL AIRPORT (TEV) may not be well known because it has never operated scheduled passenger flights. Yet, this low-profile airport in eastern Spain exceeds more than 20 of the country’s airports in terms of operating income. And for an unusual reaso

THE 777S’ US$100-million interior upgrades, which had begun in early 2018, had been intended to bring their cabin products in line with those on the A350, Delta’s newest long-haul aircraft. According to the press release at the time: “The Boeing 777

IT IS ALWAYS worth it to visit Kiev, the capital of Ukraine—a monumental and interesting city that can easily keep you busy for at least a couple of days. With the Antonov company based there, Kiev is intimately linked to aviation. Aircraft are still

ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2020, the Italian carrier was the first to introduce such procedures in a trial initially planned to last 30 days but later extended to January 31, 2021. Two flights (AZ2038 at 13:30 and AZ2092 at 17:20) out of the seven daily ones f

FORTUNATELY FOR Piedmont, Tom Davis’s management team had ordered 10 Fairchild-Hiller FH-227Bs to replace the smaller F-27s in the company’s fleet. The new type entered service with the airline in 1967. The FH-227B was equipped with 44 passenger seat

IT’S EARLY Wednesday morning, and it’s still dark outside. Mid-December days are short. But this Wednesday is going to be longer than most. While eating breakfast at home, I am reviewing the 133 pages of the flight plan and the briefing package on th

1. Mexico’s flag carrier 9. Children traveling alone 10. Narrowbody or Widebody 13. Path between airports 14. Arlanda Airport 15. San Antonio International Airport 17. Ecuadorean airline, now deceased 18. Abu Dhabi Airport 21. Neos IATA code 22. Cont

AIRWAYS SPECIAL Viasa AIRWAYS TRAVELER Air Senegal AIRPORT REVIEW Southend Airport AIRWAYS HISTORY The Douglas DC-5 * On schedule is subject to change at editor’s discretion. The March / April 2021 issue of Airways will be available from March 1, 202

Hi, Airways, As a subscriber for many years, I have enjoyed reading the very informative and enjoyable articles in Airways. The pictures aren’t too shabby, either. I wanted to ask a question that has been bugging me about the Departing and Arrival pi

N734N was the first Boeing 737-200 for Piedmont Airlines. Delivered in 1968, it was the 29th 737 built. The jetliner flew all over its operational life with Piedmont and subsequently with US Air in 1989 until its retirement in 1996 after almost three

AIRBUS A220-300 C-GPJH MSN 55099 The first Airbus A220-300 for JetBlue (B6) completed its inaugural test flight from the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley in Mobile, Alabama, (MOB) on December 9. The first of 70 A220s for the New York-based airline was sch

1989 was an exciting year in world history, especially for Germany. Two weeks after the fall of the wall between the two parts of the formerly divided country, Andreas Spaeth (text and photos) witnessed German aviation history first hand. FRIDAY, DEC

FORTY YEARS ago, in the late evening of June 27, 1980, a young girl named Giuliana was one of 81 souls onboard Itavia Flight IH870. She was an unaccompanied minor on that flight. She waved goodbye to her grandparents in Bologna. Her father, Roberto,

Argentina has the worst weather conditions for flying in Latin America. That was the consensus of colleagues who fly at COPA Airlines as we recently talked about our craft. Unlike the Caribbean, where storms are very well-defined—and the normal pract

ON A SUNNY June day, on the southern tip of a peninsular area in the suburb called Bærum, Norway, people are swimming, playing volleyball, and enjoying ice cream. The warm summer weather has brought people out to every single beach in the Oslo area.

AIRLINE EXECUTIVES had anticipated yet another year of reaping healthy profits, taking delivery of hundreds of brand-new multi-million-dollar planes, opening new routes, and expanding their frontiers. For Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), things had been

THIS COVID-19 era is a unique and intense time for cargo operations. Whether they involve healthcare necessities or the basic elements of food and drink, deliveries have rarely been more important to families and businesses, which are still largely t

Piedmont Airlines was born. The inaugural flight had been scheduled to operate several days earlier, but two winter ice storms struck the city of Wilmington, forcing a delay. When it finally took place, Piedmont’s first flight was met with a celebrat

ON A RECENT stretch of time at home, I found myself going through some old photo albums. With a quick flip of a page, memories flooded back to life. Old friends and airplanes and the places we flew them soared past my eyes with the feeling that it ha

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Hi, Airways, Everything old is new again. When I first saw the September-October 2020 cover, I knew I had seen it before. My money was on one of those rare Airliners International magazines from the mid-1970s. And I was close, as it was the Air Class