Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Viasa retro tribute

Transcarga International Airways painted one of it´s aircraft with the colors of the defunct Venezuelan airline Viasa. The plane is an Airbus A300B4-203 Freighter (msn 274) - Reg. YV562T.

Monday, June 29, 2015

Vintage Airplanes

Vicker Viscount (BEA-British European Airways), Caravelle (SAS-Scandinavian Airlines System), Comet IV (Dan-Air London), DC-8 (World Airways), VC-10 (BOAC-British Overseas Airways Corporation).

Sunday, June 28, 2015

The World´s Top 10 Airlines in 2015

In the World Airline Awards ceremony at Paris Airshow in Le Bourget, Skytrax announced the world´s Top 10 Airlines in 2015, voted for by airline customers around the globe. Below is the 2015 rating.    1)Qatar Airways, 2)Singapore Airlines, 3)Cathay Pacific Airways, 4)Turkish Airlines, 5)Emirates, 6)Etihad Airways, 7)All Nippon Airways, 8)Garuda Indonesia, 9)Eva Air, 10) Qantas. Another positions: Asiana (11), Lufthansa (12), Austrian (13), Swiss (14), Air France (15), British Airways (20), Japan Airlines (21), Air Canada (27), KLM (28), Finnair (31), Delta Air Lines (45), Aeroflot (46) Jet Blue (50), China Airlines (52), Iberia (56) , SAS (57), United Airlines (60), Alaska (65), Southwest (67), Alitalia (74) , American Airlines (79), Hawaiian (82), Saudi Arabian (84).

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

PIA Pakistan - retrojet

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) retro-painted an Airbus A320-214 (msn 3031) reg. AP-BLA in 1960s livery to celebrate 60 years of service (1955-2015). Congratulations PIA.

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Spirit Airlines first Airbus A321

Picture of Spirit´s Airlines first Airbus A321-231(WL) reg. D-AVZF (msn 6672) in Hamburg. Will be N657NK.

Saturday, June 20, 2015

Fly Baghdad - New Iraqi Airline

Fly Baghdad takes delivery of its first aircraft, an ex Spain´s Air Nostrum (EC-JCO) Bombardier CRJ200 (msn 7984) Iraqi reg. YI-BAH. The airline is planning to start operations from Baghdad to Basra, Najaf, and Erbil.

Wizz Air order 110 Airbus A321neo

Hungarian low-cost airline, Wizz Air has signed at the Paris Air Show an order for purchase 110 units of the newest version of the Airbus A321.The deal signed (U$S 13.684 millon) is one of the biggest contract´s signed by Airbus at Le Bourget. The Wizz Air A321neo are configurated with 239 seats.