Commercial Concorde Speeds On Concorde celebrated 20 years of commercial service in January, and British Airways is planning to keep the world’s only supersonic transport in service for another two decades. Since the inaugural service from London Heathrow to Bahrain on January 21, 1976, BA’s seven Concordes have made some 42,000 flights, logged more than

Fokker Deadline Looms The future of Fokker was in doubt at press time following majority shareholder Daimler-Benz Aerospace’s late January decision to withdraw financial support from the troubled manufacturer. DASA’s announcement of its decision not to provide further financial support for the debt-laden Fokker has forced the Dutch airframer to seek bankruptcy protection, similar to

It’s the festive season, so let’s all relax and take a peek into the future at what might be, if only … This is Newsdesk, January issue year 2000. Qantas Accepts Final A340 Qantas accepted the 15th and final in its order for Airbus A340-300LRs on Christmas Eve. “The type has allowed us to pioneer

Register Review Forty aircraft are listed in the new allocation section this month and taking into account the monthly deletions, this represents a slight increase in the number of aeroplanes operated in Australia and brings the total to 10,636 including gliders. A good cross section of aviation is represented from balloons to another leased Boeing