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Air France goes retro for 75th anniversary

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Barbara Cockburn
 on November 20, 2008 9:55 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

 

air france retro.jpgAir France has become the latest carrier to repaint one of its aircraft in a retro livery, decorating this Airbus A320 to commemorate the airline's 75th anniversary.

This particular A320 is a 19-year old aircraft, F-GFKJ, and is pictured at Toulouse Blagnac Airport.

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In the archives: This is how Flight recorded the birth of Air France...

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In May Flight reported in video and pictures that a Finnair A319 had been painted in a retro Finnish Airlines livery.

And Monarch Airlines celebrated its 40th anniversary in April with a celebratory flight from Luton to Menorca with six Monarch Cabin Crew dressed in the original 1968 uniform. 

For pictures on new liveries take a look at our gallery on AirSpace.

Northwest Cargo Tails at Anchorage International Airport (ANC)

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Stuart
 on November 19, 2008 5:34 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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Flight this year purchased JP Fleets, the highly respected and informative yearly guide on fleet data.

In the production of the 2009 edition, we thought that it would be a great idea to have a competition which gives you the chance to have your image featured on the front cover of the 2009 JP Fleets book.

This image, taken by bwiadca is an example of the type of image we are looking for.


BMI A330

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Stuart
 on October 29, 2008 5:10 PM | | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)
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©Baron Inchcape @ AirSpace


Lufthansa is taking a majority shareholding in UK carrier BMI following the exercising of a share option agreement by BMI chairman Sir Michael Bishop.

Emirates takes delivery on 2nd Airbus A380

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Barbara Cockburn
 on October 25, 2008 10:00 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

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Image courtesy Emirates Group

 

 

On this day... in 1986

By
Barbara Cockburn
 on October 21, 2008 12:07 PM | | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0)

British Airways was offered up for sale by the British government.

This archive entry is actually from November 1986 reporting that the UK Department of Transport has announced that British Airways will be privatised "in the early weeks of 1987".

 

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The announcement of BA's privatisation was beset with hold-ups including an anti-trust case in which the US and the UK were in continuous disagreement over laws affecting air services between the two countries.

Also in August of this year BA ordered 16 Boeing 747s, as pictured.

Qantas A380 Cabin First Flight from Hamburg

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Barbara Cockburn
 on August 20, 2008 3:36 PM | | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)
20-08.jpgQantas A380's cabin first flight at Hamburg yesterday. Qantas Airways will take delivery of its first Airbus A380 on 19 September. It is the third airline to have the new aircraft type in its fleet.

The airline has set 20 October as the date for its first Airbus A380 service, between Melbourne and Los Angeles.

Courtesy of http://www.pbase.com/orio/qantasa380

Baboo seen at LFTZ/LTT ST Tropez La Mole

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Barbara Cockburn
 on August 16, 2008 8:00 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

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Picture credit: Yannick Delamarre

An Air Mauritius A340 on take off

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Barbara Cockburn
 on August 14, 2008 12:14 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

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AirSpace member erwan_ei uploaded an artistic image of an Air Mauritius A340 taking off from Tananarive, Madagascar's capital.

See erwan_ei's gallery on AirSpace

Lufthansa Focke-Wulf Fw 200 arrives in New York 70 years ago

By
Barbara Cockburn
 on August 10, 2008 9:00 AM | | Comments (3) | TrackBacks (0)

10-08.jpgOn this day 70 years ago a Lufthansa Focke-Wulf Fw 200 made a non-stop flight from Berlin to New York, via Hamburg, Glasgow, Newfoundland, and Halifax, taking 24hrs 36minutes for the trip.

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