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Low-cost long-haul: Airlines reveal secrets to making it work

Viewed by many within the industry as unworkable and unprofitable, the concept of low fares for traditional long-haul flights had its critics before the idea got off the ground. But new technology and global events now make this a new operator revenue stream, Michael Doran finds out

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Inside FlyArystan: Kazakhstan's pioneering low-cost airline

Air Astana’s new budget offshoot has already outgrown its parent and is aiming to become the preeminent airline in Central Asia. Airliner World’s Craig West travelled to its headquarters in Almaty to find out more

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Pilot training – what does it take to become a pilot?

It’s a career many seek, and many others have previously cherished. But how do you go about becoming a pilot? Airliner World turns to training organisations for advice

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Stuck in the mud: rescuing a stranded Cessna 208 in South Sudan

Given the nature of its operations and the nature it operates within, Mission Aviation Fellowship often faces challenges alien to other carriers. Robin Evans details the recent recovery of a stranded Cessna 208B Grand Caravan

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Ethiopian 737 MAX crash report criticised by US and French investigators

The final report into the fatal 2019 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX has attracted criticism from investigators in the US and France.

Flybondi's 30-hour ferry flight

Argentinian low-cost carrier Flybondi has welcomed the tenth Boeing 737-800 to its fleet. The delivery of the 189-seat aircraft required some creative route planning, with a 30-hour journey to get the narrowbody from Sacheon in South Korea to Buenos Aires.

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ATR turboprops to Uzbekistan

A new regional airline called Silk Avia is to acquire Franco-Italian-built turboprops. Read more here…

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Fledging Flyr: A unique low-cost carrier

Tom Batchelor meets Tonje Wikstrøm Frislid, CEO of new Norwegian carrier Flyr, to learn more about taking a different approach to running a low-cost airline.

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World Airline Passenger Ranking for 2021: Cirium analysis

In this month’s catch-up with the Cirium team, chief of strategy Kevin O’Toole looks back at how the world’s largest airlines fared during the pandemic

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The bold sustainability plans of easyJet

Low-fare carrier easyJet believes hydrogen is the key to greener flying. Chief operating officer David Morgan talks to Richard Schuurman about the airline’s bold sustainability plans.