airlines

Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Boeing 787 , is a long range , mid size ,wide body & twin engine jet airliner . It is launched by Boeing company in 2003 . Boeing 787 have three versions, capacity of 330 passengers 787-3 short range version , 210-250 passengers 787-8 baseline version , upto 290 passenger 787-9 stretched version . All three versions of 787 family will carry passengers non-stop on routes between 6500 km and 16000 km . Boeing 787 is using two types of engine , General Electric GENX engine & Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engine . It's length is 56 m , wingspan 59 m & height is 17.4 m .Recently , 787 is the fastest selling wide body airliner in the history with nearly 900 orders . According to Boeing company , it's first flight to occur by the end of 2009 . Boeing company have delayed it's first flight several times due to some reasons . First 787 aircraft will be delivered to All Nippon Airways at the end of 2010 .

Airbus 380 - New and Special

The Airbus 380 is a double deck, wide body and four engine airliner manufactured by European Corporation Airbus , a subsidiary of EADS. The largest passenger airliner in the world A380 made its maiden flight on 27th April 2005 from Toulouse-France and its first commercial flight on 25th October 2007 from Singapore to Sydney with Singapore Airlines . A380 is known as A3XX and its nick name is "SUPER jUMBO".

Airbus 380 - Airlines & Private Customers Orders

Here is the list of Airbus 380 orders by Airlines companies & Private customers , some aircrafts are delivered and remaining in orders .
Emirates......................................58
Qantas.........................................20
Singapore Airlines...................19
Lufthansa...................................15
Air France...................................12
British Airways..........................12
Etihad Airways..........................10
Korean Air..................................10
ILFC.............................................10
Malaysia Airlines........................6
Thai Airways...............................6
Virgin Atlantic.............................6
China Southern Airlines..........5
Kingfisher Airlines....................5
Qatar Airways............................5
Air Comet....................................4
Prince Al Walid..........................1

Emirates Airlines

Emirates Airlines, rated best Middle East airlines by Skytrax for the year of 2008 and consistently ranking in the top ten airlines worldwide every year, is also one of the safest airlines currently operating today, being one of the few with no fatalities in its history. With top notch amenities, passenger check-ins, baggage handling, and customer service as well, this airline is ranked as one of the best in terms of both passenger satisfaction and airline review agencies.

Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines snatched the overall Airline of the Year title for the quality of both its economy and premium class services. From top-notch food to friendly flight attendants, any long-haul flight on this airline, which flies more passengers every year than the entire population of Singapore, it is bound to be a pleasurable experience. It is the first airline to operate with Airbus A380 . It's fleet consists of 108 aircrafts .

Qantas

Qantas Airlines, based out of Australia, is currently ranked the third best international airline in the world by SkyTrax for 2008 and has placed in the top ten airlines in the world for the past five years , also the oldest airline in the world , Qantas is also the winner of SkyTrax’s 2008 Best Australasia Award , 2008 First Class Lounge award as well as the past recipient of the Most Original First Class Wine List award in both 2007 as well as 2008.

Asiana

Asiana Airlines , based in South Korea , is currently ranked among the world’s top ten international airlines in the world and is one of five star airlines , they have also been awarded SkyTrax’s Best Economy Class of 2008 awards . It was founded in 1988 & it is operating to 77 destination with a fleet size of 68 aircrafts .

Cathay Pacific

A former title winner, Cathay Pacific performed well overall ranking in the top four or five positions in almost every section of the survey. The flagship carrier of Hong Kong is also one of only six airlines worldwide to carry Skytrax's prestigious five star rating.

KLM

KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines) is the national airline of the Netherlands and is part of Air France. KLM's headquarters is in NETHERLANDS.
KLM operates domestic and worldwide scheduled passenger and cargo services to more than 90 destinations.

Etihad Airways

Etihad Airways, based in the UAE and flying out of Abu Dhabi International Airport, is ranked among the top ten international airlines in the world in 2008 for the first time since it has been in service. With first rate service in passenger check-ins, baggage handling, facilities, passenger service, on-time arrivals, and overall luxurious service offered .

Malaysia Airlines

Malaysia Airlines - flag carrier of Malaysia . It was founded in 1947 and it's new name was changed in 1987 , from Malaysian Airline System to Malaysia Airlines . Recently , it is operating to 114 destinations , with a fleet size of 85 aircrafts and few other aircrafts in order , including Super Jumbo A 380 . Along with Cathy-Pacific , it is one of only six airlines worldwide to hold Skytrax's five-star rating .

Lufthansa

Lufthansa is one of the largest airlines in Europe in terms of overall passengers carried, and the flag carrier of Germany.The airline is the world's 5th largest airline in terms of overall passengers carried, operating services to 209 destinations in 81 countries. Together with its partners Lufthansa services around 410 destinations.The Lufthansa Group operates more than 500 aircraft and employs worldwide 105,261 people of 146 nationalities . Lufthansa fleet size is 261 & it will operate first Airbus 380 in 2010 , second european airline to operate A 380 after Air France .

Gulf Air

Gulf Air is the flag carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain. The airline operates scheduled services to over 40 destinations in Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East and Far East.The airline is known to spend more on aircraft maintenance than any other airline of its size.The fleet consist of 32 aircrafts.

Conviasa - Venezuela

Conviasa is a state-owned airline based in Caracas, Venezuela. It operates services to domestic destinations and to destinations in the Caribbean and South America. It plans to add destinations in Europe to its network.The Conviasa fleet consists of 13 aircrafts.

Avianca - Colombia

Avianca - flag carrier airline of Colombia , operating to almost 49 destinations . It was founded in 1940 . Recently , it have 58 aircrafts in fleet and many more in orders . In 2009 , Ocean Air & VIP Ecuador will be rebranded as Avianca .

AeroSur - Bolivia

It is a private airline operates from Bolivia . This airline have 14 aircrafts in total. It was established in 1992 .

SriLankan Airlines

SriLankan Airlines Limited (previously known as Air Lanka) is the national airline of Sri Lanka. It operates a fleet of 12 Airbus aircraft to destinations in Asia and Europe from its main base and hub at Colombo - Bandaranaike International Airport.SriLankan Airlines has an all Airbus fleet. total number of aircrafts are 15.

LAN Airlines - Chile

LAN Airlines is an airline based in Santiago, Chile. As the principal Chilean airline, it is also Chile's flag carrier. LAN is one of the largest airlines in Latin America, with flights to Latin America, United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Oceania, and Europe. It is a member of the Oneworld airline alliance.LAN fleet consists of 80 aircrafts.

PIA -Pakistan International Airlines

Pakistan International Airlines- PIA flew its first service with the Super Constellation on 07 June 1954 on the route linking Karachi and Dhaka.PIA was the first Asian airline with pure-jet aircraft, in the form of a Boeing 707-321.
In 2002 PIA signed an agreement with Boeing Company for the biggest aircraft deal in the history of PIA.In August 2007, PIA signed a deal with Kuwait's Aviation Lease and Finance Company (ALAFCO) to lease seven new Airbus A320-200 aircrafts. The flag carrier of a young and developing nation which has had an eventful history to date, but it is a worthy ambassador for Pakistan and its people. Its services and personnel have helped to make the country more widely known and her people better understood in a large part of the world.

Maya Island Air

It is operating from Belize and it is a private airline . It is only flying to one international destination Honduras , except domestic flights.It's fleet size is 13 .

Trans Maldivian Airways

Trans Maldivian Airlines is a private airline of Maldives. It is the oldest air tranfer operator operating in Maldives and operating sea planes to resort island in Maldives. It's fleet size is 17 aircrafts .

Air Burkina - Burkina Faso

It is the national airline of Burkina Faso , previously known as Air Volta . It was founded in 1967 , recently operating with a small fleet of 5 aircrafts to 10 destinations.

Lao Airlines - Laos

Lao Airlines - National airline of Laos , operating to 12 international and domestic destinations with a fleet size of 6 aircrafts . It was owned by Laos government in 2003.

Albanian Airlines - Albania

Albanian Airlines operates from Albania , but it is owned by Albanian state and other partners . It operates international flight to 9 countries with a fleet size of 4 aircrafts .

Air Tahiti Nui - French Polynesia

It is the flag carrier airline of French Polynesia , founded in 1996 , basically to develop tourism . It is operating to 6 destination with a fleet of 5 aircrafts , since 1998 .

Ukraine International Airlines

Ukraine International Airlines is the flag carrier airline of Ukraine . It was founded in 1992 & it's headquater in Kiev - Ukraine . It operates 24 international and domestic destinations with a fleet of 17 aircrafts .

Kuwait Airways

Kuwait Airways is the national airline of Kuwait, based in Kuwait City and wholly owned by the Kuwaiti Government. It operates scheduled international services throughout the Middle East, to the Indian subcontinent, Europe, Southeast Asia and the United States. Its main base is Kuwait International Airport.Kuwait Airways is a member of the Arab Air Carrier Organization.The Kuwait Airways fleet have 20 aircrafts.

JAL - Japan Airlines

MAT - Macedonian Airlines

It is the flag carrier of Macedonia . It was founded in 1994 and operating to European destinations only. It's fleet consists of 3 aircrafts and few other aircrafts in order .

Kingfisher Airlines

Kingfisher Airlines is an airline based in Bangalore, India. It operates more than 400 flights a day and has a network of 72 destinations, with regional and long-haul international services.Kingfisher is one of six airlines in the world to have a five-star rating from Skytrax, along with Asiana Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific Airways.Kingfisher Airlines fleet currently consists of 75 aircrafts.

British Airways

American Airlines

American Airlines, Inc. (AA) is a major airline of the United States. It is the world's largest airline in passenger miles transported and passenger fleet size second largest, behind FedEx Express, in aircraft operated; and second behind Air France-KLM in operating revenues.In May 2008, American served 260 cities (excluding codeshares with partner airlines) with 655 aircraft.American carries more passengers between the US and Latin America (12.1 million in 2004) than any other airline, and is also strong in the trans/inter/intracontinental market.Its fleet consists of 613 aircrafts.

Varig Brazil

VARIG is the Brazilian flag carrier airline owned by Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes (parent company of Gol Transportes Aereos) based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. From the 1960s until the mid-2000s, it was Brazil's leading international airline.The Varig fleet consists of29 aircrafts.

Czech Airlines

Czech Airlines is the Czech national airline company based at Ruzyne Airport, Prague. It operates scheduled services to 69 destinations in 41 countries, including most major European cities and to transit points in the Middle East, North America, North Africa and Asia. It also operates charter and cargo services.Its fleet size is 53 aircrafts.

Cyprus Airways

Cyprus Airways Public Ltd - the national airline of Cyprus, based in Nicosia. It operates scheduled services to over 30 destinations in Europe, the Middle East and the Gulf. Its main operational base is Larnaca International Airport, due to the closure of Nicosia International Airport following the 1974 Turkish invasion. It also has a hub at Paphos International Airport.Cyprus Airways offers travel in economy (Aphrodite class Y) and business class (Apollo class C). Apollo class passengers have access to the Sunjet executive lounge at Larnaca and Paphos Airports. Its fleet consists of 12 aircrafts.

Middle East Airlines

Middle East Airlines is the flag carrier airline of Lebanon .It was founded in 1945 and it's headquarter is in Beirut . It operates to 26 destinations with a fleet size of 13 aircrafts .

Olympic Airlines - Greece

Olympic Airlines is the flag carrier airline of Greece, based in Athens. It operates services to 35 domestic destinations On March 6th, 2009, the Greek State announced it had reached an agreement to sell the Flight Operations and Technical Base of the Group to Marfin Investment Group, the largest Greek investment fund, thus ending a 35-year period of state ownership.and to 39 destinations world-wide.Olympic Airline fleet consists of 39 aircrafts.

Aer Lingus - Ireland

Aer Lingus is the flag carrier airline of Ireland. Based at Dublin Airport, it operates 46 Airbus aircraft serving Europe, Africa and North America. The airline is 29.4% owned by Ryanair and 25.4% owned by the Government of Ireland. It was floated on the Dublin and London Stock Exchanges on 2 October 2006.

Kenya Airways

Kenya Airways is the flag carrier airline of Kenya, based in Nairobi. It started operations on 4 February 1977, and operates scheduled services throughout Africa and to Europe and the Indian subcontinent, with its main base at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi . It's fleet consists of 25 aircrafts.

Finnair - Finland

Finnair is Finland's largest airline and the flag carrier , with its headquarters in Vantaa, Finland, and its main hub at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. Finnair and its subsidiary companies dominate both the domestic and international air travel markets in Finland. The largest owner is the Finnish Government with 57.04% of the shares. Finnair is a member of the Oneworld alliance. It operates to 66 destinations , in addition there are about 50 seasonal charter-flight destinations Skytrax ranks Finnair as four-star airline . Its fleet have 69 aircrafts .

Egypt Air

Egypt Air is the national airline of Egypt , it was founded in 1932 . It operates to 74 destinations around the world & it's fleet consists of 59 aircrafts , including cargo aircrafts .

South African Airways

South African Airways is South Africa's flag carrier . It was founded in 1934 . It operates 32 international destinations in 26 countries . South African Airways fleet consists of 49 aircrafts.

Philippine Airlines

Philippine Air Lines , is the national airline of the Philippines . It is the first commercial airline in Asia and the oldest of those currently in operation, with a long and distinguished history spanning over sixty years . Philippine Airlines serves eighteen destinations in the Philippines and twenty-six destinations in Southeast Asia , East Asia , Australia , Canada and the United States.

Swiss International Airlines

For most of its 71 years, Swissair was one of the major international airlines and known as the "Flying Bank" due to the financial stability of the airline, causing it be regarded as a Swiss national symbol and icon.In 2002 the successor airline Swiss International Air Lines was born. First called Swiss Air Lines, this Company was based on the former Crossair, and was basically a merger of Crossair and former Swissair Employees, Routes, aircraft etc.The name had to be changed to Swiss International Air Lines due to some legal problems. Swiss International Airlines operating to 80 destinations with a fleet of 79 aircrafts .

Air Europa - Spain

Air Europa is an airline based in Llucmajor, Majorca, Spain.It operates inclusive tour services between northern and western Europe and holiday resorts in the Canary Islands and Balearic Islands. It also operates domestic scheduled services and long-haul scheduled services to North America, South America and the Caribbean.The Air Europa fleet consists of 40 aircrafts.

Tarom - Romanian Airlines

TAROM , is the flag carrier airline of Romania. Its main base is the Henri Coanda International Airport in Bucharest(formerly known as the Otopeni airport). The airline operates scheduled domestic services and international services to destinations.The airline serves 47 destinations in 21 countries (Europe, Middle East and northern Africa) including 11 domestic destinations. The busiest domestic routes are Bucharest - Cluj (operated with Boeing 737 and Airbus A318 ) and Bucharest - Timişoara (sometimes operated with Airbus A310. The fleet consist of 26 aircrafts.

Austrian Airlines

TAP - Portugal

TAP is the national airline of Portugal and its leading airline. It is based in Lisbon (Portela Airport), and is a member of Star Alliance since March 14, 2005, the same day on which the company also celebrated its 60th anniversary. Its hub in Lisbon is a key European gateway at the crossroads of Africa, North America and South America, where TAP stands out as the leading carrier in operation to Brazil, with 67 frequencies a week. Currently, TAP's network comprises 65 destinations in 30 countries worldwide. TAP operates over 1,600 weekly flights on average on a modern fleet of 53 Airbus aircraft, to which are added 16 more aircraft servicing PGA, recently acquired.

Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways is the flag carrier airline of Qatar . Qatar Airways awarded 5 star rating by Skytrax , only 5 other airlines to get this award . It is operating to 84 destinations in 52 countries . It was founded in 1993 . Qatar Airways fleet size is 66 , Airbus A-380 and Boeing 787 will be added in 2012 & 2011, respectively .

Brussels Airlines

Brussels Airlines (styled in its official logo as brussels airlines) is the largest Belgian airline. It operates to over 50 destinations in 20 European countries as well as long-haul flights to East, Central and West Africa. It also operates charter services, maintenance and training of cockpit and cabin crew.Its fleet have 45 aircrafts.