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First Flyer: American Airlines trans-Pacific
by: Christopher Pittman
Against the background of a tug-of-war for the loyalties of Japan Airlines (JAL) by its current and would-be partners—American Airlines and Delta Air Lines, respectively—AIRWAYS sampled AA’s premium-class service between the USA and Tokyo, and experienced the Oneworld alliance’s operations at Narita.
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Airways Magazine - March 2010
March 2010 (Volume 17 No 1) (Issue No 169)
On sale on US and Canada newsstands from Tuesday, February 2 (24 February in the UK)…subscribers will receive their copies up to two weeks earlier.
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Airways Magazine - February 2010
February 2010 (Volume 16 No 12) (Issue No 168)
On sale on US and Canada newsstands from Tuesday, January 5 (27 January in the UK)…subscribers will receive their copies up to two weeks earlier.
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Kenya Airways
by: Christopher J Varady
Flying across Africa, from Cairo, Egypt, to Monrovia, Liberia, via Khartoum, Sudan, and Nairobi, Kenya.
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Airways Magazine - January 2010
January 2010 (Volume 16 No 11) (Issue No 167)
On sale on US and Canada newsstands from Tuesday, December 1 (30 December in the UK)...subscribers will receive their copies up to two weeks earlier.
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Star Alliance Mileage Run
by: Joe Wolf
Recently, a poster to FlyerTalk's mileage run forum made me aware of an exceptional fare out of Minneapolis on United Airlines: MSP–GEG for $144 with tax, in first class. This fare was lower than the value of the Mileage Plus miles I would earn, so I immediately booked a one-day roundtrip. A bonus was the chance to fly on a United Boeing 737 for the last time.
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Airways Magazine - December 2009
December 2009 (Volume 16 No 10) (Issue No 166)
On sale on US and Canada newsstands from Tuesday, November 3 (25 November in the UK)...subscribers will receive their copies up to two weeks earlier.
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Airways Magazine - November 2009
November 2009 (Volume 16 No 9) (Issue No 165)
On sale on US and Canada newsstands from Tuesday, October 6 (21 October in the UK)…subscribers will receive their copies up to two weeks earlier.
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Airways Magazine - October 2009
October 2009 (Volume 16 No 8) (Issue No 164)
On sale on US and Canada newsstands from Tuesday, September 1 (30 September in the UK)…subscribers will receive their copies up to two weeks earlier.
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Ethiopian Airlines (inter-Europe)
by: Luigi Vallero
Flying between the capitals of Sweden and Italy is not as easy and convenient as you might imagine. Alitalia, KLM, Lufthansa, and Swiss all provide scheduled one-stop service, but not on a daily basis, and at relatively inconvenient times. Another—perhaps surprising—option is to fly nonstop with Ethiopian Airlines.
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Airways Magazine - September 2009
September 2009 (Volume 16 No 7) (Issue No 163)
On sale on US and Canada newsstands from Tuesday, August 4 (27 August in the UK)...subscribers will receive their copies up to two weeks earlier.
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MALÉV Hungarian Airlines
by: Luigi Vallero
MALÉV Hungarian Airlines, profiting from its status as a 'Balkan countries expert', is among the few European legacy carriers providing a reliable service enabling connections across Europe via its efficient Budapest hub.
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American Airlines Means Business to Madrid
by: Christopher Pittman
May 1, 2009, saw the start of new daily nonstop service between Dallas/Fort Worth and Madrid, marking the most westerly origination for such flights from the USA to Spain.
Airways sampled the new Madrid service in the business class cabin.
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Airways Magazine - August 2009
August 2009 (Volume 16 No 6) (Issue No 162)
On sale on US and Canada newsstands from Tuesday, June 30 (22 July in the UK)...subscribers will receive their copies up to two weeks earlier.
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In-flight with Wataniya
by: Christopher J Varady
Forget about five-star airlines. Wataniya Airways is in a class by itself. Every aspect of the airline's service - in both classes - is flawless and well-thought out to the last detail...
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Airways Magazine - July 2009
July 2009 (Volume 16 No 5) (Issue No 161)
On sale on US and Canada newsstands from Tuesday, June 2 (24 June in the UK)…subscribers will receive their copies up to two weeks earlier.
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Airways Magazine - June 2009
June 2009 (Volume 16 No 4) (Issue No 160)
On sale on US and Canada newsstands from Tuesday, May 5 (20 May in the UK)...subscribers will receive their copies up to two weeks earlier.
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American Airlines-Biz Flyer
by: Anne Spiselman
My connecting flight was late leaving Chicago. It was supposed to depart ORD at 1320 and arrive at AA’s new Terminal 8 at JFK at 1635, a comfortable hour before the departure for MXP. But as the scheduled departure time came and went, and we sat on the tarmac awaiting our turn to take off, I began to get anxious…
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Airways Magazine - May 2009
May 2009 (Volume 16 No 2) (Issue No 159)
On sale on US and Canada newsstands from Tuesday, March 31 (22 April in the UK)…subscribers will receive their copies up to two weeks earlier.
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Airways Magazine-April 2009
April 2009 (Volume 16 No 2) (Issue No 158)
On sale on US and Canada newsstands from Tuesday, March 3 (25 March in the UK)…subscribers will receive their copies up to two weeks earlier.
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Qatar Airways
by: Christopher J Varady
At Qatar Airways’s desk at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport there were only about five passengers waiting for check-in.
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Airways Magazine-March 2009
March 2009 (Volume 16 No 1) (Issue No 157)
On sale on US and Canada newsstands from Tuesday, February 3 (25 February in the UK)…subscribers will receive their copies up to two weeks earlier.
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Airways Author Index
Welcome to Airways Magazine. Here is an index to our authors, from Volume 1 through Volume 16 (1994-2010), of Airways Magazine (index is in xls format).
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Airways Magazine-February 2009
February 2009 (Volume 15 No 12) (Issue No 156)
On sale on US and Canada newsstands from Tuesday, December 30 (21 January in the UK)…subscribers will receive their copies up to two weeks earlier.
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EL AL: Israel's Flying Star
by: Marvin G Goldman
This beautifully illustrated book portrays the rise of EL AL Israel Airlines from a mere vision to one of the world’s most efficient and respected carriers.
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Airways Magazine-January 2009
January 2009 (Volume 15 No 11) (Issue No 155)
On sale on US and Canada newsstands from Tuesday, December 2 (24 December in the UK)…subscribers will receive their copies up to two weeks earlier.
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‘A345’ Ultra-long-haul
by: Christopher J Varady
After trying to use ‘LH Miles & More’ points to fly in SQ’s ‘new Business Class’, I was half-disappointed, half-afraid to hear that the only flight available was its A340-500 ‘LeaderShip’ service. Later, the opportunity arose to sample Thai’s ‘A345’ ultra-long-haul experience.
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Airways Magazine-December 2008
December 2008 (Volume 15 No 10) (Issue No 154)
On sale on US and Canada newsstands from Tuesday, November 4 (15 November in the UK)--subscribers will receive their copies up to two weeks earlier.
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Airways Magazine-November 2008
(Volume 15 No 9) (Issue No 153) On sale on US and Canada newsstands from Tuesday, September 30 (22 October in the UK)…subscribers will receive their copies up to two weeks earlier.
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Airways Magazine-October 2008
(Volume 15 No 8) (Issue No 152) On sale on US and Canada newsstands from Tuesday, September 2 (Wednesday, 13 September in the UK)…subscribers will receive their copies up to two weeks earlier.
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Air Malta
by: Luigi Vallero
I had booked this trip through the airmalta.com website two weeks before departure, at the reasonable rate of €107 ($140) including all taxes.
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Austrian Airlines 'Chef on Board' and more
by: Anne Spiselman
If Austrian were like most airlines, the gastronomic gaffes that
distressed Schrempf wouldn't cause much concern. FAs typically handle service, and while multi-course meals with individually plated main courses remain the rule for international first class, in business, pre-plated mains and sides heated together are becoming more prevalent.
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Airways Magazine-September 2008
(Volume 15 No 7) (Issue No 151)
On sale on US and Canada newsstands from Tuesday, July 29 (Wednesday, 20 August in the UK)…subscribers will receive their copies up to two weeks earlier.
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Austrian Airlines
by: Anne Spiselman
Austrian Airlines’s business class was on a par with some other carriers’ international first class, at least in my experience.
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Airways Magazine-August 2008
(Volume 15 No 6) (Issue No 150)
On sale on US and Canada newsstands from Tuesday, July 1 (Wednesday, 23 July in the UK)…subscribers will receive their copies up to two weeks earlier.
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AA curries favor—and flavor—on ORD-DEL flights
by: Anne Spiselman
Since June 1, passengers in first and business class on American Airlines’s daily flights from Chicago to Delhi, India, have been able to enjoy entrées (mains, to non-US readers) created exclusively for the carrier by Maneet Chauhan, executive chef at Vermilion, downtown Chicago’s renowned Indian fusion restaurant.
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Airways Magazine-July 2008
July 2008 (Volume 15 No 5) (Issue No 149)
On sale on US and Canada newsstands from Tuesday, June 3 (Thursday, 26 June in the UK)…subscribers will receive their copies up to two weeks earlier.
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Airways Magazine - June- 2008
June 2008 (Volume 15 No 4) (Issue No 148)
On sale on US and Canada newsstands from Tuesday, April 29 (Saturday, 10 May in the UK)…subscribers will receive their copies up to two weeks earlier.
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Airways Magazine - March 2008
March 2008 (Volume 15 No 1) (Issue No 145)
On sale on US and Canada newsstands from Wednesday, February 5 (Saturday, 16 February in the UK)…subscribers will receive their copies up to two weeks earlier.
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Airways Magazine - February 2008
February 2008 (Volume 14 No 12) (Issue No 144)
On sale on US and Canada newsstands from Wednesday, January 2 (Saturday, 12 January in the UK)…subscribers will receive their copies up to two weeks earlier.
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Airways Magazine - January 2008
(Volume 14 No 11) (Issue No 143)
On sale on US and Canada newsstands from Tuesday, December 4 (Saturday, 22 December in the UK)…subscribers will receive their copies up to two weeks earlier.
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Airways Magazine - October 2007
October 2007 (Volume 14 No 8) (Issue No 140)
On sale on US and Canada newsstands from Tuesday, September 3 (Saturday, 22 September in the UK)…subscribers will receive their copies up to two weeks earlier.
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Flight KAL007: The Anatomy of a Cover-up
by: Robert W Allardyce & James Gollin
A publishing event, meticulous research and tenacious diligence reveals the evidence that enables the stunning true story behind the Korean Air Lines KAL007 disaster to be told in an exclusive three-part series in the August, September, and October issues.
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Airways Magazine - Sept 2007
September 2007 (Volume 14 No 7) (Issue No 139)
On sale on US and Canada newsstands from Tuesday, July 31 (Saturday, 18 August in UK)…subscribers will receive their copies up to two weeks earlier.
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American Airlines Wine Consultant
by: Anne Spiselman
If you flew American Airlines to Italy in first or business class last May, you could have sipped Pommery Brut Non-Vintage Champagne, followed by Sileni New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc or Murphy-Goode Sonoma County Chardonnay and Val di Suga Brunello di Montalcino or Clos du Val Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon.
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Airways Magazine - July 2007
July 2007 (Volume 14 No 5) (Issue No 137)
On sale on US and Canada newsstands from Tuesday, June 5 (Saturday, 23 June in UK)…subscribers will receive their copies up to two weeks earlier.
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American Airlines
by: Anne Spiselman
Travellers who need a little extra care and attention, such as those requiring wheelchair assistance, often seem to be forgotten, as occurred on these two US domestic American Airlines flights.
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Airways Magazine - June 2007
(Volume 14 No 4) (Issue No 136)
On sale on US and Canada newsstands from Tuesday, April 3 (Wednesday, 11 April in UK)…subscribers will receive their copies up to two weeks earlier.
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British Airways (trans-Atlantic)
by: Luigi Vallero
To my great pleasure, the dedicated check-in desks in Area D for ‘Club World’ passengers were deserted. In no time I received my boarding pass, as well as all the information on how to go to the BA Lounge.
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Airways Magazine - March 2007
When Air Deccan, India’s first independent low-cost carrier, began service in August 2003 few imagined that it would completely transform the domestic aviation market with unprecedented, explosive growth. In only three years the number of annual passengers has nearly doubled, to 30 million.
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Condor
by: Andreas Rohde
With its seasonal (northern summer), thrice-weekly service from Anchorage to Frankfurt, Condor offers the only nonstop link between Alaska and Europe.
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Air Seychelles
by: Andreas Rohde
Air Seychelles is one of the smallest independent international air carriers, yet one with a distinctive local touch.
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Gulf Air
by: Andreas Rohde
With the boom in the Chinese and Hong Kong economies, flights from the former British Crown Colony to Europe are notoriously oversold.
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Hawaiian Airlines
by: Ivan K Nishimura
The counter staff at HNL, and flight and cabin crews of HA026, were all outstanding, exemplifying Hawai‘i’s ‘Aloha Spirit’.
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Star Alliance: TAP Portugal & United Airlines
by: Joe Wolf
In October 2006, I flew the Star Alliance from Lisbon to Minneapolis. I flew on TAP Portugal from Lisbon to London Heathrow, and United Airlines from Heathrow to Chicago O’Hare then on to Minneapolis. While I found the in-flight service on both airlines reasonably good, I was exasperated by every airport I passed through except MSP.
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Flybe
by: Haas Mroue
Far superior than both Easyjet and Ryanair, Flybe’s smaller size means that you can still expect some graciousness from the flight attendants.
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British Airways
by: Trent Nickson
As most European airlines do not offer a continental business class product, the fact that British Airways does automatically puts the airline a step ahead of the competition.
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Avianca
by: Ernest White II
Compared with many Latin American airlines, Avianca rates good marks for solid, professional service; agreeable, bilingual cabin crews; and convenient connections through its Bogotá hub for domestic and other international destinations.
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Lufthansa (North Atlantic)
by: Haas Mroue
Lufthansa receives very high marks for excellent service that is still superior to most other western airlines; catering out of LAX leaves a lot to be desired, however.
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MiMa by Eurofly
by: Luigi Vallero
The new MiMa by Eurofly service offers a hip and unmatched experience that other carriers flying between Milan and New York City do not currently offer to their high-yield customers.
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Airways Magazine - November 2006
A new page has been turned in the history of aerial firefighting as the industry enters the era of the ‘Supertanker’, with conversions of the Boeing 747-200 and McDonnell Douglas DC-10 now available.
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Royal Jordanian (RJA)
by: Sana Chebaro
With talk of joining the Oneworld alliance and a fleet upgrade (the ex-Air France and Sabena A340s are a dozen years old), Royal Jordanian has the potential to become a decent airline.
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Iberia
by: Luigi Vallero
The departure gate at Rome FCO for my Iberia flight to Madrid was B7, in the Schengen area, a short walk from the main domestic terminal. I arrived at the gate to find the Boeing 757-200 already being serviced.
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Spanair
by: Luigi Vallero
To catch Spanair’s flight from Madrid-Barajas to the island of Tenerife, I had to walk for about five minutes after arriving from Rome with Alitalia.
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Finnair
by: Luigi Vallero
I through-checked for my whole journey from Italy to Japan, then proceeded to FCO’s Gate B8 where passengers gradually gathered for Finnair’s daily nonstop service to Helsinki.
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Edelweiss Air
by: Luigi Vallero
The airport of Olbia, Sardinia, is traditionally a sleepy haven during the winter months, but returns to a hectic level of movements with the arrival of the summer season. Charters and scheduled flights from most Italian cities and many European airports bring sunseekers to the beaches of the Costa Smeralda. Among the airlines that traditionally serve the airport, Edelweiss Air links Olbia with Zürich with ‘scheduled charter’ service.
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Air France by Régional
by: Luigi Vallero
Leaving Nice by air on a clear day is the best way to enjoy the beautiful views which can be afforded from its airport (Airways, January 2003). In particular, domestic flights leave from Terminal 2, located to the west of Terminal 1, overlooking the azure Mediterranean waters as well as the city and its surrounding hills.
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Salmon-Thirty-Salmon
by: Mac af Uhr
The sun-starved residents of Juneau, the state capital, came out in droves during their morning coffee breaks. Sitting on office building steps with faces upturned, their fleece jackets lay discarded nearby while they absorbed the early spring sunshine as if in a trance.
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DEREGULATION KNOCKOUTS: Round Two
by: Tom W Norwood
The US deregulation battle continues, with 60 new jet-equipped passenger airlines disappearing between 1990 and 2005, including start-ups, charter and former cargo carriers, and regionals that transitioned to pure-jets.
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FLIGHTLINES
by: Richard S Drury
As the consummate aviator, the true pilot’s pilot, Richard S Drury combines real-world flying experiences with a rare writing ability that captures the very essence of the spirit of flight.
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THE MARTINLINERS
by: Gary L Killion
Years of meticulous research have finally produced an accurate account of the Martin series of twin-engine transports, a classic Fifties propliner that is now enjoying renewed interest by several preservation groups.
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CARAVELLE: The Complete Story
by: John Wegg
The result of more than 30 years research by the acknowledged specialist on the subject—both in France and overseas—this monumental work is the first complete account of the post-war development and 45-year operational career of the first aircraft to adopt the now universal rear-engined layout, and the first airliner to prove the turbojet over short- and medium-haul routes.
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Airways Magazine - September 2006
SkyWest Airlines is the largest independently-owned regional airline in the United States. Last year, SkyWest carried 16.6 million passengers and ranked as the number one on-time US mainland carrier for the third year in a row.
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A Day in the Life of an Airline Captain
by: Rand K Peck
On an early Monday morning FO Tom Hutchinson and I showed up for an 0600 van to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). We were assigned to fly to Minneapolis/St Paul (MSP) then continue to New York-LaGuardia (LGA) for a long downtown layover.
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United Airlines
by: Haas Mroue
Quick and efficient, first class lived up to its name and was called first for boarding. Only half of the 24 seats were occupied, which meant I had ample space with the adjacent 6B vacant.
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Ryanair
by: Seija A Wegg
The ‘Low Fares Airline’ (by its own admission) reviewed here is Ryanair that, in November 2003, flew some two million passengers in the UK and around Europe, or 240,000 more than British Airways. I was one of them (along with this magazine’s editor in chief). We were also first-time travellers on ‘Britain’s favourite airline’ (another Ryanair claim) because—you guessed—we wished to spend as little as possible (and I pay the bills for our company).
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Airways Magazine - August 2006
Thanks to the high cost of fuel, Bombardier, the world’s third-largest airliner manufacturer, looks forward to rebounding sales of its turboprop line, as well as continuing the success of the CRJ family. We report from Montréal and Toronto on the latest developments.
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Airways Magazine - May 2006
Because the size of the aircraft prohibits its manufacture in one location in Europe, the A380 is put together rather like a giant model kit—-for experienced builders only.
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Airways Magazine - April 2006
Without doubt it is a tribute to the magnificent design of the 747 that nearly 40 years after it appeared on the drawing board Boeing was able to launch yet another derivative--the 747-8--last year.
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Air Canada
by: Haas Mroue
Air Canada’s Executive Class is an excellent product for business travel and service is highly professional, blending European efficiency with North American friendliness.
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NORTH AMERICAN AIRLINES HANDBOOK
A fully-illustrated unique guide to all the airlines of North America (USA, Micronesia, Canada, Greenland, St-Pierre et Miquelon, the islands of the Caribbean, México, and Central America) with key information presented in an easy-to-use format.
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Our Own Titles
Airways International Inc has gained an international reputation as a publisher of the high-quality books on air transport subjects.
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Classics 2 TWA - OUT OF PRINT
Published to mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of TWA’s predecessor, Western Air Express (WAE), in July 1925, this special publication combines a nostalgic tribute to ‘That Wonderful Airline’ plus incisive commentary on the controversial TWA 800 accident and the airline’s final days.
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Classics
Airways Classics is a series dedicated to a specific subject of air transport built around an anniversary theme, aimed to stimulate interest and recall fond memories.
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Air New Zealand
by: Roger Thiedeman
The cheerful check-in agent informed us that the incoming flight from New Zealand would be arriving—and departing Melbourne—approximately 25 minutes late because of westerly headwinds across the Tasman Sea; but she also assured us that the delay would be made up when the headwinds became tailwinds for our eastbound flight.
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US Airways
by: Haas Mroue
As the fusion of US Airways and America West continues, check-in is done by destination according to which aircraft is being used on what route. When I approached the US Airways desk, an agent asked where I was flying and directed me to the Charlotte desk.
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Silk Air
by: Roger Thiedeman
Reservations were made online, and paid for, two months before travel. But the attractive roundtrip fare of SGD110 ($64) was soured somewhat by taxes amounting to an additional SGD78 ($45).
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American-style Chinese Flyaway
by: Anne Spiselman
When American Airlines launched nonstop service between Chicago and Shanghai in April—the airline’s first venture into China—passengers in first class lunched on sliced char siu (Chinese barbeque sauce) duck and crab bundles with soybean-seaweed salad, followed by sweet-and-sour sea bass or stir-fried chicken with Chinese sausage in oyster sauce.
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Etihad Airways
by: Haas Mroue
The first thing that strikes you when you find the Etihad Airways check-in counters at LGW’s North Terminal is that all the staff members are immaculately dressed in Etihad uniforms, which are quite striking with silk scarves and hats for the females and tie-free suits for the males.
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Etihad Airways
by: Haas Mroue
I checked in for this flight in Dubai [Dubayy], 90 minutes away from AUH. Etihad offers through check-in from Dubai provided you drop off luggage six hours before departure time. As the check-in location is close to most of the major hotels on Sheikh Zayed Road (Dubai’s Fifth Avenue), it is very convenient to check out of your hotel at noon, drop off your suitcase, and receive your boarding pass.
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