Hengi B.I. Airlines Worldwide: More Than 300 Airlines Described and Illustrated in Color

Midland Publishing, 1998, 319 p. — ISBN10: 1857800672, ISBN13: 9781857800678.Details the major airlines of the world, including base, call-signs and codes, brief history, route structure, and types operated or on order. This second edition is completely revised and updated to take into account the fast-changing airline business. New types have come into service such as the Airbus A330 and Boeing
777. Several famous names have quietly gone out of business while a never-ending stream of "start-up" operators take their place.Interest in the airliners of the world continues to grow and with it demands for better reference material. Now, following on from the highly popular full colour format of Airlines Worldwide, comes a companion volume, devoted to the wide variety of types that ply the world's airways.Ranging from the humble 1 5 seat feederliner to the huge Boeing 747-400, the book provides full colour illustrations of the major types, and roams the planet for rare and colourful examples. Detail given includes development, conversions and sub-series, number built and number in service. Also included is a listing of the airlines using each type.The author, an air traffic controller, has scoured the world for the illustrations for this book and provided an informative but highly readable reference to each aircraft. From Anglo-French Concorde to DHC Twin Otter, Airbus A340 to Beech 1900D, Douglas Dakota to Boeing 777 - full details of the airliner workhorses of the late 1990s are all there.An excellent reference, providing at-a-glance information on how widespread a type is, how long it has been in service and operators worldwide. With all of the illustrations in full colour, it also provides a lavish catalogue of colour schemes and logos.