Airways Magazine February 2019

AS I AM writing this, the Captain of our Boeing 737 has asked all Flight Attendants and passengers to remain seated because of unforeseen turbulent weather. I have been on hundreds of turbulent flights—both as a Pilot and a passenger—and I must admit that I enjoy turbulence. From the Pilot perspective, it is challenging to try and find different flight levels where the chop is mitigated. And, as a passenger, well, it just makes me laugh. However, looking at the nervous faces of a few passengers around me puts things into perspective. Pilots know a thing or two about turbulence—how to manage it, the plane’s limitations, and how to keep the passengers safe. But most inexperienced passengers think that the aircraft is going to disintegrate mid-air. This past year was…

Dear Airways, I have just finished reading Dominic McCaffrey’s piece on United’s and Delta’s experiments with low-cost airlines-within-an-airline (Airways, December 2018) and, while the article was a fun trip down memory lane, it suffers from a couple of glaring omissions. The article mentions Air Canada’s current success with Rouge, noting that AC had Tango, another airline-within-an-airline, which was a flop. It strikes me as odd that there was no mention of Delta Express, Delta’s airline-within-an-airline that operated on routes similar to those of Song, primarily using Boeing 737-200s to link cities in the Northeast and Midwest with Florida in competition with Southwest and other low-cost models such as Continental Lite and Us Airways’ Metrojet. Song essentially replaced Delta Express, which ceased operating under that name in 2003. Similarly, there was no mention of…

ON THE COVER The Airbus A330neo has been delivered to its first operator, TAP Portugal. The re-engined variant of Airbus’s best-selling wide-body is now soaring the skies with the Portuguese flag carrier. The plane’s most distinctive feature is, of course, its two massive engines. In this photo, the two Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engines can be appreciated, together with the blackened cockpit windows and the aircraft’s smooth lines. SOCIAL MEDIA airwaysmag 2,435 likes The much-anticipated news has finally arrived. @british_airways will be painting a Boeing 747-400 in the colors of British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), as part of its centenary celebrations.‬ ‪PHOTO: CLIPPERARCTIC‬ Read more at airwaysmag.com Tell us, did we make the right choice? Which cover would you have picked? Share your thoughts and have your opinion featured in an upcoming Mailbag.…

1 SUNWING AIRLINES BOEING 737-86J(WL) C-GOWG (MSN 37757 · LN 3377) Sunwing Airlines (WG) has painted banana boats on one of its Boeing 737-800s to promote ‘Oasis Hotels, All Inclusive Fun.’ The aircraft is the first WG 737 with themed billboard graphics for the 2018-2019 winter season. 2 SUN COUNTRY AIRLINES BOEING 737-83N(WL) N861AM (MSN 30706 · LN 929) Sun Country Airlines (SY) has repainted one of its Boeing 737-800s. The aircraft not only features a new livery, it has new interiors with seating for 183 passengers and is the first Boeing 737-800 to be owned—not leased—by the airline. 3 THE BOEING COMPANY (RYANAIR) BOEING 737 MAX HC N6065Y (MSN 65076 · LN 7285) Without much fanfare, the first 737 MAX HC (High Capacity) had its first flight from Renton Municipal on January 13, 2019. To safely transport up to 200…

4 AIR CENTURY BOMBARDIER CRJ-200(ER) HI1033 (MSN 7363) Air Century (Y2) has added two Bombardier CRJ-200s to its fleet. The aircraft, fitted with 50 seats, serve Y2’s main routes from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico, Haiti, St. Maarten, Aruba, Curaçao, and Cuba. 5 AMASZONAS BOMBARDIER CRJ-200(LR) CP2867 (MSN 7612) Bolivian carrier Amaszonas (Z8) has rolled out a ‘Bolivia Corazón del Sur’ (‘Bolivia Southern Heart’) livery on one of its Bombardier CRJ-200s. It promotes products made in Bolivia as well as the Andean country as a tourist destination. 6 AZUL AIRBUS A330-941 F-WWYP (MSN 1876) The first Airbus A330-900 for Azul (AD) completed its first flight on January 11, 2019. Brazil’s second-largest airline has orders for five of the type, through leasing from Avolon. The five aircraft will each feature 34 Business Class and 264 Economy Class seats.…

7 CSA CZECH AIRLINES (EUROWINGS) AIRBUS A319-112 OK-NEP (MSN 3660) CSA Czech Airlines (OK) has wet-leased some of its Airbus A319s to German low-cost carrier Eurowings (EW) to support that carrier’s operations until summer 2019. The aircraft in the picture wears its original ‘Fly to the City of Magic’ livery, which promotes Prague as a tourist destination, but with small Eurowings titles on the front. 8 CSA CZECH AIRLINES (EUROWINGS) AIRBUS A319-112 OK-REQ (MSN 4713) Here is another Airbus A319 that Eurowings (EW) is wet-leasing from CSA Czech Airlines (OK). This one, seen arriving in sunny Palma de Mallorca (PMI), wears a standard OK livery with Eurowings titles. 9 AER LINGUS AIRBUS A330-302 EI-EDY (MSN 1025) Irish carrier Aer Lingus (EI) has unveiled a new livery on one of its Airbus A330s. The half-green fuselage is gone, replaced by a blue-green…