Publisher's Synopsis
Jane's Airlines and Airliners is a comprehensive and up-to-date photographically illustrated guide to the airlines flying today's skies. Filled with company histories, technical aircraft specifications and detailed photography, this is the book for all civil aviation enthusiasts and travellers.
This visually striking title is the most comprehensive and detailed A-Z of modern civil airlines and airliners available to date. It provides in a great depth of up to date information covering development histories, technical detail, current usage and descriptions of aircraft used throughout the world on scheduled and significant charter service and their airlines.This title is fully illustrated with clear photography to support the wealth of data so that identification is made simple at all levels of aviation interest. The colourful photography not only highlights the variety of paint-schemes but is also invaluable for those who wish to identify characteristic shapes of all aircraft as well as their many variants.
Introduction
Airbus, Aerospatiale/BAC, Antonov, Aviation Industries of China, Avtekair, Bae, Beriev, Boeing, Bombardier, Britten- Norman, CASA, Cessna, Convair, Curtiss, Dornier, Douglas, Embraer, Fairchild, Fokker, Grumman, Illyushin, IPTN, LET, Lockheed, McDonnell Douglas, Nippon, Partenavia/Taeja, Pilatus, Raytheon, SAAB, Shorts, Siai Marchetti, Yakovlev.
