it was mothballed after the collapse of the Soviet Union and stripped for parts. In 2001, it was restored and put into service by Antonov Airlines as the world's go-to cargo plane for carrying absurdly heavy or large loads.
First off, we look at the largest by number of aircraft in their fleet. 1. American Airlines Still the world’s largest, with a fleet of around 950 mainline aircraft. This swelled with the incorporation of US Airways’ fleet a couple of years ago. Older MD-80 aircraft are being replaced...
Ranked: Which Airlines Carried the Most Passengers in 2022? After being battered by the pandemic, the airline industry is on the upswing, with traffic growing 30% and revenue surging 50% year-on-year in 2022. And of the 3 billion passengers who took a flight last year, more than half fl...
A major A380 carrier and now operator of the world’s largest fleet of Airbus A350s, let’s take a look at the Singapore Airlines fleet in 2022.Often regarded as one of the best full-service carriers in the world, Singapore Airlines connects the world to and through its hub at Singapore...
As the world begins to start flying again following a couple of years of lockdowns and restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we thought we would take an in-depth look at Africa and see who are the largest airlines in the continent. Rather than going by passenger numbers, which ...
Emirates Airline: Connecting the Unconnected Narrates the story of Emirates, an airline founded in 1985 in Dubai that by 2013 was among the three largest commercial airlines in the world. The case emphasizes how Emirates capitalized on its location-a small city-state strategically ... J Alcacer...
The corporations on our annual list of the world’s largest companies showed their muscle in 2022, delivering record-high aggregate revenues of $41 trillion. But the Fortune Global 500 has been anything but static, as technological change and scientific breakthroughs threaten established leaders and ...
It has been operated by Ukraine's Antonov Airlines for cargo flights and was in high demand during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. "We will fight for our land and our home until we win,"saidYuriy Husyev said, the general director of Ukroboronprom. "And after the victory, we wi...
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China maintained scheduled air travel with 54 countries for the breadth of the pandemic, but capacity was kept to a minimum. A combination of travel restrictions, quarantines, visa changes and 'circuit breaker' measures - which forced airlines with COVID-19-positive passen...