World's Top 40 Airliners and Aircraft Manufacturers
An AIRLINER is an airplane, usually large, used for transporting passengers and cargo. Such aircraft are most often operated by airlines. Although the definition of an airliner can vary from country to country, an airliner is typically defined as an aircraft intended for carrying multiple passengers or cargo in commercial service.
Airliner & Aircraft Manufacturer News, Reviews & Resources
- 1st Chinese-built passenger jet completes maiden flight - The Guardian.
- 5 coolest buttons in a 747 cockpit - The Telegraph.
- 10 of the world's largest aircraft - CNN travel.
- 12 hidden aircraft features you didn't know about - The Telegraph.
- 18 most important aircraft of all time - The Telegraph.
- 40th anniversary of Concorde - 40 fascinating facts.
- A personal ode to the Boeing 747 - "The aviation icon of the louche, nihilistic 1970s."
- Air transports of heads of state and government - Wikipedia.
- Airbus A330-900 Neo Takes Off for the First Time - Wired.
- Airbus offers a sneak peek at its newest A330-900neo wide-body long-haul airliner - CNN travel.
- Airbus unveils Beluga XL transport airplane - CNN travel.
- AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION - Wikipedia.
- Airliner - Wikipedia.
- airlines that have never had a single plane crash - The Telegraph.
- Are windowless planes the future of travel? - CNN Travel.
- As the 747 Begins Its Final Approach, a Pilot Takes a Flight Down Memory Lane - New York Times.
- Boeing shows its vision for a hypersonic spy aircraft - engadget.
- BOEING’S PROPOSED HYPERSONIC PLANE IS REALLY, REALLY FAST - Wired.
- Boom's supersonic jets will pick up where the Concorde left off - engadget.
- Branson reveals prototype for supersonic aircraft - The Guardian.
- British Airways could serve passengers 'digital pill' to monitor in-flight happiness - The Telegraph.
- China to take on Boeing, Airbus with homegrown C919 passenger jet - CNN.
- Club Concorde - "The only Concorde Captains' website." Concorde memorabilia & signed photos.
- Concorde Will Fly Again, Says Group With Massive War Chest - Flight Club.
- Dead zeppelins: Brazilian gravesite is airships' stairway to heaven - "The huge gas-filled aircraft were once a symbol of modernity used to burnish the image of the Nazis. Now a vast hangar near Rio de Janeiro is all that’s left."
- Electric aircraft near take-off - The Telegraph.
 - Flyer by Kitty Hawk - "Personal Flying Experience."
- How Airbus Went From Boeing Wannabe to High-Flying Legend - Wired.
- How it’s possible for a person to be sucked from an airplane mid-flight - The Verge.
- How supersonic jets are set to transform travel - The Telegraph.
  - Inside the superyacht of the skies! £400 Million personalized Boeing 747-8 aircraft - completed by Greenpoint Technologies of Kirkland, Washington. Its incredible 4,786 sq. ft. of space features a stateroom, lounges, an office, and a massive dining room.
- Is Boeing about to call time on the 747? - The Telegraph.
- Kitty Hawk Flyer is your own personal electric aircraft - The Verge.
- Larry Page is quietly amassing a ‘flying car’ empire - "Google co-founder revealed to be owner of Opener, a Canadian startup that just came out of stealth."
- List of aircraft manufacturers - Wikipedia.
- List of regional airliners - Wikipedia.
- Lockheed Martin's hypersonic aircraft plans are taking shape - Its Mach 5-plus tech is becoming seamless and relatively affordable.
- London to New York in an hour by hypersonic jet? Yes - but not quite yet - The Telegraph.
- London to NYC in three hours? - The Telegraph.
 - most popular plane ever built - Cessna 172 Skyhawk.
- Museum of Flight - since 1965. The largest private air and space museum in the world. King County International Airport (Boeing Field), 9404 E. Marginal Way, Tukwila, Washington, U.S.A.
- NASA explores ‘quiet’ supersonic flight over land - engadget.
- NASA to test 'quiet' supersonic flights - CNN travel.
- 'New Concorde' could be in skies as early as next year - The Telegraph.
- new Concorde? NASA approves plans for quieter supersonic passenger jets - The Telegraph.
- Opener is the latest startup to reveal plans for a personal aircraft - engadget.
- Regional airliner - Wikipedia.
- rival to Boeing & Airbus you've probably never heard of - "Beijing hopes it can challenge the bulging order books of the aerospace giants of Seattle and Toulouse."
- Supersonic flight: will it ever rise out of the ashes of Concorde? - The Guardian.
- Supersonic, nuclear, with lasers: the future of flight - CNN travel.
- The most dangerous part of every Flight - Travel + Leisure.
- The slow death of the jumbo jet - The Telegraph.
- We took an exclusive ride in a flying car - CNN tech.
- What it was really like to go Mach 2 on Concorde - The Verge.
- Where planes go to die: extraordinary aircraft graveyards - The Telegraph.
- Wide-body aircraft - Wikipedia.
- World's largest aircraft floats in giant hangar - The Telegraph.
- World's longest nonstop flight - "Airbus A350-900ULR set to enter service."
Top 40 Airliners & Aircraft Manufacturers
- AIR FORCE ONE - (call signs SAM 28000 & 29.000) is the air traffic control call sign of any United States Air Force aircraft carrying the President of the United States.
- AIRBUS - produces around half of the world's jet airliners.
 - AIRBUS A350 - "Shaping efficiency for the future of air travel."
 - Airbus A350 XWB - the first Airbus with both fuselage and wing structures made primarily of carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer. It can carry 250 to 350 passengers in a typical three-class seating layout, or maximum seating of 440 to 550 passengers, depending on variant. The A350 is positioned as a successor to the A330 and A340, competing with Boeing's 787 Dreamliner and 777 series.
 - AIRBUS A380 - world's largest commercial airliner.
 - Airbus Beluga | A300-600ST - a version of the standard A300-600 wide-body airliner modified to carry aircraft parts and oversized cargo. It was officially called the Super Transporter at first, but the name Beluga became popular and has now been officially adopted.
- ALENIA AERONAUTICA
- ANTONOV
- ATR - (Aerei da Trasporto Regionale or Avions de Transport Régional). "Propelling Tomorrow's World." French-Italian aircraft manufacturer. Its primary products are the ATR 42 and ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop short-haul regional airliners.
- BOING - since 1916. "If it's not Boing, I ain't going." World's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems.
- 5 coolest buttons in a 747 cockpit - The Telegraph.
- Is Boeing about to call time on the 747? - The Telegraph.
 - BOEING 707 - produced 1958–1979. Developed as Boeing's first jet airliner.
- Boeing 747 - (1968-). Wide-body commercial jet airliner and cargo aircraft, often referred to by its original nickname, Jumbo Jet, or Queen of the Skies. Its distinctive "hump" upper deck along the forward part of the aircraft makes it among the world's most recognizable aircraft, and it was the first wide-body produced.
- Boeing 747-400 - (1988-).
- BOING 747-8 - (2008-). "The First Class and Business Class sections of the 747-8 enable airlines to offer passengers the most private and premium accommodations in the sky. So it's no surprise that on high-volume routes the 747-8 offers premium revenue potential. And with more than 400 seats available, this new 747 creates a unique opportunity to maximize the bottom-line potential of any high-volume route. It's premium value, delivered, for operators and passengers. That's a better way to fly."
 - BOEING 777 Family - since 1993.
 - BOEING 787 DREAMLINER - since 2007.
- BOING AEROLOFT - located above the main cabin of a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) 747-8 between the upper deck and tail of the airplane. It boasts eight private sleeping berths and a changing room providing a comfortable rest area during flight.
 - BOING C-17 GLOBEMASTER III - world's biggest airplane.
- BOING E-4 Advanced Airborne Command Post - aka the 'Doomsday Plane' operated by the United States Air Force.
- BOMBARDIER - "The evolution of mobility."
- C-130 HERCULES - four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft built by Lockheed.
- COMAC | Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd.
- CONCORDE - (1969/1976-2003).
- Concorde Mark 2: Airbus files plans for new supersonic jet - The Telegraph.
- de Havilland Aircraft Company - (1920-1964). Responsible for producing the first passenger jet and other innovative aircraft.
- DESERT AEROSPACE
- EADS | EUROPEAN AERONAUTIC DEFENCE AND SPACE COMPANY
- EMBRAER - third-largest commercial aircraft company in the world.
- FOKKER AIRCRAFT
- GLOBAL HAWK - RQ-4 Global Hawk is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
- ICON AIRCRAFT - sport aircrafts.
- LOCKHEED MARTIN
- MARTIN AIRCRAFT COMPANY - the Martin Jetpack.
- NORTHROP GRUMMAN - "A Leader in Global Security."
- ROLLS-ROYCE CIVIL AEROSPACE
- ROLLS-ROYCE DEFENCE AEROSPACE
- SAAB
- SUKHOI
- SUPERJET INTERNATIONAL
- TUPOLEV
- WYLE'S AEROSPACE GROUP
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