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ANA and Japan: growing together
by Luigi Vallero

Flying a fleet of nearly 200 aircraft, including 110 wide-body types, with an average age less than ten years, the ANA Group offers close to 900 scheduled daily departures. On its domestic network, encompassing 50 cities, 120,000 people a day are carried, or about 44.5 million a year. On 23 international routes, ANA flies 4.1 million passengers annually. The inexorable half-century of growth of ANA, from a modest aviation enterprise to one of the world’s top ten passenger airlines, mirrors the development of postwar Japan.

Angels Aloft: Flying with a Guide Dog
by Dave Nichols

The attractive young woman looked businesslike in her sharp two-piece suit. Men in the departure lounge gazed her way, but women were watching too. Yet something was different...she held her ticket folder up to her nose to read the flight information. Try as she might to squint at the TV monitors, she could not make out the information. At her left side was a beautiful golden retriever, in harness: a working guide dog.

PSP-Southern California’s Best-Kept Secret?
by Edward Pascuzzi

For most people, a flight to California conjures up images of pleasant weather, colorful scenery, and a relaxing West Coast atmosphere. While few would be willing to pass up such delights, unavoidable realities of air travel soon cloud the picture: huge throngs at the gates, overcrowded aircraft, wrestling at the baggage claim, traffic jams, and long lines. Happily, a visit to sunny southern California need not be marred by such potentially harrowing events, provided you use Palm Springs International Airport.

Air Transport in the Arkhangelsk Region
by Klaus Vomhof

The air transport scene in the former Soviet Union was, to a large extent, something of a mystery to Westerners and even most locals. There was no guide available for the general public that offered a detailed and comprehensive overview of the domestic air services operated by Aeroflot, the monolithic conglomerate of the Soviet era. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the subsequent disbandment and dispersal of Aeroflot, the new independent airlines thus spawned and several airport authorities have adopted market-oriented business policies, even advertising their services on the Internet. Arkhangelsk is an example of an area whose inhabitants continue to depend on air links as an essential means of communication, just as they did during the Soviet era.

Touch-and-go for an Electra
by Mac af Uhr

How the quick reactions and skill of a Reeve Aleutian Airlines Lockheed Electra crew saved the day.

Blue Skies for MEA
by Haas Mroue

There is a saying in the Middle East that if a Lebanese falls overboard he will emerge with a fish in his mouth. The people of Lebanon are survivors, having weathered 15 years of civil war and countless political crises, and MEA, the nation’s flag carrier has not only survives, but thrives.

El Fin del Mundo
by Robbie Shaw

At the southern tip of South America lies Aeropuerto Internacional de Ushuaia Malvinas Argentinas, the world’s most southerly international and jet airport.

First Impressions
by Clayton Taylor

Congo Carriers
by Jacques Guillem

Are we down yet?
by Hugh Pryor

News from the Airways
Colorfully illustrated highlights of the major news developments from North America and around the world, including fleet changes, new airlines, and new paint schemes.

Safety Briefing
David Ison explains the implementation and benefits of RVSM.

Reviews
Chris Sterling checks out the latest noteworthy commercial aviation literature.

Veteran & Vintage
Andreas Rohde samples the open-air delights of Waldo Wright’s Flying Service.

Mailbag
The forum for our readers’ opinions, feedback, and contributions.

Debrief
Stan Solomon offers a varied selection of humorous anecdotes from the Airways.

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