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Vanden Air Transport

A large Scandinavian airline and the largest airline across Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. They were founded in 1945 and have hubs in Oslo, Copenhagen, and Stockholm. IATA: VT | ICAO: VAT | CALLSIGN: Vanden

China Capital Airlines

IATA: C3 | ICAO: CAP | Callsign: CHINA CAPITAL

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East African Airlines

Vanden Air Transport Airbus A321LR

Aircraft Photographed: Airbus A321LR | SE-RES CFM International LEAP-1A33 Delivered to Vanden Air Transport, 2021 Status: Active The Airbus A321LR has proven to be a valuable mainstay among many airlines. In Europe, and speci...

China Capital Xinjiang Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-11CF

Aircraft Photographed: McDonnell Douglas MD-11CF | B-1506 General Electric CF6-80C2D1F Delivered to China Capital Airlines, 1996 Leased to China Capital Xinjiang Airlines, 1996 Returned to China Capital Airlines, 2003 Retired...

China Capital Airlines: Domestic Demand

Aircraft Photographed: TOP: Boeing 747-400 | B-2256 Pratt & Whitney PW4056-94 Delivered to China Capital Airlines, 1992 Painted in “ChinaExpress” Decal, 2008 Stored at PEK, 2020 Returned to Service, 2022 Status: Active BO...

Chief Airlines Douglas DC-8-63

Chief Airlines began as a regional operation in the Pacific Northwest, operating principal routes around the Western United States between cities such as Seattle, San Francisco, and Salt Lake. Despite its success as a post-WW2...

China Capital Airlines: Mixed Bag

Aircraft Photographed: TOP: Airbus A350-900XWB | B-3356 Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84 Delivered to China Capital Airlines, 2015 Stored at PEK, 2020 Returned to Service, 2021 Painted in Loong Livery, 2022 Status: Active BOTTOM: Air...

Chinese Air Line Administration Boeing 707-320C

Aircraft Photographed: Boeing 707-320C | B-2005 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3 Delivered to CALA, 1970 Destroyed at HLLM, 1986 Status: Destroyed The Chinese Air Line Administration was running successfully in the 1960s, using pri...

AllStar Airlines Boeing 747-100

If you visited any Air Force base in the continental United States in the 80s, there’s a good chance you would have seen an AllStar 747 parked at the ramp. In a period of cooldown from the Cold War there were widespread militar...

Union Airlines Boeing 737-200

Union Airlines operated the 737-200s from 1968 all the way to 1989, where they would be replaced by the 737-300 and others in the Classic series. The 737-200s actually arrived to the fleet after competing with the Caravelle 10...

Union Airlines Boeing 747-400

As the Jet Age progressed into the 1990s and the original 747 airframe had exhausted it’s potential, Boeing launched a venture to create a revolutionary new variant of the classic airliner. Though not a launch customer, Union w...

China Capital Airbus A350-900XWB

Aircraft Photographed: Airbus A350-900XWB | B-3350 Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84 Delivered to China Capital Airlines, 2015 Status: Active (Story to come later.)

Landa Airbus A330-300

Aircraft Photographed: Airbus A330-300 | D-AIBD Rolls-Royce Trent 772-60 Delivered to Landa Deutsches Luftfahrtunternehmen, 1995 Transferred to Bundesflug, 2002 Retired from Bundesflug, 2013 Stored at MZJ, 2014 Scrapped, 2017...

China Capital Airlines Boeing 787-9 Olympic

Aircraft Photographed: Boeing 787-9 Drem | B-2813 General Electric GEnx-1B74 Delivered to China Capital Airlines, 2015 Painted in Pyongcheng Fenghuang Livery, 2017 Repainted to Standard, 2019 Status: In Service China Capital...

China Capital Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8

China Capital Airlines first purchased the Boeing 737 MAX in 2013 in order to replace their older Boeing 737-800s and 737-900s. They ordered 35 units of the MAX 8 and 15 MAX 9s. As the MAX entered service, it was seen as a reli...

San Jose State University Boeing 727-100

N7015U was donated to San Jose State University after years of service with United Airlines. United was even kind enough to paint the jet for them, and then it was flown to Norman Y. Mineta International Airport. It was stored...

East African Airlines Convair 990 Coronado

Aircraft Photographed: Convair 990A Coronado | 5Y-CVA General Electric CJ805-23B Delivered to Africa Check Leasing, 1963 Leased to East African Airlines, 1964 Returned to Africa Check Leasing, 1967 Stored at ASP, 1968 Scrapped...

Cathay Pacific Cargo Boeing 747-200F

B-HVX was one of many Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-200s that operated throughout the 1990s to the late 2000s. This specific jet was delivered to the airline in 1990 as VR-HVX, but would later be re-registered to B-HVX in 1997. It...

Funtanilla Airlines Boeing 747-8F

Funtanilla Airlines is a major cargo airline operating out of the United States. Based in Los Angeles, the airline specializes in ACMI operations and normal freight operations under their own name. Their fleet consists of 3 Boe...

Vanden Air Transport Airbus A350-900XWB

Aircraft Photographed: Airbus A350-900 | OY-ATA Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84 Delivered to Vanden Air Transport, 2015 Stored at ARN, 2020 Status: Stored (Story to come later, if I remember)

China Capital Airlines: Two-Thirds of the "Qi 3"

Aircraft Photographed: TOP: Boeing 777-200 | B-2303 General Electric GE90-77B Delivered to China Capital Airlines, 1996 Painted in “Visit London Year 2003” Colors, 2002 Repainted to Standard, 2004 Retired from China Capital Ai...

China Capital Airlines Boeing 747-8i

Aircraft Photographed: TOP: Boeing 747-8i | B-2304 Delivered to Boeing, 2011 Sold to China Capital Airlines, 2012 Stored at VCV, 2012 Painted in “Boeing House” Colors, 2012 Entry Into Service, 2013 Status: Active BOTTOM: Boei...

China Capital Airlines Boeing 777-300ER

Aircraft Photographed: Boeing 777-300ER | B-2718 General Electric GE90-115B Delivered to China Capital Airlines, 2007 Stored at PEK, 2020 Status: Stored China Capital Airlines was a big user of the 777 throughout the 1990s. D...

Air Choson Ilyushin Il-76MD

Air Choson is an airline that was established in the mid-1950s to serve flights between Pyongyang and Moscow, along with the rest of the Soviet Union. Eventually, as time progressed, the only planes the airline could buy were f...

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CALA Boeing 747-200C

Aircraft Photographed: Boeing 747-200C | B-2077 Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7A Delivered to CALA, 1974 Transferred to China Capital Airlines, 1988 Transferred to China Capital Cargo, 2002 Converted Boeing 747-200(SF), 2002 Retire...

CALA Ilyushin Il-18D

Aircraft Photographed: Ilyushin Il-18D | B-1019 Ivchenko AI-20M Delivered to CALA, 1962 Transferred to China Capital Airlines, 1988 Retired from China Capital Airlines, 1993 Stored at PEK, 1993 Scrapped, 1994 Status: Scrapped...

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East African 1950s Jet Fleet

Aircraft Photographed: Boeing 707-420 | VP-KKJ Rolls-Royce Conway RCo.12 Mk 508 Delivered to East African Airways, 1960 Crashed at LHR, 1968 Status: Written Off Douglas DC-8-43 | VP-KSG Rolls-Royce Conway RCo.12 Mk 509 Delive...

EAA Flag Carrier Ad

In late-2016, EAA began advertising their new livery and their aggressive new establishment as Kenya’s flag carrier. One of their first A350-900s was featured on the ad, hoping to represent the success and optimism of the airli...

East African Airlines Boeing 767-300

Aircraft Photographed: Boeing 767-300 | 5Y-PBY Pratt & Whitney PW4056 Delivered to Union Airlines, 1998 Retired from Union Airlines, 2016 Stored at SFO, 2016 Purchased by East African Airlines, 2017 Status: Active EAA got...

Vanden Lufttransport Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation

Aircraft Photographed: Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation | SE-FUS Wright R-3350 972-TC-18DA-3 Delivered to Vanden Lufttransport, 1955 Retired from Vanden Air Transport, 1964 Stored at OSD, 1965 Status: Stored, Heavily Weath...