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Taipei Express Airlines

Taipei Express Airlines Co., Ltd. (Chinese: 台北快運航空; pinyin: Táiběi kuàiyùn hángkōng) is a Taiwanese cargo airline. It operates air freighter services to 39 destinations in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America with hubs at...

Iluna

Iluna Aviation Inc., operating as Iluna, is an American low-cost carrier (LCC) based at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, Hawaii. IATA: IL | ICAO: ILU | Callsign: ILUNA

CHXpress

CHXpress AG/S.A. is Switzerland's first and only all-cargo airline, first established in 2000 as a joint venture between Swiss Post and the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), both of whom still remain as the airline'...

CAF French Airlines

Compagnie Aérienne Française, S.A., operating as CAF French Airlines, is France's national flag carrier and the country's largest airline, first established in 1933 from the merger of Air Orient, Air Union, Compagnie Gé...

CAF French Airlines: Former Subsidiaries

A second album dedicated exclusively to CAF's defunct subsidiary brands (except Air Metro and CAF Asie)

Converted freighter fleet

MD-11BCF registrations: B-19000 (pictured), B-19001, B-19002, B-19003 (all ex-Aviaperú aircraft) In service: 2010-2021 B747-400BCF registrations: B-18990, B-18991 (both ex-Cathay Pacific aircraft; B-HOT and B-HUD respectively)...

Mid-2000s and beyond: Global expansion and fleet redevelopment

A Boeing 747-400F and McDonnell Douglas MD-11F in the current Taipei Express livery, first introduced in 2012 during the company's 25th anniversary. Pictured aircraft: B-18975 (MD-11F) and B-18990 (B747-400F) By the mid-200...

1987 to early 2000s: Beginnings

A Boeing 747-400F and McDonnell Douglas MD-11F in the former Taipei Express livery, used from 1987 until 2007. MD-11F registrations: B-18970 (pictured), B-18971, B-18972, B-18973, B-18974, B-18975 In service: 1992-2020 Number...

Current livery (2007-present)

A Taipei Express Boeing 777F in the current livery. Registrations: B-19101 (pictured), B-19102, B-19103, B-19104, B-19105, B-19106, B-19107, B-19108, B-19109 In service: 2019-present Number of aircraft in fleet: 9

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History and future developments

Winner of the 2021 North American Design Competition, Group 2 (http://www.airline-e...ition/?p=288467) 2000s: Beginnings as FlyHawaii Airlines Iluna's origins trace back to 2005 when Lion Coffee founder James Delano proposed...

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Current livery (B777F)

A Boeing 777F in the present-day livery. Registrations: HB-JLA (pictured), HB-JLB, HB-JLC, HB-JLD, HB-JLE, HB-JLF In service: 2017-present

Boeing freighter fleet (pre-2017)

Boeing 737-400F Registrations: HB-IMA (pictured) and HB-IMB In service: 2013-present Notes: HB-IMA operated for British Airways as G-DOCE from 1991-11-20 until 2014-01-25. HB-IMB operated for British Airways as G-DOCG from...

Airbus A380 debut

On 23 November 2009, CAF became one of Europe's launch customers for the Airbus A380, making its first-ever revenue flight on the Paris (CDG)-New York (JFK) route. In a company statement made that same year, the then-CEO of CAF...

Current livery (A330-200F)

For the 2021 D.A.CH. Design Competition, Category B (http://www.airline-e...ition/?p=288145 ) A CHXpress Airbus A330-200F in the present-day livery. Registrations: HB-KAA (pictured), HB-KAB, HB-KAC, HB-KAD, HB-KAE, HB-KAF I...

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As the sole cargo-only operator in Switzerland, CHXpress serves as an important asset for the local aviation industry, providing Swiss Post with a beneficial revenue stream generated from the transport of air freight into and o...

Berlinex France (1988-1994)

For the 2021 D.A.CH. Design Competition, Category A (http://www.airline-e...ition/?p=288145) Berlinex (short for Berlin Express) was a short-lived joint venture between CAF French Airlines and West German flag carrier Lufthan...

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Flight 4590 crash and the end of Concorde service

Although Concorde enjoyed a privileged status as CAF's ultra-flagship airliner for more than two decades since its debut, its reputation would be forever tarnished after the disaster of Flight 4590 on 25 July 2000 when it crash...

Early 2000s developments

From the late 1990s until the early 2000s, CAF phased out all Boeing 737 aircraft with the Airbus A320 family serving as a successor. The Boeing 777-200ER twinjet widebody would join the fleet in 1998, followed by the longer -3...

1998 FIFA World Cup special livery

A CAF Boeing 747-400 in a promotional livery for the 1998 FIFA World Cup hosted in France. Seating layout 40 Le Club (Business) 396 Voyageur (Economy) Notes: Delivered 1989-09-22 in standard CAF livery. Retired from service o...

CAF Asie (1993-2007)

CAF Asie historical fleet, 1994-2007 2x Airbus A340-200 2x Boeing 747-400M 4x Beoing 747-200F In light of the dispited geopolitical status of the Republic of China (Taiwan), flag carriers based in countries with established d...

1990s: Privatisation and reorganisation

CAF's Airbus A340 fleet, 1993-2020 (livery used until 2014) On 26 February 1993, CAF became one of the launch customers for the Airbus A340. This aircraft would replace older Boeing 747s on the Paris-Washington route, which op...

Air Metro: 1990s post-merger history

See also: http://www.airline-e...mestic-airline/ Air Metro's post-merger fleet Airbus A300B2/B4 Airbus A320/321 Airbus A330-300 Fokker 100 On 12 January 1990, Air Metro became a fully owned subsidiary of CAF with the latter...

1980s: Golden jubilee and modernisation

CAF's 1982-1993 fleet Twin aisle: Airbus A310 Airbus A300B2/B4 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 Boeing 747SP Boeing 747-100/200B/200C/400 Single aisle: Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde Airbus A320 Boeing 727-200 Boeing 737-200/300/500 Fok...

Concorde's debut and commencement of supersonic flights

Years in service: 1976-2003 Number of aircraft operated: 7 (1 written off after crash at CDG on 2000-07-25) On 21 January 1976, CAF launched its first-ever supersonic Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde service on the Paris (Charles de...

Developments in the 1970s

CAF's 1970s-early 1980s fleet (excluding Concorde) Twin aisle: Airbus A300B2/B4 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 Boeing 747SP Boeing 747-100/200B/200C Single aisle: Fokker 27 Friendship Fokker 28 Fellowship Mark 1000 Sud Aviation C...

Air Metro: CAF's domestic airline

Code data IATA: TM | ICAO: TRM | Callsign: AIR METRO Air Metro's pre-merger fleet Airbus A300 B2/B4 Airbus A320 Dassault Mercure* Douglas DC-3/C-47 Fokker F27 Friendship Nord 262* Sud Aviation Caravelle Vickers Viscount 700*...

Jet age restructuring

CAF's 1960s-early 1970s fleet Bréguet 763 Deux-Ponts* Boeing 707-320B/C Boeing 727-200 Boeing 747-100 Douglas DC-3 Douglas DC-4 Douglas DC-6B Fokker F27 Friendship Lockheed L-049/749 Constellation* Lockheed L-1049 Super Conste...

Formation and early years

CAF's 1940s-1950s fleet Amiot AAC.1 Toucan (Junkers Ju 52/3m)* Bréguet 763 Deux-Ponts* de Havilland Comet* Douglas DC-3 Douglas DC-4 Douglas DC-6B Latécoère 631* Lockheed L-049/749 Constellation* Lockheed L-1049 Super Constell...

Current livery

A CAF Boeing 777-300ER in the present-day livery. Seating layout 42 Affaires (Business) 24 Voyageur+ (Premium Economy) 315 Voyageur (Economy) Notes: Ferried PAE-CDG from 2016-04-25 to 2016-04-26 on delivery

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Aviaperú and the Boeing 737 MAX

On 12 April 2021, Aviaperú received the first of 33 ordered Boeing 737 MAX aircraft from Boeing's Renton factory in Washington State after roughly two years of worldwide groundings, and the following day it made its maiden jour...

2021 mainline fleet

SAPSA mainline fleet as of April 2021 18x Airbus A319 19x Airbus A320 7x Airbus A320neo 4x Airbus A321 7x Airbus A321neo 9x Airbus A321LR 7x Airbus A330-200* 23x Airbus A330-900neo *One airframe operating as converted freigh...