Every piece of information contained in this book has been found in the public domain, free of charge, on a multitude of websites, mailing lists, magazines and books. Everyone with a bit of patience can find it – it is ‘out there’ – and most of the time it is only a question of knowing where to look*. No laws have been broken, no insider information has been exchanged.

Inaccuracies & missing data

Since the information has been obtained from the public domain it means that some information is missing or possibly wrong. I have gone to great lengths to ensure data integrity by double-checking (some times triple checking) all the data and not to trust one single source. On the following pages you will find a complete list of all the resources that have been used, so you could potentially look it up yourself should you be so inclined.

Not all of the references have been used directly in the book, but are listed here because they are relevant, either as a second or third resource or because they in some way cast light on the marvellous complex world that is aviation.

The list

  1. Own data collection
  2. AEA Association European Airlines
  3. Air Transport World
  4. Airbus Engine types
  5. Airbus Industrie
  6. Airfleets
  7. Airframer, Journal of Aircraft Manufacturing
  8. Airline Seating Plans
  9. Airliner List
  10. Airliners.net
  11. Alcoa – Aluminium Manufacturer
  12. Arab Air Carriers Organisation
  13. Association of Asia Pacific Airlines
  14. Boeing Commercial Aircrafts
  15. British Airways Investor Relations
  16. CFM International
  17. Civil Aviation Authority
  18. Douglas Commercial Airlines
  19. Embraer
  20. Engine Intermix
  21. European Region Airline Association
  22. FAA Engine Reference
  23. FAA N-Number Inquiry
  24. Flight International
  25. Flight International Magazine
  26. Flyer Talk
  27. Frequent Flyer
  28. Fsbuild
  29. Gatwick mailing list
  30. GE Aviation
  31. General Electric CF6 Engine types
  32. Great Circle Mapper
  33. Heathrow Mailing list
  34. Iagblog
  35. International Aero Engines
  36. International Air Transport Association
  37. International Civil Aviation Authority
  38. International Register of Civil Aircrafts
  39. Jeppesen FlightMap
  40. Jet Fuel Price Monitor
  41. Jet Photos
  42. Orders & deliveries mailing list
  43. Plane Pictures
  44. Plane Spotter Production list
  45. Pratt & Whitney
  46. Professional Pilots Rumour Network
  47. Randy’s Journal
  48. Rolls-Royce
  49. Seat Expert
  50. Seat Maestro
  51. Seatguru
  52. Seattle Deliveries
  53. Skyliner
  54. Stansted mailing list
  55. Virgin Flyer
  56. Wikipidia
  57. Aer Lingus
  58. Aeroflot
  59. Air Algerie
  60. Air Canada
  61. Air China
  62. Air France
  63. Air India
  64. Air Jamaica
  65. Air Malta
  66. Air Mauritius
  67. Air New Zealand
  68. Air Seychelles
  69. Air South/Shawness Airlines
  70. Air Sri Lanka
  71. Alitalia
  72. Alitalia Express
  73. All Nippon Airlines
  74. American Airlines
  75. Asiana Airlines
  76. Austrian Airlines
  77. Bellview Airlines Sierra Leone
  78. Biman Bangladesh
  79. British Airways
  80. British Airways Shuttle
  81. British Mediterranean Airlines
  82. British Midland
  83. British West Indian Airlines
  84. Cathay Pacific
  85. China Eastern
  86. Croatia Airlines
  87. CSA Czech Airlines
  88. Cyprus Air
  89. Egypt Air
  90. EL AL
  91. Emirates
  92. Ethiopia Airlines
  93. Etihad
  94. European Air Transport
  95. Eva Air
  96. Executive Jet
  97. Finnair
  98. GB Airways
  99. Gulf Air
  100. Hemus Air, Bulgaria
  101. Iberia
  102. Icebird, Iceland
  103. Iran Air
  104. Japanese Airlines
  105. Jat Airways, Serbia
  106. Jet Airways
  107. Jordanian Airlines
  108. Kenya Airways
  109. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
  110. Korean Air
  111. Kuwait Airways
  112. LOT
  113. Lufthansa
  114. Luxair, Luxemburg
  115. Malaysian Airlines System
  116. Middle Eastern Airlines
  117. NetJets
  118. Olympic Airlines
  119. Pakistan International Airlines
  120. Qatar Airways
  121. Royal Air Maroc
  122. Royal Brunei Airlines
  123. SAS Braatens
  124. Saudi Arabian Airlines
  125. Scandinavian Airlines Systems
  126. Singapore Airlines
  127. South African Airlines
  128. Swissair
  129. TAM
  130. TAP Portugal
  131. Tarheel Aviation
  132. Tarom – Romania
  133. Thai Airways
  134. Transaero Airlines, Russia
  135. Turkish Airlines
  136. United Airlines
  137. Uzbekistan Airways
  138. Virgin Atlantic Airways
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