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
- Own data collection
- AEA Association European Airlines
- Air Transport World
- Airbus Engine types
- Airbus Industrie
- Airfleets
- Airframer, Journal of Aircraft Manufacturing
- Airline Seating Plans
- Airliner List
- Airliners.net
- Alcoa – Aluminium Manufacturer
- Arab Air Carriers Organisation
- Association of Asia Pacific Airlines
- Boeing Commercial Aircrafts
- British Airways Investor Relations
- CFM International
- Civil Aviation Authority
- Douglas Commercial Airlines
- Embraer
- Engine Intermix
- European Region Airline Association
- FAA Engine Reference
- FAA N-Number Inquiry
- Flight International
- Flight International Magazine
- Flyer Talk
- Frequent Flyer
- Fsbuild
- Gatwick mailing list
- GE Aviation
- General Electric CF6 Engine types
- Great Circle Mapper
- Heathrow Mailing list
- Iagblog
- International Aero Engines
- International Air Transport Association
- International Civil Aviation Authority
- International Register of Civil Aircrafts
- Jeppesen FlightMap
- Jet Fuel Price Monitor
- Jet Photos
- Orders & deliveries mailing list
- Plane Pictures
- Plane Spotter Production list
- Pratt & Whitney
- Professional Pilots Rumour Network
- Randy’s Journal
- Rolls-Royce
- Seat Expert
- Seat Maestro
- Seatguru
- Seattle Deliveries
- Skyliner
- Stansted mailing list
- Virgin Flyer
- Wikipidia
- Aer Lingus
- Aeroflot
- Air Algerie
- Air Canada
- Air China
- Air France
- Air India
- Air Jamaica
- Air Malta
- Air Mauritius
- Air New Zealand
- Air Seychelles
- Air South/Shawness Airlines
- Air Sri Lanka
- Alitalia
- Alitalia Express
- All Nippon Airlines
- American Airlines
- Asiana Airlines
- Austrian Airlines
- Bellview Airlines Sierra Leone
- Biman Bangladesh
- British Airways
- British Airways Shuttle
- British Mediterranean Airlines
- British Midland
- British West Indian Airlines
- Cathay Pacific
- China Eastern
- Croatia Airlines
- CSA Czech Airlines
- Cyprus Air
- Egypt Air
- EL AL
- Emirates
- Ethiopia Airlines
- Etihad
- European Air Transport
- Eva Air
- Executive Jet
- Finnair
- GB Airways
- Gulf Air
- Hemus Air, Bulgaria
- Iberia
- Icebird, Iceland
- Iran Air
- Japanese Airlines
- Jat Airways, Serbia
- Jet Airways
- Jordanian Airlines
- Kenya Airways
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
- Korean Air
- Kuwait Airways
- LOT
- Lufthansa
- Luxair, Luxemburg
- Malaysian Airlines System
- Middle Eastern Airlines
- NetJets
- Olympic Airlines
- Pakistan International Airlines
- Qatar Airways
- Royal Air Maroc
- Royal Brunei Airlines
- SAS Braatens
- Saudi Arabian Airlines
- Scandinavian Airlines Systems
- Singapore Airlines
- South African Airlines
- Swissair
- TAM
- TAP Portugal
- Tarheel Aviation
- Tarom – Romania
- Thai Airways
- Transaero Airlines, Russia
- Turkish Airlines
- United Airlines
- Uzbekistan Airways
- Virgin Atlantic Airways
