Various publishing groups, noted for their aviation or defense industry print journals, now also offer frequently updated news sections on their Web sites:
“Airline News from Around the World” from ATW Media Group, parent of Air Transport World, at Http://www. atwonline. com.
Begun in 1987, Airliners: The World’s Airline Magazine at http:// Www. airlinersonline. com remains a valuable, illustrated source of current and historical airline information. The site includes articles, photographs, an online shop, and a recently added free “Airliners Daily News” section.
Now in its seventh volume, Airways: A Global Review of Commercial Flight at Http://www. airwaysmag. com includes articles, photographs, book reviews, an online shop, and various other items from the monthly magazine. A weekly, subscription-only, news service, “Airways News Online,” has recently begun Http://www. airwaysnews. com, which is similar in many ways to Airliners, founded by the same publisher.
“Aviation Now. com” is the online home of Aviation Week and Space Technology, Business & Commercial Aviation, and Airports Today. The site also contains a buyer’s guide, an aerospace source book, technical and regulatory data, and links to government, industry and academic Web sites.
AWST’s older British counterpart, Flight International, has recently opened a Web site at Http://www. flightinternational. com that provides news and headlines from current issues. Topical previews and commentary are also provided.
The German magazine Flug Revue at Http://www. flugrevue. de, now in its 40th year, also maintains a Web site where it offers English-language translations of certain of its articles. Several years worth of selective archives are also maintained.
The well-regarded European Interavia also maintains a Web presence at Http://www. aerospacemedia. com where selected full-text articles of interest may be read on a monthly basis.
Aviation International News located at Http://www. ainonline. com is the online version of an in-depth print news source, with the “Top Story” a major feature covering several pages.
Links to these and other journals, including Air Line Pilot, Airline Business, Professional Pilot, Plane & Pilot, and Smithsonian Air & Space, may be found on the aviation page of NewsDirectory. com located at Http://www. ecola. com/news/magazine/science/aviation.
Key Publishing, one of the U. K.’s foremost independent publishers of specialist consumer magazines, has opened a Web site for the journals in its aviation division: FlyPast, Air Forces, Air Enthusiast, Air International, and Air International. Title pages for articles stretching back three years are provided and these, like the current ones, provide links to key articles, many of interest to users of this work.
“Latest News” from Helicopter World or Commuter World (now Regional Airline World) from Shepard Press in the United Kingdom is located at Http://www. shepard. co. uk.
“Newsdesk” items, released two weeks prior to paper publication, are available at the Web site of Australian Aviation at Http://www. ausavia-tion. com. au and is valuable for keeping up with airline developments in Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific.
American City Business Journals located at Http://www. ameri-cancity. com contains full-text archives for up to five years of its newspaper-type journals issued out of most major U. S. cities.
Employing the search engine of the journal Canadian Business at Http://www. canadianbusiness. ca can yield important airline-oriented articles for the last three years.
Air Cargo World Online located at Http://www. aircargoworld. com, from the Journal of Commerce, is an invaluable resource that makes available not only news updates, but copies of both current and archived articles since 1997. Another important inclusion is a directory of cargo airlines, with fleet lists, route networks, and, in a few cases, operational statistics given in addition to the normal names and addresses.
“World Airline News” from Jane's, the noted British publisher of defense and transport reference works, has added a helpful online news service that is updated monthly at its Web site http://www. jane’s. com/ transport/transet. html.
It is also possible to receive trial access to the online version of Aviation Today by registering at its site Http://www. aviationtoday. com. The location is home to several leading aviation business publications, including World Airline News, Airline Financial News, Commuter/Re-gional Airlines News, and Air Safety Week.
Aviation History, located at Http://www. thehistorynet. com/Aviation History, from Cowles History Group, is now in its 10th year and offers online, with an archive, many of the articles from the print journal. Both civil and military topics are covered, along with information on museums, biography, art, and aerial oddities.
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