This is a comprehensive guide to all the major civil aircraft and airlines from around the world, providing up-to-date information covering development histories, technical detail, usage and descriptions. The book is illustrated with photographs to support the wealth of data so that identification is simple at all levels of aviation interest. The photographs not only highlight the variety of paint-schemes but should also be useful for those who wish to identify characteristic shapes of all aircraft as well as their many variants. Airlines and airliners discussed include: Airbus; Aerospatiale/BAC; Antonov; Aviation Industries of China; Avtekair; Bae; Beriev; Boeing; Bombardier; Britten-Norman; CASA; Cessna; Convair; Curtiss; Dornier; Douglas; Embraer; Fairchild; Fokker; Grumman; Illyushin; IPTN; LET; Lockheed; McDonnell Douglas; Nippon; Partenavia/Taeja; Pilatus; Raytheon; SAAB; Shorts; Siai Marchetti; and Yakovlev.