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, by an

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, or in an airport lounge.

Overview

Many airline companies, or a few key content creating companies, produce in-flight magazines to provide details about their fleet, as well as articles about destinations, travel, and tourism information. In-flight publishing and media are a niche in the

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industry. Airline titles have controlled distribution costs, and readership figures come from existing passenger traffic. Most airlines use external

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to produce their magazines, and Ink is currently the world's leading company in this sector. In a recent Harris Poll, 94% of business passengers read the in-flight magazines, with a 30 minute average reading time per flight, according to a 2009 Arbitron study. Despite the challenges facing the publishing industry, this is a healthy sector. On a large scale, in-flight magazines have suffered less than traditional magazines overall. While the quality of in-flight magazines varies from carrier to carrier. Their upscale, valuable, and captive readership appeals to advertisers across all sectors, including luxury-goods makers, car manufacturers, beauty and fashion brands as well as global destinations.

History

The first in-flight magazine was started by

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in around 1952. It's title, Clipper Travel, was a reference to their Boeing 314 Clipper aircraft. A decade later, KLM's '' Holland Herald'',the longest running in-flight magazine, was first published in January 1966. In-flight magazines began booming in the 1980s, with new airlines forming them one after another. Some, including Japan Airlines, had over 300 pages in their magazines. This method of flight entertainment has proved to be a success for airlines around the world. To this day, over 150 in-flight magazines are being published. However, since the birth of digital technology (and

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), some key airlines are now offering the chance for the magazines to be read digitally via

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applications, or over the

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Publishers

Among specialized publishers are: * Maxposure Media Group, which produces ''Shubh Yatra'' for Air India, ''Spice Route'' for SpiceJet Airlines, ''Vistara Magazine'' for Vistara Airline (JV between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines), ''GoGetter'' for GoAir India, ''Trujetter'' for TruJet Airlines, ''Fly Smiles'' for

Air Pegasus Air Pegasus was an Indian regional airline headquartered in Bangalore and based at Kempegowda International Airport. The airline was a subsidiary of Decor Aviation, an aircraft ground-handling services company. It commenced operations on 12 A ...

, ''Gulf Life'' for Gulf Air out of

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and a ...

, ''Nawras'' for

Air Arabia Air Arabia ( ar, العربية للطيران ''al-ʿArabiyya Lit-Ṭayarān'') is an Emirati low-cost airline with its head office in the A1 Building Sharjah Freight Center, Sharjah International Airport, UAE. The airline operates scheduled se ...

Sharjah Sharjah (; ar, ٱلشَّارقَة ', Gulf Arabic: ''aš-Šārja'') is the third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi, forming part of the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area. Sharjah is the capital ...

and

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to A ...

, ''Saudi Gulf Magazine'' for Saudigulf Airlines in

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the Ara ...

and Salam Air in

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of ...

. It has offices in

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mo ...

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (Middle East, The Middle East). It is ...

, Thailand, Malaysia and

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

. The sales network spans more than 20 countries. It is the largest custom and in-flight magazine publisher in

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...

. The company publishes more than 30 in-flight and custom magazines in over 20 languages, and offers a mobile app, digital and social media platforms to its aviation clients. * Ink is a global media company specialising in content and advertising for the travel sector, headquartered in London. The company works with over 27 airline, rail and hotel partners worldwide (including

American Airlines American Airlines is a major US-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is the largest airline in the world when measured by fleet size, scheduled passengers carried, and revenue passeng ...

, United, Qatar Airways,

Etihad Airways Etihad Airways ( ar, شَرِكَة ٱلْاِتِّحَاد لِلطَّيْرَان, sharikat al-ittiḥād li-ṭ-ṭayarān) is one of two flag carriers of the United Arab Emirates (the other being Emirates). Its head office is in Khalifa ...

easyJet EasyJet plc (styled as easyJet) is a British multinational low-cost airline group headquartered at London Luton Airport. It operates domestic and international scheduled services on 927 routes in more than 34 countries via its affiliate air ...

and Norwegian), with offices in London, New York, Miami, São Paulo and Singapore. Ink produces over 27 in-flight magazines in 18 languages, and airline mobile apps for their travel partners. Ink offers advertising across magazines, and passenger travel documents (print-at home boarding passes, booking confirmation emails), in airline mobile apps and online properties. Their media channels reach over 783 million passengers every year. * GroupSixPro, producing '' KAConfidential'', the exclusive in-flight magazine of KaiserAir. * '' ExiGent Magazine'' is the official and exclusive in-flight magazine of several airlines specialized in business jets throughout Europe and Africa. It also is the corporate magazine of one of the largest luxury real estate agencies. The company works with six airline and real estate agency partners (including Afrijet Business Service, Dassault Falcon Service, Jet Net Alliance, Helipass, Coldwell Banker France et Monaco and Sparfell and Partners). ExiGent Magazine produces six in-flight magazines in two languages, French and English. *

Spafax Spafax is an international travel media network. They provide content technology and media assets at scale for airlines along with licensing rights to movies, TV, audio, and video games for use in airline in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems. ...

, a multinational editorial and content marketing company based in London, Montréal and Toronto with more than 70 clients around the world. Its 13 offices worldwide - London, Toronto, Montréal, Santiago, Lima, Dubai, Frankfurt, Madrid, Kuala Lumpur, Miami, New York, California, Singapor - produce magazines and IFE products for clients such as

British Airways British Airways (BA) is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom. It is headquartered in London, England, near its main hub at Heathrow Airport. The airline is the second largest UK-based carrier, based on fleet size and passengers ...

, Air Canada,

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, and

Malaysia Airlines Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB; ms, Penerbangan Malaysia Berhad), formerly known as Malaysian Airline System (MAS; ), and branded as Malaysia Airlines, is the flag carrier airline of Malaysia and a member of the Oneworld airline alliance. (The ...

. * Stream, producing around ten in-flight magazines, including '' CityJet.'' * Agency Fish, whose main client is

Srilankan Airlines SriLankan Airlines (formerly known as Air Lanka) is the flag carrier of Sri Lanka and a member airline of the Oneworld airline alliance. It is currently the largest airline in Sri Lanka by number of aircraft and destinations and was launched ...

and

Garuda Indonesia Garuda Indonesia is the flag carrier of Indonesia, headquartered at Soekarno–Hatta International Airport. A successor of KLM Interinsulair Bedrijf, it is a member of SkyTeam and the second-largest airline of Indonesia after Lion Air, op ...

. * Motivate Publishing, which produces the in-flight magazine for ''Open Skies'', and Emirates' business- and first-class magazine, ''Portfolio.'' * Cedar Communications, which produces British Airways' ''High Life'', ''First Life'' and ''Business Life.'' * G+J Corporate Editors, which produces ''Lufthansa Magazin'', ''Lufthansa Woman's world'', ''Lufthansa exclusive'' and ''Holland Herald.'' * Lagardere France, whose main airline client is Air France. * Subcontinental Media Group, whose main airline clients are Biman Bangladesh Airlines from Bangladesh and Fly Africa Airlines in South Africa. It publishes ''Bihanga Magazine'' for Biman and Flyafrica.com ''Magazine'' for Fly Africa. It has own offices in Dhaka (Bangladesh), New Delhi, Kolkata in India and Johannesburg in South Africa. SMG has a sales network in over 15 key countries in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. * Bentang Media Nusantara, whose main airline clients are Lion Air,

Wings Air PT Wings Abadi Airlines, operating as Wings Air, is a scheduled commuter passenger low cost airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. The airline operates out of Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport in Makassar as well as several other airports a ...

and

Batik Air Batik Air is an Indonesian scheduled airline which was founded in 2012 and made its maiden flight on 3 May 2013 from Jakarta to Manado and Yogyakarta. History Lion Air, the parent company, established Batik Air as a full-service airline wh ...

. * In-flight Media and Technologies, which publishes

Max Air Max Air is a domestic and international airline based in Nigeria,ch-aviation.com - ...

's in-flight magazine. * Panorama Media Corp, are experienced publishers of consumer titles, specialist publications (including Skyways Magazine for Airlink for the last 30 years) and customer magazines, which compete in quality, design and reader appeal at an international level. Panorama Media Corp. is a full-service publishing company offering a one-stop service solution. * Shuffle CMS, which produces Jet2.coms' ''JetAway''

Specialized advertising agencies of in-flight magazines

* giO media (in-flight specialist for Benelux, Cyprus and Middle East markets), representing, recommending and centralizing all aspects of in-flight media. It is working for over 75% of all the airlines worldwide, such as British Airways, Air France, KLM, United-Continental, Emirates and Virgin Australia. * IMM International (in-flight marketing bureau for France, Switzerland, UK, Italy and China markets), representing, recommending and centralizing all aspects of in-flight media. It works with 150 airlines worldwide (more than 200 magazines) * The Media Ant, representing, recommending and centralizing all aspects of a few airlines. It works with 3 of 12 of the airlines in the country, such as IndiGo, Jetwings and Air Costa. * In-flight Media and Technologies (in-flight marketing bureau for

Max Air Max Air is a domestic and international airline based in Nigeria,ch-aviation.com - ...

in Nigeria), representing and centralizing all aspects of in-flight media for Max Air. It also advertises on board for advertisers inside all Max Air fleets. * òrkestra, the first media center in Italy specialized exclusively in advertising in in-flight magazines (more than 250 magazines in portfolio) of the most important airlines in the world

List of in-flight magazines

North America

Canada

* Air Canada : '' enRoute'' and '' Navi'' * Air North : '' Yukon, North of Ordinary'' *

Air Transat Air Transat is a Canadian airline based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1986, it is the country's third-largest airline behind Air Canada and WestJet, operating scheduled and charter flights serving 60 destinations in 25 countries. Air Transa ...

: ''

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'' *

Porter Airlines Porter Airlines (stylized in all lowercase as porter) is a regional airline headquartered at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport on the Toronto Islands in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Porter Aviation Holdings, formerly known as REGCO Hol ...

: ''re:Porter'' *

Westjet WestJet Airlines Ltd. is a Canadian airline headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, near Calgary International Airport. It is the second-largest Canadian airline, behind Air Canada, operating an average of 777 flights and carrying more than 66,130 ...

: ''UP!''

Mexico

Aeroméxico Aerovías de México, S.A. de C.V. () operating as Aeroméxico (; stylized as AM), is the flag carrier airline of Mexico, based in Mexico City. It operates scheduled services to more than 90 destinations in Mexico; North, South and Central Ame ...

: ''Aire'' and ''Accent'' * Mexicana de Aviación : ''VUELO'' (defunct) * TAESA : ''Caminos'' (defunct) * vivaAerobus : ''enVIVA'' *

Volaris Volaris, legally ''Concesionaria Vuela Compañía de Aviación S.A.P.I. de C.V.'', is a Mexican low-cost airline based in Santa Fe, Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City l-888-Ʒ9Ʒ-I394 with its hubs in Guadalajara, Mexico City, and Tijuana, and foc ...

: ''V de Volaris''

United States

AirTran Airways AirTran Airways was a low-cost U.S. airline that was originally headquartered in Orlando, Florida, and ceased operation following its acquisition by Southwest Airlines. AirTran Airways was established in 1993 as Conquest Sun Airlines by th ...

: ''GO'' (defunct) * Alaska Airlines : ''Alaska Beyond'' * Allegiant Air : ''Sunseeker'' *

Aloha Airlines Aloha Airlines was an American airline headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii, operating from a hub at Honolulu International Airport (now Daniel K. Inouye International Airport). Operations began on July 26, 1946, and ceased operations on March 31 ...

: ''Spirit of Aloha'' *

: ''American Way'', ''CL'' (''Celebrated Living'') for First and Business Class, ''NEXOS'' for Latin American flights *

Braniff International Airways Braniff Airways, Inc., operated as Braniff International Airways from 1948 until 1965, and then Braniff International from 1965 until air operations ceased, was an airline in the United States that once flew air carrier operations from 1928 un ...

: ''Flying Colors'' (defunct) *

Continental Airlines Continental Airlines, simply known as Continental, was a major United States airline founded in 1934 and eventually headquartered in Houston, Texas. It had ownership interests and brand partnerships with several carriers. Continental started ...

: ''Continental Magazine'' (defunct) *

Delta Air Lines Delta Air Lines, Inc., typically referred to as Delta, is one of the major airlines of the United States and a legacy carrier. One of the world's oldest airlines in operation, Delta is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The airline, along ...

: ''Sky Magazine'' * Eastern Airlines : ''Review'' (defunct) *

Frontier Airlines Frontier Airlines is a major ultra-low-cost U.S. airline headquartered in Denver, Colorado. It operates flights to over 100 destinations throughout the United States and 31 international destinations, and employs more than 3,000 staff. The ca ...

: ''Wild Blue Yonder'' * Hawaiian Airlines : '' Hana Hou!'' * KaiserAir Inc. : ''KA Confidential'' *

Midwest Airlines Midwest Airlines (formerly Midwest Express) was a U.S.-based airline headquartered in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, that operated from Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport between 1984 and 2010. For a short time, it also operated as a brand of ...

: ''My Midwest Magazine'', previously ''Midwest Airlines Magazine'' (defunct) * National Airlines : ''Aloft'' (defunct) * Northwest Airlines : ''World Traveler'' (defunct) *

: ''Clipper Magazine'' (defunct) *

SeaPort Airlines SeaPort Airlines was a US-based regional airline with its headquarters at Portland International Airport in Portland, Oregon. It operated scheduled service from its bases at Portland International Airport (PDX) (Pacific Northwest region) and Me ...

: ''Cloud 9 magazine'' *

Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines Co., typically referred to as Southwest, is one of the major airlines of the United States and the world's largest low-cost carrier. It is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and has scheduled service to 121 destinations in the U ...

: ''Southwest Magazine'', previously ''Spirit Magazine'' * Spirit Airlines : ''Skylights'' *

Trans World Airlines Trans World Airlines (TWA) was a major American airline which operated from 1930 until 2001. It was formed as Transcontinental & Western Air to operate a route from New York City to Los Angeles via St. Louis, Kansas City, and other stops, with F ...

: ''Ambassador Magazine'' (defunct) *

United Airlines United Airlines, Inc. (commonly referred to as United), is a major American airline headquartered at the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois.

: '' Hemispheres'', '' Rhapsody'' (defunct) - First Class, Business Class, and United Club magazine *

US Airways US Airways (formerly USAir) was a major United States airline that operated from 1937 until its merger with American Airlines in 2015. It was originally founded in Pittsburgh as a mail delivery airline called All American Aviation, which soon ...

: ''US Airways Magazine'', previously ''Attache Magazine'' (defunct) * Vanguard Airlines : ''Zoom!''

Caribbean

* Caribbean Airlines : ''Caribbean Beat''

South America

* Aerolíneas Argentinas : '' Aerolineas Argentinas Magazine'' (formerly ''Alta''), '' Cielos Argentinos'' * Avianca : ''Avianca'' * Copa Airlines : ''Panorama'' *

Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A ("Gol Intelligent Airlines S.A." also known as VRG Linhas Aéreas S/A) is a Brazilian low-cost airline based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. According to the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC), betwee ...

: ''GOL'' *

Grupo TACA Transportes Aereos del Continente Americano, (''Air Transports of the American Continent'', known and branded formerly as TACA International), operating as Avianca El Salvador, is an airline owned by Kingsland Holdings based in El Salvador. As ...

: ''EXPLORE Magazine'' (defunct) * LAN Airlines : ''in'', ''inWines'', ''inPremiere'' * LATAM Airlines : ''Vamos'' / ''LATAM'' * Varig : ''Ícaro'' (defunct)

Europe

* Adria Airways : ''Adria Airways Inflight Magazine'' *

Aegean Airlines Aegean Airlines S.A. ( el, Αερογραμμές Αιγαίου Ανώνυμη Εταιρεία ''Aeroporía Aigaíou Anónimi Etairía'', ) is the flag carrier airline of Greece and the largest Greek airline by total number of passengers carr ...

: ''Blue'' *

Aer Lingus Aer Lingus ( ; an anglicisation of the Irish , meaning "air fleet" compare Welsh 'llynges awyr') is the flag carrier of Ireland. Founded by the Irish Government, it was privatised between 2006 and 2015 and it is now a wholly owned subsidiar ...

: ''Cara'' *

Aeroflot PJSC AeroflotRussian Airlines (russian: ПАО "Аэрофло́т — Росси́йские авиали́нии", ), commonly known as Aeroflot ( or ; russian: Аэрофлот, , ), is the flag carrier and the largest airline of Russia. The ...

: ''Aeroflot'', ''Aeroflot Premium'', ''Aeroflot Style'' *

Air France Air France (; formally ''Société Air France, S.A.''), stylised as AIRFRANCE, is the flag carrier of France headquartered in Tremblay-en-France. It is a subsidiary of the Air France–KLM Group and a founding member of the SkyTeam global a ...

: ''Air France Magazine'' (''Bon Voyage''), ''Air France Madame'' - business class * Air Moldova : ''Altitude Inflight Magazine'' *

Air Serbia Air Serbia (stylised as ''AirSERBIA''; sr, / ) is the flag carrier of Serbia. The company's headquarters is located in Belgrade, Serbia, and its main hub is Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport. The airline was known as Jat Airways until it was r ...

: ''Elevate'' *

airBaltic airBaltic, legally incorporated as AS Air Baltic Corporation, is the flag carrier of Latvia, with its head office on the grounds of Riga International Airport in Mārupe municipality near Riga. Its main hub is Riga, and it operates bases ...

: ''Baltic Outlook'' *

AirClub The AirClub is a 2012 founded airline alliance of seven airlines. It is considered to be the first and only airline alliance of business airlines, in the world. The alliance has a fleet of over 100 aircraft and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzer ...

: ''AirClub Magazine'' * Alitalia : ''Ulisse'', ''Griffair'' (shopping) * Blue Panorama Airlines : ''Mondo in Blue'' * bmi : ''Voyager'' *

bmibaby Bmibaby Limited (styled as bmibaby.com) was a British low-cost airline that flew to destinations in the United Kingdom and Europe from its bases at Birmingham and East Midlands airports. It was a subsidiary of British Midland International, it ...

: ''yeahbaby'' (defunct) *

: '' High Life'', ''Business Life'' - business class, ''First Life'' - first class *

Brussels Airlines Brussels Airlines is the flag carrier and largest airline of Belgium, based and headquartered at Brussels Airport. It operates to over 100 destinations in Europe, North America and Africa and also offers charter services, maintenance and crew ...

: ''b.there!'', ''b.spirit!'' - long haul * Croatia Airlines: ''Croatia Magazine'' *

: ''easyJet Traveller'' * Finnair : ''Blue Wings'' *

Flybe Flybe (pronounced ), styled as flybe, is a British airline based at Birmingham Airport, England. History The airline traces its history back to Jersey European Airways, which was set up in 1979 following the merger of Intra Airways and Expre ...

: ''Flight Time'' *

Iberia The Iberian Peninsula (), ** * Aragonese language, Aragonese and Occitan language, Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica'' ** ** * french: Péninsule Ibérique * mwl, Península Eibérica * eu, Iberiar penintsula also known as Iberia, is a pe ...

: '' Ronda'', ''Excelente'' * Jet Airlines & Jetwings Domestic and Jetwings International *

Jet2.com Jet2.com Limited is a British low-cost leisure airline offering scheduled and charter flights from the United Kingdom. As of 2022, it is the third-largest scheduled airline in the UK, behind EasyJet and British Airways. Jet2 is also official ...

: ''JetAway Magazine'' *

KLM KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, legally ''Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V.'' (literal translation: Royal Aviation Company Plc.), is the flag carrier airline of the Netherlands. KLM is headquartered in Amstelveen, with its hub at nearby Amste ...

: '' Holland Herald'' * Loganair : ''FlightLOG'' *

LOT Polish Airlines LOT Polish Airlines, legally incorporated as Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT S.A. (corporation), S.A. (, ''flight''), is the flag carrier of Poland. Established in 1928, LOT was a founding member of IATA and remains one of List of airlines by foundat ...

: ''Kaleidoscope'' *

Lufthansa Deutsche Lufthansa AG (), commonly shortened to Lufthansa, is the flag carrier of Germany. When combined with its subsidiaries, it is the second- largest airline in Europe in terms of passengers carried. Lufthansa is one of the five founding ...

: ''Lufthansa Magazin (Best Magazine in 2021''), ''Woman's World'', ''Lufthansa Exclusiv'' *

Luxair Luxair, legally ''Luxair S.A., Société Luxembourgeoise de Navigation Aérienne'', is the flag carrier airline of Luxembourg with its headquarters and hub at Luxembourg Airport. It operates scheduled services to destinations in Europe, North Af ...

: ''Flydoscope'' * Martinair : ''M'' * Meridiana: ''Atmosphere'' *

Nordstar NordStar, officially JSC NordStar Airlines (russian: Акционерное общество «Авиакомпания «НордСтар») is a Russian airline based in Norilsk. Its main base is Alykel Airport. History NordStar was founded ...

: ''Летать легко'' (''Easy to fly'') * Norwegian Air Shuttle : ''n Magazine'' * Pegasus Airlines : ''flypgs.com'' *

PrivatAir Privatair SA was a Swiss airline headquartered in Meyrin, which operated business jets as well as scheduled services on behalf of major airlines. In addition the company operated crew and pilot training facilities. PrivatAir SA was a registered a ...

: ''PrivatAir Magazine'' *

Ryanair Ryanair is an Irish ultra low-cost carrier founded in 1984. It is headquartered in Swords, Dublin, Ireland and has its primary operational bases at Dublin and London Stansted airports. It forms the largest part of the Ryanair Holdings famil ...

: ''Let's Go Magazine'' * S7 Airlines : ''S7 Magazine'' * Scandinavian Airlines System : '' Scandinavian Traveler'' * TAP Air Portugal : ''UP'' * TAROM : ''Insight'', ''SkyLady'' * Thomas Cook : ''Thomas Cook Travel Magazine'', ''Thomas Cook Emporium'' *

Thomson Airways Thomson may refer to: Names * Thomson (surname), a list of people with this name and a description of its origin * Thomson baronets, four baronetcies created for persons with the surname Thomson Businesses and organizations * SGS-Thomson M ...

: ''Inflight'' *

Turkish Airlines Turkish Airlines ( Turkish: ''Türk Hava Yolları'') is the national flag carrier airline of Turkey. , it operates scheduled services to 340 destinations in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, making it the largest mainline carrier in the ...

: ''Sky Life'' * Ukraine International Airlines : ''Panorama'' *

Wizz Air Wizz Air, legally incorporated as Wizz Air Hungary Ltd. ( hu, Wizz Air Hungary Légiközlekedési Zrt.) is a Hungarian ultra-low-cost carrier with its head office in Budapest, Hungary. The airline serves many cities across Europe, as well as ...

: ''Wizz Magazine''

Africa

* Airlink : ''Skyways Magazine'' * Air Algérie : ''Tassili'' * Air Arabia Maroc: ''Nawras'' (Moroccan edition) * Air Zimbabwe : ''Nzira'' * Arik Air : ''Wings'' *

Azman Air Azman Air Services Limited is a Nigerian based domestic airline company. Established in 2010 by businessman Abdulmunaf Yunusa Sarina, the airline operates scheduled domestic passenger services with its main base in Mallam Aminu Kano International ...

: ''Fly Safe'' *

EgyptAir Egyptair (Egyptian Arabic: , ') is the state-owned flag carrier of Egypt. The airline is headquartered at Cairo International Airport, its main hub, operating scheduled passenger and freight services to 81 destinations in the Middle East, Europe ...

: ''Horus'' * Ethiopian Airlines : ''selamta'' * Fly Africa : ''Fly Africa Magazine'' * Kenya Airways : ''mSafiri'' * LAM : ''Índico'' *

Max Air Max Air is a domestic and international airline based in Nigeria,ch-aviation.com - ...

: '' In-flight Magazine'' * Royal Air Maroc : ''Royal Air Maroc Magazine'' *

South African Airways South African Airways (SAA) is the flag carrier airline of South Africa. Founded in 1934, the airline is headquartered in Airways Park at O. R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg and operated a hub-and-spoke network, serving ten dest ...

: ''sawubona'' *

TAAG TAAG Angola Airlines E.P. ( pt, TAAG Linhas Aéreas de Angola E.P.) is a state-owned airline and flag carrier of Angola. Based in Luanda, the airline operates domestic services within Angola, medium-haul services in Africa and long-haul service ...

: ''Austral''

Middle Asia

Air Astana Air Astana ( kk, Эйр Астана, translit=Eir Astana; russian: Эйр Астана́, translit=) is an airline group based in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It operates scheduled international and domestic services on 64 routes from its main hub, Alma ...

: ''Tengri Magazine'' *

Uzbekistan Airways JSC Uzbekistan Airways, operating as ''Uzbekistan Airways'' ( uz, Oʻzbekiston Havo Yoʻllari, ; russian: Узбекские Авиалинии), is the flag carrier airline of Uzbekistan, headquartered in Tashkent. From its hub at Islam Kari ...

: ''Uzbekistan Airways''

Asia

Air China Air China Limited () is the flag carrier of the People's Republic of China and one of the "Big Three" mainland Chinese airlines (alongside China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines). Air China's headquarters are in Shunyi District ...

: ''

Wings of China ''Wings of China'' is the inflight magazine of Air China. The magazine is published monthly in Beijing, China. History and profile The magazine was started in 1992 with the name ''Wings''. Ten years later, in 2002, the magazine was renamed ''Win ...

'' * Air India : ''Shubh Yatra'' (''Happy Journey'') * Air Macau : ''Air Macau Magazine'' * Air Mandalay : ''Air Mandalay - Golden Flight'' *

AirAsia Capital A Berhad, () operating as AirAsia (stylized as ''airasia'') is a Malaysian multinational low-cost airline headquartered near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the largest airline in Malaysia by fleet size and destinations. AirAsia operat ...

: ''Travel 3Sixty'' * AirAsia India :''Travel 3Sixty'' *

AirAsia X AirAsia X (previously known as ''FlyAsianXpress Sdn. Bhd.''), is a long-haul budget airline based in Malaysia, and a sister company of AirAsia. It commenced operations on 2 November 2007 with its first service flown from Kuala Lumpur Interna ...

: ''Travel3Sixty'' *

All Nippon Airways , also known as ANA (''Ē-enu-ē'') or is an airline in Japan. Its headquarters are located in Shiodome City Center in the Shiodome area of Minato ward of Tokyo. It operates services to both domestic and international destinations and had m ...

: Tsubasa no Okoku/ ''TSUBASA Global Wings'' * Angkasa : '' Kompas Gramedia'' * Asiana Airlines : ''Asiana'' * Bamboo Airways : ''Bamboo Green'' *

Bangkok Airways Bangkok Airways Public Company Limited ( th, บางกอกแอร์เวย์ส) is a regional airline based in Bangkok, Thailand. It operates scheduled services to destinations in Thailand, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Laos, M ...

: ''Fah Thai'' *

: ''Batik'' * Biman Bangladesh Airlines : ''Bihanga'' * Cambodia Angkor Air : ''Angkor'' *

Cathay Pacific Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (CPA), more widely known as Cathay Pacific (), is the flag carrier of Hong Kong, with its head office and main hub located at Hong Kong International Airport. The airline's operations and subsidiaries have ...

: ''Discovery'' *

Cebu Pacific Cebu Air, Inc., operating as Cebu Pacific (), is a low-cost airline of the Philippines. Founded in 1988, it is Asia's oldest low-cost airline. It offers scheduled flights to both domestic and international destinations. The airline operates fl ...

: ''Smile'' *

China Airlines China Airlines (CAL; ) is the state-owned flag carrier of the Republic of China (Taiwan), and one of its two major airlines along with EVA Air. It is headquartered in Taoyuan International Airport and operates over 1,400 flights weekly (in ...

: ''Dynasty'' *

China Eastern Airlines China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (), also known as China Eastern, is an airline headquartered in the China Eastern Airlines Building, on the grounds of Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport in Changning District, Shanghai. It i ...

: ''Connections'' *

China Southern Airlines China Southern Airlines Company Limited is an airline headquartered in Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province and is the largest airline in China. Established on 1 July 1988 following the restructuring of the CAAC Airlines that acqu ...

: ''NiHao'' (English), ''Gateway 南方航空'' (Chinese), ''Elite'' (Chinese) * Citilink : ''Linkers'' *

Eastar Jet Eastar Jet (ESR) () is a South Korean low-cost airline with its headquarters in Banghwa-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul. On January 7, 2009, Eastar Jet made its maiden flight from Gimpo International Airport to Jeju International Airport. Now, the air ...

: ''Eastar Jet'' *

EVA Air EVA Airways Corporation (pronounced as three letters: ; ) (), of which "EVA" stands for Evergreen Airways, is a Taiwanese international airline based at Taoyuan International Airport near Taipei, Taiwan, operating passenger and dedicated ca ...

: ''enVoyage'' *

: ''Colours'' * GoAir : ''GoGetter'' *

Hainan Airlines Hainan Airlines Co., Ltd. (HNA, ) is an airline headquartered in Haikou, Hainan, People's Republic of China. The airline is rated as a 5-star airline by Skytrax. It is the largest civilian-run and majority state-owned air transport company ...

: ''Hai Vision'' * Hebei Airlines : ''Hebei Airlines'' *

HK Express Hong Kong Express Airways Limited (), commonly known as Hong Kong Express or HK Express, is a Hong Kong–based low-cost airline fully owned by Cathay Pacific Airways. It provides scheduled air service to 27 destinations in Asia, including C ...

: ''Uexplore'' *

Hong Kong Airlines Hong Kong Airlines Limited (stylised as HONGKONG AIRLINES) is an airline based in Hong Kong, with its headquarters in the Tung Chung district and its main hub at Hong Kong International Airport. It was established in 2006 as a member of t ...

: ''+852'' *

IndiGo Indigo is a deep color close to the color wheel blue (a primary color in the RGB color space), as well as to some variants of ultramarine, based on the ancient dye of the same name. The word "indigo" comes from the Latin word ''indicum'', ...

: ''Hello 6E'' * Indonesia AirAsia : ''Travel 3Sixty'' * Japan Airlines : ''Skyward'' * Jeju Air : ''Joy & Joy'' * Jetstar Airways : ''Jetstar Asia'' / ''Jetstar Japan'' *

Juneyao Airlines Juneyao Air (), formerly known as Juneyao Airlines, is a carrier headquartered in Shanghai, operating both domestic and international services from two airports ( Shanghai Hongqiao and Shanghai Pudong). The company was founded in 2005 as a subs ...

: ''The Moment'' * Korean Air : ''Morning Calm'', ''Beyond'' * Lanmei Airlines : ''Time To Travel'' *

Lao Airlines Lao Airlines State Enterprise
."
Lion Air : ''Lionmag'' *

: ''Going Places'' *

Malindo Air Batik Air Malaysia (formerly known as Malindo Air) is a Malaysian full service carrier, an associate carrier of Indonesian Lion Air Group, with headquarters in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. The original name Malindo signifies a cooperative ...

: ''Malindomag'' *

MIAT Mongolian Airlines MIAT (Mongolyn Irgenii Agaaryn Teever (Монголын Иргэний Агаарын Тээвэр , Mongolian Civil Air Transport)) Mongolian Airlines, ; "Mongolian Civil Air Transport" is the national airline of Mongolia, headquartered in the ...

: ''MIAT Mongolian Airlines'' * Nok Air : ''Jibjib'' *

Novoair NOVOAIR ( bn, নভোএয়ার) is an airline based in Dhaka, Bangladesh operating mostly domestic flights. It operates 25 flights each day from Dhaka to its seven destinations. History NOVOAIR was established in October 2007 as an aviat ...

: ''Novoneel'' *

Pakistan International Airlines Pakistan International Airlines ( ur, ; abbreviated PIA, ur, ) is an international airline that serves as the national flag carrier of Pakistan under the administrative control of the Aviation Secretary of Pakistan, Secretary to the Governme ...

: ''Humsafar'' * PAL Express : ''La Isla'' * Philippine Airlines : '' Mabuhay'' *

Philippines AirAsia Philippines AirAsia, Inc. is a low-cost airline based at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Metro Manila in the Philippines. The airline is the Philippine affiliate of AirAsia, a low-cost airline based in Malaysia. The airline started as a j ...

: ''Travel 3Sixty'' * Royal Brunei Airlines : ''Muhibah'' *

Safi Airways Safi Airways Co. ( ps, صافي هوايي شرکت; fa, خطوط هوایی صافی) was the first and largest privately owned airline from Afghanistan. The airline had its headquarters in Shahr-e-Naw, Kabul, Afghanistan, an administrative of ...

: ''Safi Airways Inflight Magazine'' * Scoot : ''Scoot'' *

Singapore Airlines Singapore Airlines ( abbreviation: SIA) is the flag carrier airline of the Republic of Singapore with its hub located at Singapore Changi Airport. The airline is notable for highlighting the Singapore Girl as its central figure in corporat ...

: ''SilverKris'' * SpiceJet : ''SpiceRoute'' *

SriLankan Airlines SriLankan Airlines (formerly known as Air Lanka) is the flag carrier of Sri Lanka and a member airline of the Oneworld airline alliance. It is currently the largest airline in Sri Lanka by number of aircraft and destinations and was launched ...

: ''Serendib'' * Sriwijaya Air : ''Sriwijaya'' * Thai AirAsia : ''Travel 3Sixty'' *

Thai AirAsia X Thai AirAsia X ( th, ไทยแอร์เอเชีย เอกซ์) is a Thai long-haul low-fare airline based at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok. It is a joint venture of AirAsia X from Malaysia and Thai AirAsia. History On 18 S ...

: ''Travel 3Sixty'' *

Thai Airways Thai Airways International Public Company Limited, trading as THAI (, th, บริษัท การบินไทย จำกัด (มหาชน)) is the flag carrier airline of Thailand. Formed in 1961, the airline has its corporate h ...

: ''Sawasdee'' *

Thai Lion Air Thai Lion Mentari Co. Ltd, trading as Thai Lion Air ( th, ไทยไลอ้อนแอร์), is a Thai low-cost airline, operating with Thai partners as an associate company of Lion Air of Indonesia. The carrier operates from Bangkok's Do ...

: ''Lionmag Thai'' *

Thai Smile THAI Smile Airways is a Thai regional airline and a wholly owned subsidiary of Thai Airways International headquartered in Bangkok. History On 20 May 2011, the Thai Airways board announced plans to create a new lower-cost airline, at the time ...

: ''WE Smile'' *

Thai Vietjet Air Thai Vietjet Air Joint Stock Company Limited, operating as Thai VietJet Air ( th, ไทยเวียดเจ็ทแอร์), also recognized as Vietjet Air Thailand or simply Thai Vietjet, is a Thai low-cost airline and an associate comp ...

: ''One2Fly Thailand'' * Tigerair Taiwan : ''Tiger Tales'' * TransNusa : ''Pesona Nusantara'' * TruJet : ''Trujetter'' magazine *

TurboJet The turbojet is an airbreathing jet engine which is typically used in aircraft. It consists of a gas turbine with a propelling nozzle. The gas turbine has an air inlet which includes inlet guide vanes, a compressor, a combustion chamber, a ...

: ''Horizon'' * VietJet Air : ''One2Fly'' *

Vietnam Airlines Vietnam Airlines ( vi, Hãng Hàng không Quốc gia Việt Nam, lit=Vietnam National Airlines) is the flag carrier of Vietnam. The airline was founded in 1956 and later established as a state-owned enterprise in April 1989. Vietnam Airline ...

: ''Heritage'' (monthly), ''Heritage Fashion'' (monthly starting 15th day of the month), ''Heritage Japan'' (quarterly) * Vistara : ''Vistara Magazine'' *

: ''Wings'' * XiamenAir : ''XiamenAir'' *

Xpress Air Xpress Air was a domestic regular airline that offered direct flights to the eastern parts of Indonesia, with its first flight in 2005, and from 2014 international routes to Malaysia. Beginning with two Boeing 737s, Xpress Air was the first priv ...

: ''Xpress Air''

Middle East

: Nawras * Azerbaijan Airlines : ''AZAL Blue Sky'' * El Al : ''Atmosphere'' *

Emirates Emirates may refer to: * United Arab Emirates, a Middle Eastern country * Emirate, any territory ruled by an emir ** Gulf emirates, emirates located on the Persian Gulf ** Emirates of the United Arab Emirates, the individual emirates * The Emirat ...

: ''Open Skies'' and Portfolio for business and first class. *

: ''Etihad Inflight'' and ''Aspire'' * flynas : ''flynas magazine'' * Gulf Air : ''Gulf Life'' * Jazeera Airways : ''J Magazine'' * Kuwait Airways : ''Al-Buraq'' *

Middle East Airlines Middle East Airlines – Air Liban S.A.L. ( ar, طيران الشرق الأوسط ـ الخطوط الجوية اللبنانية ''Ṭayyarān al-Sharq al-Awsaṭ – al-Khuṭūṭ al-jawiyyah al-lubnāniyyah''), more commonly known as Middle ...

: ''Cedar Wings'' *

Oman Air Oman Air ( ar, الطيران العماني) is the national airline of the Sultanate of Oman. Based at Muscat International Airport in Seeb, Muscat, it operates domestic and international passenger services, as well as regional air taxi a ...

: ''Wings of Oman'' * Qatar Airways : ''Oryx'' *

Royal Jordanian Royal Jordanian Airlines ( ar, ; transliterated: ''Al-Malakiyyah al-'Urduniyyah''), formerly known as Alia Royal Jordanian Airlines, is the flag carrier airline of Jordan with its head office in the capital, Amman. The airline operates schedu ...

: ''Royal Wings'' *

Saudia Saudia ( ar, السعودية '), formerly known as Saudi Arabian Airlines (), is the flag carrier of Saudi Arabia, based in Jeddah. The airline's main operational base is at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah. King Khalid Int ...

: ''Ahlan Wasahlan'' * Saudigulf: ''Saudi Gulf'' magazine

Oceania

* Air New Zealand : ''Kia Ora'' *

Air Niugini Air Niugini Limited is the national airline of Papua New Guinea, based in Air Niugini House on the property of Jacksons International Airport, Port Moresby. It operates a domestic network from Port Moresby to 12 major airports while its subsidia ...

: ''Paradise'' * Jetstar Airways : ''Jetstar Australia'' *

Qantas Qantas Airways Limited ( ) is the flag carrier of Australia and the country's largest airline by fleet size, international flights, and international destinations. It is the world's third-oldest airline still in operation, having been founde ...

: '' Qantas The Australian Way'' * Virgin Australia : ''Voyeur''

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