In 1962 Saudi Arabian was the first Middle Eastern airline operation a jet airliner, when two Boeing 720´s were delivered. Nowadays Saudia Airlines flies one of the youngest fleet in the region, including Boeing 747-400 and 777-200 aircraft with a total of 139 aircraft. Besides being Saudi Arabia´s domestic and international airline, Saudi Arabian also provides royal and government-related flights, provided by special aircraft types.

Aviamagazine looks into the history and current status of this major Middle Eastern airline.

Virgin Atlantic was developed as an offshoot of Richard Branson's Virgin Group, who was better known at the time as the flamboyant leader of Virgin records. Virgin Atlantic started cheap flights between London and New York in June 1984.

AviaMagazine.com looks into one of the first low budget airlines which now also includes Virgin Express en Australia's Virgin Blue.