*Airliner World* is by far the most comprehensive, detailed, well-written magazine in this expertise. Every issue starts with the a news section breaking down into continents briefs on the latest happenings of commercial airlines: newly-launched services, deliveries of aircrafts, transfer of aircraft, phasing out of fleet, safety concerns, and more. Cover stories range from airlines history, a major hub, airport layouts, and pilot logs and all of which illustrated with pictures. A typical format of this monthly magazine (taken from the March 2003 issue):

News
Fly Me - Flybe
Aeronautical Charts
[topics in aviation training]
Aviation in Ghana
[features major airports, carriers, and perspectives by country]
China Training
GB Airways - A321 Delivery
[features on a specific type of aircraft model]
New York's LaGuardia Airport
[cover story on a major airport; domestic or international]
Embraer
[detailed look at aircraft menufacturer]
Air Safety
[specific topic]
London City Airport
Hong Kong in the 1970s
[retro-brief]
Spanair
[newcomer in the industry]
Tupolev Tu-154 Overhaul
Duty Free
[section on review of the latest in books, DVD, etc]
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This magazine is a total package. Newstand price is US$8.75. The issue date is the 12th of every month but usually the magazine is not available at the bookstore until the 7th of the following month. Listed in the magazines every month is a detailed account on the "whereabouts" of aircrafts, the registration number and the such. It also provides venues to video tapes and aircraft models ordering. 4.0 stars.