The International Directory of Civil Aircraft: 1999-2000

This is the thoroughly revised and up to date third edition of the only biennial reference book on the world's civil aircraft. It describes 388 individual aircraft types currently in service or under development worldwide and features a fleet inventory of the world's major airlines.

Like the preceding Civil Aircraft directories, the 1999/2000 edition follows the same simple but proven formula of two aircraft (including a colour photograph of each) per page. Each aircraft entry features details on the aircraft's country/ies of origin, role/s, powerplant/s, performance, weights, dimensions, seating and/or freight capacity, numbers built, ordered and in service where known, and a concise history of the aircraft's development and variants. Significant aircraft families are often broken into separate entries for major model variants - for example the 747 range is described over two pages and four entries.

Compared with the 1997/98 edition, the 1999/2000 gains 20 new aircraft listings - ranging from the Bombardier Continental Jet to the Airbus A318 - while the carried over aircraft entries have been brought up to date to reflect the latest developments, usually with a new photograph. Some entries have been so heavily revised that they have effectively been re-written.

Aircraft covered range from airliners to light aircraft, to helicopters, to corporate jets and everything in between.

This book is the companion to the International Directory of Military Aircraft, by the same author.