Shannon Airport (SNN) in Ireland this morning welcomed Turkish Airlines Cargo to the airport. Boasting the longest runway in Ireland, the airport tweeted that it was a ‘great asset’. In a series of subsequent tweets (below) the airport posted pictures of the first Turkish Airlines Cargo plane to land and it’s crew. The new crew…
Senior Qantas captains are undergoing final preparations for one of the most daring scheduled landings in the 95-year history of the company. Weather permitting, Qantas has been given the all-clear to deliver a prized 747-400 aircraft to the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) at Illawarra Regional Airport on Sunday. Once famed for breaking distance records, the ‘City…
As part of a large scale expansion in North America, China’s Hainan Airlines has announced it plans to begin three new non-stop routes between the United States and China. Service will be inaugurated from Silicon Valley’s Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport to Beijing on June 15th, from Boston’s Logan Airport to Shanghai’s Pudong…
Through the use of updated technology Flight Service is taking the opportunity to eliminate redundancies and underutilized services. Link
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. William Mahoney, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), AV-8B Harrier jet pilot, talks about his experience during a controlled landing after his front landing gear malfunctioned on his aircraft aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5) at sea, June 7, 2014. Link