Melanie Kraft

Melanie's aviation journey began at a young age, earning her first pilot certifications while still a teenager, before she ever held a driver’s license! As lead journalist at AIRLIVE.net, she plays a pivotal role in shaping the voice and editorial direction of the website. Her experience spans flight operations, air traffic coordination and emergency incident analysis.
8315 Articles

A Turkish Airlines A321neo suffered a tail strike during landing attempt today at Dublin

A Turkish Airlines flight performed a go around this morning at Dublin…

Why a TUI Boeing 787 flew from London Stansted to London Gatwick

A TUI Boeing 787 Dreamliner, full of passengers, performed a 23-minute flight…

A Boeing 787 experienced a cabin depressurization over Arabian Sea

Ethiopian Airlines flight to India descended to 10,000 feet as the aircraft…

Qantas is taking delivery of its first Airbus A321XLR via Thailand

Qantas Airbus A321XLR is on delivery flight to Sydney with stop in…

ALERT Radar failure currently reported at Milan’s Area Control Center, flights diverting

Flights to Milan Malpensa, Linate and Bergamo Airports are diverting due to…

United Airlines to operate nearly 600 daily flights from Chicago O’Hare

This October, United Airlines is preparing to operate up to 592 flights…

Black boxes of Air India Boeing 787 were only flown to the AAIB in New Delhi two days ago

Data from flight recorders of the Air India Boeing 787 have been…

Air France A350 aircraft to LAX returned to Paris 24 mins after takeoff

A flight to Los Angeles returned to Paris Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport…

Wing of Ryanair Boeing 737 MAX damaged after landing from London Stansted

A Ryanair flight from London Stansted to Kalamata suffered an incident after…

Enable Notifications OK No thanks