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.
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NEWS Boeing donates their Boeing 787 Dreamliner N787BA to Nagoya, Japan

Manufacture Boeing has donated its prototype and test 787 Dreamliner "ZA001" to…

BREAKING VIDEO Plane makes emergency landing after fatal mid-flight crash with another small plane

Cessna float plane crash landing after mid air collision in Fort McMurray…

EMERGENCY United Airlines #UA971 diverted to Belfast after Nuts dispute

Police say a passenger's dispute over wanting more nuts was behind a…

NEWS: Jetstar flight forced to make emergency landing in Newcastle

A Jetstar flight from the Gold Coast to Sydney has made an…

Air France #AF6219 from Nice to Paris ORY is declared an emergency

UPDATE Air France #AF6219 from Nice to Paris ORY diverted to Lyon…

VIDEO How to land an airplane in the dark #AvGeek

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Ryanair flight #FR7322 from Hahn to Alicante declared an emergency

UPDATE Ryanair #FR7322 from Hahn to Alicante diverted to Beauvais due to…

ALERT Hack attack on LOT Polish’s airline system has grounded 1,400 passengers

About 1,400 passengers using the Polish airline LOT were grounded at Warsaw’s…

NEWS Etihad service to Hong Kong is to become daily Etihad A330, rather then 3 a week operated by Air Seychelles

Currently Hong Kong service is operated by a Air Seychelles A330 on…

NEWS: CSA Czech Airlines will fly to Edinburgh twice on a Tuesday and Saturday from 3 Czech airpots on 1 A319

The airline next month will increase its UK network coverage to Edinburgh,…

NEWS Qatar Airways to launch service to Atlanta a month early, on the 1st June 2016

The new route was announced in May and was to launch on…