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 American Airlines fights back and defends homophobic made towards their gay pride twitter logo

American Airlines changed its logo in June to support Pride Month  One…

VIDEO 3D Impressive Red Bull formation flying through a building!!!!

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Big Book of Airliners – A reference app for Commercial Airliners #AvGeek

Big Book of Airliners is a new app targeted at Aviation enthusiasts…

NEWS Delta and Southwest flight had similar flight numbers nearly took off at the same time at Chicago

Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines planes had similar flight numbers Collision…

NEWS Heathrow worker who said ‘you would need to win the lottery to go on’ is given ticket on Qantas A380 to Dubai

Ian (nicknamed Ginger) was featured on the first episode of ITV's Heathrow…

NEWS Etihad passenger strapped to seat, with cable ties, by others after attacking attendant because of no smoking rule

Etihad flight EY460 was travelling from Abu Dhabi to Melbourne where about…

NEWS Couple who missed check in tried to flag down their Ryanair plane on Malta runway.

Matteo Clementi and Enrica Apollonio missed check-in at Malta airport They then…

NEWS Investigators: British Airways 747 that struck building in Johannesburg was pilot error

The damage was repairable but 747 are being gradually being removedfrom the…

BREAKING VIDEO Red Devil’s parachute fails to open, teammate catches him mid-air

Great to hear the #RedDevils are all ok after their #parachute drama:…

EMERGENCY Singing Woman Causes Russian Plane to Make Emergency Landing

A plane flying from the Siberian city of Irkutsk to Moscow on Friday was forced to make an emergency…