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 Pegasus Airlines records strong growth figures in first quarter

Pegasus Airlines has continued to record double digit growth figures during the…

NEWS Air France brings new app to Apple Watch

The Air France App has launched on Apple Watch, allowing Air France…

NEWS: Passenger fined after plane forced to divert to @Shannonairport – @flightcrisis

A US-bound passenger plane was forced to dump over 20 tonnes of…

NEWS Routes Europe to return to UK with Belfast event in 2017

Routes Europe will return to the United Kingdom in 2017 when the…

NEWS Airbus says will file criminal complaint over US spy claims

European aviation and aeronautics giant Airbus said Thursday it would file a…

NEWS Lufthansa calls for arbitration in flight crew pay dispute

Lufthansa is offering a further concession to the Vereinigung Cockpit flight crew…

NEWS Beijing unveils plans for the biggest airport terminal in the world

The number of Chinese tourists eager to travel the world has risen…

NEWS Nepal Air’s second Airbus A320 comes with 5 tons of quake relief

Nepal Airlines took delivery of a new Airbus A320 that will fly…

NEWS Pegasus grew faster than rest of Turkish aviation market in Q1 of 2015

According to the Public Disclosure Platform’s (KAP) traffic data for January-March 2015,…

ALERT Bird Strike Forces Plane to Make Emergency Landing at LaGuardia

An airplane made an emergency landing at LaGuardia Airport just after takeoff…

NEWS Airbus 'to sue over US spying'

Leaks from a secret report by Germany's national intelligence agency, the BND,…

ALERT Air France flight #AF1620 hit by a car at Paris CDG airport

The Airbus A320 registered F-GKXY was hit by a car at Paris…

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