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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Major airlines cancel Middle East flights tonight amid warnings of U.S.-Iran conflict

A wave of major international airlines, including Air France, British Airways, Lufthansa,…

“The Big Idiot Sale”: Michael O’Leary Thanks Elon Musk for Sales Boost After Public Feud

DUBLIN – Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary used a press conference in Dublin…

Senior Pilot under investigation after punching his First Officer at LAX after argument over taxi speed

LOS ANGELES – In a rare and disturbing breach of cockpit professionalism,…

Elon Musk threats to buy Ryanair after CEO calls him an “idiot”

DUBLIN / AUSTIN – What began as a technical disagreement over satellite…

Birmingham airport closed due to radar failure caused by power outage

BIRMINGHAM — Hundreds of passengers faced significant travel disruption on Sunday night,…

Weather radar of Airbus A350 raises concerns among Air France pilots

Air France pilots have raised serious concerns regarding the weather radar systems…

KLM aircraft to London circled Schiphol Airport twice on taxiway before the flight was cancelled

During two hours, a KLM flight taxied around the runways to finally…

A man without passport in a BA flight was detected only because he was sitting in other passenger’s seat

A man boarded a British Airways flight at London Heathrow without a ticket, boarding…

Big rat forced KLM to cancel flight to Amsterdam, 250 passengers stranded in the Caribbean

About 250 passengers found themselves stranded in the Caribbean after a large…

Near miss: JetBlue pilot reported “we almost had a midair collision” with invisible military tanker

An civilian airliner was forced to descend rapidly to avoid a collision…

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