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 Six Miserable People Filed 25,000 O'Hare Noise Complaints In January

The Chicago Department of Aviation's Airport Noise Management System recently revealed that…

NEWS Spain’s Castellón–Costa Azahar Airport gets its first airline since opening years ago

The Irish budget airline many know of, Ryanair, will become the first…

NEWS & NUMBERS Who are the Top 10 777 Operators? – @Flightglobal

Emirates - 144 (50 on order) United - 74 Cathay Pacific -…

NEWS Exclusive: From 'Red October' village, new evidence on downing of Malaysian plane over Ukraine

Villagers in eastern Ukraine have told Reuters they saw a missile flying…

NEWS Incident: KLM B772 over Atlantic on Mar 13th 2015, failure of weather radar

A KLM Boeing 777-200, registration PH-BQD performing flight KL-791 from Amsterdam (Netherlands)…

NEWS Qatar offers double-daily service to Frankfurt

Qatar Airways welcomed the second of this ground-breaking aircraft into its fleet…

NEWS Etihad enhances services to US

Etihad Airways will deploy a state-of-the-art Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft on its…

NEWS Ryanair launches Stansted winter route

Ryanair has launched its Stansted winter 2015 schedule with two new routes…

NEWS easyJet adds fast track security to business fare

easyJet Plus annual card holders will now benefit from access to Fast…

NEWS Virgin Australia puts social media crew at centre of airline operations

THE ability to post bad news and complaints immediately means airlines often…

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