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 Incident: Ryanair B737 at Gdansk, rejected takeoff due to birdstrike

A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-ENW performing flight FR-8506 from Gdansk (Poland)…

NEWS Incident: Ryanair B737 at Gdansk, rejected takeoff due to birdstrike

A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-ENW performing flight FR-8506 from Gdansk (Poland)…

NEWS Frontier Airlines to Serve Chicago O’Hare and Las Vegas from Austin

Frontier Airlines has announced it will launch service in the spring of…

NEWS Predator drones more likely in civil airspace after successful tests

A Predator B drone has successfully completed tests with so-called sense-and-avoid radar,…

NEWS Delta Air Lines CEO on why ticket prices haven’t dropped

DETROIT • Delta Air Lines is passing along profits to its employees,…

NEWS Inside the Army's CH-47F Chinook helicopter (pictures)

STOCKTON, Calif. -- The recent delivery of 10 new CH-47F Chinook helicopters…

NEWS Main Content Fly On a 747 [for an hour] Without Leaving the USA

This is your chance to fly the B747 without leaving the country…

NEWS South African Airways Re-Negotiates Leases on Eight Airbus A340s

South African Airways (SAA) has renegotiated lease re-extensions on three Airbus A340s…

NEWS The Coming U.S. Pilot Shortage Is Real

With upward of 20,000 cockpit seats expected to open up at U.S.…

UPDATE EMERGENCY #U21877: @easyjet statement has been tweeted as to why the return of the Bilbao flight

The easyJet aircraft G-EZFB after returning back to Manchester / from twitter: @daveb257…

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