After ruling as “Queen of the Skies” for more than 40 years, the Boeing 747 made its last domestic run for United Airlines Friday night. The historic flight departed from Chicago O’Hare International Airport for San Francisco International Airport. United still operates international 747 flights to Europe and Asia, but ended regular domestic flights years…
An Antonov An-74 freight plane of Ukraine’s CAVOK Air airline has crashed in Sao Tome and Principe Island in Central Africa, and the plane crew was injured, Deputy Infrastructure Minister of Ukraine Yuriy Lavreniuk has said. “An hour ago An-74 freight plane of Ukraine’s CAVOK Air airline crashed while taking off from Sao Tome Island.…
Authorities in Romania have denied access to its airspace for a Russian flight that was headed to Chisinau in Moldova. Russia’s deputy prime minister, Dmitry Rogozin, was on board the passenger plane, which had to request an emergency landing in Belarus. Russia’s ambassador to Moldova, Farit Mukhametshin, who was waiting for Rogozin at Chisinau airport,…
NASA’s dreams of supersonic flight have stepped closer to reality, as the space agency prepares to begin tests at its Kennedy Space Center in Florida next month. But, for people who live in the surrounding area, this progress will come with a price – dozens of sonic booms, with as many as three per day for more…
A Jet2 aircraft has made a second emergency landing in as many weeks after an apparent recurrence of a technical problem. A flight from Ibiza to Leeds was diverted to Barcelona on 16 July. On Friday, the same plane was diverted to Frankfurt after a similar incident, Jet2 confirmed. It said passenger safety had not…
JustPlanes filmed ATLANTIC AIRWAYS of the Faroe Islands. The 4h30min film includes 15 flights around the islands in the AW139 Helicopter as well as 6 flights on the Airbus A319. In this clip you see the departure from Copenhagen bound for Vagar. For the full program visit http://www.worldairroutes.com/atlanticairways.html
JustPlanes produced 4 films of ST MAARTEN AIRPORT. This one in 2000 plus 2005, 2013 and 2016. In this clip you see an AIR TRANSAT Lockheed 1011 arriving and departing the famous airport. For more on our series visit http://www.justplanes.com/airportdvd.html
A Boeing 767 of DHL suffered tailstrike on landing yesterday at Lahore Airport.
Air France-KLM is buying almost a third of Virgin Atlantic, leaving Sir Richard Branson’s parent company, Virgin Group, with a minority stake in the airline he founded. Air France-KLM is taking a 31% stake, worth £220m, in Virgin Atlantic as part of a four-way joint-venture with US partner Delta. Virgin Group’s share will fall from…
An Atlasjet flight from Istanbul to North Cyprus was damaged by hail and had to return. The Airbus A320 departed from Istanbul Ataturk Airport when it reached 5,000 feet and was damaged by hail storm. The windshield cracked and the radom was damaged. The plane returned to Istanbul Atatürk Airport with 121 passengers on board. The footage of…
JustPlanes new film featuring 3 amazing airports in a film thats 4 and a half hours long. The first hour is spent at SABA with its shortest runway as well as ST BARTHS with a hill right in front of the runway. The rest of the program is filmed from some superb locations at ST…
The Port Authority Board of Commissioners today authorized $54.4 million to rehabilitate Runway 4-22 and associated taxiways at LaGuardia Airport to extend their useful life and ensure compliance with Federal Aviation Administration standards. Work on the 7,000 feet long and 150 feet wide runway will take place during nightly airport closures and extended weekend runway…