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Delta Air Lines passengers on a flight between Miami and Minneapolis had their travel plans interrupted when an unusual odor was detected onboard. This saw the Boeing 737-900ER diverted to Atlanta, where the aircraft was inspected, and passengers were rebooked onto an alternative flight. The service, operating on Tuesday, December 30, had 111 customers onboard … Read more

Keeping operational manuals up-to-date is a vital part of ensuring that any aviation company is maintaining regulatory compliance and that staff are aware of the latest policies and procedures. Many businesses, however, are still using outdated and clunky methods such as Word documents and PDFs to distribute their manuals – a time-consuming and error-prone process … Read more

At long last, New York’s major airports are getting some much-needed upgrades. We’ve already written about some of them, like LaGuardia’s rebuilt Terminal B, JFK’s upcoming new Terminal One, and Newark’s replacement Terminal A. Skybridges at LaGuardia Terminal B JFK’s new Terminal One (rendering) Newark’s new Terminal A Out of the multiple megaprojects that are … Read more

Hay bales on fire at a barn in Katherine, NT. (Image: NT Fire and Rescue) Royal Australian Air Force firefighters have been thanked for helping to extinguish a massive hay fire in the Northern Territory town of Katherine last month. RAAF Base Tindal’s No. 17 Squadron Fire Section dispatched two Airfield Panther fire trucks and … Read more

The fine folks of the airline industry work extra hard this time of year so that the rest of us can enjoy the holidays. As if that weren’t enough, some of them volunteer to help share seasonal spirit with people in need. As one example, United operates “Fantasy Flights” that bring children experiencing significant medical … Read more

Many airlines fly transatlantic routes, and even Singapore Airlines is technically a transatlantic airline as it operates a flight from Frankfurt to New York-JFK. This list will consider seven of the leading transatlantic mainline carriers: American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Lufthansa, and Air France. Flights between North America and … Read more

An Edelweiss Airbus A340 Recently, Edelweiss celebrated their inaugural flight from Zurich to Seattle using an Airbus A340 (4 engines 4 long haul). I was double excited not only to see a new international carrier start service at my home airport, but they are also using an AvGeek favorite: the A340. Francis Zera (our Editor-At-Large … Read more

Good ‘ol C15 at SEA… the gate I was waiting at for my friend to arrive. I am one of those who don’t mind doing airport drop offs and pickups. Often I will actually park and walk the person to security or meet them when they come out. I miss the days when you could … Read more

If an airline could wear a city like a jacket, New York Air did it. The little airline had attitude, but it never really gained enough altitude to survive the turbulent era of the late ’80s. New York Air began operations in 1980 and was based at Hangar 5 at New York’s LaGuardia International Airport … Read more

The first capabilities will be activated in the next six months, with the full system in place within two years, defence minister Cezary Tomczyk told the UK’s Guardian newspaper. Fortifications along Poland’s borders with Belarus and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad will be upgraded over the next two years with new air defence systems designed … Read more