Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

According to Brendan Koerner, the writer of ‘The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking’, the requirement for all airline passengers to be screened only came about on January 5, 1973. Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 – November 24, 1971 FBI Mystery still surrounds the whereabouts of plane hijacker D.B.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Welcome to my Skymark Airlines Trip Report! This is Skymark's one of the 2 pokemon special livery painted on the airline's Boeing 737-800. However, the first A380 (in assembly line) didn't make it to the airline's fleet as the airline was facing financial issue due to the Japanese yen dropping significantly against the U.S

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Ask the Pilot

AUGUST 5, 2024

Imagine what it’s like slinging suitcases out on the tarmac when the mercury hits triple digits. Together, this dictates higher takeoff and landing speeds — which, in turn, increases the amount of required runway. How much so will vary with the temperature and runway length.

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Ask the Pilot

MAY 28, 2024

American Airlines flight 191, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 with 271 people on board, roared down runway 32L at O’Hare International Airport, headed for Los Angeles. In the photo below you can see my mother (in pink), my sister (yellow), and my grandmother (gray), climbing the airstairs on the Bermuda tarmac.

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Lift Tarmac Airplanes Runway 101

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Nevertheless, I am excited to fly on another varient of the E2 series, this would be my 60th airline type in my flight logbook. It's nice to see some other airlines such as TransNasu added China's Comac aircraft, the C909 (formerly known as the ARJ-21) to its fleet so there is something to look forward to.

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Weather Runway Tarmac Cabin Crew 59

Air

MARCH 21, 2025

Airport Slots: The Unsung Heroes Keeping Our Skies Orderly Ever found yourself drumming your fingers on the armrest, staring out at the tarmac, wondering why your flight’s running late ? Pilots and airlines deal with two main kinds: Airport Slots These are allocated directly by the airport authority itself. Let’s dive in!

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Universal Weather

JANUARY 8, 2025

The airport infrastructure, including the tarmac, taxiways, and runways, is well-maintained. During inclement weather or peak commercial airline movement periods (typically 0600-0730 and 2100-2230 local), slot availability may be limited at EIDW. However, parking charges can be high depending on location and duration.

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Clearance General Aviation Narrow-Body Aircraft Tarmac 52

Fear of Landing

MAY 10, 2024

737 Skids Off Tarmac In Senegal An Air Senegal flight left the runway during take-off late on Wednesday night , with flames allegedly engulfing one side of the plane. American Airlines did not comment, but Patricia noted that staff had always been kind and helpful to her despite the confusion.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

MARCH 8, 2025

Introduction Flying with this airline has already been in my mind for a while and I decided to take a day trip to Sapporo from Tokyo Haneda just to fly on the airline's 767-300ER. This airline works along with All Nippon Airways to give the Star Alliance airline more capacity to operate in some of the high demand routes.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 14, 2024

My ride: SX-NEC in the airline's new livery Introduction Flying with Aegean Airlines has been in my mind for a while and when the chance presented itself, I decided to go for it. However I would be flying Economy Class so will I be impressed with the airline? Welcome to my 2024 New Year trip report! Read on to find out.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Welcome to this unusual trip report featuring Delta Airlines and Virgin Atlantic! Photo: Rainer Bexten) Introduction For those who have been following my flights will know that this was supposed to be my Delta Airlines flight from Boston to London Heathrow. This is the Delta Airlines check-in counter for international flights.

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Airlines Airline Runway Tarmac 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 22, 2024

Introduction Only 2 airlines operate this domestic route, Athens to Thessaloniki, they are Sky Express and Aegean Airlines. Curious about this airline? Well, here is my experience with this airline, both on ground and in-flight. Unfortunately this airline does not have mobile app version. Not user-friendly.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Photo: Scoot) My ride: 9V-TRX Introduction When the airline announced on social media about this flight, I was interested but at the same time the timing wasn't good for me as it was a busy period (work). Let's see how this works out for both airlines after a year or two. More of this airline in my next trip report.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

DECEMBER 29, 2023

For now, Firefly is the only airline that operates at this airport but I suspect once Scoot starts operating the ERJ-190 E2, we might see them flying out of this airport, giving Firefly some competition. About Firefly Firefly is a subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines set up in March 2007 and started commercial flights a month later.

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Weather Tarmac Cabin Crew Runway 52

Universal Weather

MARCH 11, 2024

Runways, taxiways, and tarmac are in good condition. With a 10,000-foot runway, EGSS can accommodate aircraft up to business/VIP, configured up to and including a B747-800. This year, these slots are being withdrawn to accommodate airline traffic that extends into the night. Additionally, EGSS has a 10,000 ft.

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Clearance Runway Fixed Base Operator General Aviation 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

AUGUST 7, 2024

Congratulations to the airline! Introduction When this airline first came out into the aviation world, I kept misreading it as Alaska Air, anyone else has this issue? Today (July 2024), the airline has a massive fleet of twenty-three 737 MAX 8 with one 737 MAX-8200 in operation (197-seater, higher capacity aircraft).

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Universal Weather

JANUARY 29, 2024

The present condition of the tarmac, taxiways and runways is good, and there’s no airport construction currently underway. Peak hours of scheduled airline activity are usually 0630-1000 local. There are currently no Stage 2 noise restrictions, no airport slots are required, and the runway is the second longest in Europe.

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Clearance Weather Weight-Shift-Control Runway 52

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

A United Airlines Airbus A319 operating a flight from Houston-George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to New York-La Guardia Airport (LGA) rejected its take-off and was subsequently evacuated after one of its engines failed. The aircraft managed to slow down and stop safely on the remaining paved surface of the runway.

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Universal Weather

JANUARY 17, 2024

The airport infrastructure, including the tarmac, taxiways, and runways, is well-maintained. During inclement weather or peak commercial airline movement periods (typically 0600-0730 and 2100-2230 local), slot availability may be limited at EIDW. However, parking charges can be high depending on location and duration.

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Clearance General Aviation Narrow-Body Aircraft Tarmac 52

Aerotime

MAY 1, 2024

A Boeing 747 freighter aborted its takeoff run at Riyadh Airport after realizing it was taking off from a taxiway instead of its assigned runway. Data from Flightradar24 shows that the aircraft taxied from the cargo apron located at the northwestern end of the airfield at 00:28 before taxying down to the taxiway leading to runway 33R.

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Tarmac Runway Cargo Air Traffic Control 288

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Executives running two of Britains largest long-haul carriers which equate to a substantial proportion of aircraft and passenger movements at London-Heathrow Airport (LHR) have jointly written to the UK Government seeking an urgent and fundamental review of its decision to construct a third runway at London busiest airport gateway.

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Runway Tarmac Airline Airlines 259

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JULY 22, 2024

Introduction What a way to celebrate my first ever Indian domestic flight experience by flying on the airline's brand new Airbus A350-900. Let's say I didn't have the best first impression of this airline and I believe some of you have read about the negative reviews of the airline in almost all aspects of air travel with this airline.

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