Aerotime

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Two LATAM Airlines aircraft have sustained damage after being involved in a ground collision at Sao Paulo’s Congonhas Airport (CGH) in Brazil. The wingtip of one of the carrier’s A320neos was damaged in the incident while the other aircraft, an Airbus A319, saw impact damage to its tail cone structure.

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Tail Air Traffic Control Airplanes Airlines 294

Aerotime

APRIL 4, 2025

Few people in the airline industry can match the entrepreneurial record of Carlos Muoz. In just under a decade, Muoz launched two of Europes most successful airlines. It was there while working on a consulting engagement, that Muoz was given his first glimpse into the airline industry.

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Airlines Airline Pilot Tail 287

Aerotime

MARCH 5, 2025

However, safety for 2024 did not emulate the unprecedented low levels recorded in 2023, which turned out to be the safest year on record for commercial airline travel. In 2024, there were seven fatal airline accidents across 40.6 The most common accident types in 2024 were tail strikes, followed by runway damage and runway excursions.

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Tail Runway Turbulence Cargo 253

Aerotime

JANUARY 10, 2025

The first Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight to Paris in four years has departed Islamabad International Airport (ISB), in the wake of a ban from European Union airspace being lifted last year. The airline celebrated resuming operations to the EU by welcoming guests at Islamabad Airport with a replica of the Arc de Triomphe.

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Lift Tail Airlines Airline 286

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

A Linkedin post shared by members of the airlines communications team shows the aircraft, already with its tail showing the carriers distinctive national flag emblem, taking shape at the Airbus final assembly line (FAL). These aircraft are part of a 25-aircraft order placed by SWISS parent company, the Lufthansa Group, in 2019.

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Tail Pilot Airlines Airline 300

Aerotime

MARCH 27, 2025

At the start of January 2025, AeroTime reported that the Dutch leisure airline Transavia would be unveiling one of its new Airbus A321neos in a special retro jet livery during 2025 to mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the airline, a milestone which is due to be celebrated on October 21, 2025.

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Jet Tail Airlines Airline 179

Aerotime

JANUARY 8, 2025

On January 7, 2025, the airline announced that the new aircraft represents a special milestone in its history, coinciding with the 60th anniversary of it starting operations, which is due to be celebrated on October 21, 2025. The new Transavias branding style will be featured on the new Airbus A321neo.

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Tail Airlines Airline 278

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Dirk Grothe Examining photos posted online, the livery incorporates midnight blue and metallic royal blue rear fuselage bands, highlighted in silver, which sweep up the tail. The mid-fuselage area features similar colored bands, facing rearwards toward the tail.

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Tail Stability Airplanes Hangar 259

Aerotime

MARCH 10, 2025

The 18-year-old airline announced its new addition on March 10, 2025, as staff posed for photos with the Boeing 737 MAX 8 , registered VT-BWI, while waving flags to celebrate the occasion. Air India Express described the arrival, which features Karnatakas Chittara tail art, as a new milestone in our incredible journey.

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Tail Approach Airlines Airline 276

Aerotime

MARCH 4, 2025

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is to issue airworthiness directives (ADs) to US airlines concerning the engine nacelles on older generation Boeing 737 airplanes. As a result of the engine failure, fan blades and other components exited the engine nacelle and punctured the aircraft’s fuselage.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Tail Airlines 292

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

These veteran airliners were built before the internet became commonplace, when nobody had heard of smartphones, and when handheld GPS was only just being invented. The very oldest plane in Deltas fleet is a Boeing 757 with tail number N649DL, at 35 years old. year-old N658DL, which was delivered new to the airline back in May 1990.

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Tail Jet Airlines Airline 204

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Working with the Naval Sea Systems Command Supervisor of Salvage and Diving ( SUPSALV ), the NTSB continues to salvage parts from the Bombardier CRJ700 which was operated by PSA Airlines on behalf of American Airlines.

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Air Traffic Control Horizontal Stabilizer Quick Access Recorder Cockpit 286

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 19, 2025

Now the airline will be expanding that project, with the number of 777s featuring the new cabins nearly tripling. Obviously thats not great for premium economy passengers, but airlines also have to balance passenger experience and efficiency, and one thing is for sure this is a mighty efficient configuration.

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Tail Airlines Airline Jet 96

Aerotime

MARCH 17, 2025

Air India has revealed images of the carriers first retrofitted Airbus A320neo aircraft which has been re-introduced into the airlines operational fleet after a complete cabin refit in line with airline owner Tata Groups new product specifications and standards. The airline hopes to complete the wide-body retrofit plan by mid-2027.

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Wide-Body Aircraft Stability Tail Airlines 273

Aerotime

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The move marks another step forward for the Qantas Group’s fleet renewal program, and sees the aircraft’s major airframe components, including the forward and rear fuselage, wings and iconic Flying Kangaroo tail, coming together. The first aircraft to arrive, with registration VH-OGA, will be called Great Ocean Road.

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Flight Deck Tail Pilot Airlines 269

One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 22, 2024

For the next segment of my quick trip to Japan & Korea ,I flew Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900 first class on the 1hr30min flight from Sapporo (CTS) to Tokyo Haneda (HND). Most OMAAT readers are probably familiar with the incredible Japan Airlines A350-1000 first class , which I rank as being among the best in the world.

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Airlines Airline Tail Descent 117

Simple Flying

MARCH 14, 2025

In a world where many of the world's major airlines favor predominantly white liveries with subtle engine and tail details used as the main means of highlighting their brand identity, carriers with colored fuselages instantly stand out from the crowd.

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Tail Airlines Airline 104

Simple Flying

DECEMBER 28, 2024

American Airlines has recently taken delivery of a new Boeing 737 MAX 8 , registered as N315UA a tail number once used by United Airlines.

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Tail Airlines Airline 128

Aerotime

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The captain of a Turkish Airlines flight from Seattle to Istanbul has died after being taken ill while the aircraft was airborne over Greenland. However, it was found that the captain, named by the airline as Ilcehin Pehlivan, had already passed away before the aircraft’s arrival.

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Airlines Airline Tail Cockpit 286

Aerotime

JANUARY 20, 2025

These flights, which could last up to 17 hours, took off from Hamburg, where the airlines maintenance base was also located. The larger of the aircraft components, including the fuselage sections, wings, and the types iconic triple tail structure arrived at Lufthansa Technik in October 2023 accompanied by 292 crates of smaller parts.

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Rudder Airplanes Tail Hangar 269

Aerotime

MAY 29, 2024

Malaysia Airlines has released exclusive photos of its first Airbus A330-900 (A330neo) during its final assembly at the famous aircraft manufacturing facility in Toulouse, France. Anticipation for the first arrival of Malaysian Airlines’ new fleet of A330neo aircraft is building with deliveries expected to begin in the third quarter of 2024.

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Airlines Airline Tail Cockpit 269

Aerotime

JULY 11, 2024

A LATAM Airlines Boeing 777-300 has suffered a tailstrike as it departed from Milan Airport. Having taken off from Milan’s runway 35L at 13:26 local time, the aircraft’s tail made contact with the runway surface as the aircraft rotated. years old, having first been delivered to LATAM Airlines in October 2012.

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Tail UTC Runway Airlines 321

Simple Flying

OCTOBER 28, 2024

On October 21, a China Southern Airlines Boeing 787-9 , flight CZ3534 from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN), encountered a tail strike incident upon landing.

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Tail Airlines Airline 111

One Mile at a Time

JULY 11, 2024

A LATAM jet departing Italy for Brazil suffered a tail strike on takeoff, in what can only be described as a rather strange incident, as reported by The Aviation Herald. However, while rotating, the jet struck its tail on the runway. CCTV shows LATAM Brasil 777-300 tail strike incident while departing Milan Malpensa Airport on Tuesday.

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Tail Runway UTC Clearance 120

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Thomas R Machnitzki / Wikimedia It was re-registered N777EP and given a livery similar to the Lisa Marie, including his trademark TCB logo on the tail. OnThisDay in 1975, @ElvisPresley bought a Convair 880 jet formally owned by @Delta Airlines for $250,000, which he re-christened #LisaMarie.

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Jet Airplanes Tail Pilot 246

Simple Flying

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

2024 marks the 30th year anniversary of Frontier Airlines and its iconic animal-themed era. The major American ultra-low fare airline headquartered in Denver, Colorado, has made waves in the aviation industry with its distinctive and eye-catching airplane tail designs.

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Tail Airlines Airline Airplanes 105

Simple Flying

DECEMBER 16, 2024

With its four powerful engines, massive wing, double-deck fuselage, and tail towering 24.1 Prominent airlines such as Air France and Thai Airways retired their fleets after only a few years of service. meters, the A380 is most certainly an impressive sight. It commands attention at destination airports around the world.

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Tail Airlines Airline 116

Simple Flying

MAY 18, 2024

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its final report on a United Airlines tail strike in January. The accident occurred after a Boeing 737, which has yet to return to service more than four months on, made multiple touchdowns during a hard landing in Houston.

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Tail Airlines Airline 111

Fear of Landing

AUGUST 2, 2024

I’ve never seen a tail strike quite so… prolonged. The eleven-year-old Boeing 777-300ER, owned by Latam Airlines and registered in Brazil as PT-MUG, was operating flight LA8073 from Milan to São Paulo, Brazil. The nose is high in the air with the Boeing’s tail scraping along the runway as a grey plume of smoke forms.

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Tail Lift Runway V Speed 97

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

A violent and destructive engine failure on the aircraft, one of United Airlines ’ McDonnell Douglas DC-10s, caused the loss of all standard flight controls through the fracture of all three hydraulic syst ems on the aircraft. On scanning the engine instruments, it quickly became apparent that the number two tail-mounted engine had failed.

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Runway Horizontal Stabilizer Airlines Airline 294

Simple Flying

JULY 24, 2024

A LATAM Airlines Boeing 777-300ER suffered a significant tail strike incident at Milans largest airport on July 9th with a video of the incident showing the aircraft scraping the tail against the surface of the runway for a significant distance as it attempted to climb out of its departure airport.

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Tail Runway Airlines Airline 119

Simple Flying

JANUARY 5, 2025

The 717s have played a vital role in Australian aviation for over twenty years, but sadly the day has come when this reliable little T-tail will no longer grace Australias skies.

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Tail Airlines Airline 130

One Mile at a Time

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

BREAKING : Two Delta Airlines planes collide on runway at Georgia airport. the wing of an Airbus A350 taxiing out as DL295 from Atlanta to Tokyo-Haneda made contact with the tail of an Endeavor Air CRJ-900, DL5526 to LaFayette, Louisiana, on an adjacent taxiway, resulting in damage to the tail of the regional jet and the wing of the A350.

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Tail Jet Air Traffic Control Clearance 117

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 6, 2025

I just flew Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900 Class J on the short 70-minute flight from Tokyo (HND) to Sapporo (CTS). Domestic aviation in Japan is fascinating, given that airlines have dedicated fleets used exclusively for flights within the country, and many of those planes are wide body aircraft.

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Wide-Body Aircraft Airlines Airline Narrow-Body Aircraft 106

Simple Flying

JANUARY 4, 2025

Towards the tail end of the year, the world saw some of its deadliest plane crashes in years. From an Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer E190 being shot down to a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 crash landing at an airport in South Korea. These crashes beg the question.

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Tail Airlines Airline 119

Aerotime

OCTOBER 10, 2024

As part of the collaboration, one of AirAsia X’s A330 aircraft, with tail number 9M-XXU, has been adorned with designs featuring Sonic the Hedgehog and his friends Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, and Amy Rose. Another aircraft, AirAsia’s Airbus A320 with tail number 9M-AFF, has been decorated with Persona 5 characters Joker and Morgana.

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Tail Airlines Airline 312

One Mile at a Time

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Ethiopian Airlines is Africa’s largest airline, offering a significant amount of both short haul and long haul capacity. Ethiopian Airlines business class seats by aircraft type Ethiopian Airlines’ long haul fleet currently consists of 60 wide body aircraft, including Airbus A350s, Boeing 777s, and Boeing 787s.

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Airlines Airline Wide-Body Aircraft Tail 109