Aerotime

APRIL 9, 2025

Icelandic low-cost carrier PLAY Airlines has forecasted that the carrier is in for a strong northern summer season in 2025, as it released its latest traffic figures for March 2025. reduction of PLAYs overall capacity year-on-year, following the companys decision to lease one of its aircraft to GlobalX Airlines based in Miami, Florida.

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Airlines Airline Weather Approach 197

Aerotime

DECEMBER 23, 2024

An Emerald Airlines ATR72 operating on behalf of Aer Lingus Regional suffered a nose gear collapse following a heavy landing at Belfast City Airport (BHD) on the evening of Sunday, December 22, 2024. The aircraft descended and made its approach into the airport, touching down at 16:06 local time, 39 minutes after departure.

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Runway Cabin Crew Weather Airlines 280

Aerotime

JANUARY 21, 2025

While its use has been rolled out by several airlines over recent years, this milestone marks the first time the system has been certified for use on short-haul turboprop aircraft.

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Weather Approach Pilot Aviation Technology 289

Aerotime

JUNE 10, 2024

An Austrian Airlines Airbus A320-200 aircraft sustained severe damage during a hailstorm on its approach to Vienna Airport (VIE). Images taken right after landing show the aircraft had been heavily impacted, losing part of the nose cone, which left the aircraft weather radar exposed.

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Turbulence Airlines Airline Approach 290

One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 6, 2025

Singapore Airlines very long Singapore to Manchester flight Manchester has been dealing with some inclement weather the past couple of days, including heavy snow. This incident happened on Sunday, January 5, 2025, and involves Singapore Airlines flight SQ52, scheduled to operate from Singapore (SIN) to Manchester (MAN).

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Airlines Airline Weather Runway 113

Aerotime

MARCH 27, 2025

Recently, AeroTime reported that the airline was returning to its roots at the former site of its spiritual home the citys Kai Tak Park. Cathay added that the special flight will be subject to weather conditions on the day of the flypast.

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Runway Final Approach Weather Approach 248

Aerotime

APRIL 3, 2025

Flying for extended periods of time at the controls of a basic aircraft was hard physical work, and poor weather or mechanical issues could also add to pilot fatigue on longer flights. The process of flight can be divided into seven crucial stages – taxi, take-off, climb, cruise, descent, approach, and landing phases.

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Weight-Shift-Control Cockpit Pilot Stability 307

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Could the same thing happen to airline pricing? Any model trying to get to a profit-maximizing fare must take into consideration a huge amount of dynamic data, from seat inventory and competitors’ actions to political, business and weather events affecting traffic flows. Air fares do indeed have some similarities to securities pricing.

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Airlines Airline Approach Aviation Technology 310

Aerotime

AUGUST 15, 2024

However, for one recent Alaska Airlines flight the diversion was caused by an unusual event. However, as the twin jet Embraer ERJ 175 approached JACt, the pilot revealed that he did not have the proper qualification to land at the airport, according to a passenger on the plane. Flights are diverted for a multitude of reasons.

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Pilot Weather Runway Approach 303

Fear of Landing

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Yesterday, the 31st of October 2024, a Starlux Airlines flight bounced on the runway at Taoyuan International Airport in Taipei while attempting to land during the most severe typhoon that Taiwan has seen in thirty years. On Tuesday, the Central Weather Administration issued a sea warning and warned that a land warning might follow.

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Knot Runway Weather Approach 98

AV Web

MAY 6, 2025

Operations below minimums on an instrument approach can be quite simple if the ceilings and visibilities are significantly above minimums. Lets take a deep dive into what it takes to get an airplane on the ground after a successful instrument approach. Another way to tell the distance is by using the approach lights.

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Runway Approach Threshold True Airspeed 93

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has just unveiled new uniforms for its 9,000 employees, which will gradually be rolled out over the next year (between February 2025 and early 2026). This comes at quite a transformative time for the company, as the airline now belongs to SkyTeam and has an investment from Air France-KLM.

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Airlines Airline Weather Approach 99

Aerotime

AUGUST 15, 2024

WestJet has provided fresh details about the repercussions on the airline of a freak hailstorm in August that damaged 16 of its aircraft at Calgary International Airport (YYC) in Canada. Since the hailstorm, WestJet has cancelled over 600 flights, impacting more than 20,000 passengers.

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Weather Approach Airlines Airline 271

Air Facts

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Consider the following accident report, a representative one picked mostly at random, which recounts how the pilot of an A36 Bonanza got behind the airplane, lost situational awareness, and ultimately crashed on an RNAV approach. These categories apply whether youre flying a Cub on a summer evening or a business jet on an RNAV approach.

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Pilot in Command Pilot Approach Airplanes 95

Air Facts

JANUARY 22, 2025

The weather was still good, and the database had been updated. We took off and headed to an airport for a VOR approach. I flew a lot of approaches and felt ready to take the exam again. Shortly after departure, the first airport was just minutes away and we were to perform a circling approach.

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VOR Approach Airplanes Flight Plan 98

Professional Pilot

JULY 2, 2025

PRESS RELEASE U niversal Avionics (UA), today announced that Widerøes Flyveselskap AS (Widerøe), Scandinavia’s largest regional airline, is upgrading its Dash 8 fleet with the InSight flight deck and connected avionics solution as part of De Havilland Canada’s upgraded avionics suite.

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Flight Deck Clearance Airlines Airline 52

Simple Flying

JUNE 14, 2024

On April 11th, 2024, Southwest Airlines Flight 2786 was inbound on an approach to its destination, Lihue Airport (LIH), when it experienced a severe drop in altitude, descending hundreds of feet in mere seconds before recovering just 400 ft above the oceans surface.

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Approach Airlines Airline Turbulence 126

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

It’s simply an attitude and the way we approach each and every flight. I have seen military pilots, multi-thousand-hour airline captains, and 100-hour private pilots, each of whom fits that description. Or, sadly, too many pilots’ final decision: “The weather is really marginal, but with a little luck, I should be able to make it.”

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Pilot Flight Deck Approach Weather 105

Air Facts

MAY 28, 2025

That evening, I checked the weather for the next leg. An approaching system threatened to bring widespread low ceilings, embedded thunderstorms, and wind shear across much of the southern U.S. An approaching system threatened to bring widespread low ceilings, embedded thunderstorms, and wind shear across much of the southern U.S.

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Wind Shear Pilot Weather Ceiling 72

Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

Category also has different meanings in pilot certification, aircraft certification, and instrument approaches. A quick note before we begin: There are three different definitions of category based on the pilot, the aircraft, or an instrument approach. An aircrafts approach category is determined by Vref (which is 1.3

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Weight-Shift-Control Knot Approach Lift 96

Aerotime

MARCH 27, 2025

The UKs Department of Transport (DoT) is holding back on granting Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) the permission it needs to resume flights to UK airports. The flight, which operates weekly, had been forced to divert from its intended destination due to adverse weather conditions, which included thick fog, in Multan.

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Runway Approach Lift Weather 283

Flying Magazine

JUNE 12, 2025

Subscribe Now Using real-world weather and time settings in my sim, the late afternoon sun was mostly set, and there was a broken layer of clouds that I was flying through as I was cleared direct to Portland by Boston Center on VATSIM. I hadn’t expected a visual approach but the conditions at Portland were technically VFR.

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Air Traffic Control Approach Weather Descent 89

One Mile at a Time

MAY 12, 2025

Id like to think that Im understanding of the complexity of airline operations, of how maintenance delays can happen, and of how unpredictable they can be. I want the airline to succeed (theyre my hometown airline), they just suck at doing so, and cant help but get in their own way. American has some great employees.

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Airlines Airline Approach Weather 92

One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 5, 2025

In no particular order The United Airlines island hopper While you could fly nonstop from Honolulu to Guam in just over seven hours on a 777, whats the fun in that? Alaska Airlines operates several different milk run routes, connecting smaller communities in Alaska. Singapore Airlines A350-900ULRs are super comfy! Landing in St.

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Runway Approach Airlines Airline 120

One Mile at a Time

MAY 23, 2025

While there are lots more questions than answers as of now, the air traffic control audio from this is quite something Cessna Citation II crashed on approach to San Diego Shortly before 4AM on Thursday, May 22, 2025, a 40-year-old Cessna Citation II with the registration code N666DS crashed (thats quite the registration code).

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Air Traffic Control Jet Approach Weather 89

Airline Reporter

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Photo courtesy of BCB Airport We usually cover specific events at airports, often relating to aircraft or airline events, but sometimes about milestones at the airport itself. An aerial view of Virginia Tech/Montgomery Executive Airport in Blacksburg, VA. The airport officially opened in 1931. Aerial photos of the airport from 1339.

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Runway Approach General Aviation Weather 97

Northstar VFR

MAY 2, 2024

By Lisa Thornton, CFII & Airline First Officer As pilots we are required to adhere to rules and regulations outlined by the FAA. Knowing the current and predicted weather along our route of flight is part of that responsibility as a Pilot in Command.

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Weather Pilot in Command Instrument Flight Rules NOTAMs 93

Air Facts

APRIL 9, 2025

This can be combined with non-weather data for smarter decision-making. This can be combined with non-weather data for smarter decision-making. Trying to find a gap in a line of weather? Pull up FlightAware and see where everyone else is going. Of course these examples only affect the pilot. Ride along and find out!).

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Weather Airplanes Pilot Cockpit 98

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 14, 2025

Im not sure what to make of this incident, other than being grateful that the Southwest Airlines pilots seemed to know what they were doing Van Nuys tower struggles to deal with difficult situation VASAviation has the air traffic control audio and a visualization of a close call in Southern California, which happened on March 17, 2025.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Approach Pilot 85

One Mile at a Time

MAY 28, 2025

A Southwest Airlines jet had a pretty dramatic approach to Denver International Airport (DEN), after it was struck by lightning, and the pilots lost radio communication. The 1,506-mile flight was mostly uneventful, until it started its approach for Denver around 8PM local time.

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Air Traffic Control Approach Jet Pilot 97

Flying Magazine

MAY 2, 2025

READ MORE: Airshow Pilot Rob Holland Killed in Accident Holland held an airline transport pilot certificate with ratings for airplane single-engine land, airplane single-engine sea, airplane multiengine land, and gliders. The weather at the time of the accident was reported as visual meteorological conditions (VMC).

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Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Runway 121

Aerotime

MARCH 27, 2025

The UKs aviation safety regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), is holding back on granting Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) the permission it needs to resume flights to UK airports. Approaching Lahore Airport from the south, the flight was cleared to land on runway 36R at the airport.

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Runway Approach Lift Weather 241

Air Facts

APRIL 14, 2025

Rather, the system, in the largest sense, includes VAOAI advocates and promoters, regulators, pilots, aircraft, regulations, training, airports, air traffic, airspace, weather, publications, public opinion, and more. An historical antecedent is the concept of the unstable approach. Evaluating VAOAI is not that simple.

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Final Approach General Aviation Approach Wind Shear 90

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JUNE 17, 2025

Singapore Airlines A350-900 9V-SJI doing it's flight test before delivery to the airline (Photo: Dn280) I am quite fortunate to have gotten this aircraft as my ride back to Singapore because this is not only the newest A350-900 in the fleet, it is also the last A350 on order for the airline. This is Fundacio Teatre Lilure.

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Airlines Airline Turbulence Weather 59

One Mile at a Time

JULY 20, 2024

Southwest Airlines can’t seem to stay out of the news lately when it comes to concerning safety incidents. The plane took off roughly on schedule, at 4:15PM, and most of the flight was routine, though it took a bit longer than usual due to weather enroute, as the plane made several detours. There were several other diversions that day.

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Air Traffic Control Altimeter Runway Weather 141

Cranky Flier

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Leading up to the new airport’s opening up to international travel in March of this year, airlines began to step on top of each to see who could announce the most new service. After the first summer, the airlines have changed their tune. Tulum has potential, but airlines got way ahead of where they should have been.

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Weather Approach Airlines Airline 264

Ask the Pilot

DECEMBER 3, 2024

We flew economy class on an Eastern Airlines L-1011. Specifically, we could see the entire approach end of SJU’s runway 8, plus a good portion of the adjacent taxiway. Here would be planes and airlines I’d only seen pictures of. Two things solved my dilemma: The first thing was the weather. And, I was sick.

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