World Airline News

JANUARY 27, 2025

In December cargo increased by nearly 4% compared to the same month in 2023. “The managers and staff of Ontario International Airport were honored to do our part in helping to keep air travelers safe during such a turbulent time,” Elkadi said. For the year, air freight and mail combined grew by 5.5%

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Fear of Landing

MARCH 7, 2025

It had a complicated history, starting in 1930s Tegucigalpa, Honduras, as a cargo airline. But the map showed only the nearest weather, and they encountered heavy rain, hail and turbulence. TACA flight 110, 24 May 1988 TACA (Transportes Aereos Centro Americanos) was El Salvadors national airline.

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Professional Pilot

MAY 13, 2024

Operational peculiarities The NAT-OTS is unique in the world, as it changes twice daily to provide optimum routes for the main traffic flows, with due regard to the winds and turbulence. Corporate and cargo operators will have different schedules, but need to consider this as it affects their flight planning.

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Professional Pilot

MAY 13, 2024

Operational peculiarities The NAT-OTS is unique in the world, as it changes twice daily to provide optimum routes for the main traffic flows, with due regard to the winds and turbulence. Corporate and cargo operators will have different schedules, but need to consider this as it affects their flight planning.

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Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Flight dispatchers also communicate with pilots and update them about weather, turbulence, and other variables that could affect their flight. Once the route and cruising altitude have been decided, the dispatcher will focus on the aircraft’s payload, including the passengers’ weight, luggage, and cargo.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

entered WWII, Nolde joined the CAP, ferrying cargo and personnel around the country. The afternoon turbulence had subsided a bit, making it easier to maintain a holding pattern over the town of Cabot, located 6 miles from the approach end of Runway 25. She was completely seduced by aviation, and when the U.S. Images By Gary Figgins.

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Pilot Institute

MARCH 7, 2025

To act as PIC of an aircraft carrying passengers or cargo, you must have completed at least three takeoffs and landings within the last 90 days. At these heights, you could get into turbulence and gusty crosswinds. Under these rules, there are specific requirements youll have to meet. Winds at high altitudes can be unpredictable.

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Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Airplanes are typically used for commercial airline transport, cargo delivery, and recreational flying, offering opportunities for long-distance travel and higher cruising speeds. Does turbulence affect helicopters differently? Yes, helicopters experience turbulence differently due to their rotor system.

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iPad Pilot News

JUNE 19, 2024

From here, you can use the slider to move through the route, and tap the menu button at the bottom left to overlay icing, turbulence, and cloud forecasts. Maximum fuel is a great option: it will show the most fuel you can take without going over max gross weight, given the people and cargo you entered in the Payload section.

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Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 1, 2024

Key Takeaways Commercial pilots are responsible for the safe transportation of passengers and cargo, requiring extensive skills such as self-confidence, situational awareness, and communication abilities. This careful planning helps in choosing the most efficient and safe routes, ensuring a smooth journey for passengers and cargo.

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Aviation Bussiness News

JULY 22, 2024

READ: Korean Air updates turbulence guidelines “The addition of the Boeing 777-9 and 787-10 aircraft marks a significant milestone in our strategic objective to expand and upgrade our fleet,” said Walter Cho , Chairman and CEO of Korean Air.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 22, 2024

It operates both cargo and passenger transport. For the cargo side, Sky Express aircargo was established at a later date, joining venture with Finaval Group and established routes between Europe and the Far East. There was a bit of light turbulence during our descent. Beautiful, isn't it? Not long after, we started our descent.

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Pilot Job Central

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Electrical: generators/alternators, backup systems, power distribution systems and logic Engine, APU: main turbine engines and the auxiliary power unit (APU) Fire Protection: engine/APU fire protection, cargo fire protection, and cabin fire protection systems. Some part 135 cargo operators use turbine powered airplanes.

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Flightworx

MAY 1, 2024

These systems provide real-time data on weather patterns, including wind speeds, turbulence, storms, and other critical information. Advanced Weather Systems : Air traffic control rooms are equipped with advanced meteorological systems to monitor and predict weather conditions.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

MARCH 13, 2025

Take off was slightly turbulent but eventually the weather improved after flying out of Japan. What is missing is a proper drink holder that can hold the drink firmly especially during turbulence. The foldable tray table It is big enough for your regular size laptop or tablet.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 14, 2024

Announcement was made by the Captain about our flight which we would to expect some turbulence especially along the way but no mention about the flight delay. Once we were on our way, we flew through a bit of turbulence but once the weather was better, the seat belt sign was turned off. It was nice visiting this airport.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Currently the airport has 4 terminals with 3 passengers terminals and 1 cargo complex. Blue Dart's Boeing 757-200F was being towed to the cargo hanger. We took off with a few bumps here and there and more turbulence happening when we flew through the clouds during our climb. Departure gate for the Air India's A320.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

OCTOBER 15, 2024

For the flight itself, after take off at Delhi, we encountered quite a bit of turbulence and also more turbulence happened during the crossing through the Bay of Bengal. I slept about 2 hours but I did wake up a few times due to turbulence. But it doesn't matter as by the time I was up, the flight time was less than hour to go.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

On that day, there were three commercial flights and a cargo flight flying from Taipei to Singapore and would return to Taipei after a short layover. However, he mentioned that there was turbulence along the way, not a surprise especially June to October period is usually the typhoon season and bad weather is quite common.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

It is possible for the Airbus A321neo-LR to fly from Bahrain to Singapore but fortunately, that won't happen because of the healthy load and cargo of this route which the A321 might struggle especially flying through headwind and besides the 787 Dreamliner is better suited for 7 hour flights and longer.

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Inflight Pilot Training

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

During a long-haul flight, for instance, AI might adjust the route to avoid turbulence, freeing the pilot to focus on strategic oversight. Their autonomous cargo systems allow planes to take off, fly, and land with AI at the helm, while human operators monitor remotely, ready to intervene.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

MAY 20, 2024

Currently this airport is a hub for Air China, China Cargo Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, DHL Aviation, FedEx, Juneyao Air, Shanghai Airlines, Spring Airlines, Suparna Airlines and UPS Airlines. There was turbulence from time to time and the seatbelt sign came on a few times.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

OCTOBER 26, 2023

There was quite a bit of turbulence in the middle of the flight but landing in Penang was a smooth affair. The beautiful view of the city of Singapore with the cargo ships heading in different directions. Flying at this point was a bit turbulent as we flew through some unfriendly clouds. The light was turning dark fast.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The door connects to the cargo section of the aircraft. Hardly any turbulence during this flight. I was thinking perhaps the orange seats instead of red would better match the airline's identity. Boarding the aircraft was from the rear door. This is the front view of the cabin. The take off was very noisy! I certainly do.

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Cranky Flier

AUGUST 2, 2024

Aloha Air Cargo is growing its fleet. Korean is no longer serving ramen in economy class due to the increasing instances of passengers being burned during turbulence. Air North and WestJet finally have an interline agreement for travel to all those Canadian cities which may or may not be real. JetBlue is deferring a bunch of airplanes.

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Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

These control surfaces dictate the aircraft’s roll, and this allows it to bank smoothly through turns or even recover from turbulence. At first glance, ailerons look like ordinary hinged panels on the wings, but don’t be fooledthey’re important for keeping an aircraft both stable and maneuverable.

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AeroSavvy

MARCH 26, 2022

Passenger and cargo aircraft look the same when flying over head. Most of the popular Boeing and Airbus passenger jets, like the 767, 747, A330, and A350, have cargo counterparts. Most dedicated cargo aircraft are military transports, e.g., C-17 Globemaster, C-130 Hurcules, Antonov’s heavy-lift family.

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Aerotime

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Turbulent trips reinforce the importance of wearing a seatbelt in flight Extreme turbulence is nothing new in aviation, but 2024 has seen several events that served to shine a light on this dangerous phenomenon. The first, and most attention-grabbing, was Singapore Airlines flight 321 which hit severe turbulence over Myanmar.

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Professional Pilot

DECEMBER 10, 2024

King Air 350i Army Aviation Pilot Turkish Land Forces Isparta, Trkiye I n December 2019, our 2-leg cargo flight was PVG (Pudong, Shanghai, China) FRU (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) IST (Istanbul, Turkey). The sky darkened and turbulence started to shake our plane. Flights can be late, but should always be safe. Serhat Burma ATP.

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Aerotime

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The contents of this article have been limited to commercial aircraft performing public transport flights, whether carrying cargo or passengers (or both). As the month ended, on March 31, 2024, a Safe Air Boeing 727 operating a cargo flight from Juba to Malakal in Kenya crashed following a heavy landing at Malakal Airport in South Sudan.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This airport also handles more A380 aircraft than any other airports and the city of Dubai also has a secondary airport (DWC) Al Maktoum International Airport which serves just a handful of airlines and is a hub for Emirates Cargo. There was turbulence from time to time but nothing bad to mention.

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Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 26, 2024

The recovery team arrived at the crash site with hand and power saws to cut the Lightning into manageable sections to push into cargo pallets and be pulled with a cable and pulleys onto a landing craft-style barge. He had agreed to the Foundation’s invitation to join them on their recovery mission to retrieve the P-38.

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Aerotime

JANUARY 30, 2025

2025, that full-year global air cargo demand for 2024 (measured in cargo tonne-kilometers, or CTKs), increased by 11.3% These rises set new records for the air cargo industry which has been through turbulent times both before, during, and since the COVID-19 pandemic. year-on-year demand growth for air cargo in 2024.

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Aerotime

JANUARY 15, 2025

More than 200 of those aircraft remain in service as cargo carriers, and around 50 are still flying passengers today. Officially known as the 747-400 Large Cargo Freighter (LCF), the Dreamlifter is an extensively modified Queen with an immense cargo volume of 65,000 cubic feet. ft reflector with an oversized 8.9

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Aviation Bussiness News

MARCH 12, 2025

By Glyn Hughes, director general, The International Air Cargo Association ( TIACA ) International trade in goods accounts for USD 25 trillion each year. Of this amount air cargo transports about 30% of the total, amounting to over USD 8 trillion. Air cargo is braced for impact. So, whats next?

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