Berlin, 31 October 2020 – After years of delays, today was a proud day for Berlin Brandenburg Airport as it celebrates its official opening. Here we have a selection of images taken around various parts of the airport, more will follow in our piece about the new airport. (Header Image © v1images.com/Martin Rogosz) Official Airport…
Chennault International Airport, 30 October 2020 – Images recently shared over Twitter have shown that a Boeing 747-SP owned by Las Vegas Sands Corporation, registered VQ-BMS, was severely damaged while undergoing a heavy maintenance check at Chennault International Airport in Alabama, United States. The incident is said to have taken place on 27th August 2020…
Teruel, 24 October 2020 – Teruel Airport in Spain has seen a large number of aircraft arrive since March 2020 as the COVID-19 crisis hit airlines hard leading to early fleet retirements or aircraft entering long term storage. Its dry climate makes it the perfect location to keep aircraft for long periods of time. So…
Kemble, 11 October 2020 – Costwold Airport, formerly Kemble Airfield, is synonymous with aircraft scrapping as the operating base of Air Salvage International. Air Salvage International, in particular, describe themselves as Europe’s leading aircraft decommissioning company. So what aircraft are stored at Kemble? What are the aircraft histories? How and why did they end up…
London, 1 August 2020 – Textron Aviation is set to close both of its line service centres by October of this year. It is understood that staff had been notified of the plans just over a week ago, however, no public announcement has yet been made about the closures and redundancies of staff affected so…
Brisbane, 12 July 2020 – Yesterday marked a historic day for Brisbane Airport as it celebrated the official opening of its new parallel runway. Here we have a selection of images taken at the official celebration event. More will follow soon along with our piece on the new runway. (Header Image © v1images.com/Stirling Day) Official…
Doncaster, 31 May 2020 – A major wildfire broke out on the 17th May 2020 on Hatfield Moors near Doncaster, United Kingdom. To begin with, South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue tried to handle the fire with local units, however as the fire spread and set deeper into the moors a specialist helicopter was required to…
Paris, 20 May 2020 – In the context of the current COVID-19 crisis and its impact on anticipated activity levels, the Air France-KLM Group announces today the definitive end of Air France Airbus A380 operations. Initially scheduled by the end of 2022, the phase-out of Airbus A380 fleet fits in the Air France-KLM Group fleet…
Bogota, 10 May 2020 – The second-largest airline of Latin America, Avianca, has today applied for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection through its New York Stock Exchange-listed parent company Avianca Holdings S.A at a New York court. The filing was necessitated by the unforeseeable impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has resulted in a 90% decline…
Miami, 8 May 2020 – The president and CEO of Miami Air International, Kurt Kamrad, today wrote a personal letter to all employees of Miami Air International advising them that today was the last day of the airline’s operation. Citing it as one of the saddest days of his life after his fathers passing two…