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Last October, as Storm Amy battered Scotland, a Ryanair flight (operated by Malta Air) fought wind shear at both Prestwick and Edinburgh before finally diverting to Manchester after declaring an emergency. A new AAIB report details just how little fuel remained inside the aircraft after landing and how better communica
Marking the end of an era, Breeze Airways (MX/MXY) officially retired its final Embraer 190 on September 7th, completing its transition to an all-Airbus fleet. The Brazilian-made regional jets had been foundational to the US carrier since its launch in May 2021. With the departure of the last E190, Breeze achieves a ke
A Tel Aviv bound fly Dubai flight diverted to Tabuk Saudi Arabia on 30 September after broadcasting an emergency squawk code and indicating an unlawful interference squat code for some time before switching back to general emergency. Multiple media outlets, including CNN and Reuters, now report that the disturbance on
Airbus launched its A350F freighter into the sky for the first time on 29 September 2026, capping years of ground-based testing and development with a 4 hour, 14 minute flight over France from Toulouse to Toulouse. A350F first flight path The A350-1041F lifted off for the first time at 08:30 UTC (10:30 local time) from
On this week’s AvTalk, we’re back from Dorkfest/SpotLAX with a busy week of news. We’re digging into the ATC failure that snarled traffic in the northeast US to start the week. And the preliminary technical report from NATS on the 8 September outage of the London Control Area says that one millisecond made all the […]
Following a recent announcement that it would shrink its fleet size by roughly a third, Latvian flag carrier airBaltic opened the week on yet another minor chord by applying for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 in the United States. The airline, where German aviation powerhouse Lufthansa (LH/DLH) holds a minority
France’s BEA is investigating a 3 September incident in which a Wamos Air Airbus A330 deviated from its approach path to Réunion’s Roland Garros Airport and descended below a safe altitude while over the sea, prompting urgent instructions from air traffic control to climb. The aircraft, registered EC-ORP, had experienc
While presenting its financial results for August 2026, Qantas announced plans to accelerate the retirement of its iconic Airbus A380-800s, part of its fleet since September 2008. The original withdrawal plan for the A380s was set to be completed in 2032, but it will be brought forward by four years. The main factors b
United Airlines has announced the launch of 13 new intercontinental routes from the United States, some of which will be operated by its state-of-the-art Airbus A321XLR aircraft. All of these new services will begin in 2027, as part of the Northern Summer season. Catania, Ibiza, Ljubljana, Luxembourg, Marseille, Milan,
A news helicopter providing coverage for the local NBC and Telemundo stations crashed in Los Angeles while covering a separate vehicle crash in the Chatsworth area. The post News helicopter crashes in Los Angeles, killing 3 appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog .
Air France (AF/AFR) is France’s flag carrier and the country’s leading airline. Founded on October 7th, 1933, through a government-driven initiative, the airline originated from the merger of several historic French carriers of the era, including Air Orient, Air Union, Compagnie Générale Aéropostale, CIDNA, and SGTA. T
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, the more we learn about last Sunday’s fatal runway overrun in Miami, the more confusing the circumstances become. We break down what we know from the ADS-B data and the limited flight data recorder information released by the NTSB thus far. A computer failure at NATS leads to the […] T
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