News

Airbus

First Kazakh A400M gains service colours

5th June 2024

Airbus Defence took to its social media channels on April 15 to showcase initial images and video footage of the first A400M Atlas tactical transport for the Kazakhstan Air Defence Force (KADF).

McDonnell Douglas

Final live-fire mission for ROKAF F-4E Phantoms

5th June 2024

Four F-4E Phantom IIs assigned to the Republic of Korea Air Force’s (ROKAF’s) 153rd Fighter Squadron (FS) – a component of the 10th Fighter Wing (FW) at Suwon Air Base in South Korea’s Gyeonggi Province – have conducted the type’s last-ever live-fire training exercise ahead of its formal retirement on June 8.

Airports

Busiest airports revealed

4th June 2024

Airports Council International (ACI) has detailed which were the busiest airports in the world last year.

Airliner World June 2024

Further expansion for flydubai

4th June 2024

UAE low-cost carrier flydubai is expanding its presence in Saudi Arabia as part of an ambitious growth plan.

Pilatus

PC-12 bespoke scheme celebrates the outdoors

4th June 2024

Duncan Aviation Pilatus PC-12NG N822DA (c/n 878), based in Lincoln, Nebraska has received a unique livery designed to celebrate fishing and the outdoors.

Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB)

Departing TUI 737 cleared road by less than 100ft

4th June 2024

The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) published a Special Bulletin regarding a “serious incident” at Bristol Airport on March 4, 2024, involving TUI Airways Boeing 737-8K5, G-FDZS (c/n 35147), operating to Las Palmas with six crew and 163 passengers aboard.

FlyPast July 2024

Korean veteran Corsair christened ‘Devotion’

31st May 2024

The Siegerland, Germany-based Flying Legends collection has named its Korean War veteran Chance-Vought F4U-5NL Corsair after Adam Makos’ 2015 book Devotion.

Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey

VRM-40 welcomes first CMV-22B to Norfolk

31st May 2024

The first US Navy-operated CMV-22B Osprey carrier onboard delivery (COD) aircraft for the US Atlantic Fleet arrived at Naval Station Norfolk’s Chambers Field in Virginia on April 5.

Aeroplane June 2024

New Lufthansa visitor centre to house L-1649 Starliner and Ju 52

30th May 2024

The Lufthansa Group has begun construction of a new conference and visitor centre at Frankfurt Airport, where Junkers Ju 52/3m ‘D-AQUI’/D-CDLH and Lockheed L-1649 Super Star D-ALAN will go on display.

FlyPast July 2024

‘Jersey Jerk’ makes its first UK flight

30th May 2024

Fighter Aviation’s former RAAF Commonwealth CA-18 G-JERK took to the skies from Sywell in Northamptonshire on May 5, in the hands of noted Australian warbird pilot Cameron Rolph-Smith.

AirForces Monthly June 2024

First T-54As arrive at Corpus Christi

29th May 2024

Textron Aviation delivered the first two T-54A multi-engine training system (METS) aircraft to Training Air Wing 4 (TAW-4) at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas, on April 18.

German Air Force

Allies gather to celebrate 50 years of the F-16 and Tornado

29th May 2024

On May 23, 2024, F-16s and Tornados launched from Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany to fly a formation to mark the 50th anniversary of both aircraft types first flights in 1974.

Air Safety

New groundbreaking mental health policy for USAF aircrew

29th May 2024

The US Air Force has revised its mental health policy to allow aviators more flexibility and earlier access to treatment without compromising their flight status.