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Sichuan Airlines flight 3U8633 loses windscreen in flight
Sichuan Airlines flight 3U8633 was in flight from Chongqing to Lhasa at 32,000 feet when it lost its right main windscreen. The flight diverted safely to Chengdu. Photos obtained by China Aviation...
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Tesla Model X sets a world record by towing a Qantas 787-9
Joining the ranks of production cars towing airplanes world record holders, Tesla and Qantas teamed up to tow a 787-9 with a Tesla Model X. By pulling the 130 tonne 787 in Melbourne, Tesla set the...
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AvTalk Episode 32: Jet Assisted Take Off
On this episode of AvTalk, we discuss the aviation incidents that have occurred in the past two weeks and delve into the fortunes of major carries in the Middle East. And we’re joined again by Jeremy...
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New Flightradar24 ADS-B Receivers Activated in May 2018
In May, we activated nearly 100 new Flightradar24 ADS-B receivers and hundreds of more home-built receivers connected to the Flightradar24 network for the first time. These new receivers and the tens...
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First Commercially Operated A380s to be Dismantled
In 2007, the first Airbus A380s entered commercial service with Singapore Airlines. Now just 11 years later the first two A380s to fly paying passengers are slated to be dismantled and sold for parts....
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Flightradar24 App Updates: User Feedback Edition
The latest version of the Flightradar24 app is now available in the App Store and in the Play Store. In this update we added a bunch of often requested features, beginning with arrival terminal, gate,...
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AvTalk Episode 33: Parts for Sale, Inquire Within
On this episode of AvTalk, the first A380s to fly passengers find out their flying days are over. Heathrow moves one step closer to a third runway. Singapore Airlines officially announces the return of...
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How Kim Jong Un and the North Korean Delegation Traveled to the Singapore Summit
After weeks of speculation, North Korea’s Kim Jong Un answered how he would arrive at the summit with US president Donald Trump by stepping off an Air China 747 (B-2447) in Singapore. Air China...
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Airbus A330neo Begins Five Continent Route Proving Tour
As the A330neo’s campaign for certification moves forward ahead of expected entry into service later this year, Airbus is taking the show on the road. The first production A330neo, slated for delivery...
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AvTalk Episode 34: No Experience Necessary
On this episode of AvTalk, the A330neo sets off on a 5 continent adventure, aviation finds its way into the World Cup, and we find out we’re overqualified for a seemingly important aviation job in the...
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Flights to Rome: A Stunning Visualization of Earth’s Mobility
With their 2015 award-winning project ‘Roads to Rome’, the creative team at moovel lab answered the question ‘Do all roads lead to Rome?’. But the project felt unfinished as human mobility is no longer...
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AvTalk Episode 35: A Whale of a Time
On this episode of AvTalk we break records, we learn more about aircraft leasing with our resident numbers expert Gavin Werbeloff, and Jonathan Khoo joins us to insist he isn’t an avgeek while listing...
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Route Proving with the Airbus A330neo
On 6 July, Airbus invited us to join an A330neo function and reliability test flight from Chicago to Atlanta. The airframer is currently working towards certification of the A330-900, which it intends...
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New Flightradar24 ADS-B Receivers Activated in June 2018
In June we activated dozens of new Flightradar24 provided ADS-B receivers and hundreds more home-built receivers began sharing data with the Flightradar24 network. Thanks to these new receivers and the...
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The Busy Summer Skies—Continuing to Break Flight Tracking Records
From 00:00 to 23:59 UTC on 13 July, we tracked 205,468 flights, our most ever and only the third time we’ve ever tracked more than 200,000 flights in a single day. The two previous days in which we...
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Thar it flies! — the Airbus BelugaXL Makes First Flight
Airbus’ supersized whale took to the skies for the first time today in Toulouse, spending 4 hours 14 minutes above southern France. The BelugaXL will join the current Beluga fleet in moving Airbus...
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AvTalk Episode 36: Meet the new plane, same as the old plane
On this episode of AvTalk, we review the order book from the Farnborough Airshow to see who bought what and how many. Airbus rebrands the C Series, we climb aboard the A330neo for a route proving...
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New Flightradar24 ADS-B Receivers Activated in July 2018
In July, we tracked 5.9 million flights, our busiest month ever. We also set a single day record of 209,752 flights. During the month, we activated dozens of Flightradar24-supplied receivers in remote...
View ArticleAvTalk Episode 37: Pushing Buttons and Pulling Levers
On this episode of AvTalk, we discuss Aeromexico flight 2431 and what we know so far. We delve in to this week’s strange-but-true aviation news. And Jason tries his hand at aircraft sales. Aeromexico...
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Aviation news comes quickly, so we want to bring more of the aviation world to you with our bi-weekly Flightradar24 newsletter. Every two weeks on Fridays, we’ll quickly bring you some of the stories...
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