Aviation news

Mickey Mouse magic on WestJet 737-800

The magic is landing!! Thanks a lot West Jet !!

Peruvian Navy An-32 delivered through Prestwick

MEM4040 Departing Rwy 12 after a short fuel-stop on delivery to the Peruvian Navy. Ex-Air Manas of Kyrgyzstan (EX-32100). Named "Commander Babichev" - A Russian General who refused to advance further during the Chechen invasion due to the civilian losses it would incur.

French president visits Brazil

French President Hollande visits Brazil.

Aerolíneas Argentinas A340 completes air test

Soon to be with Aerolíneas Argentinas, SQ8894 seen here after completing a 2 hours airtest.

Olympic flame on its journey around Russia

The Olympic flame graced the ancient Siberian city of Tobolsk on Thursday as it passes the halfway mark on its 123-day journey around Russia.

Centurion Air Cargo 747 visits Schiphol

First visit in Ámsterdam/Schiphol of a Centurión Air Cargo B747. Spectacular light this afternoon for to welcome a this plane ...

New Cathay Pacific Boeing 777

Cathay Pacific B777-367(ER) hitting the runway for some high speed taxiing, fresh out of paint. Delivery ETA still not available.

Lynden Hercules brings 767 engine to Madrid

Rare visitor to Madrid / Barajas. The reason for that visit: bringing an engine for the Delta B762 broken while an emergency landing due to hydraulic failure, December 5th.

First visit of Lufthansa Cargo 777F to Manchester

First flight of Boeing 787-8 Dreamlier of Jetairfly

Inaugural Jetairfly 787 flight.

Vueling A320 bird strike at Madrid - Barajas

Vueling taxiing back to T4 after a rejected take off because has suffered a bird strike on take off.

Turkish Airlines first Airbus with sharklets

What a suprise! Turkish Airlines' first-ever Airbus equipped with sharklets! Aircraft was originally with standart wingtips, 3 days ago(02/12/2013) aircraft was equipped with sharklets in Turkish Technic...

First Alitalia A330 in SkyTeam livery

Alitalia A330 in SkyTeam livery.

Delta emergency landing at Madrid

Emergency of a Delta aircraft this morning: she took off and it seems she lost all hydraulic power, asked permission to land but had to do it with the take off configuration (flaps & slats as shown in the photo). Landed again on runway 32L and exited through one of the fast exits, finally stopping in the grass on the side of a taxiway.

President of Gabon visited Barcelona

Gabon Government 777 on ramp 3 before boarding the president of Gabon

Hobbit Dragon stretches wings on Air New Zealand 777

Now wearing the Hobbit Dragon. First flight of the Dragon plane is tonight to LAX then on to London.

KLM MD11 desert bound

One of the last Pax MD11's flying, on it's way to Victorville to be scrapped into metal cans. Now only four are left in the fleet, where PH-KCC will be next.

Last flight in Malev colours

Last flight with Malev logo. Will be a new plane for Wideroe.

Last American Airlines flight to Tokyo Haneda

The last flight of American Airlines to Tokyo Haneda Int.

New livery for Iberia express

New Croatian Mig-21 after repaint

Eight killed in Police helicopter crash

This helicopter crashed in Glasgow on the 30th of November 2013.

LAM Embraer ERJ-190 crashed in Namibia

This aircraft is reported missing on route to Luanda. All contact was lost at 11h30Z on the 29th of November 2013. The aircraft was found crashed and burnt down on Namibia's territory in the Bwabwata National Park east of Rundu (Namibia) the following morning (Nov 30th), no survivors were found.

New Condor Livery

First Condor airplane to be painted with the brand new airline livery.

Croatia buys 5 Mig-21s from Ukraine

Croatia acquired in Ukraine 5 Mi-21 bis, which previously held for Yemen. Croatian test pilot Ivan Selak is testing them in Odessa. They did not have time to camouflage. The flights will continue today and tomorrow.