The importance of implementing family assistance plans at airports After the Red Air flight that caught fire at Miami International Airport when its landing gear collapsed on the runway, Monica Maccaferri, Emergency Team Coordinator at Bologna International Airport speaks to International Airport Review about why airports should implement a family assistance plan and why well-trained staff can help ensure respectful and dignified treatment of victims and their families and increase resilience. Link(International Airport Review)
Siginificant increase in passenger numbers across Avinor’s airports During August 2022, a total of 4,526,709 passengers, an increase of 84 per cent compared with figures from August 2021, travelled to, from or via Avinor’s airport network. Link(International Airport Review)
Air New Zealand completes first direct flight to New York Air New Zealand’s longest flight lands in New York, breaking the record for the airline. Link(AeroTime)
In history: the 1976 Zagreb mid-air collision In 1976, a British Airways Hawker Trident collided with an Inex-Adria Douglas DC-9. At the time, it was the world’s deadliest mid-air collision. Link(AeroTime)
What ever happened to Elvis Presley’s fleet of private jets? What ever happened to Elvis Presley’s fleet of private jets? AeroTime investigates. Link(AeroTime)
Aviation Quote
Deftly they opened the brain of a child, and it was full of flying dreams.
