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Optimising winter operations through use of data
As an airport company operating and developing 20 airports across Finland, Finavia is familiar with the varying winter conditions. Finavia is known for its ‘snow-how’ that it is constantly developing. Our goal is to create smooth conditions at all our airports at all times. Henri Hansson, Finavia’s Senior Vice President, Airport Infrastructure, Sustainability, Safety, Security & Compliance explains more.
Link (International Airport Review)

China’s COMAC ARJ21 passenger-to-freighter conversion program given green light
Chinese state-owned aerospace manufacturer Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) has obtained airworthiness approval from the Civil Aviation…
Link (AeroTime)

“Let’s not take two steps backwards” says ACI World Director General over fresh travel restrictions on travellers from China
Passengers in Beijing ChinaACI World urges governments to take a co-ordinated and risk-based approach.
Link (International Airport Review)

Two bodies found in Avianca plane landing gear after arriving in Bogota
The bodies of two young men were found in the undercarriage or landing gear of an Avianca plane…
Link (AeroTime)

Rossiya Airlines to fine passengers for canceling flights without ‘good reason’
Rossiya Airlines has introduced a new rule for ticketed passengers who decide to cancel their departure last minute…
Link (AeroTime)

Turkey’s TF-X nears the end of assembly ahead of scheduled March rollout
The TF-X, Turkey’s domestically designed fifth-generation fighter jet, is approaching the end of its assembly process. An image…
Link (AeroTime)

Pobeda Boeing 737 collides with a snowbank during takeoff in Russia: video
Footage has emerged showing the moment passengers were evacuated from a Boeing 737 jet belonging to Pobeda Airlines,…
Link (AeroTime)

QAIA celebrates customer experience accreditation
Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) has become the first airport in the Middle East to achieve Level 3 of the Airport Customer Experience Accreditation (ACEA) issued by Airports Council International World (ACI World).Airport International Group is proud to announce the ACEA issued by ACI World, saying it acknowledges the group’s focus on continuous improvement in customer experience and services.
Link (International Airport Review)

In conversation with Anurag Shandilya, NIA at IAR Summit 2022
Watch this exclusive interview at the IAR Summit 2022, where we caught up with Anurag Shandilya, Head of Airport Operations at Noida Airport.
Link (International Airport Review)

America’s Friendliest Airport: Phoenix Sky Harbor International
Alexandria Pierce, Air Service Development Manager, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport tells International Airport Review Editor, Holly Miles, how the airport is keeping pace with substantial growth and business development in the state of Arizona, ensuring it meets the air service needs of its community both in the short- and long-term.
Link (International Airport Review)

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In our dreams we are able to fly … and that is a remembering of how we were meant to be.

- Madeleine L'Engle, Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art.

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1. A British pilot holds the world record for having flown the most different types of aircraft, 487. He also holds the world record for having made the greatest number of carrier landings, 2,407. Unfortunately, not enough pilots know this remarkable pilot's name. What is it?

2. A pilot knows the maximum cruise speed and climb performance of his airplane when flown at maximum gross weight. He is curious to know, however , how this performance could be affected if the gross weight by 25 percent. How can her determine this during flight without actually overloading the airplane?

3. What is the largest, heaviest, most-powerful, piston-engined airplane ever produced?

4. A pilot over the 48 conterminous states flies along a parallel of latitude until he reaches his destination, which is 10degrees of longitude east of his departure point. If the time of sunset at the departure airport is 0020 UTC, what is the time of sunset at the destination airport?

5. True or False, each of two major US airlines have had well-publicized, major accidents involving the same type of airliner on the same day?

6. A most inspiring radio report was transmitted by a World War 2liaison pilot on 23 FEB 45. He transmitted matter-of-factly, "Target Area One Two Three Peter. One flag. Red, white and blue." Where was this target area?