In this issue:

• Spirit Airlines A320neo Suffers From Engine Fire After Bird Strike
• Kalitta Air B747 Suffers Engine BackFire During Landing
• Trick: Flying Star Alliance Premium Class with LifeMiles
• Australia’s Travel Ban to Lift, Qantas Brings Forward International Flights
• Private Jet Empty Leg Pricing Worldwide 30th Sep – 6th Oct by FronteraSky
• First Look of Air France A220-300
• Skytrax World’s Best Airline Award Winners Announced
• Emirates Reveals Special Expo 2020 Dubai Livery on A380
• Video: Inside Emirates Engineering – How Did They Bring an A380 Back to Life?

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Spirit Airlines A320neo Suffers From Engine Fire After Bird Strike

A Spirit Airlines Airbus A320neo was swiftly evacuated today, after a bird strike set fire to one of its engines during take-off from Atlantic City International Airport (ACY/KACY). The aircraft, registered N922NK, was performing flight NK3044 to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL/KFLL) when the pilots performed a rejected take-off, after a large bird entered the […]

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Kalitta Air B747 Suffers Engine BackFire During Landing

On 30th September a Kalitta Air Boeing 747-400 suffered a minor backfire on engine #3 during a landing at East Midlands Airport, UK. According to the AvHerald, shortly after the 32-year-old aircraft, with registration N741CK and performing freight flight K4330 from Leipzig, Germany to East Midlands, UK, had touched down on runway 27 it experienced […]

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Trick: Flying Star Alliance Premium Class with LifeMiles

I want to share with you one of the tricks that I used for many years to fly on premium classes for much less on Star Alliance carriers. I use LifeMiles to redeem on flying ANA, Lufthansa and other Star Alliance Premium Classes. But what if you don't have miles? No problem! You can buy […]

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Australia’s Travel Ban to Lift, Qantas Brings Forward International Flights

After 18 months of hard borders, hotel quarantine, and two million expired passports, Australia’s international travel ban will lift in November for the vaccinated. Existing caps on international arrivals will also be lifted, in a move that allows the 44,000 stranded Australians to return home. However, both measures will be implemented by individual states, once […]

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Private Jet Empty Leg Pricing Worldwide 30th Sep – 6th Oct by FronteraSky

Latest Empty Legs Empty legs are heavily discounted one-way re-positioning private jet flights. They are often available at very last-minute short notice. Hence it requires some flexibility on the planning side. FronteraSky has provided some empty leg pricing below. Remember, the pricing below is for one-way flights of the entire jet. You are welcome to […]

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First Look of Air France A220-300

Air France took delivery of its first Airbus A220-300, the company's latest type in the fleet on its short and medium-haul network. This order - the largest from a European customer -includes an additional mix of 30 options and 30 purchase rights. Named "Le Bourget" in homage to the town north of Paris which is deeply linked to the aviation industry, the aircraft sports the emblematic […]

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Skytrax World’s Best Airline Award Winners Announced

Qatar Airways has been named as Airline of the Year 2021 by Skytrax, with Singapore Airlines ranked 2nd, and ANA All Nippon Airways in 3rd place, out of more than 350 airlines. The World’s Top 10 Airlines of 2021 by Skytrax Qatar AirwaysSingapore AirlinesANA All Nippon AirwaysEmiratesJapan AirlinesCathay Pacific AirwaysEVA AirQantas AirwaysHainan AirlinesAir France “This award is the result […]

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Emirates Reveals Special Expo 2020 Dubai Livery on A380

Emirates has just revealed a head-turning A380 livery dedicated to the up-coming Expo 2020 Dubai. Special ‘Dubai Expo’ and ‘Be Part of the Magic’ messages run across both sides of the A380 fuselage. The engine cowls also carry the Expo 2020 Dubai messages and dates of the event. In addition, the brave Burj Khalifa stuntwoman […]

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Video: Inside Emirates Engineering – How Did They Bring an A380 Back to Life?

I visited Emirates Engineering in Dubai, which is the world's biggest A380 maintenance facility that can house up to 11 A380 at one time. It was an eye-opening tour, I’ve seen so many interesting things that we normally wouldn’t.

First I was shown an Emirates A380 currently going through a heavy 3C check with all cabin interiors, seats, panels, bins removed. It is very different from the fully decked-out A380 that we normally fly on.

Next, another A380 is being prepared to return to service after storage, it performed a gear retraction check (gear swing). The 575 tons A380 was on 3 jacks with landing gear up. The engineer explained all the necessary tasks for the A380 to return to service. Take a look at all the interior work being carried out.

Then, I visited the cabin interior seat shop where you can find all seats (First, Business and Economy class) came off the airplane and being inspected. It is very interesting to see how engineers paint the panel and put wallpaper on planes.

Finally, I visit the paint shop to understand how they paint and apply special decal on airplane. I saw the Emirates UAE 50th special anniversary livery in the paint shop.

I would like to dedicate this vlog to all the hard-working engineers, who work day and night to ensure the plane are well maintained and safe to fly.

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