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Sheveluch eruption cancels flights, leads to reroutes
Ash from the Sheveluch volcano on the Kamchatka peninsula is leading to reroutes and some flight cancellations. Alaska Airlines began canceling some flights to and within Alaska on Thursday and transpacific flights are rerouting around the area, adding time and distance to their crossings.
To see the ash cloud on Flightradar24, tap or click Weather > Volcanic eruption.
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Boeing eeks out higher deliveries than Airbus in Q1
For the first quarter in quite some time, Boeing edged out Airbus to take the aircraft delivery crown to start 2023. We break down the numbers on this week’s AvTalk.
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It was almost all good news
Hours after we recorded this week’s AvTalk, where Jason and Ian complemented Boeing on finally getting things right and the future looking bright, Boeing announced it would suspend deliveries of some 737 MAX aircraft due to quality issues. The problem, could affect a “significant number” of undelivered 737 MAX aircraft, as well as the P-8 maritime surveillance aircraft.
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Not-so-tiny Dancer
A pilot in North Carolina decided to log hours in his Piper PA-28 in a more creative way last week and hopefully impress his daughter in the process.
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Aeroflot sends an A330 to Iran for maintenance
Aeroflot has contracted Mahan Air for heavy maintenance on one of its A330 aircraft, leaning on the Iranian airline’s sanctions-busting experience to get parts.
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Former Polar Air Cargo executives charged in decade-long multi-million dollar fraud
The United States charged former Polar Air Cargo executives and vendors with fraud this week, saying their scheme cost Polar more than $50 million over 10 years.
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NEW: filter by route added to Beta
You can now filter flights by route. Enter an origin and destination to the flights in between. You can filter by airport or by country.
If you haven’t tried it out already, enter flightradar24.com/openbeta into your browser to give it a try. You can read our full tutorial on the new filters we’ve added on our blog.
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THE REFERENCE SECTION—MILITARY AIRCRAFT
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Which military aircraft are visible near Ukraine and what are their roles?
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NUMBER CRUNCHING WITH GABRIEL LEIGH
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A quick look at the 747-400
Footage of the Queen of the Skies paired with insightful statistics and flight pattern analysis all packaged into a quick 90 second video. What more could you ask for?
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Airbus delivers 100th A330neo
Airbus delivered the 100th A330neo produced last week to Condor. D-ANRJ (MSN 2033) is the airline’s fifth A330neo.
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Fort Lauderdale reopens
Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport has reopened after more than a day underwater. Nearly 30 inches (76 cm) of rain fell on the airport, flooding runways, taxiways, and roadways.
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AVIATION PHOTOS OF THE WEEK
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A TUI 737 departing Aberdeen with just enough clearance.
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The view through the HUB on the Embraer E195 over Brazil.
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A KLM Cargo 747 in Amsterdam.
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386 days to get an engine back
Problems with the Pratt & Whitney GTF engines continue to bedevil airlines. Analysis indicates 12% of A320neo-family and 14% of A220s powered by GTFs are stored.
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Step-by-step instructions to build and set-up and ADS-B receiver
If you’ve been considering sharing flight data with Flightradar24, but thought maybe it’s too difficult, this video has step-by-step instructions for building and setting up a raspberry pi ADS-B receiver. And remember, sharing ADS-B data with us gets you a free Flightradar24 Business subscription!
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