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11h ago
Japan Airlines (JL/JAL) commenced operations in October 1951, growing from a small, domestic operation using a Martin 2-0-2 aircraft to a major international carrier with a fleet of 145 aircraft as of March 2024. Today, Japan Airlines operates a fleet of 145 aircraft with an average age of 11.6 years.
Let’s take a look at the JAL fleet and identify the newest and oldest aircraft in active service.
Aircraft type
Number in fleet
Airbus A350-900
15
Airbus A350-1000
2
Boeing 737-800
42
Boeing 767-300
27
Boeing 777-200
1
Boeing 777-300ER
13
Boeing 787-8
23
Boeing 787-9 ..read more
Flightradar24 Blog
1d ago
The Icelandic airline, based in Reykjavik, announced the launch of two new routes in October. Services will be carried out with Airbus A320neo and Airbus A321neo aircraft configured for 174/180 and 214 passengers respectively.
Madeira and Marrakesh, in Portugal and Morocco, will be PLAY’s two acquisitions from Keflavik Airport in Iceland’s capital city.
According to its website, PLAY will offer a weekly flight between Reykjavik and Madeira, which will be performed every Tuesday beginning October 15th. Meanwhile, services to Marrakesh will start on October 17th, and will have two per week
Func ..read more
Flightradar24 Blog
1d ago
We have reached the end of the March world aviation report, with the Africa and Middle East post.
During the last few weeks, Morocco has been adding important new international connections that will be inaugurated later on, from countries such as the United States, Canada, Iceland and England.
This illustrates the growing interest of airlines in this market. In addition, the agreement with tourism entities in the country supports the launching of new routes, as was done between PLAY and Marrakech.
United Airlines recently opened reservations for its first route to Morocco. These services, fro ..read more
Flightradar24 Blog
3d ago
We’re thrilled to release one of the most requested features for Flightradar24.com. Airline logos for web are here! Not only are we adding airline logos, we’re also adding registration country flags, and more label display options. We’ve also added brand new airport pins and labels. Let’s take a look at the new features available now.
Airline logos
You’re now able to choose among three label options when viewing flights on Flightradar24.com: text labels, airline logos, or country registration flags. Just like our mobile app, airline logos will show on the map next to the aircraft icon. Yo ..read more
Flightradar24 Blog
1w ago
On this episode of AvTalk, an update on the inflight upset experienced by a LATAM 787, the problem with popular media’s hyper focus on aviation incidents, and we dig in to the report detailing what actually happened when an errant flight plan shut down UK airspace last August. Plus, we discuss Flightradar24’s new GPS jamming map.
Helpful links and reading for this week’s episode
The Air Current: Pilot seat movement at center of LATAM 787-9 dive investigation
Are flights squawking 7700 more often?
NATS flight plan processing failure report
Thank you for listening!
Thank you so much for listen ..read more
Flightradar24 Blog
1w ago
Many new routes were announced in Asia and Oceania during March, as well as the inauguration of some connections within this market.
The addition of new aircraft is a common occurrence in this region, mainly in airlines from China, India and Japan.
We review the important highlights of the Asia/Oceania market in March:
AirAsia will launch a new route between Malaysia and Thailand.
Air China Cargo to add a new destination in the United Kingdom.
6 new aircraft for Air India, also including its express subsidiary.
Air Macau will return to Fukuoka, and Hawaiian ..read more
Flightradar24 Blog
1w ago
As the popularity of flight tracking has grown, each time an aircraft “squawks 7700,” thousands of users turn to Flightradar24 to follow the flight. As more users enable push notifications for these flights, their following has grown to push these flights to the top of our most tracks flights list any time they occur. But has the actual number of squawk 7700 events increased?
What is Squawking 7700?
The phrase “squawking 7700” comes from the universal transponder code for “General Emergency.” All aircraft broadcast a four digit “squawk code” assigned by air traffic control. There are thre ..read more
Flightradar24 Blog
1w ago
Qantas (QF/QFA) has been flying the Australian flag since its foundation in 1920 and holds one of the best airline safety records in the world. The carrier today operates a mainline fleet of 137 aircraft, supported by a further 122 aircraft operated by Qantas Link (QLK). Let’s take a look at the Qantas fleet and identify the newest and oldest aircraft in active service as of March 2024. Qantas has an average fleet age of 14.9 years.
Aircraft type
Number in fleet
Airbus A321 P2F
4
Airbus A330-200
18
Airbus A330-300
10
Airbus A380-800
12
Boeing 737-300 P2F
2
Boeing 737-4 ..read more
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1w ago
Stockholm, March 21, 2024 – Flightradar24 announces the renewal of its longstanding commercial partnership with Airbus, solidifying the collaboration between the two industry-leading entities.
Combining their unmatched strengths and expertise, both entities remain committed to the integration of Flightradar24’s real-time flight positions data into Airbus’s professional aviation solutions.
With a global network of ADS-B receivers and unparalleled attention to quality, Sweden-based Flightradar24 has a well-established track record of providing accurate, reliable flight data and renowned flight t ..read more
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1w ago
We’re pleased to release our new GPS jamming map tool. The new map allows users to view areas of GPS jamming and interference around the world in an easy to understand visual format.
The map uses are color coded overlay to indicate low (green) to high (red) levels of interference with global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). Often just referred to as GPS, there are actually multiple systems beside the US GPS constellation, such as Russia’s GLONASS, Europe’s Galileo, China’s BeiDou, and others.
Calculating GPS jamming
As part of the ADS-B messages we receive from each aircraft ..read more