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From humble beginnings as a 1920s effort to host the starting place for a Dole Air Race to today being a 32-gate international airport with four asphalt runways, Oakland International Airport has, despite occasional setbacks and its powerful neighbor San Francisco International (SFO), been an airport of significant historical significance and major growth, despite hardship. […]

The Israel Airports Authority (IAA) has announced a ban on aircraft with four engines from operating to or from Israel. The ban will come into force on March 31st, 2023, and has been introduced due to environmental, noise, and sustainability concerns. Read More Here: Israel Set To Ban 4 Engined Planes From March 2023 |

Aviation is well known as the great connector, bringing families together, helping nations become closer, and bolstering economies with tourism and trade. But the speed and convenience of flying means it plays an important role in medical care too, particularly when it comes to getting lifesaving organs to patients in need fast. Read More Here:

An aviation museum in Cornwall, in the southwest of the UK, is facing closure. The Cornwall Aviation Heritage Center has been up and running for around seven years, and is home to a number of historic aircraft as well as an education center. Its home, on land at Cornwall Airport Newquay, is leased from Cornwall

On August 17, a Delta Air Lines Boeing 757 and a Cessna aircraft came within “close proximity” to one another, said the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which has now launched an investigation on the subject. The incident took place at Orlando International Airport (MCO) after both aircraft had departed. Read More Here: FAA Investigating After

On September 2, 1998, exactly 24 years ago today a seven-year-old Swissair McDonnell Douglas MD-11 with the registration number HB-IWF crashed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Halifax, Nova Scotia killing all 229 passengers and crew. To this day, it remains the deadliest accident involving a McDonnell Douglas MD-11. Read More Here: 24

Air China and manufacturer Rolls-Royce have announced they are entering a new 50:50 joint venture maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) facility in Beijing, China. The new facility is named Beijing Aero Engine Services Company Limited (BAESL) and will provide MRO support on the Rolls-Royce Trent 700, Trent XWB-84, and Trent 1000 aero engines. Air China

While the 737 first entered Delta's fleet nearly 39 years ago in 1983, the 737-700 series was never an essential part of the operation. Delta operated just 10 B737-700s in total, all delivered in 2008 and 2009. Like other aircraft, all were retired as part of the SkyTeam carrier's fleet rationalization brought about by COVID.

ITA Airways has announced a new service to New Delhi coming this winter. Italy's flag carrier will launch flights to the Indian capital on December 3rd as part of a thrice-weekly service out of Rome. Read More Here: Italy’s ITA Plans New Delhi Flights From December 3rd | SimpleFlying.com via Flight Booking 247 Cheap Airline

With the headwinds of Germany’s Lufthansa pilots going on strike and many US pilots’ unions negotiating new contracts, the US Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) decided to call for a nationwide informational picket of pilots’ unions having difficulties negotiating contracts with management. The picket was of off-duty pilots at 13 major airports across America, with