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An A340, a Small Airport and No Clear Owner: The mystery of C5-AST An Airbus A340 has sat idle at Bissau’s Osvaldo Vieira International Airport for years, its crew vanished, and its purpose is unknown. With no flights, no maintenance, and a trail that stretches from ...

Aircraft #1 for the fleet: the-aerial-view.ghost.io/an-a340-a-sm... ?

A0356/26 NOTAMN Q) MUFH/QFUAU/IV/NBO/A/000/999/2259N08225W003 A) MUHA B) 2602100500 C) 2603110500 E) JET A1 FUEL NOT AVBL Issue Date UTC: 02/08/2026 2230

No Jet A1 fuel at HAV/MUHA starting in just over a day:

A0356/26 NOTAMN
Q) MUFH/QFUAU/IV/NBO/A/000/999/2259N08225W003
A) MUHA B) 2602100500 C) 2603110500
E) JET A1 FUEL NOT AVBL

Issue Date UTC: 02/08/2026 2230

Maintenance issues with the firefighting tenders at HLE/FHSH causing a temporary ARFF category downgrade, pausing commercial air service (fr24 shows the trucks near the beginning of the video)
www.sainthelena.gov.sh/st-helena-re...
www.sthelenaonline.org/incident-dec...

Every time I walk past the one at STL, I consider it, then keep walking. One day...

Also see: bsky.app/profile/mart...

@moredotsmorelines.com Exclusive Report from "'Meal' from an Airport Concession Vending Machine" Special Correspondent

Rock of Gibraltar from inside a British Airways Airbus 320 looking over the left wing

Tail and horizontal stabilizer of a British Airways Airbus 320 with the Rock of Gibraltar in the background

Gibraltar International Airport GIB/LXGB runway while walking across it

Sign warning pedestrians of the rules for crossing the GIB/LXGB runway

For #wingwednesday the Rock of Gibraltar after a roundtrip walk across the GIB/LXGB runway

And now UA wants 2 ORD (G12 and G14) gates from Spirit document.epiq11.com/document/get...

a man in an orange jacket is sitting in a church laughing . Alt: Animated gif from The Good Place

Oh indeed

METAR KJAX 312156Z 30023G33KT 9SM -SN BKN039 OVC055 03/M07

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YouTube video by Road Guy Rob South Carolina's Freeway for Bikes (It Makes Millions!)

Just watched youtu.be/NxGYs8kHxw4 about a trail in South Carolina

This is my fear with my fireplace

Overheard at the airport. Punctuation matters:

No problem!
versus
No. Problem!

Nagoya, Chubu Centrair International Airport, NGO/RJGG after takeoff

Interior Chubu Centrair International Airport, Nagoya, after entering the departure hall from the train station

Chubu Centrair International Airport, Nagoya, SkyDeck with a DHC8-400 taking off in the background

Chubu Centrair International Airport, Nagoya, NGO/RJGG #airportarchitecture #avgeek with an absolutely enormous SkyDeck

Sun Country 737 departing DFW

Non-random aviation photo of the day, taken today #avgeek #b737

Any experience with the NJTransit 62 bus from Newark Penn Station to/from A?

And San Juan (TJZS), Piarco (TTZP), and Curacao (TNCF) FIRs too, currently through Jan 4 05z. Lots of flights cancelled to/from SJU/TJSJ, AUA/TNCA, STT/TIST, and SXM/TNCM among others.

Touchless or the new Clear gates are both fantastic

With those answers and previously mentioned GE (and PreCheck, especially after my most recent experience with TSA PreCheck Touchless ID), I vote SFO and planned minimum connect time an hour (although I've connected in less, I:D)

Thanks for the write-up, walk-through, and annotated map.

Also, TIL about the FAA CATS website. There's so much data and so many reports that the FAA publishes, as long as one can find the right website to retrieve it.

Oof: SBA 12/083 SBA TWY ALL CLSD FLOODING 2512251339-2512252000

Emirates Boeing 777-300ER departing Malta Airport MLA for Larnaca

Luxwing Q400 about to load up and depart Malta Airport

KM Malta Airbus 320 departing Malta Airport

Ryanair Boeing 737 landing at Malta Airport with thrust reversers deployed

For #wingwednesday a widebody, a couple narrowbodies, and a Q from the Malta Airport observation deck (and lounge balcony) #avgeek

Interior of a Contour Airlines CRJ-200 configured with 30 seats

Can I interest you in a Contour CRJ-200?

Chicago O'Hare Airport (ORD) gate G10 with Spirit branding and United Express flights outside, with the jetbridge for G8

Chicago O'Hare Airport (ORD) gate G8 with American Airlines Admirals Club and AA gate branding

Chicago O'Hare Airport (ORD) gate G11 under construction with detached jetbridge and American Airlines flight on the ramp outside the window

Contour Airlines flight about to start taxiing out at Chicago O'Hare Airport (ORD) with American Airlines aircraft at their gates in the background and a low overcast cloud cover

No particular reason aviation photos for #wingwednesday also with some #airportarchitecture #ord

I wasn't expecting ORD gates (document.epiq11.com/document/get...) to be the/an airport asset AA was seeking (mainly because I had forgotten ORD gates could be traded like the swap between UA at LAX for AA at ORD)

Tokyo Monorail at sunset, over a parking lot at Haneda Airport

Keikyu line with tap-to-pay and a US $2.38 fare to/from Yokohama is pretty decent as well.
One of these visits I need to take the monorail over to the JAL Sky Museum.

SATA Air Azores De Havilland Canada Dash 8-Q400 at the gate in Lajes Airport, Terceira, Portugal with TAP landing and Edelweiss Airbus in the background.

Please, have another Dash-8 (with a background of Airbus).

Hawaiian/Alaska A330 landing at Daniel K Inouye International Airport, HNL/PHNL, runway 8L, Honolulu, Hawaii

Fedex landing at Daniel K Inouye International Airport, HNL/PHNL, runway 4R, Honolulu, Hawaii

Southwest 737-MAX8 departing Daniel K Inouye International Airport, HNL/PHNL, runway 8R, the reef runway, Honolulu, Hawaii

Delta 767-300ER at the gate, Daniel K Inouye International Airport, HNL/PHNL, Honolulu, Hawaii, prior to departing for Tokyo Haneda Airport

For #wingwednesday, from Daniel K Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, Hawaii: Hawaiian/Alaska A330 landing 8L, Fedex landing 4R, Southwest departing 8R, and the Delta 767-300ER I was on at the gate before departure. #avgeek

(One of) The Room(s) Where It Happens #avgeek

WestJet (www.westjet.com/en-ca/news/2...) and Air Canada (www.aircanada.com/media/more-e...) (JV partner w/UA too, so data on costs/revenue/operational experience I assume) following on with TATL 737-max8s to try less capital intensive experiments on routes that don't need premium flatbeds