by Spyros Georgilidakis | Aug 12, 2021 | News
A UPS crew flying an MD-11 freighter had a tail strike while attempting to land in Phoenix, Arizona. There were no reported injuries. The incident happened on Wednesday, the 11th of August. The UPS MD-11 crew were performing flight 5X-2876. This took them from...
by Spyros Georgilidakis | Jul 22, 2021 | News
A UPS Boeing 747 freighter had to return to its origin airport, after its crew faced an engine fire, that they were unable to extinguish in the air. The crew were performing UPS flight 5X-3 from Hong Kong (VHHH), China, to Dubai (OMDB) in the United Arab Emirates. But...
by Spyros Georgilidakis | May 16, 2021 | News
Since Friday, FedEx has taken delivery of 100 new Boeing 767 freighters! And deliveries of these jets to the airline are far from over. There are many large airlines out there, that don’t have 100 of any one model in their fleet. And of those that do, it’s quite rare...
by Spyros Georgilidakis | Apr 8, 2021 | News
UPS Flight Forward will fly time-critical freight with electric Vertical TakeOff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft, from Beta Technologies. The company will use this design to expand its electric/sustainable vehicle fleet, AND add some versatility to its operations! eVTOL...
by Spyros Georgilidakis | Feb 5, 2021 | News
After announcing the program in 2017, UPS is now close to receiving its first updated Airbus A300-600 freighter. But why update them in the first place? As we have seen, cargo operators have been quite busy in the past few months. And they have been doing reasonably...
