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New Flightradar24 ADS-B Receivers Activated in November 2021

Each month we send out complete ADS-B receiver kits that include an ADS-B receiver, antennas, and all necessary cabling to qualified hosts to help increase flight tracking all around the world. You can apply to host one of our receivers or easily build your own. In November, we activated dozens of Flightradar24-supplied ADS-B receivers and hundreds more home-built receivers. Each new receiver helps us increase flight tracking coverage and provide redundancy across our network of more than 30,000 terrestrial receivers. New receivers in places like the United States, Chile,…

Dubai Airshow Day 3 Highlights

Day 3 of the Dubai Airshow took us inside the Embraer KC-390, the Boeing…

Dubai Airshow Day 2 Highlights

The A350F is officially launched with an order from lessor ALC. The order also…

Dubai Airshow Day 3 Highlights...

Day 3 of the Dubai Airshow took us inside the Embraer KC-390, the Boeing + Alaska Airlines ecoDemonstrator and up close with the 777X’s…

Dubai Airshow Day 2 Highlights...

The A350F is officially launched with an order from lessor ALC. The order also includes hundreds of other Airbus aircraft and the creation of…

AvTalk Episode 140: United CEO Scott Kirby on SAFs

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Dubai Airshow Day 1 Highlights

The Dubai Airshow began today not so much with a bang, but with a welcome return to some semblance of normalcy. Milling about the…

British Airways and Virgin Atlantic revel in the reopening

The United States reopens to international travelers 8 November after a 19 month closure. British Airways BA1 and Virgin Atlantic VS3 are celebrating the…

New Flightradar24 ADS-B Receivers Activated in October 2021

Each month we send out complete ADS-B receiver kits that include an ADS-B receiver, antennas, and all necessary cabling to qualified hosts to help increase flight…

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Dubai Airshow part 2: what other trouble can we get into?

Part two of our Dubai Airshow 2021 coverage sees us take a look at quite a few planes across commercial and defense. We go onboard flydubai’s new 737MAX, test out the lie-flat business class seat and get to the bottom of why the airline is now installing a second type of business seat on some future deliveries.

Onboard the Boeing 777X & Irkut MC-21 at Dubai Airshow 2021!

Flying the fantastic Embraer E2 with Binter Canarias from Zaragoza to Tenerife Norte

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What to expect when Greenland’s new airports open in 2024

In addition to taking various flights and hanging out on a helicopter and at a mine with Air Greenland’s CEO,

New aircraft and new airports: Air Greenland’s CEO looks to the future

If you’re a subscriber to our fast-growing YouTube channel you’ll know that I recently spent a week in Greenland doing

The A380 is mounting a comeback

Three airlines are set to return at least a portion of their A380 fleets to

Arrivederci: follow Alitalia’s final flight

Alitalia will operate its final flight today before ending service after 74 years. New airline

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What to expect when Greenland’s new airports open in 2024

New aircraft and new airports: Air Greenland’s CEO looks to the future

The A380 is mounting a comeback

Arrivederci: follow Alitalia’s final flight

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Ever heard of Sevenair? A flight from Viseu to Portimão via Cascais

New contributor Alex Robertson Textor recently took a pair of flights on little-known Portuguese airline Sevenair aboard the Dornier 228. What follows is his…

Qantas performs longest-ever commercial flight

Qantas performed its longest-ever commercial passenger flight this week, repatriating Australian citizens from South America on behalf of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs…

New Flightradar24 ADS-B Receivers Activated in September 2021

Each month we send out complete ADS-B receiver kits that include an ADS-B receiver, antennas, and all necessary cabling to qualified hosts to help increase flight…

Behind the scenes with the Airbus A350

Following the Airbus Summit, a multi-day exploration of the future of sustainable aerospace, we went behind the scenes at Airbus to see how the…

Special features

A Ukrainian aviation legend: all about Antonov

Judging by the popularity of last week’s post about the Ilyushin IL-76, Flightradar24 users and blog readers like their Soviet-era aircraft. And how could they not? We love a brand new A320neo as much as the next person, and

Aviation explainer series

Clearing up Call Sign Confusion

Every few months, when airlines introduce updated schedules, we note that some routes may initially be displayed incorrectly on Flightradar24 because of new call…

Squawking 7700—In-flight Emergencies from a Pilot’s Perspective

We track hundreds of thousands of flights every day and invariably a few will declare an emergency and possibly “squawk 7700” during the day….

Flight Paths and Great Circles – Why Are Great Circles the Shortest Flight Path?

We’re often asked why an individual flight is flying a particular route, or put another way—“why did we fly over Greenland?”. Long distance flight…

Flightradar24 Update

Take a tour of the updated Flightradar24.com

We’re excited to unveil the updated Flightradar24.com, packed with lots of great updates and performance improvements. We’ve worked hard to make this the best flight tracking experience possible and this update also lays the groundwork for a host of