Kai Tak Airport(IATA:HKG,ICAO:VHHH) was an international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 until 1998. Officially known as Hong Kong International Airport from 1954 to 6 July 1998,it is often referred to as Hong Kong International Airport,Kai Tak,or simply Kai Tak and Kai Tak International Airport,to distinguish it from its successor,Chek Lap Kok International Airport,built on reclaimed and levelled land around the islands of Chek Lap Kok and Lam Chau,30 kilometres (19 mi) to the west.
Edinburgh Airport is an airport located in the Ingliston area of Edinburgh,Scotland. It was the busiest airport in Scotland in 2019,handling over 14.7 million passengers. It was also the sixth-busiest airport in the United Kingdom by total passengers in 2019. It is located 5 NM west of the city centre,just off the M8 and M9 motorways. It is owned and operated by Global Infrastructure Partners,which is also a minority shareholder of Gatwick Airport. The airport has one runway and one passenger terminal and employs about 2,500 people.
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport is one of two international airports of Shanghai,the municipality in East China,and a significant airline hub of China. Hongqiao Airport mainly serves domestic and regional flights,although the airport also serves select international flights. The airport is located near the town of Hongqiao in the outskirts of Changning and Minhang districts,13 kilometres (8.1 mi) west of downtown,and is closer to the city center than the area's primary international airport,Shanghai–Pudong.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China is the Chinese civil aviation authority under the Ministry of Transport. It oversees civil aviation and investigates aviation accidents and incidents.
Sumburgh Airport is the main airport serving Shetland in Scotland. It is located on the southern tip of the mainland,in the parish of Dunrossness,17 NM south of Lerwick. The airport is owned by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) and served by Loganair.
Sam Ratulangi International Airport Manado,is located in North Sulawesi,13 kilometres north-east of Manado. The airport is named after the Minahasan educator and independence hero Sam Ratulangi (1890–1949). It is designated as one of the 11 main entry ports to Indonesia by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture of Indonesia,and serves as the main gateway to the Bunaken National Marine Park. It is currently the operating base of Lion Air and Wings Air for the north-eastern part of Indonesia,and serving international scheduled flights to several destinations in Asia.
In aviation,a water landing is,in the broadest sense,an aircraft landing on a body of water. Seaplanes,such as floatplanes and flying boats,land on water as a normal operation. Ditching is a controlled emergency landing on the water surface in an aircraft not designed for the purpose,a very rare occurrence. Controlled flight into the surface and uncontrolled flight ending in a body of water are generally not considered water landings or ditching.
Nicosia International Airport is a largely disused airport located 8.2 km (5.1 mi) west of the Cypriot capital city of Nicosia in the Lakatamia suburb. It was originally the main airport for the island,but commercial activity ceased following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. The airport site is now mainly used as the headquarters of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus.
Guilin Liangjiang International Airport is an international airport serving the city of Guilin in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,China. It is located in Liangjiang,about 28 km (17 mi) southwest of the city center.
The Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident is a British airliner produced by Hawker Siddeley. In 1957,de Havilland proposed its DH.121 trijet design to a British European Airways (BEA) request. By 1960,de Havilland had been acquired by Hawker Siddeley. The Trident's maiden flight happened on 9 January 1962,and it was introduced on 1 April 1964,two months after its main competitor,the Boeing 727. By the end of the programme in 1978,117 Tridents had been produced. The Trident was withdrawn from service in 1995.
Portsmouth Airport,also known as Portsmouth City Airport,PWA (Portsmouth Worldwide Airport) and Hilsea Airport,was situated at the northeast Hilsea corner of Portsea Island on the south coast of England and was one of the last remaining commercial grass runway airports in the United Kingdom.
Channel Airways was a private airline formed in the United Kingdom in 1946 as East Anglian Flying Services.
As of December 2017,there are 229 commercial airports in China.
Thai Airways Flight 231 was a scheduled passenger flight that crashed on 27 April 1980. The Hawker Siddeley HS 748 operating the flight,registration HS-THB,stalled and crashed after entering a thunderstorm on approach to Bangkok. The accident killed 44 out of 53 passengers and crew on board.
CAAC Flight 3303 or China Southern Airlines Flight 3303 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from the former Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Guilin Qifengling Airport,China. It was serviced by a Hawker Siddeley Trident,registration B-266,that crashed into a mountain on 26 April 1982,killing all 112 people aboard.
China Southern Airlines Flight 3943 was a China Southern Airlines flight from the former Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport,Guangzhou to Guilin Qifengling Airport,Guilin,China on 24 November 1992. It crashed on descent to Guilin Airport,killing all 141 people aboard.
CAAC Flight 301,a Hawker Siddeley Trident operated by CAAC Guangzhou Regional Administration from Guangzhou Baiyun to Hong Kong Kai Tak,ran off the runway in Hong Kong on 31 August 1988 after clipping approach lights. This was the first accident of China Southern Airlines since the split of CAAC Airlines from 1 July 1988. Six crew members and one passenger perished in the accident. The crash shut down Kai Tak Airport for more than six hours after the accident.
The 1983 Guilin Airport collision was a ground collision between a People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Harbin H-5 bomber and a CAAC Hawker-Siddeley Trident at the military –civilian Guilin Qifengling Airport,killing 11 passengers.
CAAC Airlines (中国民航),formerly the People's Aviation Company of China (中國人民航空公司),was the airline division of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) and the monopoly civil airline in the People's Republic of China. It was founded on 17 July 1952,and merged into CAAC on 9 June 1953. In 1988,the monopoly was broken up and CAAC Airlines was split into six regional airlines,which later consolidated into China's Big Three airlines:Beijing-based Air China,Guangzhou-based China Southern Airlines,and Shanghai-based China Eastern Airlines.
Fuzhou Yixu Airport(IATA:FOC,ICAO:ZSFZ) (福州义序机场) was an airport located in the south side of Gaogai Mountain,Nantai Island,Cangshan District,near downtown Fuzhou,Fujian Province.
