If you stalk FlightAware or are by the airport in the morning, you’ve noticed the past couple weeks that UPS has been sending a 757 freighter to Bangor from Manchester, NH. In an email from Aimee Thibodeau, Marketing and Business Development Manager at Bangor International Airport, she stated that UPS has increased service by adding … More UPS Adds 757 Service to Bangor
If you’ve been self quarantined at home and checking FlightAware to pass the time, you’ve noticed some changes on the scheduled flights into and out of Bangor. The most glaring change has been the uptick in traffic by cargo carrier Cargolux and their 747-400F and 747-8F freighters. This morning I spoke with Aimee Thibodeau, Marking … More The Queen of the Skies Making Tech Stops in Bangor
A United flight from San Francisco bound for Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport experienced a cabin pressurization issue after crossing into Newfoundland and Labrador from Quebec early Monday morning. According to flight data from FlightAware, the flight with 210 passengers and crew on board was cruising at 39,000 feet and made a slight northerly turn while over … More United 968 Diverts to Bangor with Pressurization Issue
In a press release on Tuesday from Bangor International Airport, Delta Airlines has announced a return of seasonal service from Bangor to Detroit on June 8th. The service will fly on Saturdays through August 10th. If the demand is there, it will potentially expand in 2020. Delta ran a seasonal mainline flight and year round … More Delta to Resume Bangor to Detroit Flights
Mid morning on a frosty New Years Eve morning, a Volga Dnepr Ilyushin IL-76 glided over the Penobscot River and touched down on Bangor International Airport’s runway 33. Typically a fuel stop or an overnight rest for the crew, this time the IL-76’s destination was Bangor. Several weeks in the works with teams from BGR … More BGR Closes 2017 With Another Cargo Operation
Two weeks of coordination between several organizations culminated in an Antonov Airlines AN-124 Ruslan’s front cargo door opening to receive two 53′ shipping containers and other miscellaneous pallets on the ramp at Bangor International Airport. The shipping containers housed a high tech water filtration system manufactured in New Gloucester, Maine by Emerging Compounds Treatment Technologies … More Heavy Cargo Operation At Bangor International
The taxi stands at Bangor International Airport were lined with fire trucks. The lane by the International Arrival Terminal was lined with ambulances from several local cities, towns and agencies. If you weren’t paying attention on your way up Godfrey Boulevard, you would have thought you were going into a major incident at the airport. However, that … More BGR Holds Mass Casualty Drill
Delta Connection flights from Bangor International Airport will be changing in the New Year. In a press release from Bangor International Airport, the Delta Connection seasonal route from Bangor to Detroit’s Wayne County International Airport will cease as of January 1, 2017. To replace the route, Delta Connection will institute a new route from Bangor … More Delta Changes Bangor Routes
Around 5:45 this morning, the skies over greater Bangor came alive with the dull roar of 2 Israeli Air Force Boeing 707 refueling tankers as they sped down the runway at Bangor International Airport. Soon thereafter the first flight of 5 F-16 Viper aircraft took to the sky. The sound of of jet fuel roaring … More Israeli Air Force F-16s Provide Wakeup Call To Bangor Area Residents
When it was announced that Donald Trump was going to make a stop in the Queen City, the first thing that came to my aviation mind was “PLEASE BRING THE 757!!” N757AF(the tail number for Donald’s Boeing 757-200) is on the photo bucket list of many aviation photographers and enthusiasts alike. The thought crossed my … More Trump Force One Comes to Bangor
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