<br />A video shows the Portuguese airline’s Airbus A340-300 touching down on the Wolf’s Fang ice runway amid –16°C temperatures.<br />Portuguese carrier Hi Fly celebrated five years of operations to Antarctica and released a stunning video showing the landing of an Airbus A340-300 on a runway completely covered in ice and snow. The feat marked the beginning of the 2025/26 season of flights to the frozen continent.<br />On November 2, the aircraft registered 9H-SUN departed from Cape Town, South Africa, bound for Wolf’s Fang Runway (WFR), located in Queen Maud Land, near the Russian Novolazarevskaya Antarctic station and the Amundsen-Scott South Pole. Upon arrival, the crew held a brief commemorative ceremony and installed a plaque reading “Celebrating 5 Years in Antarctica”, symbolizing half a decade of successful missions in one of the planet’s most extreme regions.<br />Photos and videos: Hi Fly
