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PeopleAIRLINE PILOTS FROM 30 COUNTRIES THREATEN TO BOYCOTT TAIWAN AIR SPACE
SINGAPORE, Airline pilots from 30 countries may boycott Taiwan's airspace unless the pilots of Singapore Airlines crash are allowed to go home. According to the International Federation of Airline... more
PeopleUK: TOMORROW DEBATE ON THE FUTURE OF AIR TRANSPORT
UK, The government initiative was welcomed by Keith Jowett, chief executive of the Airport Operators Association, as helpful to stimulate an informed debate on the important issue of the future of... more
PeopleCLINTON FOUNDS AN AGENCY TO HANDLE AIR TRAFFIC
NEW YORK, U.S.A., Clinton, the american president, annonced the private agency's foundation, the Air Traffic Organization, to plan a way to reduce the air delay's problem, because they increased 55% compared... more
PeopleFRENCH TRANSPORT MINISTER HOPES CONCORDE TO FLY SOON
PARIGI, The french minister, Jean-Claude Gayssot, said in an interview to Europe 1 radio that he wishes the plane to resume flights within the end of summer 2001. He added that a meeting between french... more
PeopleBRITISH ATC PRIVATIZATION PLAN GETS IATA APPROVAL
GENEVE, SWITZERLAND, According to IATA officials, International Air Transport Association grouping almost totality of world's airlines, British ATC privatization plan is a good example to follow, making... more
PeopleCLINTON CREATES AN AGENCY TO MANAGE THE AIR TRAFFIC
U.S.A., Clinton, the american president, annonced the private agency's foundation, the Air Traffic Organization, to plan a way to reduce the air delay's problem, because they are increased of 55% compared... more
PeopleFORMER AEROFLOT VICE PRESIDENT IMPRISONED FOR CHEAT
MOSCOW, Nikolaï Glouchkov, former Russian national airline Aeroflot vice president, has been imprisoned in charge of cheat in the prison of Lefortovo in Moscow. The charges concerns "Aeroflot affair",... more
PeopleAIR STYLE TO BE TRENDY
., Following the trend of passengers of taking whatever they can away from the planes whatever they can, as blankets, sugar, cans, packed lunch, designers are trying to turn the "air style" trendy. So... more
PeopleA ''SWASTIKA WOOD'' VISIBLE FROM THE GERMAN SKY
ZERNIKOW-GERMANY, A photographer recently spotted the existence of a forest shaped as a Nazi swastika in East Germany during a flight in the area. The photographer, flying there by chance, was taking... more
PeopleARAFAT'S PLANE DELAYED BY FOG
EL CAIRO, The plane of the palestinian leader yesterday circled over the fog bound Cairo airport for an hour before being granted the permission to land. The heavy fog delayed or rerouted 32 flights and... more
PeopleEUROCONTROL PROPOSES TO HALVE VERTICAL SEPARATIONS
BRUSSELS, There is an intricate debate inside the European Community about RVSM (Reduce Vertical Separation Minimum) proposal made by Eurocontrol and explained by Joe Sultana, director of Eurocontrol's... more
PeopleAMERICA WEST AIRLINES WILL INSTALL DEFIBRILLATORS ON ITS AIRCRAFT FLEET
USA, U.S. America West Airlines announced it will install the cardiac defibrillators on its aircraft fleet, training flight attendants for use of device. Some of cardiac problems that will occur to a passenger... more
PeopleIRAQ ASKS THE RETURN OF THE CIVILIAN AIRCRAFTS IMPOUNDED SINCE THE GULF WAR
BAGHDAD, IRAQ, Iraq's foreign minister said that Jordan and Tunisia have agreed to hand back Iraqi civilian airliners impounded since the Gulf War, but Jordanian aviation sources said that they did... more
PeopleFAA FINES ALASKA FOR NEARLY 1USDM
USA, Federal Aviation Administration fined Alaska Airlineswith nearly USD1m for a series of violation occurred in its jetliner maintenance. The FAA officials said that some of these violation could be... more
PeoplePORTUGUESE MINISTER RESIGNATION (2) GUTERRES ACCEPTS TREASURY MINISTER OFFER TO QUIT
LISBON, PORTUGAL, After refused to accept minister of justice, Antonio Costa, offer to quit, Portugal prime minister Antonio Guterres accepted resignation of Ricardo Sa Fernandes, treasury minister, which... more
PeoplePORTUGAL MINISTER OF JUSTICE OFFERED TO QUIT FOR A 1980 AIR ACCIDENT
LISBON, PORTUGAL, Following a controversial dispute, in which Portuguese government has been accused to fail to adequately investigate in a 1980 air accident, minister of justice, Antonio Costa offered... more
PeopleAUSTRIA: LAUDA BANNED FROM PILOTING PLANES OF LAUDA AIR
VIENNA, Lauda Air's new chairman, Ferdinand Schmidt, named after the resignation of the ex race driver, told him his piloting contract would not be accepted, Lauda said. "I will certainly no longer fly... more
PeopleWEAK PASSENGER TRAFFIC INCREMENT IN EUROPE IN OCTOBER
EUROPE, According to data released by AEA, Airline European Association, a weak increment of 3,9 per cent has been recorded for the month of October, compared with the same period of the last year. In... more
PeopleBRITAIN GOVERNMENT REALIZES FIRST UK NATS PRIVATIZATION STEP
GREAT BRITAIN, The UK Government won today the first step for the partial privatisation of Great Britain's National Air Traffic Service (NATS). Is the third time that the proposal has been submitted... more
PeopleUK: CRISIS ON THE RAILWAYS TO BOOST DOMESTIC AIR TRAVEL
LONDON, All the airlines reported huge rises in passenger numbers, particularly in the routes between London and north of England and Scotland. BA said domestic passenger levels rose between 20% and... more
PeopleUK UPPER HOUSE DELAYS ATC PRIVATIZATION AGAIN
LONDON, ENGLAND, In the general election by 132 votes to 125, United Kingdom Upper House delayed for another time the 51% sell-off of the National Air Traffic system (NATS). Transport Minister Lord Macdonald... more
People''AUSTRALIAN DOMESTIC MARKET TOO SMALL TO SUPPORT FOUR CARRIERS''
AUSTRALIA, According to the heads of two fledging airlines, Impulse Airlines e Virgin Blue, the domestic market is too small to support four airlines in the long term. The situation is also due to... more
PeopleNIGERIAN AVIATION TO REMOVE 450 AIRCRAFTS
NIGERIA, AFRICA, The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) removed 450 aircrafts from the register of planes licensed to fly in Nigeria's space. The aircrafts had been abandoned at various airports... more
PeopleSTOWAWAY FOUND HIDDEN INSIDE THE UNDERCARRIAGE
VIETNAM, A vietnamese was found alive hidden inside the carriage of a Vietnam Airlines ATR-72. He was half-frozen when the plane landed at Nha Trang airport. The plane flew at an altitude of 6000 metres... more
PeopleANGOLA TO TIGHTEN MAINTENANCE CHECKS ON CIVILIAN AIRCRAFTS
LUANDA, Angola's Civil Aviation Authority said it will tighten these checks following two fatal plane crashes. New rules will be introduced, among them one which will impose limits on the age of aircrafts... more
PeopleFRANKFURT AIRPORT: TWO DRUNKEN GERMANS LOOKING FOR A TOILET END UP IN MOSCOW
FRANKFURT, The two germans, who were at the airport to attend a conference, after wandering around the terminal, took a shuttle bus which took them out on the plane to Moscow. They got on and sat down.... more
PeopleGREEK EXECUTIVE ARRESTED FOR BOMB HOAX
ATHENS, Nikita Kotiadis, a dairy products company executive was arrested at Athens airport after phoning in a bomb threat just because he was late for a flight to Brussels. The executive was sentenced... more
People100.000 USD OFFERED BY BOEING TO TWA MEMORIAL
ST. LOUIS, USA, Aeronautical comapny Boeing Co. offered 100.000 USD to help to build a memorial for the 230 people killed on the 747 aircraft, in TWA operated flight 800 crash, occurred in 1996. Up today... more
PeopleUK GOVERNMENT TO CHANGE PRICING POLICY FOR TRANSATLANTIC JOURNEYS
LONDON, UK government will reduce fares for transatlantic routes, from Great Britain to Usa. Flights to Usa from regional airports via UK gateway airports will be cheaper. The decision is aiming at encouraging... more
PeopleAIRSHIPS TO BE REVIVED
BERLIN, CargoLifter company has built a huge hangar on a former Soviet airfield south of Berlin to plan and build a giant cargo-moving airship. The manufacturing of dirigibles stopped after the Hindenburg's... more
PeopleLAST TWO HOSTAGES RELEASED AFTER 19-MONTH CAPTIVITY
BOGOTA' , COLOMBIA, Remaining two passengers on a total of 40, transported on a Avianca flight hijacked on april, 1999, have been released by Colombian Liberation Army guerrillas in a zone at about 400... more
PeopleSPECIAL FLIGHT FOR PANDAS
WASHINGTON, D.C., Two giant Panda, worth over 10 USDm, will arrive for the first days of december at Washington D.C., on a aircraft specially equipped and painted with a panda image on the fuselage. The... more
PeopleEC AGAINST USA FOR AIRCRAFTS NOISE
BRUXELLES, BELGIUM, International Civil Aviation Organization has rejected the EC request involving no acceptance of U.S. petition against european aircraft noise laws. Acording with an EC spokesman,... more
PeopleBRITISH HOUSE OF LORDS INVITES AIRLINES TO MAKE CHANGES TO TAKE MAJOR CARE OF PASSENGERS' HEALTH
UK, The United Kingdom House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, in a report, invites the air travel industries to make major changes and urgent reasearch for the sake of the health of passengers... more
PeopleFAA RE-CERTIFY KLM MAINTENANCE SERVICES
AMSTELVEEN, The U.S. FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, has recertified KLM Engineering & Maintenance for a further one-year period. FAA surveyors initially have considered recertification for a two-year... more
PeopleRUSSIAN ARRESTED IN NETHERLANDS FOR BOMB THREAT ON SAS PLANE
AMSTERDAM, A 47 year old russian passenger of a SAS plane was arrested at Schipol airport for handing a note to a flight attendant regarding a bomb on board and demanding for USD$390,000 per passenger.... more
PeoplePILOT SOLVES WOBBLING PLANE PROBLEM BY PASSENGER POWER
PARIS, The captain of a Gill Airways Fokker 100 on a flight from Newcastle to Paris asked passengers seated at the rear of the plane to gather at the front of the aircraft to solve a wobbling problem.... more
PeopleDELTA AND ALPA TO SEEK MEDIATION
USA, Delta Air Lines and Air Line Pilots Association are seeking for a mediator in their on-going collective bargaining for the new pilot contract. So they have made a joint application to the National... more
PeopleBOEING INVOLVED WITH ALASKA AIRLINES CRASH
SEATTLE, USA, Federal investigators are testing a safety mechanism that have may failed and caused the crash of the Alaska Airlines jet. So the blame seems to shift on the airplane maker Boeing Co. The... more
PeopleFLIGHT ATTENDANT AGGRESSOR FACES SIX YEARS JAIL
SPAIN, In a Spanish law-court has started trial against Steven Handy, 39, accused to have brutally attacked and injured with a broken bottle a flight attendant, Fiona Weir, 33, of Wimbledon in Southwest... more
PeopleDELTA CHAIRMAN WANTS ATC TO SPLIT FROM FAA
USA, Leo F. Mullin, Delta Air Lines Chairman and CEO, recommended Air Traffic Control to become a government-sponsored corporation split from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Mullin said the... more
PeopleSYDNEY SEAPLANES GROUNDED
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has refused to renew certificates of Sydney Harbour Seaplanes flying to Newcastle. CASA said it denied the renew because of several... more
PeopleBRITISH PARLIAMENT APPROVED PLAN TO PART-PRIVATISE NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM
LONDON, Prime Minister's bill to part-privatise the national air traffic control system has been approved by british Parliament with 321 positive votes against 228 negative. 37 Labour members opposed the... more
PeopleANGOLAN AUTHORITIES TO GROUND RUSSIAN-BUILT ANTONOV AFTER DISASTERS
ANGOLA, Angolan authorities have ordered to ground all russian-built Antonov while investigators are eximining the causes of the two crashes in this month. The Angolan Air Force is exempted from the prohibition,... more
PeopleFINED THE TWO MEN WHO HAD A DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR ON AER LINGUS FLIGHT
DUBLIN, The two men arrested for alleged "air rage" on Aer Lingus flight, as it was reported by WAPA, were fined by Dublin District Court. Englishman Darrell O’Brien and Irishman Patrick Joe Prendergast w... more
PeopleBOEING LOOKS FOR CHINA TO ORDER NEW PLANES
SEATTLE, Boeing executive said the company expects China to order 15 to 20 of its 737 business jets in the next five years. This plane has a list price of $37,5 million. Boeing said there's a need for... more
PeopleIRAQ INVITES INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES TO RESUME FLIGHTS
IRAQ, A government official said "Iraq invites international airlines to reopen their offices in Baghdad and to resume their flights into and from Iraq". The country already resumed some domestic flights.... more
PeopleGERMAN MINISTER OF TRASPORT CONVICTED OF FRAUD
BERLIN, Reinhard Klimmt, the german minister of Transport, was sentenced to pay a fine equivalent to 90 days of his wage from a german court. The opposition party demanded his resignation. The minister... more
PeopleLEBANON TO OPEN ITS AIR SPACE TO REVIVE ECONOMY
BEIRUT, Prime Minister Rafic Hariri today said Lebanon willl open its air space to encourage the revival of its economy. International airlines will be able to use Beirut airport with no restrictions. more
PeopleCOCKPIT VIDEO CAMERAS IN PLANES RECOMMENDED BY NTSB
WASHINGTON, Despite the opposition of ALPA, NTSB completed the recommendation according to which all commercial planes, after January 1 2003, observing Part 121, 125, 135 of FAA's regulations, will have... more