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AirlinesQatar Airways promotes the meteorology on CNN
Rome, Italy - Already from some weeks
"Qatar Airways from some weeks is the sponsor of the Tv programmes dedicated to the meteorology on the CNN’s international channels. The choice of this kind of TV visibility to great diffusion, answers t... more
Civil aviationUSA: FBI's IDA against terrorism
Washington, USA - A new computer system with 659 million documents
The FBI computer system that has been created to strengthen security in USA contains 659 million documents, included lists of potential terrorists and of air travellers. The system, named Investigative... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) model EMB-145XR airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent overrunning the runway during takeoff
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 30, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 168)] [Page 51465-51467] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
HelicoptersEurocopter delivered the 500th EC-135 helicopter to Austrian ÖAMTC takes over its 25th aircraft
Marignane, France - The concurrence of two "round" numbers is a lucky coindicence after decades of close cooperation between the two companies
Last Tuesday, the 500th EC-135 helicopter built at Eurocopter’s German production facility in Donauwörth was delivered to the Austrian Motorist and Touring Club (ÖAMTC). General Manager of Eurocopter’s Germa... more
AirlinesMyAir.com flies to Marrakech
Milan, Italy - After the opening of the route to Istanbul
"MyAir.com is the airline chose by ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Authority) to operate scheduled flights in Morocco: next December 7 the carrier will inaugurate the connection Milan-Marrakech. The links... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1, -1A, -1B, -7, - 7A, -7B, -9, -9A, -11, -15, -15A, -17, -17A, -17R, -17AR, -209, -217, - 217A, -217C, and -219 turbofan engines
Washington, Usa - To prevent a rupture of an HPC front hub or an HPC disk that could result in an uncontained engine failure and damage to the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 30, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 168)] [Page 51459-51465] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on McDonnell Douglas model DC-9-10, -20, - 30, -40, and -50 series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To ensure that the fuel vent lines are properly bonded to the airplane structure
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 30, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 168)] [Page 51467-51469] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
AirlinesJet2.com: the flights from Fiumicino to Leeds-Bradford and Manchester on sale from today
Milan, Italy - For next Summer
"The flights from Rome-Fiumicino to Leeds-Bradford and Manchester for Summer 2007 can be bookable as of today on the English low-cost carrier’s website (www.jet2.com). The base tariff is EUR 21 per leg, t... more
AccidentsPiacenza incident: the C-130 probable a "Downfall of the structure"
Piacenza, Italy - It's been stated by the chief prosecutor Bardi in visit to the Financial Guard of the Emilian city
The chief prosecutor of Republic in Piacenza, Lucio Bardi, on the occasion of the visit to the Provincial (Piacenza) headquarter of Financial Guard, has stated that the incident of the Algerian C-130 Hercules... more
MiscellaneousFrance: passengers on a plane protest against the deportation of a young Nigerian
Paris, France - Jeff Babatunde was on the flight that had to take him back to Nigeria, a dozen of people refused to seat
About a dozen of passengers of a plane departing from airport "Charles de Gaulle" of Paris have demonstrated yesterday their solidarity to Jeff Babatunde, a 19-year-old Nigerian student, banned from France... more
AirlinesAir France-KLM redoubles its profit in the first quarter
Paris, France - And review its estimates for the rest of the year
Air France-KLM has communicated the data about the operative profit of the first quarter of 2006, that has passed the estimates of the analysts (EUR 220m), redoubling the profit in comparison with the... more
AirlinesRyanair: Oristano airport? No thanks
Oristano, Italy - Net deny by the carrier on the hypothesis of an interest on the Sardinian terminal
The announce had been given by the President of Sogeaer (Oristano airport administrator) Pasquale Onida at the beginning of July: "Ryanair has already shown its interest to operate with its airplanes in... more
AirlinesIsrael: Parliament members in foreign missions must fly with national airlines
Tel Aviv, Israel - It is the invitation of Knesset President
Last week the Israeli Finances Ministry firmed an agreement with Alitalia scheduling discounts and special terms for Tel Aviv public officers who are in foreign missions (see AVIONEWS for details). After... more
Science and technologySpecial maintenance at Osaka airport
Osaka, Japan - Structural intervention to face its worrying gradual sinking
"Kansai" Airport in Osaka keeps on sinking more than it had been foreseen. According to Japanese press, the six steel pillars sustaining three connection freeways have slanted 1.5 degrees, confirming signals... more
Latest newsBoeing-CAE contract for the C-130 AMP
Seattle, USA - USD 22m value
CAE, a Canadian manufacturer, has received a USD 22m contract by Boeing on the field of USAF C-130 Avionics Modernization Program which concerns the conversion of an existing C-130H Weapon Systems Trainer... more
AirlinesFifteen A-321s for US Airways
Washington, USA - Seven new orders and eight conversions
US Airways has signed an order to purchase seven A-321/200 aircraft and it has contemporaneously converted a previous order of seven A-319s and A-320s into eight A-321, totally 15 new A-321 which will... more
AccidentsAir crash in Kentucky. the air-traffic controller had slept for only two hours
Lexington, Usa - It's been established by the NTSB investigation
It’s been the controller himself to state it to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB): the day of the incident of the Comair jet, when 49 people died, he had slept for only two hours. So the d... more
DefenseIraq: more than 40 thousand ex-military men ask to serve again
Baghdad, Iraq - After Premier Al Maliki's invite
Iraqui Premier Nuri Al Maliki launched an appeal few days ago, asking ex-military men of dismissed national Armed Forces to return to the service. As a reply, more than 40 officials and soldiers, whose... more
AerospaceRussia will have its own space station
Moscow, Russia - Roskosmos agency announced that
Vitali Davydov, vice-President of the Russian space agency, Roskosmos, has announced that Moscow will build an orbiting station of its own starting from 2015, after it completed its ISS (International... more
Latest newsRussia: Minister of Transports launches the alarm for the security of Russian planes
Moscow, Russia - According to Igor Levitin the airplanes in service would be too old and the controls on security deficient
Old airplanes, scarce pilots training and corruption. These are the three key points of the Russian civil aviation underlined yesterday by the Minister of Transports of Moscow, that said he’s "very worried" f... more
MiscellaneousAir Canada pilot found themself closed outside the cockpit after gone to the toilette
Ottawa, Canada - The door blocked and the crew had to knock down it to make him enter
The unusual fact has happened last Saturday on the flight 8475 by Air Canada, in service from Ottawa to Winnipeg, with 50 people on board. The pilot, after having went out from the cockpit to go to the... more
Fair and showsVenice: lost the baggage of master Zubin Metha
Venice, Italy - The master has come to the lagoon Capital to hold a concert and to receive an award
Also the big master has passed trough the boring inconvenient of the missing baggages, that lately is stressing a lot of Italians and foreign travellers. The master Zubin Metha, that arrived yesterday... more
HelicoptersOn occasion of the film festival of Venice "Les Etoiles Executive Helicopter" since yesterday and until September 10
Venice, Italy - It's the exclusive helicopter service that will offer the transfer from Venice terminal to the "Lido" in only seven minutes
"On occasion of the film festival organized by the ’Biennale di Venezia’, ELI2000 has set up for Les Etoiles the exclusive helicopter service, ’Les Etoiles Executive Helicopter’. The service will offer s... more
Civil aviationNuclear matter: Ahmadinejad won't turn back
Teheran, Iran - The Iranian President reasserts the Country's right to develop its own nuclear program, UN sanctions are expected
With the UN ultimatum for the stop of nuclear program due to expire, the Iran President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has reasserted another time that his Country won’t give up the "Right" to develop its own u... more
IndustryAlenia-Aero Vodochody deal for the C-27J Spartan
Prague, Czech Republic - Parts of the military transport airplane will be made by the Czech manufacturer
Alenia Aeronautica (Finmeccanica Group) is about to sign an agreement for the production of a part of the C-27J Spartan tactic transport twin-engine aircraft in the Czech Republic. The signature is expected... more
PeopleNew flights of tour operator Aviomar to Libya
Rome, Italy - It will use two Arab carriers to operate the connections
The tour operator Aviomar has inserted among its offers for 2006/2007 new routes. The itinerary proposed for Libya is based on the connection between nature and culture, including flights operated by the... more
PeopleSpanish air companies could fly to Gibraltar
Madrid, Spain - It's stated by the "Gibraltar Chronicle"
The newspaper "Gibraltar Chronicle" has related yesterday that some airlines that operate in Spain are due to open soon new routes toward Gibraltar. It seems that two airlines have started the preliminary... more
AirlinesVirgin Blue and Malaysia Airlines sign an interline deal
Sydney, Australia - The agreement between the two carriers spurs the opening to international air traffic of Australia
Virgin Blue and Malaysia Airlines has signed an interline deal, that will allow to the passengers of the Asian airline that get to the Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane airports in Australia, to fly toward... more
IndustryLockheed Martin: SBIRS satellite tests have been completed
Washington, USA – It will have antimissile alarm functions thanks to infrared sensors
Lockheed Martin successfully completed a series of tests on the SBIRS (Space-Based Infrared System) geostationary satellite, which has been thought for antimissile and surveillance functions in critic... more
IndustryGoldman Sachs increases its presence in Finmeccanica
Rome, Italy - From 2,007% to 3,282%
Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP has communicated to CONSOB it has taken its participation in Finmeccanica to 3,282%, with an increase of more than half compared to 2,007% that it had since November 2005.... more
AirlinesSky Jet launches a new offer on occasion of the Venice international cinema fair
Rome, Italy - Daily flights to the "Lido" with executive jets
Sky Jet Italia in occasion of the "International Cinema Fair" of Venice, that takes place in the city from August 30 until September 9, has launched a new proposal: to organize air round-trips to Venice... more
AirlinesAir Berlin sells its tickets at supermarket
Berlin, Germany - The initiative will be valid since next September 5 and will include all the flights departing from United Kingdom
Since next Monday on the markets of the hard discount chain "Lidl" present on the United Kingdom it will be possible to buy the air tickets to fly with Air Berlin toward one of the 25 destinations of the... more
Science and technologyCagliari airport: landings will be suspended tomorrow from 3:30 pm to 5 pm
Cagliari, Italy – Take off could be delayed
Sogaer, management company of Cagliari-Elmas airport, makes known that the flying control activities of light visual devices, which are used for aircraft instrument landing, were not made yesterday morning... more
Aerospace"Atlantis" goes back to the launch base
Cape Canaveral, USA - It should leave to the ISS on September 6 or 7
NASA decided yesterday to move space shuttle "Atlantis" from its launch site, in order to take it to its hangar and protect it from "Ernesto" tropical storm in Florida coasts. On half its way to the hangar,... more
CuriositiesUSA: an Iraqui man was forced to change his T-shirt before taking on board
New York, USA – Because of a writing that was considered offensive
An Iraqui architect reported he was forced to change his T-shirt before taking aboard a Jet Blue flight leaving from "JFK" International Airport in New York, because the sweater he was wearing had a writing... more
AirlinesDeal Iberia-Aviapartner for the airport services
Milan, Italy - The agreement will concern the airports of Milan, Rome and Venice
The air company Iberia has signed a three-year-lenght deal with Aviapartner Handling for the supply of services of check-in, assistance at boarding, baggages handling and flight assistance in the airports... more
AirlinesRyanair: new flights Europe-Morocco
Dublin, Ireland - The links with the African Country should start in October
Press sources have retailed that the low-cost carrier Ryanair will begin to operate connections between Morocco and Europe starting from the end of October. Bridget Dowling, Marketing Director for South... more
AirlinesRyanair (2): mobiles on board B-737s from next year
Dublin, Ireland – And new flights from Turin to Brussels and Dublin from December
Ryanair has reached an agreement today with OnAir, the communication joint-venture by Airbus and SITA, that will allow passengers to use their mobile phones on board. According to what the Irish low-cost... more
MiscellaneousShe boards her prosthesis on a BA flight and at the arrival she find out it's been lost
Amsterdam, Netherlands - It's happened at the Amsterdam-Schiphol terminal to the world record-woman Kate Horan
Among the problems followed to the imposition of more severe security rules in the airports it’s very strange the one occurred to the New-Zealander sprinter Kate Horan, handicapped athlete that yesterday l... more
MiscellaneousA Royal Jordan flight takes 10 Lebanese children to Rome
Rome, Italy - Suffering from thalassaemia and leukaemia, they will be cured in Roman hospitals
Ten Lebanese children, who suffer from thalassaemia and leukaemia, arrived at Rome-Fiumicino airport at 1:45 pm today with a Royal Jordan flight to be cured in the city. The IME (Mediterranean Haematology... more
MiscellaneousRome-Fiumicino airport: a suitcase "Done" with cocaine
Rome, Italy - A Bolivian man was arrested
A 40-year-old Bolivian man was arrested yesterday at Rome-Fiumicino airport because the Financial Police found out drugs in his luggage. Well, his suitcase was actually almost empty inside, but it weighted... more
Civil aviationMorocco strengthens security measures in the airports
Rabat, Morocco - The decision has been taken after that the wives of two pilots of RAM were involved into the financing of an Islamic cell
The Morocco press agency "MAP" has retailed that the Interior Minister of Morocco has increased the security measures in the Countries’ airports following the discovery that three women, two of which w... more
AccidentsPlane fallen in Kentucky: there was only one air-traffic controller
Washington, Usa - The aircraft of Comair took the wrong runway and nobody noticed it
No-one would have seen the jet CRJ-200ER of Comair when it took the wrong runway at Lexington-Blue Grass airport in Kentucky. This is what has been demonstrated by the investigation of National Transportation... more
Science and technologyHelsinki airport: expansion works due to begin
Helsinki, Finland - They will start in September and will cost EUR 143m
In the mid September are going to start the expansion works for the international departures terminal at Helsinki-Vantaa airport, that will allow to the Finnish terminal to welcome 15 million passengers... more
MiscellaneousNight at the airport for 160 children waiting to fly
Rome, Italy - The kids of a refugee camp in Algeria have waited for 24 hours their flight at Fiumicino airport
The bad adventure has occurred to 160 children on a refugee camp Saharawi, in South Algeria, that after having spent two months in Italy, hosted by Italian families, Monday had to come back to Algeria.... more
IndustryEADS: TB-30 Epsilon and G-120A to train French Air Force pilots
Paris, France – The supply is assigned to Grob Aerospace and Sogitec Industries
EADS Military Air Systems France assigned to Grob Aerospace and Sogitec Industries the supply of aircraft and equipment for French pilots training, on the field of the five-year agreement between the European... more
PeopleIATA: record high load factors continue
Brussels, Belgium - Slow down in the Middle East
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released traffic results for the first seven months of the year showing growth of 6.4% for passenger traffic and 5.3% for freight over the same period... more
MiscellaneousUsa: a comic fakes an air incident after the air crash in Kentucky, Nbc apologizes
Washington, Usa - It's happened Sunday evening at Emmy Awards ceremony
It’s surely been a lack of style. Especially because it was Nbc, it was Emmy Awards ceremony, and because 13,9 million people watched the show. And the excuses by American channel bosses are not enough: t... more
Civil aviationFAA (Correction) AD on Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. models PC-12 and PC-12/45 airplanes
Washington, Usa - To require actions to correct the unsafe condition
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 25, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 165)] [Page 50506] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Bombardier model DHC-8-100, DHC-8-200, DHC-8-300, and DHC-8-400 series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent shear failure of control column torque tube rivets, which could cause unexpected decoupling of the elevators and large unwanted deflection of the free elevator, and consequent reduced controllability of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 25, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 165)] [Page 50331-50333] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more