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IndustryBoeing will open a centre for MRO facility in Nagpur
Nagpur, India - It will allow Indian airlines to make maintenance and overhaul of their Boeing aircraft
Boeing announced it has chosen the city of Nagpur, in the State of Maharashtra in central India, as the location for its regional centre for MRO (Maintenance Repair and Overhaul) facility. The creation... more
IndustryBell Helicopter Textron awarded of a over 16 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the AH-1W
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $16,450,000 delivery order against a previously awarded basic ordering agreement (N00019-06-G-0001) for 70 painted Marine Corps turned... more
IndustryBell-Boeing Joint Program Office awarded of a over 23 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the MV-22 aircraft
Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $23,046,910 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-04-C-6517) for the Block A/B upgrades required... more
AccidentsPrivate plane fallen in Kentucky: victims identified
Lexington, Usa - No survivors, an entire family destroyed
The victims of the air incident that involved a private plane in Kentucky, fallen in the eastern zone of the Country (see for details AVIONEWS) have been identified. It’s a family composed of the parents J... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on McDonnell Douglas model DC-10-10 and DC-10-10F airplanes; and model MD-10-10F airplanes
Washington, Usa - To ensure that the fuel vent pipes are properly bonded to the airplane structure
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 25, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 165)] [Page 50335-50336] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Fokker model F-28 Mark 0070 and 0100 airplanes
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct corrosion of the wing rear spar lower girder, which could result in reduced structural integrity of the wing rear spar
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 25, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 165)] [Page 50333-50335] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
IndustryCathay Pacific celebrated 100th aircraft delivery when taking another Airbus A-330
Toulouse, France - Further five models are scheduled to join the carrier's fleet in 2007 and 2008
Cathay Pacific Airways celebrated the 100th aircraft to join its fleet by taking delivery of an Airbus A-330/300 at a ceremony at the manufacturer’s base in Toulouse, France. The aircraft was presented i... more
DefenseUS Air Force moves its B-1B from Diego Garcia to Qatar
Washington, Usa - The transfer will make save USAF USD 132m per year
US Air Force has decided to move its bombers B-1B Lancers from the base of the Diego Garcia island in Indian Ocean to the base of Al Udeid in Qatar. The decision was justified by economic reasons. In fact,... more
Civil aviationBisignani (IATA): 105 thousand passengers less per week if an agreement USA-EU is not found
Geneva, Switzerland - As for travellers identification
CEO of IATA (International Air Transport Association), Giovanni Bisignani, said that the lack of agreement between United States and Europe on mutual requisites for passenger identification could reduce... more
Weather forecastsTravel Trend in Milan on September 26
Milan, Italy - Among exhibitors, airlines, travel agencies and fleet management
Travel trend, an event that makes demand and supply meet on the field of congresses, incentives and business travels. The manifestation, in its 14th edition, will host over 100 exhibitors among hotels,... more
People25% of English fly low-cost for internal tourism
London, United Kingdom - A Flybe-commissioned research reveals that
According to a marketing research made by YouGov on account of British low-fare carrier Flybe, 25% of English had a tourism week-end in their Country in the last year flying low-cost, compared to 18% who... more
IndustryAustralia: delays in deliveries of B-737 AEW&C
Canberra, Australia - The Australian Defense will receive the first unit not before 2008 beginning
Australian Defense Department announced delays in delivery of the new Wedgetail Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) airplane that is manufactured by Boeing on B-737 platform. Australia ordered several 737... more
MiscellaneousUSAF planes fly toward the hurricane "Ernesto" to supervise it
Washington, Usa - The weathermen have launched the alert for Florida and South Carolina
The National Hurricane Center of Miami has announced that the hurricane "Ernesto" is going fastly toward the Gulf of Mexico and that it could hit two times the US coast, first in Florida and then -after... more
IndustryRussian State bank VTB has bought 5% of EADS
Moscow, Russia - "Vedomosti" newspaper reports that
Russian economic newspaper, "Vedomosti", published the news about the purchase of 5% participation in EADS capital by Russian State bank Vneshtorgbank (VTB), for one billion dollars. A very important acquisition,... more
AirlinesFinally Aer Lingus on the Stock Exchange
Dublin, Ireland - September 29 the debut date, after several postponements
Aer Lingus, Irish flag airline, seems he finally got it. After several attempts, that had been postponed by authorities or for union problems, the company will be privatized and will start its enlisting... more
IndustryEmbraer wishes a reprise of US Army ACS program
Washington, USA - Its ERJ-145 was discarded in January
The US Army rejected the ERJ-145, the Embraer-made airplane that had been initially chosen for battle field monitoring, because the aircraft was not able to carry all system sensors. The ACS (Aerial Common... more
AirlinesNew flight MaxJet London-Las Vegas
Washington, Usa - It will be active since next November 2
MaxJet launches the new connection between London-Stanstead and Las Vegas. The all-business Us carrier has announced that since next November 2 it will be operative a flight connecting twice a week the... more
IndustryCessna delivered the 100th Citation CJ-3
Wichita, Usa - To Jeffrey Mark, ceo, principal owner and co-founder of Mark-Taylor Residential Inc.
Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. company, delivered the 100th Citation CJ-3 yesterday to Jeffrey Mark, chief executive officer, principal owner and co-founder of Mark-Taylor Residential Inc., an... more
AirlinesFirst semester of growth for Air Dolomiti
Milan, Italy - The prevision talk of 1,5 million of transported passengers within the year
The financial data about the first semester 2006 of Air Dolomiti have been communicated. The carrier, born in 1989 and controlled for 10% by Lufthansa since 2003, has obtained in these first six months... more
Weather forecastsJets, helicopters and dream cars at "Millionaire Fair" of Cannes
Cannes, France - The luxury fair will start next September 1st
"Millionaire Fair", the exhibition of luxury goods has born from an idea of Yves Girath, publisher of the magazine "Millionaire", that in this way wanted to create an occasion when devices for few people... more
Latest newsNew S-3D radar for Swedish Air Force
Stockholm, Sweden - Production tests are over
ITT Corporation, American defense electronic services company, has ended production tests of the first S-3D radar that will be delivered to Flygvapnet, the Swedish Air Force, through Forsvarets Materielverk... more
Science and technologyNew terminal at Siem Reap airport in Cambodia
Phnom Penh, Cambodia - It's been realized thanks to a deal with France
Cambodia has became an ever more requested touristic site during last years, as proved by the 860,000 air arrivals in 2005 against 230,000 in 1999. In the aim to increase them ever more the Asian Country... more
AirlinesMexicana will purchase 16 new Airbus aircraft
Mexico City, Mexico - Plus four long-haul planes to be chosen between Boeing and Airbus
Mexicana de Aviaciòn, the second Mexican airline for fleet dimension, is planning to buy 16 new Airbus aircraft and four long-haul planes to be chosen between European and US production. Adolfo Crespo,... more
IndustryBoeing: an "Ecological" plan is studied
Seattle, Usa - Within next 12 months the first prototype of the aircraft fueled by hydrogen
According to what related by "Sunday Times", the American manufacturer Boeing is to start the production of a new type of plane, that is lighter and fueled by hydrogen, and for this reason less pollutant... more
Weather forecastsAir shows and exhibitions in the last week of August
Rome, Italy - From today, Tuesday 29 to next Sunday 3 of September
Tuesday 29 - 2006 Outback Air Race in support of the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Australia. + 61 8 9498 2485 See website for route www.outbackairrace.com.au - Ballooning - Hot Air Balloon festival... more
MiscellaneousHapag Lloyd plane lands in Linate for a technical fault
Milan, Italy - It has happened yesterday in the Lombardia terminal, no emergency procedure
Yesterday at about 9:10am a Boeing 737 aircraft of the air company Hapag Lloyd, departed from Pisa and directed to the Cologne airport (Germany), has landed in Linate airport because of a technical fault... more
AccidentsPrivate plane falls in Kentucky with 7 people on board
Lexington, Usa - It's the second air incident in two days in Kentucky
It’s the second air incident in Kentucky of the last 48 hours and -that upset more the American people- the second shortly before the anniversary of September 11. Yesterday a private airplane, a Cessna 4... more
Airlines"Autumn Festival" is the new promotion of Air France and KLM
Rome, Italy - Since yesterday the tickets with special rates can be booked
Air France and KLM launch a new rates offer called "Autumn Festival". The promotion is related to the purchase of tickets for reduced prices, for destinations like Mexico, Thailandia, the Carribean, Egypt,... more
AccidentsIt's official: the plane fallen in Kentucky had taken the wrong runway
Washington, Usa - The CRJ-200ER of Comair took-off from the shortest runway of the airport
After the retrieval of both the black boxes and the analysis made by the investigators of National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is official: the runway from which took-off the Comair’s jet crashed s... more
AirlinesAer Lingus is evaluating the purchase of 14 new planes
Dublin, Ireland - Next Autumn the Irish carrier should begin the negotiation both with Boeing and with Airbus
The Irish air company, Aer Lingus, has announced that in the next Autumn will start the renew operation of its aircraft fleet trough the negotiation of deals with the American Boeing and with the European... more
Science and technologyNew airport in Durban on occasion of the World Championship in 2010
Durban, South Africa - The South-African city is one of the nine that will host the matches of World Cup
South Africa is preparing to welcome the World Football Championships of 2010, and makes it by building new international airports, like the one of Durban whose building is set to be completed within the... more
MiscellaneousUS Airways flight forced to make an emergency landing for a bomb-alarm
Washington, Usa - It's happened yesterday after the finding of a threat note on board
Yesterday a plane of the US air company US Airways with 52 passengers and 3 crew members on board has made an emergency landing in Tennessee after that a note containing threats about a bomb was found... more
DefenseJapan protects itself from North Korea with US aid
Tokyo, Japan - USS Shiloh naval unit has been lined up for anti-missile defense
After North Korea destabilized several nearby Asian regions, starting a conspicuous missile testing programme, Japan has begun a protection plan that uses units of the US Armed Forces. To this purpose,... more
HelicoptersEurocopter delivered the first Cougar helicopter to Bulgaria
Marignane, France - Delivery of the 18 choppers, started yesterday, will continue over 6 years
In a ceremony at the 24th Air Force Base in Krumovo, Bulgaria, in the presence of several Bulgarian and French officials, Eurocopter handed over the first Cougar helicopter to base commander General Stefan... more
Miscellaneous18 years ago the tragedy of "Frecce Tricolori" in Ramstein: a monument commemorates them
Rimini, Italy - It's been inaugurated yesterday in front of civilians and militaries authorities at aviation museum of Sant'Aquilina
Sunday August 28 of 1988 during the "Airshow Flugtag ’88" in the US base of Ramstein (Germany), the acrobatic exhibition of "Frecce Tricolori", the Italian acrobatic team, turned into a tragedy that i... more
MiscellaneousBoulogne: 27-hour delay for an airplane
Boulogne, Italy - It happened to 55 passengers who were headed to Egypt
Because of an aircraft technical damage, a group of 55 travellers had to wait 27 hours at Boulogne’s "Guglielmo Marconi" Airport, before they could fly to Hurghada, Egypt. The fact involved an Air Memphis f... more
MiscellaneousThief arrested yesterday at Fiumicino airport by the security policemen
Rome, Italy - The Colombian has been stopped after a theft against a tourist woman
Yesterday afternoon at Rome-Fiumicino airport a 61-year-old Colombian man G.M.R., with precedents, has been arrested by the officials of airport Police after that he stole a bag to a Canadian tourist woman.... more
MiscellaneousAir France pilot refuses to take an expelled immigrant on board
Paris, France - Joining the protest of the "Reseau education sans frontieres" association
An Air France pilot refused to embark an immigrant, who was to be expelled to Mali, on Paris-Bamako flight yesterday. The "Reseau education sans frontieres" association, which is against clandestines expulsion... more
DefenseIsrael-Lebanon: the official green light to Italian mission today
Taranto, Italy - The 5 ships of the contingent have already sailed away
The Italian Government approved yesterday the decree which defines the Armed Forces’ engagement in UNIFIL mission and in the first rebuilding interventions in Lebanon. About 2500 Italian military men a... more
Civil aviationEU Commission: two days of talks on skies security
Brussels, Belgium - In view of the European Committee meeting
Today and tomorrow there is a preliminary rehearsal of the official meeting of the European Civil Aviation Security Committee, which is scheduled on September 6 and 7. Today airport authorities and airlines... more
DefenseThe Pentagon wants conventional missile warheads for an eventual preventive anti-terrorism attack
Fairbanks, USA - Rumsfeld said that during a meeting with Ivanov
USA are considering the use of intercontinental balistic missiles (ICBM) with conventional warheads. The US Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, said that during his tour in Alaska to see a missile site... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman Systems Corp. awarded of a near 25 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the aircraft parts
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a maximum 24,824,563 firm fixed price contract for aircraft parts. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. This... more
IndustryRaytheon Technical Services Co. awarded of a over 5 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18E/F aircraft
Raytheon Technical Services Co., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded a $5,631,766 estimated value delivery order against a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-05-G-0008) to provide,... more
IndustryRolls Royce awarded of a over 6 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F-402 engines
Rolls Royce, Bristol, England, is being awarded $6,157,143 for priced order 5369 under an existing basic ordering agreement contract (N00383-04-G-001M) for the procurement of turbine blades, HP Stage 2... more
IndustryWoodward FST awarded of a over 6 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F-100-PW engines
Woodward FST, Zeeland, Mich., was awarded on Aug. 24, 2006, a $6,667,708 firm fixed price contract. This action provides for spray rings, spares in support of the F100-PW engine (F15/F16). At this time... more
AirlinesAlitalia: has the Lufthansa alliance hypothesis vanished?
Berlin, Germany - German press did not seem to give importance to the matter
No-one in Germany seem to have taken for real the idea of an alliance between Lufthansa and Alitalia (see AVIONEWS for details). Only "FinanzTreff.de" and "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" quote the matter,... more
AirlinesLive TV broadcasts for Virgin Blue passengers
Canberra, Australia - Thanks to "Live2air" system
Starting from next week, passengers flying on board Virgin Blue B-737s will be able to watch live TV broadcasts, thanks to "Live2air" system developed by the Australian low-cost carrier along with Foxtel,... more
IndustryAir Sahara signs an order for 10 Boeing B-737/800
Seattle, Usa - The value for the operation is about USD 700m, the deliveries will start in 2009
The American Boeing has announced the sale of 10 jets B-737/800 to the Indian air company Air Sahara. This is what related by the carrier Monday in an official release. The US manufacturer said it’s "... more
Civil defenseThe first RQ-4 Block 20 Global Hawk was presented
Palmdale, USA - It can fly with 36-hour endurance
Northrop Grumman presented the first series model of its UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) RQ-4 Block 20 Global Hawk during a ceremony at the Antelope Valley Manufacturing Center in Palmdale, California. More... more
Fair and showsNew CEO for SN Airholding
Brussels, Belgium - It's Mr Philippe Vander Putten
The Executive Board of SN Airholding announced that it has chosen Mr Philippe Vander Putten as the next CEO of the group SN Brussels Airlines and Virgin Express. Mr Vander Putten will start his new role... more