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Science and technologyCONCORDE CRASH GIVING NEW MOMENTUM TO BULIDING THIRD PARIS AIRPORT
PARIS, The director of Paris Airports Authority said the crash of Air France Concorde gave new momentum to the proposal of building a third Paris airport. Crousquer said "there are risks involved in living... more
Science and technologyEMIRATES SATISFIED WITH PURCHASE OF A3XX
FARNBOROUGH, President of Emirates, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saaeed Al-Maktoum showed his satisfaction to Noel Forgeard, sales manager of Airbus, about the signing of the contract which represents the starting... more
Science and technologyCHARLES DE GAULLE PARIS 'AIRPORT RENEWS CONTRACT TO COMPASS FOR CATERING SERVICE
PARIS, Catering group Compass clinched a contract with Paris' Charles De Gaulle airport to supply food and drink to the airport's terminal 2. It is a renew of the contract signed in 1994, with a ten years... more
Science and technologyFRENCH CONSULTING FIRM WANTS TO BUILD AIRPORT IN NEPAL NEAR BUDDHA'S BIRTHPLACE
KATMANDU, A french consulting firm should be studying the possibility of building Nepal's second international airport near the Buddha's birthplace. The airport would be named Gautam Buddha Airport at... more
Science and technologySTRASBOURG AIRPORT TO CLOSE FOR SIX WEEKS FOR RUNWAY REPAIR
STRASBOURG, The Strasbourg Entzheim airport will be closed for six weeks, from July 17 to August 25, to allow repairs to be made on the main runway. It's dreinage system is no proper anymore and so it... more
Science and technologyFLOATING AIRPORT FROM JAPAN
TOKYO, It is called Megaflot and it is the new floating airport in stage of testing in the bay of Yokosuka, south of Tokyo. Equipped of a runway long one km, the metal structure raises three meters high... more
Science and technologyTODAY NATIONAL DAY AGAINST VIOLENCE IN THE SKIES
ROME, International Federation of transport's worker promoted for today the national day against violence in the skies. The purpose of this event, happening in all airports, is to make authorities aware... more
Science and technologyEL CAIRO: EXPENSIVE AIRPORT
EL CAIRO, An increase of 100% of handling services in egyptian airport of El Cairo was defined untolerable by the main airlines working in that airport. Those services are run by Eas (Egyptian Aviation... more
Science and technologyMAYBE NEW ENTRY IN LEONARDO PARTNERSHIP
ROME, Consortium Leonardo, handled by Gemina and directed by Pier Giorgio Romiti, who controls AdR, could have soon a new member, that is Enea consortium, led by Bpm, Abn-Amro and airports of Frankfurt... more
Science and technologyTOMORROW STARTING ITALIAN CONTROL OF PRISTINA AIRPORT
BARI, From tomorrow Pristina airport will be controlled by italian Air Force, which is going to replace the british one. Among the duties will be the control of military and civil air traffic of that area... more
Science and technologyNEW MOSCOW TERMINAL FOR AEROFLOT
MOSCOW, Board of directors of russian company Aeroflot approved the plan of construction of a third terminal in Moscow Sheremetyevo airport. It will handle both domestic and international flights. Construction... more
Science and technologyGERMAN MANAGEMENT FOR SPATA'S STOPOVER
ATHENS, According to greek newspaper "Athens News", international stopover of Spata, placed 20 kilometres west far from greek capital, will be organized by Goldair Handling, a german group belonging to... more
Science and technologyGROUND SURVEILLANCE RADAR SYSTEMS FOR 25 AMERICAN AIRPORTS
USA, FAA Administrator Jane Garvey said 25 airports across the country will be equipped of a ground safety system to help prevent runways collisions. ASDE-X, this is device's name, is designed to show... more
Science and technologyNOISE POLLUTION: SOON MEASURES
ROME, During the meeting organized by Arcan (National Association of Airport Municipalities) in Rome came out that situation of noise measurement in italian airports definitely got worse, especially in... more
Science and technologyADR: CONSIDERABLE RISE IN VALUE WITH PRIVATIZATION
ROME, According to what stated by managing director of Adr, Gaetano Galia, the privatization of company was absolutely profitable both for the shareholders and for the country and the same company. Infact... more
Science and technologyMISSED DANGER AT LA GUARDIA AIRPORT OF NEW YORK
WASHINGTON, An Airbus A320 of US Airways risked collision with a private aircraft, authorized to take off on a crossing runway, while was landing. The fact happened one week ago, but was spread only yesterday... more
Science and technologyALITALIA WILL REMAIN IN ROME
ROME, Answering to some shareholders of the national company worried about its transfer to Malpensa airport, managing director Cempella reassured them all, stating Alitalia is not going to prefer Malpensa... more
Science and technologyTARMAC WILL IMPROVE SAFETY AND PUNCTUALITY
BERLIN, A project named TARMAC, (Taxi and Ramp Management and Control) developed by Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft und Raumfahrt should be able to gain a wide improvement of aircraft traffic on parking and... more
Science and technologyGESAAC BAA PUBLISHES NAPLES AIRPORT SERVICE CARD
NAPLES, Service Card represents a sort of identification for passengers rights, concerning with different categories like: safety, airport services, intetegration forms, environment. Card sets times and... more
Science and technologyUSA-RUSSIA: STILL DISSENT ABOUT SPACE SHIELD
MOSCOW, The meeting between the ministers of Defense, the russian Igor Sergheiev and the american Cohen, wasn't able to solve dissents of the two superpowers about the issue of space shield. Cohen, particlarly,... more
Science and technologyAMERICAN AIRLINES INTERESTED WITH MALPENSA
MILAN, Jeffrey Campbell,American Airlines european vice-president during the presentation of new flight Rome-Chicago, declared the company is interested with Malpensa hub development in consequence of... more
Science and technologyMILAN AIRPORTS STRIKE HAS BEEN CALLED OFF
MILAN, The strike of Milan's Airport, Malpensa and Linate, expected on thursday 15th and called by several regional authorities, has been called off. Sea Milan Airports announced air traffic will b... more
Science and technologyVALORI: CONNECTIONS DIVERSION TO MALPENSA IS DISASTROUS
ROMA, According to Giancarlo Elia Valori, President of Rome Industrialist Association and of Autostrade Association, "the forced diversion of connections to Malpensa will produce disastrous effects". Those... more
Science and technologySCHONHAGEN AIRPORT WILL BE SOON UPDATED
BERLIN, Placed 60 km south of Berlin, Schonhagen airport is the the most important one for general aviation in Brandeburg region, with a traffic of 36000 aircrafts. Fifty millions of DM have been invested... more
Science and technologyCREDIT BALANCE FOR SEA
MILAN, Milan Airports Management Company, Sea, 1999 balance closed with a credit: the sales, as it was declared, raised up for 24%, in spite of an increase of operative costs of 33,6%. During 1999 the... more
Science and technologyCOHEN CAUTIOUS ON PUTIN'S PROPOSAL
MOSCOW, Putin suggested to create a missile defense system that could intercept incoming missiles having a range of 3500 kilometers or less. The problem was that he didn't offer more details. His proposal... more
Science and technologyILA 2000 ENDS UP TODAY
BERLIN, ILA 2000 Berlin Show ends up today, after eight days in which companies of all the world found an excellent display for all their products. That exhibition was a great testing ground for our Agency,... more
Science and technologyRUSSIA ATTACKING WESTERN COUNTRIES
BERLIN, It is not a matter of war but a business penetration which Kazan and Ulan-Ude are carying on in joint-venture in order to introduce their helicopters to western Europe. The two Ccompanies manufactured... more
Science and technologyOTHER DEALER INTERESTED WITH A3XX
BERLIN, International Lease Finance Corporation confirmed its strong interest for the new Airbus giant, declaring its intention of becoming launch customer for this aircraft. ILFC Company, placed in Los... more
Science and technologyMIG PRESENTS ITS NEW MIG-29 UPGRADED
BERLIN, MiG RSK presented its nrew MiG-29SMT-2 during ILA 2000 exhibition in Berlin. All the most upgraded and innovative technologies have been used by this Company of ex-Soviet Union. The alterations... more