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Fair and showsEmbraer’s Board of Directors appoints Maurício Botelho’s successor
São José dos Campos, Brazil - It is Frederico Fleury Curado
Embraer announced that at a meeting held last Friday its Board of Directors appointed Frederico Fleury Curado to succeed Maurício Botelho as President and CEO of Embraer, to be elected in April 2007. After... more
MiscellaneousIsrael-Lebanon (2): UN understanding failed to terminate conflict
Beirut, Lebanon - Still civil victims in Lebanon; yesterday 15 dead in Israel
Israeli bombs killed about 15 civilians in Lebanon today and stroke an important communication way to the South in Litani river, between Sidone and Tiro, cutting the main street where aids for civil people... more
AirlinesTurkish Airlines: the company will take part of Star Alliance
Ankara, Turkey - The decision makes known by the managing director of the Turkish carrier
The managing director of the Turkish Airlines, Cancan Karlitekin, has made known the carrier will take part of Star Alliance, the alliance of the skies guided by Lufthansa and by American United Airlines.... more
DefenseIsrael-Lebanon: Syria is ready to join together Hezbollah
Damascus, Syria - Walid Muallem: "I am ready to be a soldier of Sayed Hassan Naslarrah"
If the conflict between Israel and Lebanon had to extend, Syria will line up on the side of Hezbollah, Foreign Ministry Walid Muallem has stated it while yesterday he found in Beirut for the emergency... more
AirlinesVarig boosts its fleet to 45 new aircraft
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Within the end of this year
Marco Antonio Audi, manager of Brazilian airline Varig, made known that the national carrier’s fleet will be expanded from current 12 airplanes to 45 units by the end of the year. Five new 120-seat aircraft i... more
Science and technologyRonchi dei Legionari: +6% passenger traffic in the first 7 months of 2006
Gorizia, Italy - More than 387,000 people
Also thanks to a good performance in July, with +18.5% passenger traffic, the first 7 months in 2006 signals a 6% growth for Ronchi dei Legionari airport (North Italy), with more than 387,000 people against... more
Science and technologyOne million passengers at Bratislava airport
Bratislava, Slovakia - 837,000 in the first 7 months in 2006
"M.R. Stefanik" Airport in Bratislava welcomed last Friday its one millionth passenger in 2006. In the first seven months of this year the air station registered 837,000 passengers, with an increase of... more
Science and technologyAdR: last Friday signed the final deal for the sale of AdR Handling to the Spanish of FCC
Rome, Italy - The Rome's airports management society realizes a surplus-value of EUR 42 million
A press release by AdR SpA, Rome’s Airports (Fiumicino and Ciampino) management society, makes known that last Friday, in accomplishment of decision undertaken by board of directors and a sale’s procedure end... more
Science and technologyFalse bomb alarm in the Berlin-Tegel Airport
Berlin, Germany - Law enforcement and passengers maximum attention at packages and baggages unguarded
Last Friday, a travelling bag abandoned in the international Berlin-Tegel Airport, has made released anti-terrorism measures. At the finding of the object, Police has immediately imposed the block of... more
IndustryAlenia Aeronautica will enlarge its plant in Pomigliano d'Arco
Naples, Italy - A EUR 44.3m investment
Alenia Aeronautica and Sviluppo Italia started an enlargement project of Alenia’s plant in Pomigliano d’Arco, near Naples, Southern Italy. In addition to the extension and renewing of some existing wor... more
MiscellaneousSouth-Africa: 12 people blocked off by snow on the borderline with the Lesotho
Johannesburg, Republic of South-Africa - Since eight years did not snow over the Capital
On the score of a strong snow storm on the mountains on the borderline between South-Africa and Lesotho, last Friday, the South-African Foreign Minister has made known that any helicopters of the governmental... more
Civil defenseUS Predators in SAR operations
Washington, USA - They have been used only in military mission until now
The US Federal Aviation Administration authorized the use of Predator (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) UAV aircraft as support in Search & Rescue operations. The remote controlled RQ-1s and RQ-9s have been used... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Pratt & Whitney PW-4164, PW-4168, and PW-4168A series turbofan engines
Washington, Usa - To prevent front pylon mount bolt and primary mount thrust load path failure, which could result in an engine separating from the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 4, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 150)] [Page 44185-44187] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9-81, DC-9-82 , DC-9-83, DC-9-87, and MD-88 airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent arcing on the in-tank side of the fueling valve during a lightning strike, which could result in an ignition source that could ignite fuel vapor and cause a fuel tank explosion
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 3, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 149)] [Page 43961-43962] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Rolls-Royce Corporation (RRC) 250-B and 250-C series turboshaft and turboprop engines
Washington, Usa - To minimize the risk of sudden loss of engine power and uncommanded shutdown of the engine due to fuel contamination and collapse of the screen in the fuel nozzle
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 3, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 149)] [Page 43964-43967] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on McDonnell Douglas model DC-10-10, DC- 10-10F, DC-10-15, DC-10-30, DC-10-30F, DC-10-40, and DC-10-40F airplanes (2006-16-03)
Washington, Usa - To reduce the potential of ignition sources inside fuel tanks in the event of a severe lightning strike, which, in combination with flammable fuel vapors, could result in fuel tank explosions and consequent loss of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 3, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 149)] [Page 43962-43964] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
DefenseAviano USAF Base: "No bombs" committee denounces nuclear presence
Aviano, Italy - And it mentions an agreement between US and Italian Governments in 1960
"No bombs" committee denounced the presence of nuclear devices at USAF Base in Aviano (Pordenone, North Italy) and consequent damages for environment and health. The committee also mentioned an agreement... more
AccidentsCapo Gallo air disaster (2): the cause is a series of human mistakes
Palermo, Italy - Wrong fuel indicators and pilot's negligence
Palermo power of attorney stated that the Tuninter ATR-72 which sank on August 6, 2005, missed fuel: this is the reason why the aircraft engines stopped working, but nobody realized they were empty because... more
AccidentsCapo Gallo air disaster: victims relatives give up compensation
Bari, Italy - To participate in the future process as civil part
Some relatives of victims in the accident where Tuninter ATR-72 fell off Palermo coast on August 6th, 2005, have announced they will reject any eventual transactive proposal, in order to be present at... more
Weather forecastsAir shows and exhibitions in the second week of August
Rome, Italy - From today, Monday 7 to next Sunday 13
Monday 07 - Paragliding - 2006 Skynomad Open. Sopot, Bulgaria. + 359 89 99 82 566 www.skynomad.com/sopot http://events.fai.org - Gliding - Les 31ème Concours International de Bailleau et Championnat... more
MiscellaneousFire in Portugal: Government in shelter
Lisbon, Portugal - Gravest damages in the whole territory
Last Friday, six fires have burnt up in the Center and North of the State: in Macao, Guarda, Porto, Santarem, Viana do Castelo and Viseu, and have intervened beyond 400 firefighters with 110 vehicles and... more
IndustryBell-Boeing Joint Program Office awarded of a over 200 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For three MV-22 tiltrotor aircraft
Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $200,100,000 undefinitized contract action to begin fabrication and delivery of three MV-22 tiltrotor production aircraft. Work will... more
IndustryGeneral Dynamics Armament and Technical Products awarded of a over 12 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18E/F aircraft
General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, Burlington, Vt., is being awarded a $12,481,289 modification to definitize the previously awarded letter contract (N00421-05-C-0110) to a firm-fixed-price.... more
AirlinesSecond quarter in growth for Iberia, plus 13,8% in the turnover
Madrid, Spain - But the red of last year hasn't been recuperated yet
The Spanish air company Iberia has communicated the data relating to the turnover registered on the second quarter of 2006. Since April to June the Iberian carrier has realized an operative gain of EUR... more
AirlineseasyJet and NAS in talks on branding in Saudi Arabia
London, United Kingdom - The jet operator asked the low-cost airline to use its branding in the Middle East
English low-cost carrier easyJet has been approached by National Air Service (NAS), a Saudi Arabian private jet operator, to use its branding in the Middle East. NAS is the first Arabian commercial airline... more
DefenseAustralian Navy: alternation in the Persian Gulf
Canberra, Australia - Operations of maritime security
Yesterday, the Australian Navy HMAS Warramunga, a frigate of class ANZAC, supplied of a flight deck and an hangar for the helicopters SH-2G Super Seasprite and S-70B/s Seahawk, has sailed away in the Naval... more
DefenseUS Air Force retires its KC-135 air refueling jets
Washington, Usa - The last one will take off from Portland this week-end
Air Force is proceeding to retire its big refuleing jets KC-135 of the 939th wing, sending them to Oklahoma and California. The operation enters into a renewal program for the US Air Force fleet. The last... more
Science and technologySoru: increasing arrivals in Sardinian airports
Cagliari, Italy - 10% more in May and June
Renato Soru, President of Sardinia Region, announced positive incoming data for the island, with 10% more arrivals in airports in May and June and 20% more in April. Tom Barrack, President of Colony Capital,... more
Science and technologyBerlin does not know what to do with Tempelhof airport
Berlin, Germany - The gigantic structure will be closed next year
Berlin authorities do not know how to use Tempelhof airport in the future, with its gigantic 1.2-kilometer long terminal and an area that covers almost the size of New York’s Central Park. The air station, w... more
AirlinesAA, UAl and Continental apply fees to US travel agencies
Washington, USA - UFTAA protests and asks Antitrust intervention
American Airlines decided to apply a USD 3.5 fee per route to all US travel agencies that book using a GDS (booking system created by airlines and used by travel agencies worldwide) with which AA did not... more
AirlinesProfits grown of 20% in the second quarter for British Airways
London, United Kingdom - But the fuel increases don't make foresee a positive trend for the rest of the year
British Airways makes known in a press release that the operative gain in the second 2006 quarter amounts to GBP 211m, that is EUR 311m, with an increase of 20% compared to the same period of the previous... more
AerospaceTor Vergata University: activation of the ALTEA experiment
Rome, Italy - Test on extreme conditions in the space
Wednesday August 9, at 10:30 a.m., c.o. Department of Phisics of the Tor Vergata University in Rome, it will assist to the activation of the experiment ALTEA (Anomalous Long Term Effect on Astronauts),... more
PeopleThe cures for thyroid gland can make go haywire the control systems in airports
Birmingham, United Kingdom - The warning has been launched by British researchers, following few unpleasant inconvenient
The problem has been launched by two British doctors from the pages of the "British Medical Journal", that referred to what has happened recently to a 46-year-old man that, 6 weeks after a cure based on... more
AirlinesChina (2): Cathay Pacific cancels flights to and from Hong Kong because of the typhoon
Hong Kong, China - But the situation is slowly returning to normal
The typhoon that hit Hong Kong yesterday forced Chinese airline Cathay Pacific Airways to cancel all flights departing and arriving at the city airport. The carrier, a note reports, is trying to find alternative... more
PeopleBolivia purchases three C-212/100 by Spain
La Paz, Bolivia - Strengthening of the National Civilian Defense's system
Yesterday, the Bolivian government has confirmed the purchase of three aircraft C-212/100 by Spain government and will come employed in the civilian defense, including one that will come made available... more
Civil aviationSeptember 11: the Pentagon will reply to perjury accusations
Washington, USA - According to the enquiry commission, US Defense lied
The Pentagon General Inspector is going to publish soon a report on perjury accusations against US Defense managers concerning the investigations on September 11, 2001 attacks. The enquiry commission said... more
CuriositiesIt will be possible soon to send e-mail and sms during the flight
Washington, Usa - It will be allowed by an internal server on the plane
It will be presented to public during the manifestation "World Airlines Entertainment Association Conference" that will take place at Miami next September, the first prototype of server destined to allow... more
Civil aviationEU Commission: little transparency in security measures funding
Brussels, Belgium - The current system distorts competitiveness
The European Commission complained that funding methods of security measures in air and maritime transport is not much transparent, which generates a competitiveness distortion. According to the Commission... more
Science and technologyEnana allocates USD 400m to enlarge the Angola airports
Luanda, Angola - It's been announced by the President of the African Country's agency for the control of the air traffic
The Enana (Agency for the control af the air navigation in Angola) has announced, trough its President Jorge dos antos Correia de Melo, that the development of the airport net in the African Country will... more
MiscellaneousChina: typhoon "Prapiroon" provokes the evacuation of 500.000 people
Hong Kong, China - Assessment of five dead
From the night of August 2, the typhoon "Prapiroon", that proceeds at 33m/s recorded as force 12 in the Beaufort scale, is striking down in the South-East area of the China. Shaping in South Sea of China,... more
Science and technologyMilan-Malpensa airport: staff fingerprints to enter luggage area
Milan, Italy - In order to avoid suitcase thefts and opening
Italian Privacy Warrantor has authorized the project of a company, which operates in goods and passengers ground movements in airports, concerning the use of fingerprints at Milan-Malpensa air station... more
PeopleThe 300 passengers of China Airlines flight blocked at Fiumicino have departed
Rome, Italy - They have waited for 48 hours, reparation requests are arriving
It has lasted 48 the odyssey of the 300 passengers of a China Airlines flight to Bangkok that has never taken off from Fiumicino airport. After the cancellation of the link of last Tuesday due to a technical... more
AerospaceMarrazzo: Rome as Galileo Supervisor Authority seat
Rome, Italy - The President of Lazio Region insists on the Capital candidacy
The President of Lazio Region, Piero Marrazzo, declared that he will ask to locate the Galileo Supervisor Authority in Rome, so that the Capital and Rieti area will become the two Italian aerospace sector... more
DefenseUS Air Force: rejected a plan on Materiel Command
Washington, USA – The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base as only landmark
The Air Force has nixed a plan to cut three two-star generals’ positions in the Air Logistic Centers of Georgia, Oklahoma and Utah, and to have as only landmark the la Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, i... more
HelicoptersAerolineas Ejecutivas signed a contract for five AW helicopters plus 37 options
Cascina Costa di Samarate, Italy - And it is appointed AgustaWestland distributor in Mexico
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, announced that Aerolineas Ejecutivas of Mexico has signed a five year distribution agreement that includes an initial contract for five helicopters comprising two... more
PeoplePublic service obligations: Italian Antitrust wants to reform Sardinian connection system
Rome, Italy – Too many competitive restrictions, low-cost airlines are necessary
The Italian competitiveness warrantor authority sent a note to Transport Minister in which it doubts about the validity of current system regulating public service obligations for connections with Sardinia.... more
AirlinesSkyEurope makes available 100.000 tickets at EUR 1
Rome, Italy - The promotion is valid until August 13
"Our new promotion confirms SkyEurope’s leadership on low-cost trips". These are the words of Christian Mandl, CEO of SkyEurope Airlines, one of the main low-cost air companies of Europe Centre-East. S... more
DefenseAlso the US Air Force helicopters will supervise the boundary with Mexico
Washington, Usa - 6000 National Guard soldiers have been sent to guard the borders
With the sending of 6000 soldiers to the South frontier of United States with Mexico the militarization opera of the area has been completed; it has the aim to avoid the clandestine immigrants access.... more
IndustryBoeing: Continental Airlines signed agreement for 12 B-737/900ERs
Seattle, Usa - Airline is launch customer in the Americas and the first two-class carrier to order newest Next- Generation 737 family member
Boeing and Continental Airlines yesterday announced that Continental will become the first airline in the Americas and the first two-class model to operate Boeing’s newest and largest-capacity member o... more
AerospaceNew space borders for Japan
Tokyo, Japan – In program the building of a supersonic civilian aricraft
The spokesman of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has made known in last days the project to send any men on the Moon in 2020, and the goal of the mission will be to build a lived base that will... more