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Defense"Adrion 2006" drill ended
Ancona, Italy - A new Italian Stealth ship presented
It is ended today in Ancona "Adrion 2006", the first military drill in the Adriatic Sea which saw the partecipation of the Navies of Italy, Greece, Serbia-Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia and Albania (see... more
MiscellaneousFour castaways among sharks
Wellington, New Zealand - Rescued by a Coastguard airplane
Four castaways in Pacific Ocean waters off the New Zealand coasts have been rescued today by a Coastguard airplane. The four, hung on to their boat wreckage without life vests and surrounded by several... more
PeopleVenice-Arkansas direct flights?
Venice, Italy - Meeting in Venice for a cooperation plan
Yesterday Veneto regional authorities met a delegation from Little Rock, Arkansas, with the purpose to start a series of cooperations on the sectors of economy, research and innovations, culture, citizen... more
DefenseIAEA: Iran has been installing new nuclear centrifuges
Vienna, Austria - A report by the UN Agency soon after the incentives offer
A report by IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) says that Iran has started a new uranium enrichment cycle this week, just while the Security Council proposed an incentives package to stop its nuclear... more
DefenseNATO's General Secretary in Rome
Rome, Italy - Meetings with the Italian institutional authorities
NATO’s General Secretary, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, arrived today in Rome to meet the Italian institutional authorities. The Head of the Atlantic Alliance met the President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, t... more
Science and technologyAnti-terrorism drill at Rome-Fiumicino airport
Rome, Italy - Simulation of two kamikaze attack
Yesterday at 4 pm a Police drill for activation of action measures after a terroristic attempt took place at Rome-Fiumicino airport. The attack of two explosive-wearing kamikaze was simulated in F island... more
AirlinesOnly a bid for Varig purchase
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Only the airline employees joined the call for bids
The sale auction for Varig, Brazilian flag airline, took place yesterday. Only TGV (Trabalhadores do Grupo Varig), the group composed by the carrier employees, joined the call for bids, offering the equivalent... more
IndustryBoeing: Sky Airlines as first European B-737/900ER customer
Seattle, Usa - In addition, the Turkish carrier secured purchase rights for two additional models
Boeing and Sky Airlines of Turkey announced yesterday an order for three Boeing Next-Generation 737-900ERs with advanced-technology Blended Winglets, becoming the first European carrier to order the model.... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines restores service between the US and Cancun to pre-hurricane-Wilma levels
Houston, Usa - The airline was one of the last to stop flying to the city and one of the first carriers to resume service after it
Continental Airlines has restored nearly all of its flights between the United States and Cancun International Airport since Hurricane Wilma hit the region last fall. Currently, the airline is operating... more
AccidentsCapo Gallo air disaster: a part of investigations is filed
Palermo, Italy - The cause of the accident does not concern fuel or maintenance defects
On the field of preliminary investigations on Capo Gallo accident, which caused 16 victims August 6, 2005, Palermo Power of Attorney filed a part of the inquiry: Ettore Fumagalli and Alessandro Perfetto,... more
IndustryVitrociset: FIOM asks for confrontation with the Government
Rome, Italy - Economic and employment prospects and agreement with ENAV are the main themes
The FIOM (Italian Metallurgic Workers Federation) national coordination of employees in Vitrociset, the ATC (Air Traffic Control) services company, asked for an urgent meeting with the Italian Minister... more
AirlinesSkyEurope inaugurates the flight Naples-Krakow
Rome, Italy - Twice per week, by a B-737
SkyEurope, low-cost carrier of the East Europe, continues to expand its network in Italy and opens a new bi-weekly connection (Thursday and Sunday) from Naples-Capodichino to Krakow in Poland, by a B-737... more
AirlinesKorean Air: excellent financial performance in the first quarter 2006
Rome, Italy - The Summer forecast are equally good
Korean Air has doubled its quarterly profit thanks to a strong growth of the passengers’ traffic and that cargo. In the first quarter 2006, the Korean carrier has in fact obtained a EUR 134,9 million o... more
MiscellaneousPibiri's funeral today
Rome, Italy - The corpse will be carried to Sardinia in the afternoon
The State funeral of Alessandro Pibiri, the Italian soldier who was killed in Nassiriya’s ambush Monday evening, are being celebrated today at 12 am in the Saint Paul Basilica, Rome. In the afternoon t... more
Latest newsItalian-Maltese naval drill on June 15 and 16
Rome, Italy - Air means by Navy, Coastguard and Air Force will take part too
The annual bilateral Italy-Malta naval drill called "Channel 06" will take place in Mediterranean waters and it will see naval units and air means of the two Nations (other than Greek and French boats)... more
AirlinesNew routes: Boulogne-Casablanca by Royal Air Maroc becomes daily
Boulogne, Italy - Seven weekly links as of June 28
Royal Air Maroc has offered a cocktail today at the Marconi Business Lounge (MBL) Room at the "Marconi" Boulogne’s airport, to announce the passage to a daily frequency of the flight to Casablanca starting f... more
AirlinesNorthwest Airlines: the new contract rejected by flight attendants
New York, USA - The decision passes to bankruptcy judge now
Northwest Airlines’s flight attendants rejected the company proposal of further reducing their wage by 21%. Now the bankruptcy judge must decide: the airline is under protection of Chapter 11, which c... more
PeopleTourism: the customer wants transparency and accurate information
Paris, France - According to a poll by Lastminute and TNS Sofres
Lastminute and TNS Sofres, a French research and vox pop institute, made a study on customer’s expectations on travel agencies. A sample of 762 travellers was enough to say that what customer asks for m... more
MiscellaneousSwitzerland: terrorists were preparing an attempt against El Al airplane
Bern, Switzerland - The news, which was already spread, have been confirmed by Swiss Government
The North-Africans arrested May 12 for a series of robberies in Switzerland were using part of their plunder to finance terroristic organizations and they were preparing an attempt against a plane of the... more
AirlinesHLX: the fast and economic way to reach all German cities for the World Football Cup
Milan, Italy - The great sport event will take place as of tomorrow and to last a month
By Hapag-Lloyd Express (HLX), the German low-cost carrier of the TUI Group, you can reach in economic and quick manner all the Germany’s cities in which the matches for the World Football Cup 2006 will b... more
Science and technologySAGAT is not interested in SAB
Boulogne, Italy - It denies rumors on share acquisition
Benettons, majority shareholders of the company managing Turin-Caselle airport (Italy), SAGAT, expressly denied some rumors which were spread in the last days about their possible interest in the acquisition... more
AirlinesRyanair: the millionth passenger reached in Poland
Warsaw, Poland - Caroline Baldwin, Sales and Marketing Director of the low-cost carrier, unveiled it
"Until a short time ago, we operated only on few routes in Poland, now we have already 25 ones. Within few years we will be the only low-cost carrier serving the country": so Caroline Baldwin, Sales and... more
MiscellaneousAl Zarqawi is dead (3): two US F-16s stroke his refuge
Baghdad, Iraq - His family was killed as well during the bombing
Two American F-16s made the air raid which killed Al Qaeda’s head in Iraq, Abu Musab al Zarqawi. Pentagon sources reported that. Al Iraqiya TV showed the first images of his corpse, which is being examinated w... more
DefenseA Predator filmed and photographed the attack site in Iraq
Nassiriya, Iraq - It was preceding the convoy for a security reconnaissance
Italian Defense sources told "Il Giornale" newspaper that a remote-control UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) "Predator" aircraft, which was preceding the British convoy escorted by Italians Monday evening,... more
AirlinesIn August there will be the first flight of Jade Cargo International
Shezen, China - The carrier is a joint-venture between China's Shenzhen Airlines and Lufthansa
Jade Cargo International, joint-venture between China’s Shenzhen Airlines and Lufthansa to operate in the cargo sector, will start its activities next August, after the delivery of the first Boeing B-747/400ERF. J... more
AerospaceImplementation planner for "Galileo"
Brussels, Belgium - Scheduled by the European Commission
The European Commission traced an implementation planner for "Galileo" staellite navigation programme. The launch of the first experimental satellites was made last December 28 and negotiations for the... more
IndustryBoeing delivered Sunwing Airlines' first new B-737/800
Seattle, Usa - The new airplane took off to Toronto-Pearson airport
Boeing delivered a new 737-800 to Canada’s Sunwing Airlines. It is the first new Next-Generation 737 received by the airline, which flies passengers for the company’s travel arm, Sunwing Vacations. The 737... more
IndustryNegative May for Airbus
Toulouse, France - There are not orders by carriers for the wide-body aircraft
May was very negative for Airbus this year. Toulouse industry received only six orders, the worse result by the beginning of the year. Moreover, for the second running month, there were not orders for... more
MiscellaneousArrested for threatening to burst an airplane
Atlanta, USA - A Saudi announced that in a bar
A Saudi man living in USA, Saleh Al Suwailem, was arrested in Georgia by FBI being charged of terrorist threat against flights. After being refused for an assignment as interpreter for American military... more
MiscellaneousItalian national football team is in Germany
Pisa, Italy - Supporters' crowd at the airport to salute the players
The Italian football team, which will be engaged in Germany for the World Football Championships 2006, arrived yesterday evening in Düsseldorf, with a flight by Eurofly, which is a partner of the Italian... more
AerospaceSatellite systems: Italo-Argentinian agreement
Buenos Aires, Argentina - On the field of SIASGE programme
The President of Italian Space Agency (ASI), Sergio Vetrella, signed an agreement with the Argentinian Government and the University of Cordoba to complete SIASE programme (Italo-Argentinian satellite... more
MiscellaneousAutopsy and burial chamber for Pibiri today
Rome, Italy - The four Italian injured soldiers are flying back home
The post-mortem examination on the corpse of Corporal Major Alessandro Pibiri, who was killed in Iraq during an assassination attempt Monday evening, is expected this morning. Then the corpse will be carried... more
MiscellaneousCIA flights: Switzerland and Poland denies too
Brussels, Belgium - Replies to Dick Marty's report go on
As predictable, the report of Europe Council Swiss parliamentarian, Dick Marty, on CIA flights for "Extraordinary renditions" of suspicious terrorists has not been welcomed well by European Governments... more
DefenseAlso the Afghan Defense Minister is present at NATO summit in Brussels
Brussels, Belgium - Private interview between Rumsfeld and Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
Today is the second day of the NATO summit in Brussels which has to prepare the meeting of the Heads of States and Governments scheduled on next November in Riga (see for details AVIONEWS). Yesterday in... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 747-100B, 747-200B, 747- 200F, 747-300, 747-400, 747-400F, and 747SP series airplanes (2006-12-03)
Washington, Usa - To ensure that the subject midpivot bolts and midpivot bolt access doors are installed in the correct position
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: June 7, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 109)] [Page 32818-32822] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 737-300, -400, -500, -700, and -800; 747-400 and -400F; 757-200; 767-300; and 777-300 (2006-12-06)
Washington, Usa - To prevent fire propagation or smoke in the cabin area due to electrical arcing or sparking and ignition of the spiral wire wrapping
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: June 7, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 109)] [Page 32811-32815] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Airbus model A-321/100 series airplanes (2006-04-11R1)
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct fatigue cracking on the inner rear spar of the wings, which could result in reduced structural integrity of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: June 7, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 109)] [Page 32807-32811] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Airbus model A-300B4; A-300B4-600; A-300C4-605R Variant F; A-310/200 series airplanes; and A-310/300 series airplanes (2006-12-05)
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct damage of the center tank fuel pumps and fuel pump canisters, which could result in a possible fuel ignition source in the center fuel tank
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: June 7, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 109)] [Page 32815-32818] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
DefenseAhmadinejad: we won't negotiate our nuclear technology
Teheran, Iran - Ok dialogue, but with no menaces
More relaxed atmosphere after Tuesday’s meeting between the high representative of EU foreign policy, Javier Solana, and the chief negotiator on nuclear matter, Ali Larijani. Iran promised it will consider S... more
PeopleUS Congress' green light to Bush act concerning air traffic controller
Washington, USA - A new job contract imposed to 14,500 workers
US Congress supported President Bush concerning the event of the air traffic controller. Yesterday the Head of the White House imposed to 14,500 workers the new contract of the Federal Aviation Administration... more
MiscellaneousAl Zarqawi is dead (2): it was confirmed also by Al Qaeda
Baghdad, Iraq - The terrorists recognized by the fingerprints
Also Al Qaeda, on the web, confirmed Al Zarqai’s death (see for details AVIONEWS), because of a US bombing of the southern neighborhoods of Baghdad, where the terrorist with Jordan origin, considered O... more
Latest news"Frecce Tricolori"'s success in Spain
Murcia, Spain - There was also Felipe of Borbon, Spanish crown prince
No comment from Rivolto near Udine, which is the base of the Italian Air Force acrobatic platoon (PAN), to the declaration of communist senator Lidia Menapace, who said that "Frecce Tricolori" are a money... more
MiscellaneousAl Zarqawi is dead
Baghdad, Iraq - It was announced by Iraqi television Al Iraqiya
Yesterday national Iraqi television al Iraqiya announced the murder, during an American bombing, of Al Qaeda’s head in the country, the terrorist with Jordan origins Abu Musab Al Zarqawi. The news has b... more
Science and technologyMalaysia Airports is reorganizing its activities
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - The company has to face a USd 235 million debt
Malaysia Airports Holding, the State owned company which manage Malaysian airports, made known that the talks of the last days with Government ’s officilas about the reorganization plan were encouraging. M... more
IndustryLongbow LLC awarded of a over 125 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the AH-64D Apache helicopter
Longbow L.L.C., Orlando, Fla., was awarded on May 31, 2006, a $125,800,109 firm-fixed-price contract for production of fire control radars for the AH-64D Apache helicopter. Work will be performed in Orlando,... more
MiscellaneousCIA's flights (2): Madrid denied to be involved
Madrid, Spain - There were no helps neither active nor passive
Spanish Government denied harshly a European Consilium’s report in which Spain appears to be involved among the 15 European countries in which they should be passed CIA’s flights which transported pre... more
DefenseJapan prepares an air shield
Tokyo, Japan - It purchases water-air missiles from USA
The Pentagon made known that United States are about to supply Japan with modern interceptor water-air missiles for a value of about EUR 400m. The purchase is part of a project for the creation of an air... more
IndustryBAE Systems exercised today its put option to sell its Airbus stock
Munich, Germany - It was made known by EADS
BAE Systems, the British aeronautical, aerospace and defense industry, made known today officially to want exercise its put option to sell its 20% share of Airbus’ stock (see for details AVIONEWS). Now t... more
Science and technologyFiumicino airport: movements record on the 4th of June
Rome, Italy - 1004 movements compared to 900 average movements
The Italian newspaper, "Il Messaggero", reports today that Rome-Fiumicino airport reached movements record Sunday June 4, totalling 1004 movements, when 900 are registered everyday on the average. More... more
Civil aviationNATO's Awacs are already patrolling Germany's skies
Berlin, Germany - They will guarantee the World Football Championship of Germany 2006's security
Since this morning the NATO’s Awacs aircraft are in service to patrol German skies and to guarantee a quiet carrying out of the World Football Championships of Germany 2006 (see for details AVIONEWS). T... more