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MiscellaneousLarry Williams was arrested for tax evasion
Sydney, Australia - He was stopped at Sydney airport
The American guru of short-term operations, author and conference man, Larry Williams, was arrested at Sydney airport. The charge is tax evasion: according to United States, which ask for his extradition,... more
DefenseNuclear matter: today the Security Council summit
London, United Kingdom - Iran asked for direct talks with USA
The summit of the five permanent members of the UN SEcurity Council plus Germany is expected today in London, where they will meet to discuss last efforts to convince Iran to give up uranium enrichment.... more
HelicoptersItalian 72nd Wing celebrations: a special color NH-500E
Frosinone, Italy - Today and tomorrow
Celebrations for 400,000 flight hours of the 72nd Wing, the only helicopter flight school, which is in Frosinone, teaching pilots of Italian Air Force and all the other Forces endowed with a rotor aviation... more
Finance and economyFears about bird flu affect European airlines' shares
Brussels, Belgium - Downward on almost all stock exchanges
After the World Health Organization’s words about a possible bird flu virus transmission among men, a difficult day for European air sector. It is obvious that such news, if confirmed, would have a heavy e... more
MiscellaneousA woman dies during the flight
Salt Lake City, USA - But nobody realizes that
A woman died yesterday during a flight from Dallas to Salt Lake City, but nobody among passengers and crew realized that until arrival, thinking she was sleeping. The American carrier justified itself... more
MiscellaneousCapo Gallo Air Disaster: the enquiry is ending
Bari, Italy - The meeting between the judges and the victims' families
The prosecutors Marzia Sbella and Emanuele Ravaglioli, who are investigating about the splash-down of the Tuninter’s ATR-72 that on last August 6 was flying from Bari to Djerba causing the death of 16 p... more
CuriositiesFull passport for Bono Vox
Maseru, Lesotho - No more blanks for stamps
Little setback for Bono Vox, U2 leader, who is travelling in Africa in these days. The rockstar was stopped at Maseru airport, in the Capital of Lesotho, where he had to take off headed to Rwanda and Tanzania,... more
AccidentsF-16 collision. Tricarico: our pilots has reacted guiding other fighters
Cagliari, Italy - General Tricarico said that during a press conference at Decimomannu's air base
Today the Italian Air Force Chief of Staff, General Tricarico, during a press conference at Decimomannu’s air base (Sardinia), said that "There are elements to exactly set the accident’s dynamics. [..... more
HelicoptersEurocopter looks at China
Beijing, China - In view of 2008 Olympic Games and 2010 Shangai World Expo
In the helicopter sector destined to law enforcement and parapublic missions, Eurocpter intends to expand its aims to the Chinese market. The Franco-German-Spanish company, EADS (European Aeronautic Defence... more
PeopleANSV report 2005: the enquiries
Rome, Italy - The riskiest sector is the touristic and sport one
In 2005 the ANSV, the Italian agency for the flight safety, received 783 signals of events that concerned the flight safety. From these signals 137 enquiries started divided in: 106 about aircraft (49... more
AirlinesAlitalia: second stop by the Council of State, Air One's petition on Sardinian flights accepted
Rome, Italy - The 6th Section of the Council of State expelled Alitalia from the service obligations tender
Yesterday it was decided, but the sentence has been made known for few hours. The 6th Section of the Council of State accepted Air One petition against Lazio Regional Administrative Court’s decision t... more
Science and technologyIstanbul airport: a sudden fire, there may be some victims
Istanbul, Turkey - The fire images on live broadcast on CNN and NTC local network
According to images and comments by the two TV networks reporting the live event, a huge fire has blown up in the last hours at Istanbul International Airport. Air traffic was stopped and arrivals were... more
IndustryAt the goal the agreement between Finmeccanica and Sukhoi
Rome, Italy - It was announced by the Italian industry's responsible of the Aerospace and Defense sectors Giorgio Zappa
The negotiation for the agreement between Finmeccanica and Sukhoi for the construction of the new Russian regional jet are in the final phase (see for details AVIONEWS 1, 2 and 3). Giorgio Zappa, Director... more
Science and technologyRome's major defends the agreement with Alitalia about Fiumicino airport
Rome, Italy - The capital's first citizen met the workers of the air station
Rome’s Major Walter Veltroni answered indirectly yesterday to the polemics born in Milan about the agreement between Rome’s Municipality and Alitalia about the re-launch of Fiumicino airport. Speaking in... more
MiscellaneousByelorussia could close its air space to the western airlines
Minsk, Byelorussia - President Lukashenko said it
Byelorussia’s President Lukashenko, speaking yesterday at the national Parliament, threatened to close the air space of his country to the western airlines, as in reprisal to the international sanction e... more
PeopleEurocontrol launches new air-ground communications safety actions
Brussels, Belgium – A series of the initiatives together with stakeholders
EUROCONTROL, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, together with stakeholders from across the aviation industry, has recently launched a series of new air-ground safety initiatives... more
AirlinesO'Leary: I will walk naked across Warsaw streets
Dublin, Ireland - If LOT removes fuel surcharge
Ryanair boss, Michael O’Leary, announced he will walk naked in Warsaw, if LOT, Polish flag airline, decides to remove fuel surcharge from its tickets within the end of this month. Another sensationalist t... more
MiscellaneousAngers-Manchester in 30 hours
Manchester, United Kingdom - Negative record of an English teacher
30 hours to make a two-hour trip: this is the record reached by Andy Parson, a Manchester’s teacher who took more than a day to come back home from Angers, France, with Air Arann. Departure displacement t... more
IndustryBoeing delivered final 717s and concluded commercial production in California
Long Beach, Usa - More than 15,000 airplanes have been produced in the Long Beach factory
Boeing yesterday delivered its final two 717 airplanes to Midwest Airlines and AirTran Airways in a ceremony before thousands of employees, retirees and dignitaries in Long Beach, Calif. The deliveries... more
AirlinesThe Council of State blocked the sale of Volare to Alitalia
Rome, Italy - The sentence of the TAR of Lazio capsized
The Council of State nullified the decision of the last May 11 took by the Regional Administrative court of Lazio, which refused the Air One’s appeal against the purchase of Volare by Alitalia (see for d... more
MiscellaneousThe Minister Lanzillotta resigned from ENAV's Board before of the formation of the Government
Rome, Italy - The responsible of the Regional Affairs reply to an article appeared on "Corriere della Sera"
The new-Minister of the Regional Affairs, Linda Lanzillotta, made known to have resigned from the Board of ENAV, the Italian agency for the flight assistance, before of the formation of the Government.... more
Civil aviationAmnesty: Europe is at the sharp end in human rights violation
Rome, Italy - CIA flights, legislative deficiency, law enforcement abuses
2006 human rights world report was presented yesterday by Amnesty International. The document focuses on the notorious "Extraordinary renditions", i.e. the secret flights made by CIA to carry suspicious... more
Press releaseAlitalia offer for Volare acquisition is valid
Rome, Italy - Alitalia has been given the permission to operate Sardinian obligated routes
The Italian Council of State declared a formal irregularity in procedures for Volare sale to Alitalia. The airline trusts this irregularity will be solved soon, as the validity of Alitalia’s offer is n... more
Press releaseSULT: strike next June 17 by Alitalia's flight assistants
Rome, Italy - It's necessary an immediate intervention by Government as mediation
"About Alitalia there are new storm clouds both regarding the unions’ matters and the industrial problems, and the situation could determine a new Summer of fight and mobilizations. The same Volare’s eve... more
MiscellaneousBin Laden: Moussaoui is innocent
Washington, USA - The head of Al Qaeda exculpates the French citizen in an audio-message spread on-line
In an audio-message spread yesterday on-line Osama Bin Laden made known that Zacarias Moussaoui, the French citizen who is the sole sentenced man in USA for September 11 attempts (see for details AVIONEWS),... more
MiscellaneousRCS enquiry involves also the contracts for the military supplies
Rome, Italy - Payoffs for the uniforms' contract
The Court of Rome’s enquiry about the bid to Rizzoli Corriere della Sera, the company which manages one of the most important Italian newspaper, that has as protagonist Stefano Ricucci, involves also t... more
Government actsQuestion: how the Italian Government thinks to act to set Doctor Jahanbeloo free
Rome, Italy - Presented by Senator Polito (Ulivo)
To the President of the Council of Ministers and to the Foreign Minister. "Considering that: on Friday April 28, 2006 the Iranian teacher and political philosopher, Ramin Jahanbeloo, was stopped at Teheran... more
IndustryFinmeccanica: shareholders’ assembly approves 2005 annual results and dividend
Rome, Italy - New board of auditors appointed
"The shareholders of Finmeccanica SpA, who met yesterday in Rome, have approved the company’s annual results for 2005 and viewed a presentation of the consolidated figures. The results were positive a... more
MiscellaneousToday interdepartmental meeting at Farnesina to decide the retreat of the Italian troops from Iraq
Rome, Italy - Summit between the Foreign Minister D'Alema and the Defense Minister Parisi
The first interdepartmental meeting, to decide about the retreat of the Italian contingent from Iraq and for the change of the mission to civil by military, should have to take place today at Farnesina... more
Science and technologyBAA: call for bids for Budapest Airport Handling sale
Budapest, Hungary - The managing company of the Magyar airport makes it known
A statement by BAA, owner of Budapest airport, made known yesterday that a call for bids has been started for Budapest Airport Handling sale. Budapest airport wants to make handling services more efficient... more
PeopleAgreement in Louisiana to make safer the air traffic in the Gulf of Mexico
Lafayette, USA - The agreement signed among FAA, HAI and the aeronautical industries
It was signed in Lafayette Louisiana, USA, an agreement among FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, the industry of the aeronautical sector and the Helicopter Association International (HAI), to develop... more
IndustryBoeing 787 reached 25 per cent release milestone
Washington, Usa - The model is scheduled for delivery beginning in 2008
Boeing announced last Sunday that it has reached a major milestone in the design of the all-new 787 Dreamliner. The team has completed 25 percent of the releases required for the program. This means that... more
DefenseAVIONEWS' Special. "Elite 2006": the multinational exercise by NATO held from May 4-18
Berlin, Germany - It took place in the South German air space
NATO and the countries that belong to it have been invited to participate at the multinational drill "Elite 2006" which took place in the South German air space and on the Army’s polygon of Heuberg in t... more
DefenseAVIONEWS Special. "Elite 2006" (2): NATO operated with E-3As
Berlin, Germany - 29 nations sent there
The targets of the drill were the efficiency readiness valuation and the improvement of enemy air defences suppression techniques and the further support staff training. ETS assets of several nations are... more
IndustryEADS will close the facility of Merignac
Paris, France - The workers will be not axed
EADS’ Board of Director decided, after a serious examination to close the facility of its subsidiary Sogerma at Merignac. The industry has not the intention to discharge its employs, to whom it was offered a... more
Science and technologyRonchi dei Legionari in difficulties
Trieste, Italy - Too strong the competition of the Lubiana's air station
The negative period of Ronchi dei Legionari airport continues. The competition of the near air station of Lubiana is putting in serious difficulties the airport far few kilometres from Trieste. Last week... more
Latest news"Frecce Tricolori" at "Dumbo's Day 2006"
Perugia, Italy - At the Umbria International Airport Perugia-S. Egidio
The "Dumbo’s day 2006", an air show which will host the Italian Acrobatic Patrol (PAN), "Frecce Tricolori", is taking place Sunday May 28 at the Umbria International Airport Perugia-S. Egidio. Since t... more
Science and technologyWithin the next Summer Aeroports de Paris will be privatized
Paris, France - It was announced by French Minister of Finances, Thierry Breton
French Minister of Finances, Thierry Breton, announced today that within the next Summer Aeroports de Paris (ADP), the company which manages the air station of the French capital, Orly, Charles De Gaulle... more
MiscellaneousTour in Poland for the Pope
Vatican City - It will be escorted also by a NATO Awacs
The journey of Pope Benedictus XVI in Poland, which will start Thursday May 25 and will end Sunday 28, will also cover the Nazi internment camp in Auschwitz and the nearby Birkenau, where the Pontiff will... more
DefenseIran nuclear matter (2): Saddam Hussein knows that Iran is going to soon produce atomic bomb
Baghdad, Iraq - The ex-rais revealed that to his lawyers
Lawyer Bushra Al Khalil, who is defending Saddam Hussein in the trial against him, declared to "Al Arabiyah" satellite TV that the Iraqi ex-rais had revealed during a meeting with his lawyers to know that... more
AirlinesQatar Airways: the results of the financial period 2005-2006
Milan, Italy - Six million of passengers transported
Qatar Airways has announced, at the end of the financial period 2005-2006, the economic results of its balance that has recorded an increase of 40% of turnover. In parallel, with the raise of the fleet... more
AccidentsOne Turkish and one Greek fighters collide on Aegean Sea (2): one of the Turkish pilots is save
Athens, Greece - The other Turkish pilot and the Greek one are still missing
One of the two Turkish pilots, missing this morning after the collision of their aircraft with a Greek F-16 fighter (see for details AVIONEWS), was found by a fishing boat. The man refused to go on board... more
IndustryFinmeccanica more and more indipendent by Italy
Rome, Italy - It is raising the importance of the US and British markets
The international role of Finmeccanica is raising. The Italian industry of aerospace and defense sector will decrease progressively its dependence by Italy bringing it to the 40% in 2008, it was of the... more
AirlinesWorkers' associations condemn the Pakistan International Airlines
London, UK - The carrier makes a discriminatory and oppressive anti-unions policy
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) asked to the Pakistani community in UK to boycott Pakistan International Airlines. According to ITF, an association which club several unions of t... more
MiscellaneousFrance, Italy and Germany payed ransoms to free their countrymen kidnapped in Iraq
London, UK - It was retailed British newspaper "Times"
In an article appeared yesterday on the "Times" it sustained that the Government of Italy, France and Germany should have payed, in the last 21 months, about EUR 45 million to free their countrymen kidnapped... more
Latest newsIn Greenland to recover US fighter bombers buried under ice
Berlin, Germany - It is what a German journalist wants to do
A German journalist keen on flight, Dieter Hermann, intends to manage an expedition to Greenland because he is convinced he can recover five Second World War-aged Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter bombers,... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines to inaugurate today daily service to Copenhagen, in Denmark
New York, Usa - The carrier now offers transatlantic service to 28 cities in 15 countries
Continental Airlines today will inaugurate daily nonstop flights between its New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport and Copenhagen, Denmark. With Copenhagen, Continental now offers transatlantic... more
Science and technology"Solar Impulse": the solar-powered airplane
Berne, Switzerland - A project by Swiss Bertrand Piccard
"Solar Impulse" is the name of an airplane which flies thanks to solar energy only. Its inventor, Swiss Bertrand Piccard who was the first man circumnavigating the world in aerostatic balloon without stopover... more
AirlinesHLX.com: 96 flights per week between Italy and Germany
Milan, Italy - For Winter 2006-2007
Hapag-Lloyd Express (HLX) presents the new winter times 2006-2007. The flights will be reserved starting from today, May 23 at 6pm on the website www.hlx.com. HLX, the main low-cost carrier between Italy... more
AccidentsOne Turkish and one Greek fighters collide on Aegean Sea
Athens, Greece - They are trying to rescue pilots
A Greek Air Force F-16 fighter and a Turkish recognition aircraft collided on flight this morning over Karpathos, an island in the Aegean Sea. From the first reports the Turkish fighter seemed to have... more