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MiscellaneousA serious sick Iraqi child will be cured in Italy

Bagdad, Iraq - He will travel on board of a C-130J of Italian Air Force

04/11/2006 21:59

Alì Abid, a two year old Iraqi child suffered from myelomeningocele, a serious backbone diseases, will be transported today to "Agostino Gemelli" hospital of Rome where he will be undergo to specific... more

AirlinesSkyeurope launches Bergamo-Prague service

Bergamo, Italy - Used a B-737/700 Next Generation

04/11/2006 21:59

Yesterday afternoon there was the launch of the new daily connection operated by Skyeurope Airlines between Bergamo-Orio al Serio and Prague (see AVIONEWS for details). The inaugural flight was made with... more

AerospaceArianespace gets another order by Japan

Tokyo, Japan - Mitsubishi will put a satellite into orbit in 2008

04/11/2006 17:05

Arianespace, world leader in commercial launch services and producer, among the others, of "Ariane-5" launchers, celebrated its 20th anniversary of its presence in Japan with an order by Mitsubishi electronic... more

Civil aviationBomb alarm at Augusta airport

Augusta, Canada - A suspicious bag makes bomb squad intervene

04/11/2006 16:59

Part af Augusta airport, Canada, was evacuated yesterday because of a bag imputed to golf tournament players headed out of town but left unattended. As the alarm was raised, a bomb squad was called in... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on Bombardier model DHC-8-400 series airplanes

Washington, Usa - To prevent corrosion or perforation of domed anchor nuts, which could result in arcing and ignition of fuel vapor in the center wing fuel tank during a lightning strike and consequent explosion of the fuel tank

04/11/2006 16:59

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 7, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 67)] [Page 17694-17696] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Science and technologyAeradria: from "Federico Fellini"'s airport to Sharm el Sheikh by Eurofly

Rimini, Italy - From April 12 to November 29, 2006 with departure each Wednesday

04/11/2006 16:59

"Eurofly, airline leader in Italy in the leisure flights’ sector, announces the restart of connections from Rimini (Federico Fellini’s international airport) to Sharm el Sheikh, confirming again its own... more

IndustryAirbus will remain in UK

Toulouse, France - It was said by Airbus' number 1 Gustav Humbert

04/11/2006 16:53

Airbus number 1 Gustav Humbert said yesterday that, also if BAE decided to retreat by European consortium stock by releasing its 20% share, Toulouse industry anyway will remain in UK. In fact the decision... more

Aerospace"Venus Express" enters Venus orbit

Darmstadt, Germany - The ESA space probe has reached its destination this morning

04/11/2006 16:50

European Space Agency (ESA) Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, has made known that "Venus Express" space probe has entered, as expected, Venus orbit this morning. The probe has ended its slowdown... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 767-200, -300, and -300F series airplanes (2006-07-14)

Washington, Usa - To prevent fracture of the MLG bogie beam pivot pin, which could lead to possible loss of the MLG truck during takeoff or landing and consequent loss of control of the airplane

04/11/2006 13:58

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 7, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 67)] [Page 17691-17694] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

PeopleICAO and Eurocontrol's seminary about the just culture in air transport

Baku, Azerbaijan - Judicial systems' lacks

04/11/2006 13:55

In the last days an ICAO and Eurocontrol’s seminary about the just culture in air transport took place in Baku, Azerbaijan’s capital city. It is clear that, according with the speeches of the seminary, whi... more

Press releaseGalileo Avionica ready to win the Venus challenge

Rome, Italy - After an interplanetary journey of about five months

04/11/2006 13:43

"After an interplanetary journey of about five months, the European probe Venus Express is now ready to enter the polar elliptical orbit of the planet Venus. Galileo Avionica’s star trackers will guide t... more

IndustryThe new engine Hyshot III tested in Australia

Sidney, Australia - It can achieve a speed 7 times higher of the sound one

04/11/2006 13:43

A new experimental jet engine was tested today in Australia, the Hishot III which is able to achieve a speed 7 times higher of the sound one. The system was drawn by British industry of military components... more

Miscellaneous160 aircraft carried back the votes of Italian people resident in foreign countries

Rome, Italy - Satisfaction expressed by Italian Minister Tremaglia

04/11/2006 13:43

160 aircraft in two days, since April 7 to April 9, carried back in Italy the votes of Italian people resident in foreign countries. The first flight arrived to Rome-Fiumicino airport coming from Kuala... more

AirportsPassengers want internet in flight

Washington, USA - This is what emerges from a research by Connexion by Boeing

04/11/2006 13:37

A research commissioned by Connexion by Boeing (the company providing on-line connections on airplanes of several airlines) to Burke Research Institute, and made on 3200 travellers in the second half of... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) model EMB-120, -120ER, -120FC, -120QC, and -120RT airplanes

Washington, Usa - To detect and correct corrosion in the torque tubes of the elevators, which could lead to an unbalanced elevator and result in reduced controllability of the airplane

04/11/2006 13:34

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 7, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 67)] [Page 17698-17699] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on BURKHART GROB LUFT-UND-RAUMFAHRT GmbH & Co. KG, model G 103 C Twin III SL sailplanes

Washington, Usa - To prevent loss of the sailplane propeller caused by increased play in the current design propeller bearing and upper pulley wheel. This could result in loss of control of the sailplane

04/11/2006 13:34

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 10, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 68)] [Page 17983-17985] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 727, 727C, 727-100, 727- 100C, and 727-200 series airplanes (2006-07-17)

Washington, Usa - To detect and correct stress-corrosion cracking of the terminal fittings, which could result in the failure of one of the terminal fitting connections

04/11/2006 13:34

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 7, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 67)] [Page 17696-17698] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on Aerospatiale model ATR-42 airplanes and model ATR-72 airplanes

Washington, Usa - To prevent inadvertent activation of the standby pitch trim, which could result in pitch trim runaway and consequent reduced controllability of the airplane

04/11/2006 13:34

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 7, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 67)] [Page 17700-17701] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Science and technologyMeeting of Gemina Board for the new AdR designations

Milan, Italy - It is to decide Federico Falck's successor

04/11/2006 12:24

Board of Directors and Union Deal of Gemina, Milan’s financial company, are meeting tomorrow April 12 to decide the new designations in AdR management, the company controlling Airports of Rome. Board m... more

Science and technologyOn-line ticket purchase for Naples airport

Naples, Italy - The service is on Gesac's site

04/11/2006 12:21

From now on it will be possible to purchase air tickets on-line for those who want to leave from Naples airport. The service is already on Gesac’s site, management company of the air station, and it w... more

Science and technology8 hours delay for a Milan-Palermo Air One flight

Palermo, Italy - Palermo airport closed for sirocco and Catania, Trapani and Rome airports overcrowded

04/11/2006 12:21

Many discomforts yesterday for travellers who flew to Palermo, Sicily, because of sirocco winds forcing "Falcone-Borsellino" Airport to close for most of the daytime (see AVIONEWS for details). The Sicilian... more

AccidentsAir incident in Kenya: 14 people dead

Nairobi, Kenya - The tragedy caused by low visibility

04/11/2006 12:21

Yesterday an Y-12 aircraft with 17 people on board crashed in Kenya three kilometres from the city of Marsabit, in the north of the country. Most of the plane’s passengers were politicians and deputies, i... more

AirlinesSilverjet seeks for investors

London, United Kingdom - GBP 25m necessary to launch a low-fare business class airline

04/11/2006 12:21

Silverjet is seeking to list on London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in order to raise GBP 25m, necessary to help the airline to launch its project: a low-fare business class airline. The carrier p... more

IndustrySikorsky Aircraft Corp. awarded of a near 7 USDm contract

Washington, Usa - For the MH-60S aircraft

04/11/2006 09:33

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $6,828,801 cost-plus-fixed-fee order against a previously awarded basic ordering agreement (N00019-03-G-0003) for the development effort to... more

DefenseMultinational drill against mass destruction weapons

Darwin, Australia - "Pacific Protector 06" sees the participation of Armed Forces from 6 Countries

04/10/2006 20:44

Multinational defense drill to stop the diffusion of mass destruction weapons, as the nuclear, biological, chemical or radiological ones which could be used by any kind of international terrorism, ended... more

PeopleNew route between China and Europe

Geneva, Switzerland - It was announced by IATA

04/10/2006 20:44

IATA, International Air Transport Association, made known today to have achieved the approval of the Chinese Government for the creation of a new route for the international air traffic which will decrease... more

IndustryThe funds for Sparviero project have been cut

Rome, Italy - It was made known by the company

04/10/2006 20:44

Sparviero company that, on behalf of Italian Home Office, was developing, with Italian Space Agency, an advanced system to guarantee road safety, denounced the interruption of the funds’supply after t... more

CuriositiesIndian cuisine on Singapore Airlines

Singapore, Republic of Singapore - The carrier employed a famous Indian chef

04/10/2006 20:41

Singapore Airlines employed in its cook staff the famous Indian chef, Sanjeev Kapoor, "His creativity with Indian cuisine will be a welcome addition to the global cuisine and add to the variety of menus... more

Civil aviationCIA flights in Croatia too

Zagreb, Croatia - Amnesty International says that

04/10/2006 20:41

After Amnesty International report on secret CIA flights on European skies (see AVIONEWS for details), Croatian section of the human rights world organization revealed that Dubrovnik airport was also used... more

PeopleAir tickets' price increased for Chinese domestic flights

Beijing, China - The increase is due to fuel cost raise

04/10/2006 20:35

Since today the passengers of Chinese air carriers have to pay a surcharge on the tickets’ for the domestic routes because of the raise of fuel cost. Travellers will pay USD 1,25 more for the connections l... more

Science and technologyNewark airport is the most expensive in the world

London, United Kingdom - According to a ranking drafted by TRL

04/10/2006 20:35

Newark airport, in New Jersey, is the most expensive in the world. It is what TRL, British consultancy company specialized in market researches in transport sector, said drafting a ranking of the most... more

Science and technologyAeradria: press conference for flight to Sharm el Sheikh served by Eurofly

Rimini, Italy - It will take place tomorrow at 12 (Vip room) of the "Federico Fellini" airport

04/10/2006 20:32

Aeradria SpA, "Federico Fellini" Rimini’s airport management society, communicates that tomorrow, Tuesday April 11, 2006 at 12 at Vip Room of the same airport, a press conference by Eurofly will take p... more

AccidentsLethal incident on the Apuane Alps

Lucca, Italy - It was necessary the intervention of the Alpes rescue services' helicopters

04/10/2006 20:32

Yesterday a mountain climber, 46 years old, died on Apuane Alps (Tuscany), after a fall in a precipice at about 1000 metres of altitude. Stefano Pardini, this was the name of the victim, slipped for 150-200... more

CuriositiesFootball World Cup in Rome

Rome, Italy - The trophy arrived at "Leonardo da Vinci" airport of Fiumicino

04/10/2006 20:32

On last Saturday the football World Cup arrived in Rome-Fiumicino airport, being Italian capital the last stop of the promotional tour of Germany 2006. The world trophy, created in 1974 by Silvio Gazzaniga,... more

Airlines+0.4% for Finnair in March 2006

Helsinki, Finland - Official data published today

04/10/2006 20:32

Finnair, Finland’s flag airline, has made known today the data about its march 2006 traffic, registering 0.4% growth against 0.8% capacity increase; also load factor gains 0.9 points standing at 74.9%. T... more

AirlinesFinnair announces a new destination: Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia

Rome, Italy - As of May 2007, three times per week, it will be the 11th Asiatic destination

04/10/2006 20:29

"The Finnish flag carrier, Finnair, announced the intention to start a new link to Asia: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s capital city, starting from May 2007. The link will be operative three times per week v... more

Science and technologyBAA's stakeholders Ferrovial's bid is too low

London, UK - They asked GBP 9 for share

04/10/2006 20:29

The confirmation that the Grupo Ferrovial’s bid for the purchase of the BAA, the company who manages, among the others, Londoners airports, will remain unchanged was received with coldness by British c... more

Science and technologyGeasar (Olbia's airport management society): the new scheduled flight Zurich-Olbia by low-cost helvetic.com started

Olbia, Italy - The service served by a Fokker 100 aircraft

04/10/2006 16:55

"Last Saturday April 8, started the new direct link Zurich-Olbia and viceversa, served by low-cost carrier helvetic.com, which for the first time to link Sardinia with Switzerland’s heartland. A Fokker 1... more

IndustryAgreement for the renovation of the job contract between Galileo Avionica and Trade Unions

Rome, Italy - New bonus for 3,500 employees

04/10/2006 16:55

Galileo Avionica’s officials (Finmeccanica group) and the union representatives of FIM, FIOM, UILM (Italian Trade Unions) achieved an agreement for the renovation of the supplemental job contract for 3... more

AerospaceSoyuz shuttle landed in Kazakhstan steppe

Astana, Kazakhstan - 3 astronauts on board coming from ISS

04/10/2006 16:55

The Russian shuttle Soyuz landed yesterday at 1:48 in the steppe North of Kazakhstan, Central Asia, after a three hour and 20 minutes descend on Earth from the orbiting International Space Station (ISS).... more

Science and technologyPalermo airport closed for sirocco

Palermo, Italy - All the flights cancelled since the morning

04/10/2006 16:52

The strong sirocco wind blowing since this morning on Palermo forced the "Falcone-Borsellino" Airport closure and the cancellation of all the flights planned from and to the Sicilian air station. Only... more

Science and technologyEuropean Commission sent a justified opinion to Italy about the adoption of the directive about the liberalization of the market of the airport ground services

Brussels, Belgium - Rules that obstruct the access to the market

04/10/2006 16:52

European Commission, then the start to the second phase of the violation procedure against Italy for the limited adoption of the 2004 EU directive about the liberalization of the airport ground services,... more

MiscellaneousA passenger threatens to blow an airplane off

Amsterdam, Holland - The man was arrested

04/10/2006 16:49

A passenger of an Iberia flight headed from Amsterdam to Madrid threatened last Friday to blast the airplane after the landing from the Dutch capital, with an explosive device which the man would have... more

IndustryMore and more close Italian-Russian cooperation in the field of technological industry

Rome, Italy - In the next days an important cooperation agreement will be signed in Moscow

04/10/2006 16:49

An important agreement about the support by Russian and Italian Governments to two industrial projects will be signed in the next days by Italian Minister for the Productive Activities, Claudio Scajola,... more

MiscellaneousSpying remote-controlled US aircraft destroyed by Iranian Army

Teheran, Iran - It was retailed by "Jomhuri Eslami" newspaper

04/10/2006 16:37

According to Iranian newspaper "Jomhuri Eslami" the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran should have shot down a Drone spying remote-controlled US aircraft, which, took off from Iraq, was shooting... more

AirlinesAmerican Airlines increases fares too

Washington, USA - After Delta and United Airlines

04/10/2006 16:34

The fare increase race made by US airlines is going on. After United Airlines and Delta Airlines (see AVIONEWS for details), American Airlines also decided to increase by USD 50 its premium fares on first... more

AirlinesSAS' flight attendants stopped the strike

Oslo, Norway - The protest costed to the carrier USD 9 million

04/10/2006 16:34

The flight attendants of the Norwegian unit of Scandinavian airline SAS stopped the strike that for two days paralized the air traffic on Norway. The decision arrived after a marathon overnight talks with... more

IndustryAlso Singapore Airlines criticised the new A-350

Singapore, Republic of Singapore - Multi-billion deals at sea

04/10/2006 16:34

It seems that the crossed fire of critics that from some days covers the new A-350 had not an end (see for details AVIONEWS). European consortium was charged to have not changed sufficiently to the aircraft,... more

AccidentsA lawsuit against Southwest and Boeing

Chicago, USA - For an accident where a 6-year-old child died

04/10/2006 16:34

Last December 8 a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 coming from Baltimore, with 98 passengers on board, skidded off Chicago’s Midway Airport runway during a snow storm and stroke with its anterior section a... more

IndustryEADS confirmed BAE Systems' intention to sell its stake in Airbus

Munich, Germany - Discussion about the disposal started

04/10/2006 15:28

EADS confirmed the start of the preliminary talks for the disposal of the British BAE Systems’ 20% stake in Airbus (see for details AVIONEWS). The British industry called on last Thursday the French-German-Spanish c... more