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AccidentsRussia in a spot for the recovery of Armenian plane wreckage sunk in the Black Sea
Moscow, Russia - It admits its difficulties
The airplane, with 113 people on board -all of them died in the incident- sank Wednesday night in the Black Sea waters (see AVIONEWS for details); some corpses were recovered, but now the Kremlin admits... more
PeopleDirect air link Aosta-Brussels? For the moment only a hypothesis
Aosta, Italy - The President of Valle d'Aosta Region and the Commissioner for public relations of the French Community of Belgium have discussed about it
Luciano Caveri, Valle d’Aosta self-governing Region’s President, and Philippe Suinen, Commissioner for public relations of the French Community of Belgium, have signed yesterday a triennial programme of... more
Science and technologyNight fire at Brussels Airport
Brussels, Belgium - A destroyed airplane and a seriously injured man is the current assessment
A fire blown last night around midnight in one of the hangars at Brussels-Zaventem International Airport and put out around 2:30 am destroyed an airplane and damaged other three ones. A Sabena Technics... more
CuriositiesMerkel has flown towards USA by an aircraft belonged to Honeker
Berlin, Germany - An Airbus 310 inherited by the Aeronautics of the Communist regime
The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has arrived yesterday in New York for a flying visit of thirty hours. The curiosity is that she was on board of an A-310 belonged in the past to Erich Honeker, leader... more
MiscellaneousUS air raid kills 13 civil people in Iraq
Ramadi, Iraq - And two American military men die after an assassination attempt
"An air operation took place this morning in Ramadi", a spokesman of US Army said, partially confirming what Ramadi’s hospital sources and Police reported: at 11 am (local time) this morning USAF airplanes s... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Airbus model A-330/200, A-330/300, A-340/200, and A-340/300 series airplanes; and A-340/541 and A-340/642 airplanes (2006-09-07)
Washington, Usa - To prevent fatigue cracking, damage, or corrosion, which could result in reduced structural integrity of these airplanes
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: May 3, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 85)] [Page 25919-25921] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 767 airplanes (2006-09-09)
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct cracking in the skin which could result in reduced structural integrity of the support structure for the vertical or horizontal stabilizer and subsequent loss of control of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: May 3, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 85)] [Page 25928-25930] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Eurocopter France model SA-365 N1, AS-365N2, N3, SA-366 G1, and EC-155B and B1 helicopters
Washington, Usa - To detect damage to the bearing, resulting in end play and prevent loss of T/R pitch control and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: May 3, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 85)] [Page 25930-25932] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
AirlinesAlitalia: links with Sardinia resumed
Rome, Italy - Starting from this afternoon
"Alitalia informs that from this afternoon the connections between Cagliari and Rome-Fiumicino and Milan-Linate’s airports have been reopened. For further information customers can see on the website (... more
Civil aviationMediterranean Air Forces meeting
Montijo, Portugal - In order to find new understanding fields on security matter
The meeting between the Chiefs of Staff of the Mediterranean Air Forces has begun today in Montijo, at the Portuguese Air Force 6th base. Italy, France, Portugal, Spain and Turkey are joining it. The summit... more
AirlinesIs ENAC assessing Ryanair?
Rome, Italy - For the carrier's behaviour on Rome-Alghero route matter
ENAC (Italian National Civil Aviation Authority) makes known that it could move sanctions against Ryanair about the dispute on Rome-Ciampino/Alghero route, denied by the Authority because of the territorial... more
AirlinesCondor: the first direct flight Pisa-Munich inaugurated
Pisa, Italy - Promotional tariffs as of EUR 29 per leg, taxes inclosed
The first direct flight Pisa-Munich by Condor has been inaugurated in the last days. The German giant, represented in Italy by Aviareps, is owned for 55% by Lufthansa and for 45% by Thomas Cook. Condor... more
AirlinesMilan-Singapore direct flights with Singapore Airlines
Milan, Italy - Starting from July 20
Singapore Airlines will operate direct links between Milan-Malpensa and Singapore starting from July 20. The three times weekly service (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) will be served with Boeing 777/200ERs,... more
IndustryBoeing: progress in the dispute for State subsidies to industry
Washington, USA - The CEO said he is willing to clear the situation
Boeing CEO, Jim McNerney, declared that the trans-Atlantic dispute between EU and USA on public aids to their aeronautic industries Airbus and Boeing is coming to an agreement, or at least this is what... more
HelicoptersKabul: AMI helicopters replace EI and Italian Navy ones
Kabul, Afghanistan - They belong to Grazzanise 9th Flight
Today the task force of the Grazzanise 9th "Francesco Baracca" Flight is operative in the field of NATO ISAF mission in Afghanistan. AB-212 helicopters of Italian Air Force (AMI) already started the first... more
Science and technologyIt was launched the terminal 3 of Casablanca's airport
Casablanca, Morocco - The air station should have to pass from 4 to 8 million passengers every year
The works for the new terminal 3 of Casablanca airport have been ended. According to the air station authorities’ plans the goal is to arrive from 4 to 8 million passengers every year. The new structure, l... more
PeopleIn the next 10 years the aircraft's number in Europe will increase of the 50%
Brussels, Belgium - It was made known by an EUROCONTROL's study
Yesterday EUROCONTROL, the European Organization for the Safety on Air Navigation, made known a study according with in the next 10 years the number of the commercial aircraft in the old continent will... more
PeopleTomorrow in Rome a new company for the management of special flights will be presented
Rome, Italy - There will be present the representatives of Italian and foreign airlines
Tomorrow at the Best Western Hotel Mondial of Rome, in the Esedra room, it will be presented officially Splitgest, a new company for the management of special flights. There will be present at the meeting... more
IndustryBoeing Business Jet: orders continue to soar
Seattle, Usa - There are currently 86 BBJs in service around the world
Boeing Business Jets last Tuesday announced it has won six new orders, increasing total program sales to 108 airplanes. Boeing Business Jets secured the new orders within the last six months from regions... more
AirlinesSardinia territorial continuity: Regional Administrative Court accepts Alitalia's petition
Rome, Italy - The flights to Cagliari could re-start this afternoon
Industrial sources say that Lazio Regional Administrative Court accepted Alitalia’s request to suspend the assignment of routes to Sardinia in territorial continuity regime: the measure, in force since M... more
IndustryAvio could be enter in Stock Exchange
Milan, Italy - It was announced by Marco De Benedetti, Managing Director Europe of Carlyle
Avio, the industry of the airspace and defense sector owned by Finmeccanica (30%) and Carlyle (70%), could be soon placed in the Stock Exchange. It was announced by Marco De Benedetti, managing director... more
Latest news"Spring Flag 2006" from May 8 to 27
Cagliari, Italy - The air drill will take place in Sardinia
"Spring Flag", the most important annual air drill of the Italian Air Force, will start on Monday May 8 at Decimomannu (Sardinia) airport and it will end on the 27th of this month. This year EAG (European... more
Press release"Piloti Italiani Uniti" denounces a devastating and disastrous management by Alitalia Express
Rome, Italy - In the first four months of the year against 16.500 scheduled flight hours the cancellations are about a thousand
"Against the great premises with the renewal of the Alitalia Express’ pilots contract, the hodiernal reality reproduces unfortunately, a disastrous situation by the operative aspect, with innumerable c... more
Science and technologyBAA refuses Ferrovial's bid again
London, United Kingdom - 9.5bn pound investments announced
BAA (British Airport Authority), the company which manages London’s Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted Airports and other European air stations, refused the bid of Ferrovial Group once again for the acquisition o... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines started new flight to Moncton, New Brunswick from New York
New York, Usa - It is the ninth city served in Canada by the carrier
Continental Airlines inaugurated the first ever nonstop flight between the airline’s New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and New Brunswick’s Greater Moncton International Airport (YQ... more
IndustryA less uncertain future for Alcatel's facility in Rieti
Rome, Italy - Also Finmeccanica will cooperate for the re-launch
Yesterday at the Ministry of the Productive Activities took place a meeting between the local authorities of Rieti’s area the coordinator of the task-forces for the companies in difficulties Borghini, F... more
Airlines2006 first quarter goods for SAS
Stockholm, Sweden - Passengers rosen of the 12.2%
Scandinavian carrier SAS made known today the results of the first quarter of the 2006. In the first three months of this year the airline obtained revenues for more than EUR 13 billion, with a growth... more
Helicopters"Ebace 2006": Eurocopter presents EC-135 and EC-155/B1
Geneva, Switzerland - Two helicopters for business and VIP travels
Eurocopter, French helicopter manufacturer group and subsidiary of EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company), at the business aviation European show "Ebace", which is taking place in Geneva... more
HelicoptersMaverick Helicopters buys 9 EC-130/B4s
Las Vegas, USA - The tour operator already owns 12 Eurocopter aircraft
Maverick Helicopters, Las Vegas tour operator specialized in helicopter tourist and corporate travels and in charter wedding flights, has just purchased nine new EC-130/B4s by Eurocopter, French manufacturer... more
IndustryUSD 200 million agreement between Alenia Aeronautica and Rolls-Royce
Rome, Italy - The British industry will supply the engines for the C-27Js
Alenia Aeronautica and Rolls-Royce signed an agreement of the value of 200 million dollars for the supply by the British industry of 84 AE-2100-D2 engines completed of Dowty R-391 six-blade propeller for... more
PeopleIn the USA the air traffic control will pass from radars to satellites
Washington, USA - It was announced by FAA
In USA started the revolution of the air traffic control. FAA announced the start of the passage from the radar air traffic control to the satellite and GPS one. This is an epochal event if we think that... more
DefenseBush and Merkel: diplomatic solution for Iranian nuclear matter
New York, USA - In the meantime GB and France presented a new resolution draft to the UN Security Council
US President, George W. Bush, and German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, in their meeting yesterday in New York, repeated that USA and Germany share the same position on Iran nuclear crisis and on the necessity... more
AirlinesChina Southern: the entry of the Chinese carrier scheduled in the 2007
Paris, France - It was retailed by French newspaper "La Tribune"
Chinese carrier China Southern should have to entry in SkyTeam alliance, of which also Alitalia is a member, in 2007 and not in 2006 as scheduled at the beginning. It was retailed by French newspaper "La... more
MiscellaneousCapo Gallo air disaster: The victims' relatives in Tunisia
Bari, Italy - A delegation of the families' association will be soon also in Palermo
A delegation of the association which clubs the families of the victims of the air incident happened on last August 6 to an ATR-72 of Tunisian carrier Tuninter flying from Bari to Djerba (see for details... more
DefenseCelebrations for the 145th anniversary of Italian Army cancelled
Rome, Italy - Only the deposition of a laurel wreath at the Unknown Soldier Sacellum
No ceremony today at Tor di Quinto military hippodrome, Rome, for the 145th anniversary of Italian Army foundation (see AVIONEWS for details). There was only the deposition of a laurel wreath at the "Altare... more
AccidentsA Continental Express' aircraft made an emergency landing in Houston
Houston, USA - The event recorded by US network
A Continental Express’ aircraft, a Continental airlines’ subsidiary, made yesterday an emergency landing at Houston Airport, air station from which it was took off to Minneapolis, after that the landing gea... more
AirlinesGermanwings: the links from Cologne to Bastia in Corsica to begin from next June 20
Rome, Italy - The low-cost carrier announces it in a press release
Germanwings inaugurates a new flight from its hub in Cologne/Bonn: as of next June 20, in fact, the German low-cost carrier will link the Renania to Bastia, in Corsica. In this way, the connections made... more
Press releaseCataldo: solidarity to Roman Ryanair workers
Rome, Italy - The press release by Carlo Cataldo, Secretary of Roman Union of European Republican Movement
"Such easy scandal tendencies only put jobs in danger for Roman citizens employed at Ryanair base operating in Ciampino. It is deplorable to exploit some English TV inquiries, see AVIONEWS 1 and 2, in... more
Science and technologyCiampino Airport. Zaratti: National Air Safety Board must verify on Ryanair
Rome, Italy - The group leader of Italian Environmentalist Party in Lazio Region, Filiberto Zaratti, wrote to ANSV
"The National Flight Safety Agency must verify the safety of ’Pastine’ Airport in Ciampino (Rome) where Ryanair increased its flights very quickly in the last years, but SULT (Italian Transport Workers Uni... more
MiscellaneousSeptember 11 trial: Moussaoui condamned to life sentence
Alexandria, USA - The respondant will be not a martyr
Finally the trial against Zacarias Moussaoui, the French citizen with Moroccan origin who is the sole respondent for September 11 attacks (see for details AVIONEWS), ended at Alexandria, Virginia. The... more
AirlinesEurofly will link Milan and Dubai with twice weekly flights
Milan, Italy - Not before next December
The leisure carrier will start a new non-stop route between Milan and Dubai in December 2006 with twice weekly flights, thanks to a cooperation agreement with tourist operators of the Capital of United... more
IndustryFlight Boeing 777-200LR Worldliner "Celebrated" by NAA
Seattle, Usa - With its record-setting distance has conquered one of the most memorable aviation records of 2005
The National Aeronautics Association has classified the record-setting distance flight made by Boeing 777-200LR Worldliner as one of the most memorable aviation records of 2005. The 777-200LR record flight... more
IndustryLockheed Martin Corp. awarded of a over 143 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F-22 aircraft
Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas is being awarded a $143,100,000 firm-fixed price contract modification. This is an undefinitized contract action for F-22 Lot 6 replacement test aircraft. At... more
Science and technologyDubai's airport management company will build a new air station and a new city
Dubai, UAE - It is scheduled a cost of USD 33 billion
The company which manages Dubai’s airport, announced to have the intention to spend about USD 33 billion to build the biggest hub of the world and a new city in Jebel Alì home to the region’s biggest free... more
Science and technologyFlorence Airport ground staff will go on strike
Florence, Italy - May 13 it will cross its arms for 4 hours
Italian Union called a four-hour strike on Saturday May 13, from 12 am to 4 pm, for all the ground staff at Florence Airport. Union said the protest follows the negotiation brake with AdF, the air station... more
IndustryEmbraer presented a new aircraft at "EBACE" of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland - The aircraft will be able to carry 19 people
Embraer announced today the launch of the Lineage 1000, a business jet based on the commercial plane Embraer 190. The Brazilian industry will present the plans for the new aircraft at the fair "EBACE"... more
Weather forecastsToday in Geneva the fair "EBACE" for the business aviation started
Geneva, Switzerland - A lot of exhibitors from all around the world are present
Today in Geneva started the European fair for business aviation "EBACE" which sees the partecipation of the most important constructors from all around the world, and that will end on next May 5. The growth... more
Science and technologyNew Guayaquil international airport at the end of August
Guayaquil, Ecuador - It will be structured in two levels
The officers of the management company of Ecuador’s "Simon Bolivar" air station have announced that the launch of the new international airport in Guayaquil, South of the Latin American Country, is expected f... more
AccidentsAir disaster in the Black Sea (2): Russia and Armenia start an inquiry
Soci, Russia - 46 corpses found until now
Russia and Armenia, after the last night air incident which caused the death of 113 passengers, have proclaimed a national mourning day for tomorrow and they have decided to carry on a joined inquiry on... more
MiscellaneousA member of the Thai Government condamned
Bangkok, Thailand - He harassed a female hostess during a flight to Dubai
A member of the Thai Government was condamned, by Bangkok Courthouse, to a 15-months suspended prison sentence and to the payment of EUR 300 because of groping a female hostess of Thai Airways International... more