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AirlinesEmirates at Germany's World Championship
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Special offer for the supporters
Emirates, Dubai’s international carrier, and official partner of FIFA, announced the launch of special offer to go to Germany, via Dubai, during the period of the Football World Championships. The airline o... more
Science and technologyAlert at Amsterdam airport's railway station
Amsterdam, Netherlands - Fear for possible attempts
The situation at Amsterdam’s Schipol Airport is normalized after that yesterday some people have been seen walking in the tunnels of the railway station which connects the air station with the city. F... more
MiscellaneousEmergency landing at Athens airport
Athens, Greece - The airplane perhaps carried the President of Botswana
The Greek private TV "Atler" reported yesterday an airplane, whose type is unknown, coming from Egypt and headed to London had to make an emergency landing at Athens-Elefterios Venizelos International... more
AirlinesAir France replies to easyJet's accusations on Corsica
Paris, France - After the British low-cost airline was forbidden to operate Paris-Ajaccio route
Last week DGCAC, the French authority which regulates civil aviation, blocked Paris-Ajaccio flight planned by easyJet for Summer (see AVIONEWS for details). About the "Exploitation" accuses made by the... more
Science and technologyGrupo Ferrovial does not give up its aims to BAA
London, United Kingdom - The Spanish Group would lobby English shareholders
After last Friday refusal of 15.5 billion pounds by BAA (British Airport Authority) as takeover bid, Grupo Ferrovial could start lobbying major shareholders in the British company regulating several airports... more
DefenseItalian young men wish uniform
Viterbo, Italy - 3 requests for any available employ in the Army
For the 148 available employs in marshal cadets course set at Viterbo’s Army Noncommissioned Officers School, 25 thousand requests arrived. In general, there are 3 requests every available employ in t... more
PeopleAbout 30 million baggages lost every year in the airports
Geneva, Switzerland - USD 2,5 billion is the cost of the re-fund sustained by the carriers in 2005
According to a research of SITA, which is a company owned by the international industry of air transports, about 30 million baggage are lost every year during the air trips. The most part of them are found... more
AirlinesCzech Airlines will open a new route between Prague and Odessa
Prague, Czech Republic - The carrier made known it in a statement
Czech flagship carrier, Czech Airlines, announced that since next April first a route, which will link Prague with Odessa (Ukraine), will be opened with seven flights for week in both the directions. The... more
AirlinesProblems for Virgin Nigeria Airlines' inaugural flight
Lagos, Nigeria - Technical problems for the B-737-700
New carrier Virgin Nigeria Airlines’ plane which had to make the airline’s inaugural flights from the Nigerian capital lagos and the Senegalese one Dakar, was obliged to stop its flights because of a t... more
AirlinesSouthwest will increase the fleet and the pilots
Dallas, USA - The carrier wants to exploit the positive moment of the sector
Southwest Airlines announced its intention to add 14 new Boeing 737-700 for the route Baltimora-Washington in the next two years with the hiring of 140 pilots. On national scale the US airline forecasts... more
Press releaseLufthansa and Swiss further intensify their collaboration coordinated schedules for South America and Southeast Asia
Frankfurt, Germany - The airlines press release
Lufthansa and Swiss will be further expanding their collaboration with the start of the 2006 summer schedules on March 26. The two quality airlines are to harmonise their schedules to and from South America... more
Sport aviationRed Bull Air Race in Italy too?
Abu Dahbi, United Arab Emirates - The first stage of the acrobatic flight world competition is over
It was to start last Friday, March 17, the first stage of 2006 Red Bull Air Force, the acrobatic flight world championship, but the bad weather conditions in Abu Dahbi, included a sand storm, forced organizers... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas awarded of a over 14 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the C-17 aircraft
McDonnell Douglas, Corp., Long Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $14,607,984 firm fixed price contract modification. This is a modification to the C-17 Globemaster III sustainment partnership contract... more
IndustryBoeing Wichita Development and Mod Center awarded of a over 45 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the VC-25A aircraft
Boeing Wichita Development and Mod Center, Wichita, Kan., is being awarded a $45,595,120 time and material, firm fixed price contract modification. This effort is scheduled for depot level heavy maintenance... more
Accidents45 people injured because an air incident in Seville
Seville, Spain - Out of runway for a problem to the landing gear
About 45 people were injured on last Saturday, after that the plane in which they were flying went out of runway during the landing at Seville airport, Spain. The aircraft, which is of Air Algerie, were... more
Civil aviationNuclear Iran: the UN Security Council is deciding
New York, USA - The definitive text of the resolution project expected within this week
UN diplomatic machine is working hard to find an agreement on how to face the danger of Iranian nuclear development plan. The five permanent members are divided: China and Russia reckons that the crisis... more
AirlinesMalaysia Airlines increases fares and cuts flights
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Duplicated fuel surcharge and seven international routes ceased
As part of its rescue plan, the South-Eastern Asian flag airline Malaysia Airlines has several interventions in store in order to cut costs and make its operations as profitable as possible, after EUR... more
DefenseDi Paola: hard and hopefully short times
Viterbo, Italy - Italian Chief of Staff about cuts to Defense
In occasion of swearing-in ceremony of Viterbo’s Army Noncommissioned Officers School marshal cadets, Italian Chief of Staff of Defense, Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola, intervened on cuts imposed to Armed F... more
AerospaceThe launch of the second satellite of Galileo system postponed
Berlin, Germany - German newspaper "Financial Times Deutschland" made known it
German newspaper "Financial Times Deutschland" made known today that a spokesman of European Space Agency (ESA) announced the postponement of the launch of the Galileo System’s second satellite, scheduled o... more
MiscellaneousFlights prohibited for the new carrier Ajet
Nicosia, Cyprus - Mystery about a flight already scheduled without the licence
Cypriot government made known to have frozen the release of the flight licence of the new carrier Ajact which replaced the carrier Helios after the air disgrace in which on last August 14 people, who were... more
IndustryAbramovitch could enter in Evraz Group
Moscow, Russia - Newspaper "Vedomosti" wrote it
In Russian newspaper "Vedomosti"’s opinion the billionaire Roman Abramovitch, who, according with the statistics, is the 11th most rich man of the world, should be in negotiation for the purchase of t... more
Science and technologyUnmanned aircraft for volcanos' exploration realized in Italy
Palermo, Italy - It will be soon put on trial on Etna volcano
An aircraft for Volcanos’ exploration , realized by the Italian Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology (INGV) in cooperation with Catania’s University, has been presented in Palermo during the European mee... more
AirportsSteve Fossett broke another closed-circuit flight record
Salina, USA - It will take some time before the record becomes official
The American billionaire Steve Fossett broke a new record. The flight started March 14 from Salina, Kansas, and ended three days after (see AVIONEWS for details), but official times are still unknown,... more
AccidentsNew evolves about Tomarkens' incident
Los Angeles, USA - A engine's breakdown is the likely cause of the disgrace
A preliminary enquiry established that the likely cause of the incident in which Tomarkens died the Tomarkers on last March 13 is an engine’s breakdown (see for details AVIONEWS). The "Los Angeles Times" m... more
Science and technologyDisturbed frequencies at Miami airport
Miami, USA - A pirate radio interferes with communications between airline pilots and control tower
Lately pilots of planes landing and taking off from Miami International Airport, instead of hearing the voice of control tower operators in their headphones, they hear hip hop tunes broadcast by a pirate... more
PeopleEuropean black list of carriers compiled
Brussels, Belgium - Strong restriction for the carriers which don't respect safety rules
Carriers’ black list was drafted by European Union and when it will be approved it prohibit to the airlines which are included in to operate in the 25 EU countries’ territory (see for details AVIONEWS 1,... more
AirlinesNorthwest: agreement attempts between pilots and the airline go on
MInneapolis, USA - The union takes neutral stance on the negotiation
After the bankruptcy announcement in September, Northwest decided cuts in ground and flight staff’s wages. Among protests, strike threats, corrections, reached agreements and failed agreements, now the p... more
AerospaceMore security at NASA's Space Center
Cape Canaveral, USA - After last accidents, new regulations for Kennedy Space Center
Some little accidents that recently took place at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, NASA’s headquarter, forced the Center’s managers to take some measures: new arrays concerning men and... more
Press releaseVolare Group in controlled administration: adjudication to Alitalia
Rome, Italy - A letter by Rinaldini announced that to the national carrier
"Alitalia makes known that a letter signed by extraordinary commissioner, Carlo Rinaldini, has announced the adjudication of sale procedure concerning Volare Group transfer to the airline". more
Press releaseVolare. Rinaldini: we transmitted adjudication announcement to Alitalia
Rome, Italy - The text of extraordinary commissioner Carlo Rinaldini's release
"Volare Group joined an agreement about the enterprise transfer in extraordinary administration. Volare Group announces it received the authorization by Productive Activities Ministry to adjudication of... more
AirlinesVolare. AirOne: Antitrust will stop this operation
Rome, Italy - The Chieti's airline does not want to let Volare slip
"The assignment of Volare Group to Alitalia, seriously conditioned, won’t stop AirOne in its rights defense. It’s time to establish a justice stomped by distorted logics: a State-aided enterprise cannot buy... more
Science and technologyAlso Linate airport hit by a radars’ breakdown
Milan, Italy - Problems for the air traffic in Northern Italy
On last Friday, after the breakdown of the previous day at "Leonardo da Vinci" airport in Rome (see for details AVIONEWS), also at Milan’s Linate airport there were problems at the radar system which c... more
Airlines2006-2007 wage agreement for Air France staff signed
Paris, France - General wage rise of 3.3%
The ninth consecutive agreement, to be imediately published, has been signed between Air France and six union organizations, representing the majority of flag airline’s commercial ground and flying staff: F... more
DefenseItalian Navy: a stamp for its 145th anniversary
Rome, Italy - The feast is today: it was in fact March 17, 1861
"The Italian Navy celebrates 145 years today. It was March 17, 1861, when in Turin the new Italian Parliament approved the unification and declared the Italian Kingdom, ’La Regia Marina’ born, uniting the... more
IndustryP&WC delivers the first PW-615F engine to Cessna
Indipendence, USA - It was thought to power Cessna Citation "Mustang"
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (P&WC), subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. and specialized company in production of engines powering business and regional aircraft and helicopters, yesterday delivered... more
IndustryGoodrich Corporation will deliver some components of the B-787 Dreamliner
Washington, USA - Boeing announced it in statement
Boeing announced to have awarded the contract for the supply of the flight deck lightning system and cabin attendant seating for the 787 Dreamliner to Goodrich Corporation. Now only the supply of few components... more
Science and technologyGrave lacks in US airports' security
Washington, USA - An NBC's news revealed it
Yesterday evening the NBC’s news revealed that in a recent test, conducted by Governmental authorities, to control the security of 21 airports in the country, no air station passed the exam. Federal a... more
Latest newsHumanitarian aid delivered in Iraq by Italian Armed Forced
Baghdad, Iraq - Food, water, clothes and blankets for Al Haji Husayn village
Italian military men delivered a humanitarian cargo in Al Haji Husayn, a village about 40 kilometers away from nassiriya, Ieaq, where they distributed a ton and a half of food, 600 liters of water, 200... more
Civil aviationGeneral Mosca Moschini: there is much more to make with EU-NATO relationship
Rome, Italy - He declared that in a conference of ISTRID
The President of European Union Military Committee, General Rolando Mosca Moschini, talked about relationship between EU military institutions and NATO during a conference organized by ISTRID (Italian... more
Latest newsCompensations for families of Kindu's slaughter
Rome, Italy - After 45 years, a law of the Italian Republic President allocates EUR 4.5m
On the 11th of November in 1961, two Italian Air Force C-119s left from Pisa headed to Kindu, former Belgian Congo (currently Democratic Republic of Congo), where a civil war was in course, for a UN humanitarian... more
AirlinesJapanese authorities' enquiry on Skymark Airlines
Tokyo, Japan - Safety lacks ascertained
Japanese authorities started several inspections, which will continue for about one month, on the Japanese low-cost carrier Skymark Airlines. The decision arrived after the confession of the same airline... more
MiscellaneousLawyer Carla Martin suspended by Moussaoui trial
Alexandria, USA - Prosecution of debate is at sea
Lawyer Carla Martin, who last days was accused to have given informations to the officials of the Federal Aviation Administration who had to witness at the trial for September 11 attacks which has as respondent... more
MiscellaneousSecond-degree trial for Milan's absenteeists suspended
Milan, Italy - Acts will pass to Italian Constitutional Court's examination
The 39 defendants, air-traffic controllers and other employees of Milano-Linate Airport, charged of absenteeism for shopping and playing football during service, were first-degree acquited and Milan Public... more
AirlineseasyJet route Paris-Ajaccio blocked by DGAC
Paris, France - The French Civil Aviation Authority did not permit the flights
The French "Direction Général de l’Aviation Civile" (DGAC) blocked Paris-Ajaccio route planned by English low-cost airline easyJet for Summer season, allowing only Air France and Corsican CCM to operate fli... more
Latest newsMore time asked to the Pentagon to decide about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's project
Washington, USA - US decisional method contested
US Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman, John Warner, proposed to the Pentagon to postpone the decision about the cancellation of the plan for the delivery of the backup engines of the F-35 Joint Strike... more
Civil aviationFAA (Revision) AD on The Cessna Aircraft Company airplanes (2006-01-11 R1)
Washington, Usa - Models 208 and 208B
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: March 16, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 51)] [Page 13538-13541] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
HelicoptersEurocopter: the Spanish Ministry of Interiors selects the EC-135 for its Police Forces
Marignane, France - It will acquire 48 models plus three already in service
The Spanish Government has announced today the launch of the acquisition programme for the modernisation of the security forces. The Spanish Ministry of Interior will acquire 48 EC-135 helicopters in order... more
DefenseUS soldiers will leave Iceland
Reykjavik, Iceland - The Icelandic authorities' disappointment
USA announced last Wednesday to the Icelandic Prime Minister and to his Foreign Minister, its intention to remove their troop from the country. US unilateral decision provoked the regret and the disappointment... more
AirlinesVolare goes to Alitalia
Rome, Italy - It is possible to know it by a Ministry of Productive Activities' report
Italian Minister of Productive Activities, Claudio Scajola, gave green light to the purchase of Volare by Alitalia. A report of the Ministry made known it specifying that Italian flagship carrier will... more
DefenseNATO sent other 600 soldiers in Kosovo
Pristina, Serbia-Montenegro - The decision to guarantee security in a particularly delicate period
NATO made known that reserve force were sent in Kosovo to help the soldiers who are already in the place in their peacekeeping mission. They are 600 German soldiers, arrived yesterday at Pristina’s airport, w... more