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MiscellaneousUN's call on Israel to cease Lebanon airspace's violations
Beirut, Lebanon - Tension along the "Blue Line"
General Secretary Kofi Annan, after the formal protest presented to UN by Beirut’s Prime Minister, Fouad Siniora, deplored Lebanon airspace’s violations by Israel and asked that they be halted immediately (se... more
MiscellaneousAttack at Amman: killed 57, injured 300
Amman, Jordan - Royal Jordanian inaugural flight from Malpensa has been cancelled
Three blasts by kamikazes in three international hotels patronized by tourists and Western business men, rent Amman, capital of Jordan, shortly before 9:00pm yesterday killing 57 people, including many... more
Latest news"Rapid reaction" Gripens ready to fight in 30 days
Stockholm, Sweden - The new JAS-39C/D to achieve fully NATO-interoperability and fly supporting the Swedish-led EU Battlegroup by 2008
A SAAB/BAE JAS-39A/B Gripen Squadron of Swedish Air Force has been devoted to operate abroad in case of international crisis since January 1st 2004. However, Swedish authorities decided that another unit... more
MiscellaneousEarthquake in Pakistan: NATO's air-bridge second stage has started
Islamabad, Pakistan - 69 airplanes have taken off as far
NATO’s aircraft have completed the delivery of 860 tonnes of humanitarian relief from UNHCR in Pakistan. To carry out the airlift started last October 19 (see for details AVIONEWS), have been employed 6... more
PeopleA-380: Airbus ready to compensate customers for delivery delay
Toulouse, France - On the basis of single contract clauses with the various airlines affected by this problem
Airbus consortium decided to compensate customers which purchased the new A-380 555-840 seats long range airliners and which have been affected by delays for the aircraft deliveries. Among the first carriers... more
Government actsQuestion time: Hariri's death in Lebanon, Syria's role and international tension related to Iran
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Sandro Delmastro Delle Vedove (AN)
Italian Deputy Hon. Delmastro Delle Vedove intended to understand details regarding the death of Hariri in Lebanon and Syria’s role, also with reference to the delicate international situation with reference t... more
HelicoptersBell: a thorough success in 2005
Washington, USA - The group forecasted a further growth for the next years both on a domestic and international bases
Bell forecasted great growth opportunities for the future, both in the military and civil sectors. This year is described by the US helicopter group’s representatives as a resounding one due to the results a... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft Corp. awarded of a over 5 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the overhaul of UH-60 "L" transmissions
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on Nov. 7, 2005, a $5,385,840 firm-fixed-price contract for overhaul of UH-60 "L" transmissions. Work will be performed in Shelton, Conn., and is... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft Corp. awarded of a near 10 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the UH-60 CAT IV main rotor blades
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on Nov. 7, 2005, a $9,716,080 firm-fixed-price contract for overhaul and upgrade of the UH-60 CAT IV main rotor blades. Work will be performed in... more
IndustryL3 Communications awarded of a over 12 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F-16
L3 Communications, Salt Lake City, Utah, is being awarded a $12,200,000 firm fixed price contract for airborne information transmission for the F-16 theater airborne reconnaissance system production to... more
IndustryLockheed Martin Corp. awarded of a over 160 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For five F/A-22 aircraft
Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $160,043,652 firm fixed price/ cost-plus fixed fee contract modification to definitize the undefinitized action for CY05 production support/... more
IndustryLockheed Martin Corp. awarded of a near 3 USD bn contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-22 aircraft
Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $2,990,847,557 firm fixed price contract modification to definitize the F/A-22 lot five production acquisition for 24 aircraft. The location... more
AccidentsRelatives of air crash victims sued the airline, the maker and the engine provider
Beijing, China - China Eastern Airlines, Bombardier and GE
Relatives of 20 out of 47 people who died in an aerial accident last year involving a Bombardier CRJ-200 of China Eastern Airlines crashed on a frozen lake nearby the Mongol borders (see for details AVIONEWS),... more
Science and technology24 hour strike by Greek air traffic controllers: errata corrige
Athens, Greece - It will start at 00:01am on November 10
24 hour strike by Greek air traffic controllers did not occur today but will start at 00:01am on November 10. more
PeopleNats handled yesterday two millionth flight of the year
London, UK - The connection was a CityJet flight from London City to Dublin
National Air Traffic Services (NATS), the UK’s leading air traffic management provider, handled its 2,000,000th flight of 2005 yesterday (November 8), 20 days earlier than last year. The flight was a... more
AirlinesIndependence Air filed for Chapter 11
New York, USA - The "Wall Street Journal" reported it
"The most difficult environment in airline industry history, characterized by high fuel prices and extreme revenue weakness" said Kerry Skeen, CEO of FLYi, the company owning the US low-cost carrier Independence... more
IndustryAirbus-AVIC 1: an agreement to produce wing sections for the A-320s
London, UK - The Chinese company became the 6th partner of the European group for the manufacturing of components destined to the Airbus' airplanes
The Chinese aerospace company AVIC 1 became the 6th international partner of the European group Airbus for the supply of components. The two firm signed an agreement in London recently in order to allow... more
AirlinesPhilippines Airlines to buy nine A-320s
Manila, Philippines - They will be used to fly domestic and regional routes
PAL, Philippines Airlines, will acquire nine new Airbus A-320 jets over the next three years to serve its domestic and regional routes. Philippines-based airline currently uses a fleet of 31 aircraft with... more
Defense"Portofino Conference": Italy, the UK and the USA meet to reinforce their alliance relations and institutional cooperation
Genoa, Italy - Set by Italian Senator Ivo Tarolli (UDC) and British Parliament member Roger Casale
This meeting was set by Italian Senator Ivo Tarolli (UDC Party) and British Parliament member Roger Casale and sponsored by Finmeccanica UK and hotel holding Orient Express. Portofino was the site of the... more
CuriositiesCzech Airlines: an exclusive flight for a cat from Frankfurt to Prague
Prague, Czech Republic - It had lost itself in the cargo section and caused flight cancellation
A cat seized a chance to be the only passenger on the Czech Airlines flight from Frankfurt to Prague last week. This business flight costed as much as the cancellation of the schedule service, and passengers... more
IndustryPratt & Whitney Canada expands its network of rapid response Mobile Repair Teams in the United States
Orlando, Usa - To provide faster support to its engine customers
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (P&WC), a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company, today announced that it is expanding its network of rapid response Mobile Repair Teams (MRT) in the United States to... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident: investigation is likely to be transferred to Bari on the basis of latest appraisals
Bari, Italy - Lawyers Persico and Romano stated it
Lawyers Persico and Romano’s activities go on without stopping on every aspect, without excluding any hypothesis in searching for truth about reasons for the sea landing of the ATR-72 Tuninter occurred l... more
AerospaceAlenia Spazio: European Space Agency took delivery of the four European Columbus' payloads
Turin, Italy - Celebration was held in the Italian space company city's facility
Fluid Science Laboratory, European Drawer Rack, Solar and Hexapod. These are the names of the four "Payloads" produced by Alenia Spazio Italia, collaborating with French Alcatel, and delivered on last... more
Science and technology24 hour strike by Greek air traffic controllers today
Athens, Greece - Numerous connections, both domestic and international, have been cancelled
Greece’s two main airlines, Olympic Airlines and Aegean Airlines, cancelled all their domestic and international flights today due to the nationwide strike called by civil personnel including also air t... more
Civil aviationGermany: Constitutional Court analyses Act on shooting down for hijacked aircraft
Berlin, Germany - Decision on the rule constitutionality to be taken into account during the next months
Six persons are asking German Constitutional Court today for stating that the rule scheduling a shooting down for hijacked aircraft under Defence Ministry’s order is illegal. German Government justified t... more
AccidentsCargo plane crashed on a store and caught fire: no victims were reported
Washington, USA - It was just taken of from Manchester Airport, in the United States
The pilot of a Embraer 110P1 Bandeirante cargo aircraft operated by AirNow, which was carrying out an air forwarding on behalf of UPS, received only light injuries after his airplane crashed at Manchester... more
Latest newsLuftwaffe is ready to take delivery of the Taurus stand-off missiles
Berlin, Germany - Weapon system tests have been accomplished, and it will be at first devoted to the Tornado IDS and later to the Eurofighter
Tests of the new EADS/LFK-SAAB Bofors Dynamics Taurus KEPD-350 air-to-surface stand-off missile have been completed and Luftwaffe will be enabled to start taking delivery of the first guided rockets at... more
Civil defenseIndia: 50 Israeli-made UAVs have been ordered
Tel Aviv, Israel - Relations in the military field between the two states have been so consolidated further in the airborne surveillance sector
After the industrial effort which led to the provision of a surveillance, command and control system based on a Ilyushin Il-76 platform and provided with Israeli-made avionics, relations between Tel Aviv... more
Latest newsJapan: 30 quick takeoffs on a warning signal from April to September
Tokyo, Japan - Fighters would have been sent to intercept Chinese and Russian reconnaissance aircraft flying over disputed territories but no dogfights would have happened
Japanese Air Force has been very busy in aerial alarm situations since last April over the skies of islands whose territorial areas (with the related energy resources underground) is being claimed by China... more
AirlinesJapan Airlines: 12 billion yen loss in the year's second half
Tokyo, Japan - The Japanese airline decided to cut salaries
Debts of 2005 second half were 12.4 billion yen, approximately EUR 86m. Reasons are numerous and known. The rise in fuel costs and air security problems which have increased after 2001 September 11 attempts.... more
AerospaceEU and Morocco reach agreement on Galileo
Brussels, Belgium - "It's the first African country to join the project", said Vice-President Jacques Barrot
"The European Union has reached agreement with the Kingdom of Morocco on its participation in the GALILEO programme. This agreement was initialled in Brussels yesterday by Mr Heinz Hilbrecht, Director... more
AerospaceESA's probe bound for Venus
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - Venus Express to reach the planet in April 2006 and perform a monitoring of surface from above for 500 days
The Russian Soyuz rocket carrier with the ESA (European Space Agency) Venus Express probe on board took off from Baikonur Base in Kazakhstan today, and the probe has been put into orbit by a direct control... more
Government actsQuestion time: soldiers acting violating human rights in Kenya
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Roberto Giachetti (Margherita)
Italian Deputy Hon. Giachetti asked Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs for deepening a matter concerning a supposed violation of human rights in Kenya by soldiers. more
Government actsQuestion time: depleted uranium in the Balkans and effects on health
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Sandro Delmastro Delle Vedove (AN)
Italian Deputy Hon. Delmastro Delle Vedove asked Italian Minister of Defence for making clear some aspects concerning supposed relations between the use of depleted uranium in the Balkans and effects on... more
Government actsQuestion time: emergency landing for the Alitalia AZ-618 flight
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Francesco Paolo Lucchese (UDC)
Italian Deputy Hon.Lucchese intended to understand why engine failures like the one occurred to the Alitalia AZ-618 flight recently can happen. more
Government actsQuestion time: clashes between people demonstrating and security forces in Ethiopia
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Francesco Maria Amoruso (AN)
Italian Deputy Hon. Amoruso asked Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs for making clear which kind of information he knows about recent struggles between people protesting in Ethiopia and local security... more
Government actsUrgent Interpellation: use of white phosphorous bombs in Iraq
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Elettra Deiana (Rifondazione Comunista)
Italian Deputy Hon. Deiana asked Italian Minister of Defence for making clear Italian Government’s view about the supposed use of white phosphorous bombs in Iraq by the USA. See also for details AVIONEWS 1... more
IndustryBoeing Business Jets surpassed 100th order sales goal
Orlando, Usa - BBJ also expands network of authorized service centers
Boeing Business Jets yesterday announced, during a media briefing at the National Business Aviation Association’s convention in Orlando (November 9-11) it has sold a program total of 102 BBJs, surpassing i... more
IndustryEmbraer unveils interior of Very Light and Light jets at NBAA
Orlando, Usa - Full-scale mock-ups to be seen for the first time
Embraer is displaying the interior design of its recently launched Very Light Jet and Light Jet aircraft at the world’s biggest business jet trade show. The unveiling on November 9 takes place on the o... more
PeopleWorldliner: an in record 777
Hong Kong, China - The aircraft is trying to achieve the objective concerning the longest commercial flying trip from Chinese territory to London-Heathrow Airport
Fying for 23 hours on a 20,300 km distance: this is the record that the Boeing 777-200LR (Longer Range) is about to set today in flight from Hong Kong to London-Heathrow. There are some 35 persons on board... more
IndustrySubsidies to aerospace industry: Airbus asked Boeing for a just solution
Toulouse, France - EADS Co-CEO, Noel Forgeard, thinks that the problem can be solved only if European renunciation is followed by similar compromises also in the USA
"Airbus will agree to modify public support procedures in case Boeing does the same in the USA". In this manner on of the two CEOs of EADS, Noel Forgeard, would have expressed recently during an interview... more
HelicoptersBell 429: seizing the market even before flying
Washington, USA – Maker explained its starting success thanks to designers' capability in meeting potential customers' exigencies
A half-way point solution between a medium and a light aircraft: this is the one produced by Bell with the new 429, according to some analysts. Market should offer great chances to its maker by this vehicle... more
HelicoptersEurocopter Tiger: 100 turboshafts delivered to operators
Paris, France - Total orders for the combat helicopters by their four customers are presently 206
There are 100 deliveries for the MTU-Turbomeca-Rolls Royce MTR390-C2 turboshafts devoted to the Eurocopter Tiger combat helicopters. The two countries which produced the new aircraft (France and Germany)... more
IndustryEADS: a non-stop growth thanks to Airbus
Amsterdam, Holland - Positive results during the first nine months in 2005 in terms of revenues, net income and orders
Airbus is still leading the growth of the European holding EADS which owns a 80% stake (the remaining 20% is owned to British BAe). EADS reported in fact revenues worth around EUR 23m (+9%), a net income... more
ReportNBAA: Bell and AgustaWestland show the BA-609
Orlando, USA - A mock-up of the tilt-rotor is being exhibited together with a VIP version of the AB-139 helicopter
Bell and AgustaWestland are showing the BA-609 civil tilt-rotor during the 58th edition of NBAA (National Business Aviation Association) being held in Orlando (Florida, USA) from November 9 to 11. The... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 727 airplanes
Usa - To prohibit the resetting of a tripped circuit breaker for a fuel pump, which could allow an electrical fault to override the protective features of the circuit breaker, and could result in sparks inside the fuel tank, ignition of fuel
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: November 8, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 215)] [Page 67644-67645] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
AerospaceRussia: space programme 2006
Moscow, Russia - Six cargo and "manned" launches, expansion of the ISS and progress in producing the Clipper Shuttle
Russian Space Agency’s programme for 2006 appears thick of events and projects. Moscow intends to perform six launches among which four regarding the Progress cargo carriers and two concerning the Soyuz s... more
DefenseAlpine troops from "Taurinense" engaged in rescue operations on Afghan mountains
Rome, Italy - A delicate rescue operation has been completed recently on Parwan province mountains, North-West to Kabul
A delicate rescue operation has been completed recently on Parwan province mountains, North-West to Kabul. Alpine troops for ’Taurinense’ brigade led by General Claudio Graziano, have been engaged for... more
Latest news"Joint Enterprise" operation: a new gymnasium for Kosovo's students
Peja, Kosovo - Reconstruction's works costed about EUR 128,000
A new building for "Dedri Pejani" gymnasium has been inaugurated at Pec/Peja, North-Western Kosovo. The school has been fully reconstructed by a financial effort worth EUR 128,000. It was possible thanks... more
DefenseOperation "Praesidium": mines and explosive bombs in Afghanistan. Italian soldiers set courses for Police units
Herat, Afghanistan - It is the country with the largest number of mines spread all over its territory
Afghanistan is the country with the largest number of mines spread all over its territory (some 640,000 units) must be added to some millions of unexploded bombs. Italian contingent set so a series of... more