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HelicoptersCH-149 Cormorant: tail rotor problems to be solved by Spring 2006
Toronto, Canada - AgustaWestland ensured it to Canadian operator
AgustaWestland will solve the technical structural problem related to tail rotor on the Canadian CH-149 Cormorant helicopters (a dedicated version of the EH-101) by next Spring. So, all the 15 available... more
Miscellaneous30 clandestines repatriated on a charter flight from Fiumicino
Rome, Italy - A joint air transfer arranged together with Madrid
Thirty Ecuadorian clandestines -27 men and 3 women- are coming back to Ecuador and Colombia on a charter flight taken off from Rome-Fiumicino International Airport this morning. Travel has been arranged... more
IndustryEmbraer: EMB-190 to JetBlue and announced new routes
São José dos Campos, Brazil - The carrier, launch customer of the model, to begin service from New York and Boston
JetBlue Airways last week unveiled its newest aircraft – the EMBRAER 190 – at a ceremony at New York’s Kennedy International Airport (JFK), and announced the routes for the 100-seat aircraft including a 10-... more
IndustryBoeing: Guggenheim Aviation ordered two B-747/400 combi-freighter conversion
Seattle, Usa - Both deliveries will take place in 2008
Guggenheim Aviation Partners has ordered two 747-400 Boeing Converted Freighter combi-to-freighter conversions. Both deliveries will take place in 2008, according to an agreement signed by Guggenheim and... more
Government actsQuestion time: maximum number of handicapped passengers on board Ryanair's flights
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Ciro Falanga (Misto)
Italian Deputy Hon. Falanga asked Italian Minister of Infrastructures and Transport for making clear which kin d of steps Italian Government intends to perform in order to attend to the matter concerning... more
Government actsQuestion time: measures on military officers who delayed to issue laws against depleted uranium
Rome, Italy - By senator Luigi Malabarba (Misto-Altre componenti del gruppo)
Italian senator Malabarba asked Italian Minister of Defence for making clear which kind of measures it intends to adopt, in obedience to article 117 of Italian peace military penal code, against military... more
IndustryVitrociset: an agreement with EADS has been signed in Rome for aerospace sector consolidation
Rome, Italy - The well known Italian company revealed it
"Vega, Soyuz, Ariane 5 besides telecommunications are the cooperation sectors between the two companies which will go on to find new business chances in the satellite navigation, launchers and telecommunications... more
AccidentsA belly-landing at Virgin Islands
Washington, USA - A Cessna plane suffered for damages to its fuselage, but passengers emerged safe
Due to a failure to landing gear, a small private plane has been forced yesterday to carry out a belly-landing on runways at Saint Thomas "Cyril E. King" Airport, Virgin Islands (United States of America).... more
AccidentsColombian plane crashed in Venezuela: body's identification by DNA test has started
Caracas, Venezuela - French and Venezuelan doctors began examinations
A team made up of French and Venezuelan doctors will gather in the Maracaibo-based "Rafael Urdaneta" air base to confront the results of DNA examinations on bodies of 152 fatalities caused by the West... more
AirlinesCayman Airways cancelled 4 flights due to "Wilma"
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - Data from a reconnaissance plane indicated the hurricane became category 5
Hurricane "Wilma" had already caused 10 victims at Haiti and now it is minaciously approaching the Western coasts of Cuba and the peninsula of Yucatan in Mexico. The National Hurricane Center informed... more
PeopleA platform for civil aviation in Switzerland
Zurich, Switzerland - To promote an exchange of experiences between the Confederation and commercial aviation's representatives
The "Platform for Swiss aviation" has been set up in order to appraise and improve constantly civil aviation’s conditions in Switzerland. The first meeting between the Confederation and commercial aviation’s rep... more
HelicoptersKorean Helicopter Programme: Bell, AgustaWestland and Eurocopter ready to cooperate
Seoul, South Korea - South Korean Ministry of Defence requested technology transfer
Three helicopter companies are candidates in order to provide their contribution for the South Korean programme named Helicopter Programme. Bell, AgustaWestland and Eurocopter could be selected to ensure... more
HelicoptersEurocopter: new engines and upgrade provision for the USCG's HH-65s started
Washington, USA - Operations to transform 11 HH-65Bs helicopters in the HH-65C standard and new turboshafts for some 96 vehicles
Eurocopter and Lockheed Martin will cooperate to update the US Coast Guard’s HH-65 Dolphin helicopter fleet. Operations for the provision of new engines involving some 96 vehicles of this type with the n... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): choice between Milan and Rome has been tormenting me since I joined Italian Government
Rome, Italy - Italian Transport Vice-minister Tassone said
"The matter of a selection between Rome and Milan has been tormenting me since I joined Italian Government. If Cimoli said these things about the fact of choosing just one hub between Rome and Milan I... more
AirlinesAlitalia: the new business plan is being shown to banks today
Rome, Italy - Banca Intesa must make its role clear for recapitalization
While Alitalia is forced to cancel some 102 flights (62 domestic ones and 40 international ones) today due to the ENAV (Italian National Air Traffic Control Authority) air traffic controllers’ strike f... more
IndustryHoneywell International Inc. awarded of a over 5 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the CH-47 helicopter
Honeywell International Inc., Minneapolis, Minn., was awarded on Oct. 13, 2005, a $5,465,000 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for Spare Parts for the CH-47 Helicopter. Work will be performed... more
IndustryBoeing Aerospace Operations awarded of a over 8 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the E-6 aircraft
Boeing Aerospace Operations, Oklahoma City, Okla., is being awarded an estimated value $8,489,627 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced, time and materials, cost-reimbursement contract... more
IndustryL-3 Communications awarded of a over 13 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For 2,000 flight hours on a Boeing 737NG aircraft
L-3 Communications, Link Simulation & Training, Arlington, Texas, is being awarded a $13,360,500 ceiling-priced modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-05-D-0012)... more
Science and technologyIndia: one year for adapting its two main airports to air sector's growth
Mumbai, India - Government has to face an aviation expansion equal to about 15% annually
India needs to increase capacity and improve air traffic control in the airports of New Delhi and Bombay as soon as possible to ensure more safety and sustain the country’s air travel boom. IATA (International A... more
AirlinesENAV air traffic controllers strike (2): many carriers forced to cancel flights
Rome, Italy - Several services will be instead re-scheduled
Due to the strike called by ENAV air traffic controllers on tomorrow at Fiumicino Airport from 12:00am to 4:00pm (see for details AVIONEWS), many international carriers are getting ready to cancel several... more
AirlinesDelta: "We want to become the worldwide largest transatlantic airline"
New York, USA - The goal in 2006 with 11 new flights bound for Europe and the Middle East
Becoming the worldwide largest transatlantic carrier: this is the Delta Airlines’ goal for 2006 in order to face the delicate situation of the company within the transformation plan of the airline. Revenues f... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): "Time is necessary to solve the crisis"
Rome, Italy - It has been stated by Italian Premier, Silvio Berlusconi
"We inherited this matter, a very difficult one. We are trying to provide a solution, it cannot be solved immediately. It needs time". It was stated by Italian Premier, Silvio Berlusconi, at the end of... more
Science and technologySarajevo Airport will not have a new name
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Erzegovina - Decision arrived after a long internal dispute
Sarajevo International Airport will not renamed as Alija Iztbegovic, the former Bosnian President and Muslim leader who was accused with war crimes by Serbian-Bosnian nationals. The High Representative... more
AccidentsA Cessna fell headlong in Tanzania: five died
Arusha, Tanzania - It happened on last Sunday due to still unknown reasons but the wreckage was found and reached today only
A small Cessna aircraft fell headlong in Tanzania on last Sunday killing four British-native persons and the Canadian pilot. African country’s civil aviation authorities are trying to understand reasons o... more
AirlinesAn intense Autumn for Royal Jordanian
Amman, Jordania - Launch of new flights, inauguration of a new brand and entrance in Oneworld
Royal Jordanian Airlines will operate the route from Amman to Erbil, North of Iraq, starting from November 1st, with two weekly flights. The launch of flights between Amman and Bassora, Southern Iraq,... more
PeopleEADS joined the Dreamliner programme that is to say, that's how industrial synergies can be important
Berlin, Germany - The European holding to produce a rear section bulkhead on the basis of an agreement with Vought
It could appear a paradox but, actually, US company Vought, which is cooperating for the production of structural sections of the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner medium-long range airliner, decided to include... more
Civil aviationBird flu: precautions for passengers
Washington, USA - Some simply recommendations for people traveling on plane
US authorities alerted travelers inviting them to avoid places where bird flu has already caused victims, mostly in Vietnam but also in Thailand, Cambogia and Indonesia. The Air Travelers Association,... more
SecurityQantas airplane performed an emergency landing at Calcutta Airport
Calcutta, India - Crew would have detected smoke in the aircraft rear section
An Australian Qantas airline’s Boeing 747-400 airplane which had taken off from Singapore and was bound for London was forced to perform an emergency landing at Indian Calcutta Airport. It seems in fact t... more
Latest newsA Russian plane returned to overfly Lithuania after Su-27 accident
Vilnius, Lithuania - It is an AN-30 monitoring country's military sites and activities
A Russian plane landed in the air base of Zokniai in Lithuania to carry out an observation flight in compliance with the NATO-Russian Poen Skies Treaty. The Antonov AN-30V operated by the Russian National... more
HelicoptersBan on flight for UN helicopters: Blues Helmets leaves the Ethiopian-Eritrean security zone
Asmara, Eritrea - To evacuate 18 posts situated in remote areas that are difficult to reach by using other means
The Blues Helmets of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) will withdraw as soon as possible from 18 of 40 posts along the security zone between the two countries. The measure has been taken after... more
Science and technologyALON: a more resistant glass to protect aircraft crews
Washington, USA - It is under development thanks to collaboration between US Air Force and US Army
Researchers from US Air Force and US Army are performing a joint effort to develop a new armoured transparent material which can replace the traditional reinforced glasses of vehicles and aircraft. It... more
Latest newsF/A-22 Raptor: training activities started
Washington, USA - USAF's representatives reminded the great responsability of pilots in bringing years working developing the new plane to good results
Operational activities for the new F/A-22 Raptor stealth multirole fighters started and obviously involve pilots in training missions. Programme and US Air Force’s representatives seized recently a chance t... more
PeopleEurocontrol: Cascade programme brings aeronautical information to the cockpit
Brussels, Belgium - All SN Brussels Airlines pilots will now be able to consult information for their flights both on the ground and in flight
All SN Brussels Airlines pilots will now be able to consult information for their flights from the cockpit both on the ground and in flight, using the information stored in the European Aeronautical Information... more
HelicoptersJapan: first RTM-322 turboshaft for the EH-101 has been delivered
Akashi, Japan - The powerplant is manufactured by Kawasaki by a license granted by Rolls Royce and Turbomeca
The first Rolls Royce/Turbomeca RTM-322 turboshaft for the Japanese EH-101 has been completed and delivered. The EH-101s operate for the Japan Maritime Self Defence Force (that is to say Japanese Navy)... more
Science and technologyAir Sahara plane skidded off runway at Mumbai has been removed
Mumbai, India - Many flights suffered for discomforts and delays for 4 days
A Boeing 737 by Air Sahara skidded off runway at Mumbai International Airport (India) last week: airplane remained at the end of the strip for 4 days before 200 people with vehicles intervened to free... more
Science and technologyBoeing: missiles can be faster when resorting to ramjet
Washington, USA - The HyFly technology demonstrator has been tested by a launch from a F-15E
Boeing performed a test launch for a technology demonstrator consisting of a high performance rocket named HyFly. The launch occurred in flight by resorting to a F-15E Strike Eagle as a carrier-platform... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines: new daily non stop service between New York and Copenhagen
Houston, Usa - Flights to begin from Newark Liberty International Airport in May 2006
Continental Airlines announced it will launch daily nonstop flights between New York and Copenhagen, Denmark starting on May 23, 2006 pending government approval. Flying times will be approximately seven... more
Civil aviationCamp David's airspace has been violated again
Washington, USA - A private aircraft was intercepted and forced to land
The intrusion of a private plane over Camp David restricted airspace, has forced US Armed Force fighter jets to take off last Sunday: military airplanes escorted it up a near airport. F-16s intercepted... more
Press releaseSULT union on Alitalia: strike scheduled on October 21 has been confirmed
Rome, Italy - No one gave the lie to trade union's hypotheses that was summoned by Italian Ministry of Transport to meet in the afternoon today
Alitalia would be dominated by confusion, according to Italian SULT trade union. Union is particularly worried about the real existance of a business plan and about the concrete future of the carrier.... more
Press releaseENAV flight controllers' strike: Alitalia will cancel 102 flights
Rome, Italy - The protest is fixed for tomorrow for four hours
"Alitalia communicates that tomorrow, Wednesday October 19, will be cancelled 102 flights (62 domestic and 40 international) because of the strike announced from 12am to 4pm by ENAV (Italian Flight Assistance... more
IndustryAirbus: 70% production to be outsourced to become more competitive
Toulouse, France - The intention would be the one of focusing most of all on cases such as China, India and Russia
Boeing outsourced a 30% of the new 787 Dreamliner airliner production to Japan taking great advantages, to an extent that Airbus is still suffering in penetrating the Asian country’s market in a significant m... more
HelicoptersBulgaria: Judge saved Elbit for the modernization of the Mi-24s and the Mi-17s
Sofia, Bulgaria - Israeli company proved successful after appealing against the programme cancellation decided by Defence Ministry some months ago
Bulgarian Defence Ministry had decided some months ago to withdraw the contract related to the modernization of several military helicopters previously granted to Israeli firm Elbit as considering it incapable... more
Latest newsSukhoi Su-34 to be combat ready in 2006
Moscow, Russia - Russian Air Force to deploy it to replace the Su-24s and it will become the leading edge striker
The attack version of the Flanker family will enter service with Russian Air Force in 2006. It deals with the Su-34 (also known as Su-27IB), a twin-seated aircraft designed at the end of 90s in order to... more
PeopleUSA and EU resume talks on "Open sky" deal
Brussels, Belgium - A preliminary agreement could be achieved within the end of the year
US-EU negotiations on the single sky between Europe and United States will be resumed on November 14. Negotiations were interrupted more than one year ago because US authorities banned European carriers... more
DefenseItalian Armed Forces effort on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defence in the fight against international terrorism
Rieti, Italy - A national conference about this matter is holding at Rieti today
The national conference about the Italian Armed Forces effort on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defence in the fight against international terrorism, is holding today at Rieti’s Inter-service S... more
IndustryFinmeccanica: ownership in Sukhoi joint-venture cannot be larger than a 25% stake
Rome, Italy - Giorgio Zappa, Director General of the company, said
A conference was held in Turin yesterday, set by legal office Gianni, Origoni, Grippo & Partners, and entitled "Piemonte, the future is today", where also Giorgio Zappa, Finmeccanica Director General,... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Bell Helicopter Textron model 47D1, 47G, 47G-2, 47G-2A, 47G-2A-1, 47G-3, 47G-3B, 47G-3B-1, 47G-3B-2, 47G- 3B-2A, 47G-4, 47G-4A, 47G-5, 47G-5A and Coastal Helicopters, Inc. model OH-13H helicopters (2005-21-04)
Washington, Usa - To prevent using a scissors assembly or weld assembly scissors bracket past it's life limit, which could result in failure of the part and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 17, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 199)] [Page 60205-60206] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Pratt & Whitney JT8D-200 series turbofan engines (2005-21-01)
Washington, Usa - To prevent oil fires and the resulting fracture of the HPT shaft which can result in uncontained release of engine fragments; engine fire; in-flight engine shutdown; and possible airplane damage
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 17, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 199)] [Page 60211-60214] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Bell Helicopter Textron Canada model 206A, A-1, B, B-1, L, L-1, L-3, L-4 helicopters (2005-21-03)
Washington, Usa - To prevent loss of a blade, loss of tail rotor control, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 17, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 199)] [Page 60203-60205] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on MD Helicopters, Inc. model 369D, 369E, 369F, 369FF, 500N, and 600N helicopters (2005-21-02)
Washington, Usa - To detect fatigue cracking of the blade to prevent blade failure and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 17, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 199)] [Page 60206-60211] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more