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AirlinesAir France-KLM: August 2005 traffic with strong performance in passenger activity
Paris, France - Sharp increase in both traffic and load factor
Passenger operations In August, Air France-KLM continued to experience a strong increase in both activity levels and traffic revenues, confirming the positive trend of recent months and bookings for... more
AccidentsATR's statement for AVIONEWS regarding ENAC's decision on additional checks for the planes
Rome, Italy - "It just dealt with a maintenance error, that is why ATR has not an official view on ENAC's decision yet, to date we recommended our customers to pay more attention"
AVIONEWS asked ATR consortium’s opinion about the ENAC’s (Italian National Civil Aviation Authority) decision on the additional checks to be performed on the ATR-42 and the ATR-72 airplanes (see for det... more
AirlinesHurricane "Katrina" (5): a lot of US carriers engaged to evacuate New Orleans
Washington, USA - They made fligths reimbursed by the FEMA
Yesterday Delta and Continental Airlines evacuated hundreds of people from New Orleans: about 15 carriers have operated 140 flights from past Friday up to yesterday helping 12,000 persons to reach sites... more
Science and technologyRome-Fiumicino cancelled three flights due to a storm
Rome, Italy - Some flights have been redirected on Ciampino
A strong storm hit Rome today: rain forced Fiumicino’s "Leonardo da Vinci" Airport to delay about 20 minutes the departures and to cancel three flights -two by Alitalia and one by Air One- coming from M... more
AccidentsAVIONEWS interviewed Assaeroporti President, Giovanni Maniscalco, concerning the suspension of Tuninter by ENAC
Rome, Italy - "Assaeroporti welcomed ENAC's quick decision, the ATR is a reliable plane but such checks, even if they can produce hardships for the airports, are necessary to warrant safety"
AVIONEWS interviewed Assaeroporti President, Giovanni Maniscalco, concerning the suspension of Tuninter by ENAC (Italian National Civil Aviation Agency) together with the decision of performing additional... more
MiscellaneousJapan: almost 900 flights cancelled due to typhoon "Nabi"
Tokyo, Japan - At least 17 death, 126 injured and 9 missing people
Typhoon "Nabi", that means butterfly in Korean language, is moving towards North-West to the Sea of Japan along Honshu island’s coast after killing 17, injuring 126 and missing 9 people. A fifty houses h... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 737-100, -200, -200C, and -300 series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent separation of the support beam of the MLG from the rear spar, which could cause cracking of the MLG support fitting and a consequent leak in the wing fuel tank or collapse of the MLG
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: September 6, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 171)] [Page 52899-52902] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Bombardier model CL-600-2B19 airplanes
Usa - To detect and correct chafing of the electrical cables of the spoiler and brake pressure sensor unit on both sides of the wing root, which could result in loss of the flight control system and consequent reduced controllability of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: September 6, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 171)] [Page 52902-52903] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
AirlinesAirAsia: "We'll cut costs with the Airbus"
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - "The A-320 uses a lot less fuel"
The Malaysia-based Asian airline will purchase 100 Airbus A-320 planes that are expected to help it to reduce operating costs, while currently, it does its utmost to keep ticket’s prices low despite o... more
IndustryFinmeccanica: from "Underperform" to "In-line"
New York, USA - US Goldman Sachs gave the assessment
Thanks to the US rating and brokering agency Goldman Sachs Finmeccanica’s operating assessment passed to "In line" from "Underperform". Together with Bae Systems and Thales, it has the major appreciation p... more
Latest newsKC-330: EADS and Northrop Grumman close to a deal on the new USAF's air tanker
Washington, USA – The agreement is likely to be signed and officialized in the forthcoming days
Officialization of the agreement is likely to come in few days but it seems to date that is certain: EADS-Airbus and Northrop Grumman would be about to sign a deal for the development of an alternative... more
Science and technologyBudapest Airport's privatization: Germany's Hochtief made the highest bid
Budapest, Hungary - But privatization tender risks to be annulled by Hungarian court
Hungary’s privatization agency APV is planning the way to set the affair of Budapest Airport’s privatization. Budapest tribunal declared invalid the tender after the airport’s workers claim. The most... more
Military aviationHurricane "Katrina" (4): Airbus to help America with Beluga
Toulouse, France - The aircraft left Toulouse today bound for Mobile, Alabama
The A-300 Super Transporter "Beluga", loaded with relief supplies, departed from Toulouse this morning. Airbus provided the aircraft to both French and British Governments and then it has been used to... more
HelicoptersAersud (2): Alouette 2' s history
Verona, Italy - 284 choppers in service today, 20 in Italy
"The maiden flight was a success and the SE-3130-01 helicopter, thanks to load/power rate allowed by the turbine, opened the way to new operative performances, rendering the aircraft the fantastic mean... more
HelicoptersAersud: "Gran Gala" at Carpi's Airport on the occasion of Alouette 2's 50th anniversary maiden flight
Verona, Italy - Next Sunday, September 11, at the Emilian airport
"It will be the Emilian airport to host, next Sunday, September 11, the aviation fans, experts, acquaintances or friends on the occasion of the Alouette 2’s celebrative meeting. In March 12, 1955, the A... more
AccidentsHelios (2): board of inquiry flew to London
London, UK - To interview the British engineers who checked the plane before its flight
The team investigating air crash occurred in Greece in which 121 people died last August 14, today is expected to be in London to interview the British engineers who checked the Helios Boeing 737-300 before... more
Latest newsTurkey aims to strengthen its stand-off capabilities
Ankara, Turkey - More than 100 AGM-154 JSOW missiles have been ordered for the F-16 multirole light fighters fleet
The United States think that the supply of new generation stand-off air-to-surface missiles to Turkey does not prejudice regional balance and does not affect the Cyprus’ situation, as it even contributes t... more
AccidentsBoeing crashed in Indonesia (2): mass burial for 33 unidentified bodies
Rome, Italy - It is the second mass grave after Garuda incident victims
The 33 coffins holding the unidentified bodies of the fatalities of the crash involving Mandala Airlines B-737 have been buried in a mass grave very close to another one where in 1997 the 234 victims of... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident (3): an omissive negligent conduct hypothesis affecting Tunisian authorities
Palermo, Italy - Put forward during the Italian investigations on the disaster following what found by ANSV
Palermo’s and Bari’s attorneys would intend to extend investigations at an international level involving Tunisian authorities for civil aviation with the hypothesis of their omissive negligent conduct, as... more
AerospaceNew information from Cassini spacecraft: Saturn's rings made up of soft flocks or snow balls
London, UK - Respect to previous observations the rings have radically changed over the past 25 years
At the meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Cambridge (UK) have been presented the new data by Cassini spacecraft which found that Saturn’s rings would made up of something very similar to a... more
AirlinesLOT: Airbus and Boeing representatives to meet today Poland's carrier to convince it to buy their own aircraft
Rome, Italy - LOT has to replace six B-767 flying between Europe and America
Choice of the Poland’s carrier will fall on the new B-787 Dreamliner or the A-350. The order is estimated EUR 416m and the two big manufacturer companies intend grabbing it. The spokesman for Poland’s nat... more
Civil aviationBlack list: EU Commission meeting experts to set it
Brussels, Belgium - A meeting scheduled on today with the first exchange of views on the delicate matter concerning flight safety
A meeting by European Commission together with experts in air transport safety coming from all the European Union’s state members is scheduled on today. The purpose is the one of performing an exchange o... more
Military aviationHurricane "Katrina" (3). CA: 1000 tickets for displaced peoples intending going to other US zones
Rome, Italy - This initiative joined other ones previously announced
Continental Airlines continues its aid programme (see for details AVIONEWS). It had already donated 1 million of miles of OnePass programme to US Red Cross and issued special rules to apply on tickets... more
Military aviationHurricane "Katrina" (2): Italian aid have been delivered
Rome, Italy - The Italian C-130 arrived to Washington last Sunday and departed for Little Rock last evening
Early today (Italian time), Italian aids have been delivered to US authorities. It includes tents, blankets, draining pumps, inflatable rafts, first aid kits for 15,000 people and infant food (see for... more
Civil defenseItalian Air Force: 355 territorial monitoring hours for the Predators in Iraq in 4 months
Nassiriya, Iraq - Representatives from the armed force underlined the success of the operations performed by the remote-controlled recce aircraft
The three Italian Air Force’s RQ-1 Predator remote-controlled reconnaissance aircraft performed some 355 flight hours in Iraq during four months. Representatives from the armed force prove satisfied a... more
DefenseJCM: a single air-to-surface missile, three different platforms
Washington, USA – Compatibility tests for the new US guided rocket with the aircraft which is devoted to have started
Just a single air-to-surface missile will replace in US Army and US Navy both the AGM-114 Hellfires and the AGM-65 Mavericks. It deals with the Lockheed Martin Joint Common Missile (JCM), endowed with... more
Press releaseSult: Alitalia is acting as a low-cost carrier
Rome, Italy - As for the industrial plan, also that of the carrier's anti-strike is failing
"As for the industrial plan, also that of the carrier’s anti-strike is failing. Yesterday, in the morning the society communicated that 21 were the cancellations, for technical-operative reasons and n... more
Science and technologyHurricane "Katrina": New Orleans Lakefront Airport remains closed
Washington, USA - Italian aids have arrived
New Orleans Lakefront Airport is still under water while the "Louis Armstrong" has been opened less than 24 hours following hurricane "Katrina" and currently are handling 3300 flights per day, the quadruple... more
AccidentsHelios: "A series of errors and great confusion on board on that time"
Athens, Greece - Disclosures about August 14 crash released by the "Herald Tribune"
The "Herald Tribune" unveiled today that sources close to the investigation committee into the crash involving the Helios Airways plane, said that Cypriot flight’s crew members became confused by a series o... more
AirlinesOcean Airlines: the Italian cargo airline inaugurated Brescia-Shanghai route
Brescia, Italy - Hong Kong now is the 4th weekly return flight to China
Ocean Airlines, the Italian cargo airline, doubled its services to China. Last Sunday September 4 at 8:49am the first flight to Shanghai Pudong took off from Brescia-Montichiari Airport. Following the... more
IndustryBAe proves stronger in the market thanks most of all to military sector
London, UK - Revenue increased up to more than a 13% in the first half 2005
Results achieved during the first half this year appear more than satisfying for British Aerospace. A more than +13% increase in revenue compared to the same period in 2004 are most of all stemming from... more
Latest newsSingapore selected the Eagle
Paris, France - The Dassault Rafale has been beaten by an F-15's version which proves very similar to the one ordered by South Korea
Dassault confirmed its defeat in the tender for the provision of new multirole fighters for Singapore Air Force. Although Boeing and the small Asian country’s Government have not officially unveiled t... more
Civil aviationTwo emergency landings occurred in Indonesia yesterday
Jakarta, Indonesia - Both a flight of Mandala and Garuda Airlines were aborted
A Boeing 737-400 of Indonesian Garuda Airlines taken off from Medan and bound for Jakarta, has been forced to make an emergency landing at Pekanbaru’s "Sultan Syarif Kasim" Airport (Sumatra’s Central Reg... more
Press releaseENAC suspended Tuninter and disposes an immediate inspection on ATR's fleet in Italy
Rome, Italy - The Tunisia's Civil Aviation Authority has been informed about such decision
"ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Authority) unveiled that has been disposed in a precautionary way, the immediate suspension of the authorization to operate released to the Tunisian carrier, Tuninter. The... more
AirlinesIndian Airlines ordered 43 A-320 family airplanes
New Dheli, India - A new success achieved in Asian by Airbus during the diplomatic meetings of Tony Blair representing EU
After the success achieved in China within the bilateral meetings with European Union (see for details AVIONEWS), Airbus struck another blow for itself in India where British Premier Tony Blair is visiting... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident (2): ATR consortium suspected the shortage of fuel on board
Palermo, Italy - Palermo's Attorney is meanwhile carrying on investigation to verify the presence of other causes
ATR consortium had on its part already suggested that the switch off of both the engines about 7 minutes one from another (a rare event) could have been determined by the exhaustion of fuel, also considering... more
AccidentsBoeing crashed in Indonesia: a turbine failure may have originated accident
Medan, Indonesia - Problems with screw jack actuators working three flaps on a wing too
The Boeing 737-200 of Mandala Airlines could have been crashed after taking off from Medan Airport due to a failure to engine turbine: Setio Raharjo, head of the National Transportation Safety Committee,... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident: fuel exhaustion as the main reason for the disaster
Rome, Italy - ANSV discovered it, finding that Tunisian technicians had replaced the fuel gauge with the one set for the ATR-42 in Tunisi the day before
The main reason for the accident affecting the ATR-72 Tuninter would have been the lack of sufficient fuel aboard due to a false indication of its quantity in the tanks as a consequence of the presence... more
AirlinesAlitalia: doubts on SULT union's strike effectiveness
Rome, Italy - There would have been some 32 flights cancelled, according to the union, but the carrier would indicate just 20
Data provided by Alitalia on flights cancellations yesterday during the first striking day by SULT union’s flight assistants clash with the union’s details. The Italian national airline would consider jus... more
IndustryBoeing Helicopter awarded of a over 14 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the Chinook CH-47 helicopters
Boeing Helicopter, Ridley Park, Pa., was awarded on Sept. 2, 2005, a delivery order amount of $14,103,648 as part of a $14,103,648 firm-fixed-price contract for Rotary Wing Heads for the Chinook CH-47... more
IndustryGeneral Electric Aircraft Engine awarded of a over 5 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the H-46E
General Electric Aircraft Engine, General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass., is being awarded a $5,453,950 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced contract (N00019-02-C-3021) for the procurement... more
IndustryRaytheon Systems dba Raytheon Systems Co. awarded of a over 17 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For 150 AIM-9M/9X tactical missiles
Raytheon Systems dba Raytheon Systems Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $17,140,440 ceiling-priced modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed price contract (N00019-03-C-0003) for 150 AIM-9M/9X... more
IndustryFreeman Holdings of Louisiana dba Million Air Alexandria awarded of a over 12 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For jet fuel
Freeman Holdings of Louisiana dba Million Air Alexandria* (Veteran Owned Small Business), Alexandria, La., is being awarded a $12,070,217 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for jet fuel... more
Latest newsTanker affair: Pentagon searching for more transparency
Washington, USA – To avoid that cases similar to the one related to the scandal which affected Boeing and USAF occur again in the future
Darleen Druyun, a former US aerospace company Boeing’s employee and condamned to stay nine months in prison due to a conflict of interest within the US Air Force’s military orders for the new aerial ref... more
MiscellaneousAustria: helicopter's pilot got transport licence a month ago only
Innsbruck, Austria - Nine disaster's victims including a lot of youngs
Pilot who was flying the helicopter from which a concrete block crashed on a cable car startling other two cars and killing nine German tourists in Austria yesterday, seems that got the licence for material... more
AirlinesSkyEurope Airlines: also for the Czech low-cost carrier a Summer of record
Rome, Italy - Load factor of 90%, surpassed Malev and Wizz
240,000 passengers in July and as many in August. These are the numbers of record for the Czech carrier. According SkyEurope the Wizz Air, one of its direct competitor together with Malev, in the same... more
MiscellaneousHurricane "Katrina": German flights loaded with aids for New Orleans
Berlin, Germany - The whole of Germany shows solidarity with the USA
Schroeder said that helping United States that are grappling with devastation left by hurricane "Katrina", is an "Historic duty" for Germany: Berliners are collecting aids -food and clothes- to send to... more
Science and technologyRegional airports: European Commission set rules for their development
Brussels, Belgium - It was unveiled by European Commissioner for Transport, Jacques Barrot
These rules mainly involve airport operators owned by public authorities. Public and private airports must be warranted with a similar treatment. Regional air stations must have an annual passenger traffic... more
Fair and showsTony Blair: politics and business aviation during British PM visit in India and China (2)
New Delhi, India - India intends partecipate to Galileo Project
It will be the 6th summit between India and EU. Blair will arrive together with Jose Miguel Barroso, European Commission President and Xavier Solana, EU representative for Foreign Policy. According to... more
PeopleBlack list: Hon. Vincenzi's speech from European Parliament Transport Committee
Brussels, Belgium - Marta Vincenzi (PSE) agrees with a proposal concerning the definition of a European black list
Hon. Marta Vincenzi stated in the European Parliament that she agrees with a proposal concerning the definition of a European black list. The definition of new control and checks standards is a major step... more