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AccidentsISAF helicopter crashed in Afghanistan: Spanish coffins in flight to home
Kabul, Afghanistan - Spain declared two days of mourning
Wrapped in the national flag, bodies of 17 Spanish soldiers killed on board the Cougar AS-532 helicopter of the Afghanistan peacekeeping force crashed last Tuesday, departed today from the military base... more
AirlinesSAS: one-way fares in Europe
Stockholm, Sweden - The offer will start as from September 1st
Scandinavian airline SAS will be the first carrier to launch one-way fares to and from European destinations. SElling of new tickets will start as from September 1st: it will be possible to book the tickets... more
IndustryFinmeccanica-Irkut: a 360° industrial cooperation
Moscow, Russia - Civil airplanes, military trainers and UAVs as the leading sectors
Three important agreements will reinforce the industrial cooperation in the aeronautical sector between Finmeccanica and Russian group Irkut. Alenia Aeronautica became a partner of the Russian company... more
Civil aviationFear of flying (2): EU thinks about new steps to increase safety standards
Brussels, Belgium - Besides an EU' black list, it will be necessary to harmonize members' rules and ensure technical assistance to third countries
European Union proves ready to resort to new ruling measures to increase the safety degree in the air transport. Among the main initiatives currently analysed by European Commissioner for Transport Jacques... more
AirlineseasyJet's plane forced to emergency landing at Boulogne yesterday: smell of burning due to electric oven overheating?
Boulogne, Italy - Aircraft took off with two hours of delay
It is not clear yet the reason that forced an Airbus A-319 of the easyJet low-cost carrier with 119 passengers and six crew members on board coming from London-Stanstead, to an emergency landing at Boulogne... more
Press releaseUPS places its first order for Boeing 747-400 Freighters
Washington, USA - The first delivery is scheduled for June 2007
"UPS, a global leader in package delivery, specialized transportation and logistics services, announced an order for eight 747-400 Freighters today, the Boeing Company confirmed. The firm order is the... more
AccidentsRussian Mi-8 crashed in Siberia: four dead
Moscow, Russia - Another chopper of the same type performed an emergency landing few hours before
A Russian military Mi-8 helicopter crashed at Nfteiugansk, Siberia, killing 4 people and injuring two. On board there were three technicians and three crew members who were carrying out aerial surveillance... more
Press releaseShut down of SULT Flight Attendant's Union: a letter to Italian institutions
Rome, Italy - "It is not possible asking union and workers for accepting passively such situation when legality is trampled on"
The SULT union, which represents the 60% of Alitalia’s flight attendants, confirmed its plan to strike next August 30-31 to protest the Italian airline’s efforts to shut down their union. It wrote a l... more
Fair and showsAlitalia's A-321 carrying Pope took off to Cologne
Rome, Italy - The first trip abroad for Benedict XVI
Pope Ratzinger left Rome-Ciampino Airport at 10:05am Italian time bound for Cologne to preside over the XX World Youth Day Edition. Benedict XVI is flying aboard the Airbus A-321 of Alitalia named "Piazza... more
Civil aviationFear of flying: proposals from trade unions ad taxpayers for higher safety
Rome, Italy - Carriers black list, more information for passengers and a copy of maintenance document provided to each customer while boarding
Italian trade unions such as FIT-CISL and taxpayers associations such as CODACONS and ADUSBEF prove more and more convinced that the recent disasters which involved the air transport sector at an international... more
AccidentsTurkish plane force-landed at Budapest
Budapest, Hungary - No injuries were reported among the over 300 people on board
An Airbus A-300 of the Turkish Fly Air airline made an emergency landing at Budapest International Airport this morning. The charter airplane was en route from Istanbul to Brussels carrying 293 passengers... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Investigation Committee on Strikes aims to talks between the carrier and SULT union
Rome, Italy - In order to avoid the August 30-31 48 h protest
Investigation Committee on Strikes intends to avoid the 48 h stop called by Italian SULT union for the entire transport sector on August 30 and 31. For such a purpose, Alitalia’s Board and the unions’ rep... more
Civil aviationItalian Air Force's F-16 took off to intercept an EgyptAir's plane
Brindisi, Italy - The commercial aircraft was flying from Paris to Italian Puglia region yesterday but communication problems warned Italian Air Force and ENAV
An Italian Air Force’s F-16A Adf Block 15 Fighting Falcon took off from Cervia Air Base yesterday to intercept a commercial aircraft belonging to Egyptian carrier EgyptAir while flying over Italy. Swiss t... more
AccidentsColombian plane crashed in Venezuela: an Italian national among the 161 victims
Caracas, Venezuela - Pilots had warned authorities about WCA's safety conditions
Davide Scaglioni from Val d’Aosta Region, resident in Martinique for 10 years, is one of the 161 victims of the terrible accident occurred two days back in Venezuela. Almost all the coffins have been r... more
Latest newsBoeing awarded with an over USD 8m contract
Washington, USA - For a training and simulation system devoted to the EA-18G Growler of US Navy
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded an $8,346,000 ceiling-priced modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00019-04-C-0005) to provide modeling and simulation; design... more
Science and technologySEA and its suitors
Milan, Italy - It attracts the Swiss, the Spanish and Romans as well
Francesco Bellavista Caltagirone, President of the Rome-based Group "Acqua Marcia" (through which he controls the ATA, managing Linate private airport), the Spanish giant company for infrastructure and... more
Civil aviationAVIONEWS, survey's results: "Which reasons could have contributed to determine the recent which involved both Italian corps and armed forces’ aircraft?
Rome, Italy - Absolutely accidental coincidences according to the largest part of respondents
Absolutely accidental coincidences. The largest part of those who answered the AVIONEWS’ survey related to the various accidents which involved Italian armed forces’ ad corps’ aerial vehicles during the l... more
Civil aviationAVIONEWS' surveys: "Will the future of air transport competitiveness depend on the safety factor when considering the recent accidents?
Rome, Italy - Considering the need for more transparency and information for customers in the sector
AVIONEWS is focusing on the recent accidents which affected the air transport sector leading hundreds people to death in several parts of the world. It is being asked so if safety can become the most important... more
AccidentsColombian plane crashed in Venezuela (4): West Carribean Airways has skeleton in the cupboard
Caracas, Venezuela - Early this year it got a spot fine because infringed the Reglamento Aeronáutico Colombiano
The McDonnell Douglas MD-82 belonging to West Carribean Airways had been chartered by the "Globe Trotters" travel agency in Martinique. It is the second air accident involving the Medellin-based carrier... more
AirlinesEasyJet: maintenance agreement for the A-319s' fleet
London, UK - The deal signed with the Swiss SR Technics company will last for ten years
Swiss SR Technics company will attend to maintenance services for the Airbus A-319 airplanes of easyJet low-cost carrier for the next ten years. The agreement signed by the two firms is worth about USD... more
AccidentsColombian plane crashed in Venezuela (3): what is happened before the accident
Caracas, Venezuela - Pilot tried to change route to land on Maracaibo Airport
Now it needs finding what really happened during the fatal flight performed by the MD-82 arrived at Panama-Tocumen Airport after a trip started from Medellín-"José María Córdova" Airport. The plane was... more
Press releaseFinnair to land in Tuscany
Helsinki, Finnish Republic - The Finnish carrier's fourth connection in Italy
Finnair will launch direct flights from Helsinki to "Galileo Galilei" Florence Pisa International Airport next Spring. Finnair will operate the route with its Airbus A-320 fleet, flying directly to the... more
AirlineseasyJet's Airbus forced to emergency landing at Boulogne Airport
Boulogne, Italy - The air station was closed from 2:55pm till 03:15pm and then regularly reopened
An Airbus A-319 of the easyJet low-cost carrier with 119 passengers and six crew members on board coming from London-Stanstead, was forced to an emergency landing at Boulogne "Guglielmo Marconi" Airport,... more
Science and technologyOrio al Serio: traffic statistics relating to July 2005
Bergamo, Italy - An increase of 36.1 percent respect to the past year
A figure of 466,383 passengers were recorded travelling through Orio al Serio Airport in the month of July 2005, equivalent to an increase of 36.1 percent respect to the past year. The figure for charter... more
Press releaseSULT's letter to Investigating Committee on Strikes about August 30-31 protest
Rome, Italy - "Workers must select their representatives, not the companies"
SULT (Italian United Transport Workers Union) sent a letter to Italian Investigating Committee on Strikes about a Committee’ resolution regarding the August 30-31 protest over flight attendant contracts d... more
AerospaceA Chinese space station on the Moon after 2017?
Beijing, China - This is the hypothesis on which People Republic's scientists are working
Cina intends to perform great leaps forward in the space sector by several missions on the Moon by 2017. The first Chinese-made probe could be able to land on the Earth’s satellite during the next two y... more
Press releaseFinnair: strong growth in 2005 2nd quarter's turnover
Helsinki, Finland Republic - "The airlines' growth is among the best in the Finland's industry"
Finnair’s turnover rose by 15.6 per cent to EUR 471.9 million in April-June. Finnair’s growth is among the best in the industry, and turnover will increase by at least EUR 200m at the end of this year, sai... more
AirlinesDelta sold Southeast Airlines and thinks about the Chapter 11
Washington, USA - The US carrier proves more ad more in difficulty due t rising fuel cost and fierce competition
Delta proves more and more in difficulty and decided to sell Southeast Airlines gaining about USD 425m that, however, will not be sufficient in te medium-term, according to the US airline’s airline. T... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident: Pratica di Mare Base's analyses on fuel started
Rome, Italy - Results should be available in 48 h
Results related to fuel and engines’ oil of the ATR-72 Tuninter at Italian Air Force Pratica di Mare Base (Rome) should be available in 48 h. The purpose is the one of verifying if agents able to cause p... more
AirlinesSAS growing in the 2Q 2005
Stockholm, Sweden - Nevertheless, Board proves cautious about expectations when considering the fuel cost
Results achieved by Scandinavian airline SAS during the Second Quarter 2005 appear positive. The company reported in fact a 4.8% increase in terms of operational revenues and a 3.2% rise concerning passenger... more
AccidentsDC-10 carried out an emergency landing in El Salvador
El Salvador, Republic of El Salvador - Problems with the landing gear have been found
A Venezuela’s charter flight carrying 220 people -all Nicaraguan students coming back from a Youth Festival that ended Monday in Caracas- has carried out an emergency landing on the runway at the Comalapa I... more
AccidentsColombian plane crashed in Venezuela (2): a Boeing team to support local investigators
Caracas, Venezuela - West Caribean suspended its flights for a week last month
West Caribean Airways is a small carrier based in Medellin (Colombia). Its fleet is made up of three airplanes only and serves both Colombian and Caribean destinations: it seems that the carrier was forced... more
Latest newsPutin as a front-line spectator during an exercise with strategic bombers
Moscow, Russia - Russian President flew aboard a Tu-160 confirming his great interest in military aviation
Russian President flew aboard a Tu-160 Black Jack supersonic strategic bomber. It happened during a military exercise held yesterday in the Russian territory where also the big airplanes endowed with cruise... more
AccidentsColombian plane crashed in Venezuela: 160 French occupants have been all killed
Caracas, Venezuela - Crew members were eight, passengers 152
Passengers travelling on the charter flight operated by the Colombian West Caribean Airways returning them at home to the French island of Martinique after having been stayed in Panama for a holiday, were... more
AccidentsISAF helicopter crashed in Afghanistan: Cougar downed by rocket?
Kabul, Afghanistan - The victims were members of a contingent engaged to provide security for next September's election
Spanish Defence Minister, Josè Bono, does not exclude that the Cougar AS-532 helicopter of the Afghanistan peacekeeping force crashed in the area of Herat yesterday killing 17 soldiers from Spanish contingent... more
Civil aviationAlert degree against terrorism is still high in Italy
Rome, Italy - Sensitive areas monitoring goes on while it is being scheduled exercises in various sites in the country
The risk of Islamic terrorism’s attempts is still high in the Italian homeland. Italian Minister of Interior, law enforcement units and intelligence services prove more than convinced of it and keep t... more
HelicoptersAfghanistan: Italian Navy's helicopters operating at Kabul Airport
Kabul, Afghanistan - The AB-212 aircraft are deployed by coordination activities from the command centre built at the air station
The Italian operational effort in Afghanistan is growing under the transfer of NATO ISAF contingent’s leading to Italy. Italian Air Force proved to be a protagonist of rescue activities recently to aid t... more
AirlinesAlitalia: relations between SULT union and Investigating Committee on Strikes still difficult
Rome, Italy - Italian Minister for Infrastructures and Transport could resort to an issue of an order to resume work
Relations between Investigating Committee on Strikes and Italian SULT trade union regarding the strike called on August 30-31 for 48 hours and previously scheduled for Alitalia’s flight assistants only a... more
AccidentsCypriot plane accident: co-pilot was alive at the moment of the crash
Athens, Greece - The first pilot's corpse is yet to be confirmed as found
A Greek Air Force C-130 plane departed from the military airport of Eleussi bound for Larnaca last evening carrying the coffins of 23 victims of the air accident occurred last Sunday. Meanwhile the police... more
PeopleFAA AD on Gulfstream G-IV, GIV-X, GV, and GV-SP airplane models
Washington, USA - Checks on electric plant
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. FAA-2005-22074; Directorate Identifier 2005-NM-152-AD; Amendment 39-14220; AD 2005-16-14] RIN... more
PeopleFAA AD on Gulfstream LP Model Galaxy and 200 airplane models
Washington, USA - For checks on hydraulic plant and fuel devices
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. FAA-2005-22073; Directorate Identifier 2005-NM-140-AD; Amendment 39-14219; AD 2005-16-13] RIN... more
PeopleFAA AD on Pilatus PC-6 airplanes
Washington, USA - For checks on stabilizer-trims against structural cracks
[Federal Register: August 15, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 156)] [Page 47716-47720] Header Information Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14... more
HelicoptersEurocopter EC-145 for Texas EMS
Washington, USA - It was selected because was capable to face weather adverse conditions in Texas
STAR (Shock Trauma Air Rescue), a public Emergency Medical Service helicopter unit, is upgrading its fleet by substituting its two Eurocopter EC-135s with two Eurocopter EC-145 twin-engine helicopters.... more
AerospaceSpace Shuttle: a new mission not to occur before November
Washington, USA - It is before necessary to solve the structural problems found during the launch of the Discovery
The Space Shuttle will ot be able to fly again before next November. NASA would have decided to ground al the three spacecraft available to date to try to solve the structural problem occurred while the... more
Science and technologySendai Airport closed: powerful quake in Japan
Tokyo, Japan - Flights from Tokyo airports were suspended
A powerful earthquake affected the north-Eastern regions of Japan this morning: at least 59 people emerged injured during the 7.2-magnitude quake. The most affected city was Sendai where the authorities... more
Civil aviationIndia: a new ruling against air hijackings
Nuova Dheli, India - Shooting down becomes quite likely to occur in case of an attempt risk
India would be about to enforce a new ruling on security, scheduling the shooting down of any civil airplane which can turn into a threat following a possible hijacking by terrorists. The new Act should... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter's accident (2): carrier ready to ensure compensations for the victims
Palermo, Italy - Some EUR 20,000 each have been suggested for the deceased persons
Search for the remaining sections of the ATR-72 belonging to Tunisian carrier Tuninter and lost in the Sicily’s waters go on. Two naval units are been deployed for sounding operations trying to analyse t... more
Latest newsAerial Common Sensor: ERJ-145's requirements prove insufficient
Washington, USA - Installation of all the systems requested by US Army on board such a platform would appear impossible
All the systems needed by US Army aboard the ERJ-145 cannot be installed. This is te conclusion of a committee expected to analyse the requirements of the proposal based on the Embraer’s aircraft for t... more
HelicoptersHeliflite sold another A-119 Koala to Heli Air Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia - It is expected to be deployed for fire fighting missions
Heliflite Pty Ltd, AgustaWestland’s authorized distributor for Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea, has announced the selling of a second Agusta A-119 Koala to Heli Air Pty Ltd, one of Australia’s lea... more
AccidentsCypriot plane accident (3): the B-737 had decompression problems back
Athens, Greece - A woman would have attempted to take command of the aircraft
Low-cost carrier Helios Airways, which decided to ground all planes after the disaster, has confirmed that the Boeing 737-300 fallen last Sunday North to Athens, had already experienced cabin’s decompression p... more