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HelicoptersSikorsky carries on the development of the CH-53E's successor
Washington, USA – About 156 vehicles are expected to be delivered accomplishing the programme by 2014
Marine Corps considered in 2003 Sikorsky as the only helicopter group able to produce a heavy transport chopper by 2014 to progressively replace the current CH-53E in service. It deals with the HLR (Heavy... more
IndustryBoeing: Spirit unveiled 787 Dreamliner nose section
Wichita, Usa - Four additional fuselage sections are scheduled to be completed before production of the first aircraft
Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems celebrated the public unveiling of the first all-composite demonstration nose section for the 787 Dreamliner last Thursday at Spirit’s Wichita facility, formerly a part o... more
Civil aviationFly Air's Airbus grounded at Roissy
Paris, France - Civil Aviation Body's inspectors discovered some irregularities before the aircraft's departure
A Fly Air’s Airbus A-300 plane has been temporarily grounded last Saturday at Paris International "Charles de Gaulle" Airport, after French Civil Aviation Authority’s inspectors found in their check a c... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter (2): a body and a black box have been recovered
Palermo, Italy - DNA analysis to verify victim's identity
The body of one of the three missing persons of the ATR-72 Tuninter accident was recovered this morning, together with one of the two black boxes. It is unclear whose such a body is as just a skeleton... more
Press releaseMyair: World Focus' operational activities have been lifted
Milan, Italy - Following technical problems occurred for an aircraft from Bari to Bergamo on last Thursday night
Following technical problems occurred for a World Focus’ aircraft from Bari to Bergamo on last Thursday night, a carrier which had been requested by MyAir.com to operate the related 8I-1061 flight, MyAir.com d... more
Press releaseENAC confirms that carriers suspended in Europe not operate in Italy
Rome, Italy - The proposals presented by Italian Civil Aviation Authority at the ECAC' General Directors meeting
"ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Authority) confirms that none of the airlines temporarily suspended by the other European countries (Black list) is operating on the Italian territory. ENAC reaffirms that... more
IndustryFinmeccanica: 80% of activities is devoted to defence
Rome, Italy - President Guarguaglini pointed it out, so reminding that the fact State owns a stake in the holding is an obvious thing
Finmeccanica President, Pier Francesco Guarguaglini, underlined the role played by defence sector in Italian industry, putting into evidence that it represents to date about a 80% of the holding’s activities, o... more
MiscellaneousNew Orleans waiting for "Katrina": closed airports and cancelled flights
Washington, USA - One million of people on the run: the evacuees accommodated into "Superdome" stadium
One of the largest and most devastating hurricanes ie expected to hit New Orleans this morning and even if experts, in the last hours, downgraded it from category 5 to 4, the order of Mayor Ray Nagin to... more
AirlinesRyanair flight from Dublin to Rome stopped due to a bird
Dublin, Ireland - Forced landing at Stanstead and passengers flown with another plane
A flight operated by Ryanair low-cost carrier departed from Dublin and direct to Rome, has been forced shortly after the takeoff, to an emergency landing on the runway of London-Stanstead Airport because... more
MiscellaneousRussian plane suffered for a "Bird strike" while was taking off at Ronchi dei Legionari Airport
Trieste, Italy - "Failed takeoff" procedures have been performed, passengers emerged safe
Passengers departing for Moscow last Saturday from Trieste-Ronchi dei Legionari Airport where a bird got into the engine of Russian Vim Airlines Boeing 757-200, failing the plane’s early phase of taxiing p... more
Latest newsMartino's congratulation to PAN due to aviation silver meda
Rome, Italy - Credit gained last August 19 in Russia
Italian Minister of Defense, Antonio Martino, in relation to the aviation silver meda conferred by Russian Air Forces Chief, General Vladmir Sergeyevich Mikhaylov, to Italian National Acrobatic Squad,... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident: recovery operations of black boxes have started
Palermo, Italy - Meanwhile, analyses on fuel at Pratica di Mare would seem to exclude the hypothesis related to the presence of residuals
Robots deployed by Cyprus’ ship called Edt Ares detected various debris and structural components of the ATR-72 Tuninter’s wreckage in Sicily on last Saturday, August 27. Slinging operations for such sec... more
Civil aviationBlack list (2): Italy denied such possibility
Rome, Italy - However, European Union is likely to order to carry it out and release on a national basis
Italy does not intend to release a black list of airlines to be considered at risk. Italian Minister of Infrastructures and Transport, Pietro Lunardi, and ENAC (Italian National Civil Aviation Agency)... more
Civil aviationBlack list: five carriers banned in France
Paris, France - And EU thinks about a European list
France released the black list of carriers banned from flying over French homeland (see for details AVIONEWS). It deals with five airlines: Air Koryo (North Korea), Phuket Airlines (Thailand), Air Saint-Thomas... more
AirlinesAlitalia: 48 h SULT union's strike postponed till September 6-7
Rome, Italy - Meanwhile, the carrier thinks about changes on the business plan to face the rising fuel cost
Italian Welfare Minister, Roberto Maroni, did not succeed in mediate between Italian SULT trade union and Alitalia so that the union decided to postpone the strike, previously scheduled on August 30-31,... more
AirportsAVIONEWS apologizes with its customers due to the technical problem occurred on August 26, 2005
Rome, Italy – Produced by an inefficiency generated by Telecom Italia phone services provider
AVIONEWS apologizes with its customers due to the suspension of service occurred on August 26, 2005. Press agency was unable to release its news because of a technical problem produced by an inefficiency... more
Press releaseInformation on carriers which can be fund by a green number and the ENAC's official website
rome, Italy - Details on certified carriers
ENAC (Italian National Civil Aviation Agency) provides a gree number and data by its official website on carriers certified by proper procedures. Details available concern national airlines, EU airlines,... more
Civil aviationAVIONEWS interviewed Assaeroporti President, Giovanni Maniscalco, on air transport safety
Rome, Italy - "Safety and checks harmonization at a European level is necessary as we have to operate within the European Single Sky"
AVIONEWS interviewed Assaeroporti President, Giovanni Maniscalco, on air transport safety with reference in particular to the meeting set by ENAC (Italian National Civil Aviation Agency) on last August... more
Civil aviationRussia grounded the IL-96/300s: Ilyushin Corporation must remove the aircraft's defects
Moscow, Russia - Aeroflot forced to change completely its operational activities
As Aeroflot looks at West to replace its airplanes after Russian Transport Ministry’s decision to ground the country’s fleet of Ilyushin 96-300s as a precautionary measure, the Ilyushin Corporation, the... more
Science and technologyWill the laser be the future fixed weapon for fighters?
Washington, USA - Pentagon would think so, if lowering the energy cannon's size by avoiding cumbersome cooling systems
A hybrid solution for the military employment of lasers could lead to the production of a cannon to be installed aboard fighters. Pentagon’s Centre for Search and Development would prove convinced of i... more
AirlinesSwiss International Air Lines: fewer short range airplanes to face losses
Berne, Switzerland - The Lufthansa-owned Swiss carrier intends to keep on playing its improving role for intercontinental destinations
Rising oil price, low-cost carriers’ competitiveness in the regional market and improvement in Dollar performance would be the main causes of losses reported by Swiss carrier Swiss International Air L... more
MiscellaneousTwo planes got in no-fly zone over Bush Texas ranch
Washington, USA - But United States President "Was never in danger"
President Bush took some days off who is passing on Idaho mountains, in Texas. Two airplanes would have violated separately the restricted air space over the presidential resort on Tuesday, but the White... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Italian Minister Maroni trying to mediate between SULT union and the carrier till 08:00 pm
Rome, Italy - The achievement of a solution appears a hard but not impossible target, according to Minister
Italian Welfare Minister Roberto Maroni will try to find a solution for the difficult matter related to struggles between Italian SULT union and Alitalia till 08:00 pm. In a different case, a call-up should... more
DefenseItalian Army: the first women as Chief of platoon
Rome, Italy - They will take task of command for the first time
After completing the 182sd course at Modena’s Military Academy lasted five years, 22 Italian women are about to take the role of Chief of platoon as lieutenant. The new female Italian Army’s Chiefs mad... more
IndustryBombardier: fewer CRJ-200 on the assembly line in the future
Toronto, Canada - Despite a deliveries increase in the 2Q 2005, also 1135 jobs could be cut
Despite Bombardier reported a deliveries increase for its own business-jets consisting of a +41% in the 2Q 2005, the Canadian maker would intend to lower the manufacturing of its own CRJ-200 50 seats airplanes.... more
AccidentsGarang's death in helicopter crash: black boxes inspection has started
Moscow, Russia - SPLM does not abandon the attempt scent
Black boxes of the Mi-172 helicopter in which Sudan’s Vice-President John Garang, his assistants and seven Uganda’s crew members perished on July 30, will be examined at Moscow, where aircraft was man... more
CuriositiesRoyal Navy's helicopter pilots protagonist in a pop-video
London, United Kingdom - Following British Army soldiers
Royal Navy officers on the frigate HMS Campbeltown currently on patrol in Indian Ocean, have perfomed a video of Queen’s legendary hit "Bohemian Rhapsody", produced in their spare time. It was not just a... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident: compensation request from Bari for one dead and two survivors
Bari, Italy - They would be addressed to Tuninter, ATR, Pratt & Whitney, Swan Tour-Sprintours tour operators and ENAC
Tunisian airline Tuninter (related to Tunisair), European group ATR, US company Pratt & Whitney (which produced the powerplant of the ATR-72 aircraft), Swan Tour-Sprintours tour operators and ENAC (Italian... more
AccidentsAir transport fatal August
Rome, Italy - The number of victims emerged from the various air accidents is heavy
Crash occurred in Perù yesterday is only the latest on the list which is about to make heavy the number of people died and injured in air disasters happened only in August. Last August 1st a French Civil... more
MiscellaneousAfghanistan: B-52, A-10 and helicopters against Talibans
Kabul, Afghanistan - 16 militant have been killed
American and Afghan troops, in a series of joint operations conducted through Afghanistan Southern provinces, have killed 16 suspected Taliban over the past two days. Assault was moved with A-10s attack... more
Civil aviationFrance: the first black list of carriers in a EU's country
Paris, France - They will be clearly indicated together with the ones allowed to fly and the ones which can be leased
France became te first country in Europe to provide itself with an airlines’ black list in the near term, that is to say by indicating those carriers which do not meet requirements set by civil aviation a... more
MiscellaneousJapan on alert for Typhoon Mawar 's approach: some flights have been cancelled
Tokyo, Japan - Oil refineries suspended sea activities
Flights and ferries have been cancelled as a precautionary measure in view of Typhoon Mawar ’s approach. Alert was high for torrential rains, high waves and landslip throughout Japan. National Meterological A... more
Civil aviationForced return for an American West Express jet too
Washington, USA - As a precautionary measure due to a smoke alarm
A Mesa Airlines plane operating a flight of the American West Express with 24 passengers direct to Las Vegas, returned back to Oakland International Airport where it landed, because of a smoke-alarm coming... more
AirlinesGulf Air: Boeing challenges Airbus to "monopolize" the fleet renewal
Dubai, UAE - The Arab carrier should choose between two different airplanes both made either by the US group or the European company
Only one maker for the entire renewed fleet. This is the target of Gulf Air airlines jointly operated by United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Oman. The carrier would intend to replace the entire fleet consisting... more
Press releaseAustrian Airlines achieves an European record
Vienna, Austria - The carrier received permission to perform RNP RNAV approach
The Boeing B-737 fleet of Austrian Airlines has just become the first fleet in Europe to receive permission to perform RNP RNAV (Required Navigation Performance Area Navigation) approaches. This new concept... more
AccidentsPeruvian plane crashed: 59 survivors
Lima, Perù - Italian passenger Walter Panni reported still missing waiting for the official confirmation of his death
PEruvian police said 59 passengers survived and 41 have been killed in the air accident involving a Boeing 737 of Tans carrier crashed six km from Pucallpa Airport while was about to land as a stopover... more
IndustryUSA: "Zero tolerance against possible British loans for the A-350 programme"
Washington, USA - US Government protested against the possibility that London opts for supporting the new Airbus' project with funds
The USA warned the European countries interested in the Airbus A-350 programme (UK, Spain, Germany and France), underlining that the possibility of dialogue concerning subsidies for aerospace industry... more
Civil aviationEU: three "lists" for air transport safety
Brussels, Belgium - A black one for carrier unable to meet requirements, a blue one for the certified ones and a wite one for the worthier, the safer and moer efficient
A meeting among Italian Minister of Infrastructures and Transport Lunardi, ENAC (Italian National Civil Aviaton Agency) and ENAV (Italian National Air Traffic Control Agency) is expected to be held today,... more
HelicoptersUH-145: the EADS-Eurocopter's solution for the LUH programme
Paris, France - A special version of the EC-145 for the new utility helicopter of US Army has been suggested
EADS-Eurocopter will compete in the tender for the provision of the new light utility chopper of US Army within the bid named LUH (Light Utility Helicopter). Pentagon is scheduling to order 300 vehicles... more
Civil aviationAirbus returned back shortly after takeoff. The plane was ok but passengers refused to leave again
Paris, France - New case of "Mutiny" among travellers who fear for their safety more and more
235 passengers bound for Djerba with an Airbus A-300 belonging to Tunisia’s Cartago charter carrier, rented by Turkish Fly Air, refused to leave again from the Paris-Orly Airport after that the airplane, t... more
MiscellaneousFires in Portugal: local Civil Defence's Canadair crashed
Lisbon, Portugal - Pilot managed to emerge safe
Until yesterday fires out of control in Portugal were seven. Meanwhile during the extinction operations, a Portuguese Civil Defence Canadair fell at Sao Pedro do Sul. The 26 years old pilot managed to... more
Civil aviationTechnical problem forced Olympic Airways plane to return back
Athens, Greece - A failure to undercarriage alarmed pilot
An airplane of the Olympic Airways carrier with 124 persons on board landed without problems yesterday at Athens International Airport after having been forced to return back two hours later the takeoff.... more
AirlinesAlitalia: UIL and CISL unions prove doubtful on SULT's and Minister Maroni's attitudes
Rome, Italy - Italian Welfare Minister is expected by CISL to opt for summoning all the unions involved in the air transport sector
While waiting for a meeting between Italian Welfare Minister Maroni together with SULT and Alitalia to occur today before the deadline for the call-up against the strike on August 30 and 31 (as set by... more
HelicoptersRaytheon awarded with an almost USD 39m contract
Washington, USA - For the provision of avionic sensors for the CH-53E
Raytheon Co., Space and Airborne Systems, El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $38,844,000 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract... more
HelicoptersHoneywell awarded with an over USD 12m contract
Washington, USA - For Apache's powerplant maintenance
Honeywell International Inc., Tempe, Ariz., was awarded on August 16, 2005, a delivery order amount of $12,525,030 as part of a $12,740,266 firm-fixed-price contract for Cossi Clutch and Engine Overhaul... more
HelicoptersSikorsky awarded with an almost USD 19m contract
Washington, USA - The fly-by-wire system devoted to the UH-60M's update
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on Aug. 23, 2005, a delivery order amount of $18,865,912 as part of an $18,865,912 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Fly-By-Wire Flight Control System... more
Latest newsClark Construction awarded a more than USD 64m contract
Washington, USA - Logistic operations for the C-130 and the C-5
Clark Construction Group L.L.C., Bethesda, Md., was awarded on Aug. 19, 2005, a $64,166,000 firm-fixed-price contract for an Airlift Wing Base Conversion from C-130 to C-5 Aircraft. Work will be performed... more
MiscellaneousGreek Coastguard helicopter to fight fire on Italian vessel
Athens, Greece - Smoke and scare for over 2000 persons
A fire blazed aboard the Italian ship "Costa Classica" with more than 2000 persons en route from Ancona to Pireo around 10:00am today. Flames raised when Italian vessel was sailing the Aegean Sea off the... more
Latest newsBoeing: that is how the Singapore's Eagle will appear in case it beats the Rafale
Singapore - A twin-seated version of the F-15 has been promoted with a wide range of both air-to-air and air-to-surface weapon systems
Boeing F-15 Eagle and Dassault Rafale are still competing t become the future multirole fighter for Singapore’s Air Force, but the US aerospace company unveiled in the meantime that the weapon system t... more
DefenseEstonia: MBDA and Raytheon to compete for the new air defence system
Estonia, Tallinn - New missiles will have to be delivered by 2008 for the protection of several both institutional and military sensitive sites
European consortium MBDA and US company Raytheon will challenge within the tender set by Estonian Government for the provision to the Baltic country’s armed forces of a new surface-to-air missile system. T... more