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IndustryBoeing and Japan Airlines confirmed order for six 767-300ERs
Seattle, Usa - For a value of about USD 800m
The Boeing Company and Japan Airlines (JAL) yesterday confirmed an order by JAL for six new Boeing 767-300ER airplanes, valued at approximately $800 million at list prices. The airline will receive three... more
Government actsQuestion Time: preservation of nuclear wastes in Italy and security against terrorism
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Gabriella Pistone (Misto-Comunisti Italiani)
Italian Deputy Hon. Pistone asked Italian Minister for Productive Activities for making clear where some nuclear wastes are going to be preserved in Italy and which warranties of security against terrorism... more
Government actsQuestion Time: start for the improvement of Florence Airport
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Riccardo Migliori (AN)
Italian Deputy Hon. Migliori intended to understand why Florence Airport operator (ADF) is delaying the start of works intended to improve the airport’s structures, also aiming to understand if similar c... more
Government actsQuestion time on welfare requirements for Italian returnees from Albania
Rome, Italy - By senator Giulio Camber (Forza Italia)
Italian senator Camber asked Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Italian Minister of Welfare, for knowing if they are planning initiatives against Albanian Government in order to reach a welfare convention... more
Government actsQuestion Time: cancer cases among Italian soldiers related to depleted uranium
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Sandro Delmastro Delle Vedove (AN)
Italian Deputy Hon. Delmastro Delle Vedove asked Italian Minister of Defence for explaining how many cancer cases among Italian soldiers have been accounted with reference to possible bad effects generated... more
Government actsInterpellation: on kidnapping of an Egyptian Imam by CIA in Milan
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Pier Paolo Cento (Misto-Verdi-l'Unione) and other Deputies
Italian Deputy Hon. Cento asked Italian Premier for making clearer the kidnapping of an Egyptian Imam by CIA in Milan in 2003, as Gulfstream airplanes would be used to carry persons considered as linked... more
Press releaseSult: the strikes during the month of July
Rome, Italy - The union wants answers from Government
"The Sult wants answers by the Government regarding the disputes in the air transport and other sectors. Next July 18 the Alitalia’s flight assistants will be on strike. At Fiumicino Airport the discharges a... more
Government actsInterrogation: on disease related to amianthus presence at the military base on Venda Mountain
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Andrea Gibelli (Lega Nord)
Italian Deputy Hon. Gibelli intended to understand if a direct relation exists between the cancer cases detected among military personnel operating at the military base on the Venda Mountain and the presence... more
AerospaceGalileo: industrial integration way of thinking proved winning
Brussels, Belgium - EU welcomed the proposal for an Eurely-iNavSat consortium for the future management of the global positioning satellite system
The European Galileo global positioning satellite system will be managed by a new consortium, founded by the union between Eurely (Finmeccanica and Alcatel) and iNavSat (Eads and Thales). The proposal... more
AccidentsUS Navy F-18 hit a hangar
Washington, USA - It has happened in the Buckley Air Force Base, in Colorado
An US Navy’s F/A-18 Hornet from the 106th Strike Fighter Squadron returning from a training flight, hit a hangar after landing at Colorado’s US Air Force Base. Female Lieutenant Caroline Wellman, for Buc... more
HelicoptersMexico: two Eurocopter Panthers delivered to Navy
Marignane, France - Nevertheless, options for additional eight vehicles have been scheduled
Mexican Navy has officially taken delivery of the first two Eurocopter Panthers helicopters ordered, following the sign of the related contract in 2003, which scheduled options for additional eight aircraft... more
MiscellaneousIsraeli air strike at Lebanon border
Beirut, Lebanon - Fights with Shiite Hezbollah fighters began on Wednesday
An Israeli Air Force helicopter moved an air strike against some targets of Shiite Hezbollah fighters at borders betweeen Israel and Lebanon in the late afternoon yesterday. A rocket would have hit the... more
DefenseSEBRIG: command transfer from Italy to Bulgaria
Costanza, Romania - An official celebration being held today in front of Italian Defence Undersecretary Filippo Berselli
Italian Defence Undersecretary, Filippo Berselli, is attending the command transfer related to SEBRIG (South Eastern Europe Brigade) from Italy to Bulgaria and it is occurring in Rumanian city of Costanza.... more
DefenseAmbush against Italian Army Folgore unit's soldiers in Nassiriya
Nassiriya, Iraq - Attacked by rifles and RPG rockets, they returned fire and then safely left the area
Rebels fired against some Italian Army Folgore unit’s parachutists belonging to the 187th Regiment in Iraq yesterday night while performing territorial monitoring activities in Nassiriya together with s... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 727 airplanes, equipped with an auxiliary fuel tank having a fuel pump installed (2005-13-40)
Washington, Usa - To prevent dry operation of the fuel pumps for the auxiliary fuel tank, which could create a potential ignition source inside the auxiliary fuel tank that could result in a fire or explosion of the auxiliary fuel tank
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: June 30, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 125)] [Page 37659-37661] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
IndustryL3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC awarded of a over 5 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the C-12 C/D aircraft
L3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, Madison, Mass., is being awarded a $5,563,642 firm fixed price and cost reimbursable contract modification to provide for Electronic Flight Instrument Systems modification... more
IndustryUnited Technologies Corp. awarded of a over 5 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F-15 and F-16 aircraft
United Technologies Corp., East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a $5,748,999 cost-plus fixed fee contract to provide for six-month level-of-effort for F119 engine support for the Initial Operational... more
IndustryHoneywell International Inc. awarded of a over 7 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F-15
Honeywell International Inc., Teterboro, N.J., is being awarded a $7,181,541 cost-plus fixed-fee contract. This order is an engineering services effort in support of the F-15 Avionics Intermediate Shop... more
IndustryMartin-Baker Aircraft Co. awarded of a 200 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For 509 T-38C aircraft
Martin-Baker Aircraft Co., England, U.K., is being awarded a $200,000,000 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract. This effort is for award of an updated escape system to the T-38C of potentially... more
AirlinesVirgin Atlantic flies to Cuba
Havana, Cuba - The inauguration of London-Havana line
The first plane to Cuba by British Virgin Atlantic, landed at Havana’s "Josè Martì" Airport on Monday afternoon: aboard the B-747/400 there were the carrier’s owner Richard Branson, 150 special guests, touri... more
AirlinesAir France: significant improvement in on-time performance flights for fiscal 2004-2005
Rome, Italy - In overall performance 83.1% for departing flights and 82.2% for arriving flights
"Despite the adverse impact of a number of incidents, particularly the disruption to long-haul flights caused by the collapse of part of the roof of Terminal 2E, the on-time performance of Air France flights... more
AirlinesSas Group: market adaptation of operations in SAS Technical Services
Stockholm, Sweden - Yesterday the board meeting
At the Board meeting of SAS Technical Services AB on June 29, 2005, the Board announced that it had assigned the management of SAS Technical Services AB to continue the market-adaptation of the company.... more
IndustryBoeing: the new CEO has been appointed
Chicago, USA - "He is the ideal person to lead Boeing"
Boeing announced today that new Chief Executive Officer of the Group will be 55-year old James McNerney starting from July 1st. He was Ceo and Chairman of 3M and before held top executive positions at... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on BAE Systems (Operations) Limited model BAe 146 and Avro 146-RJ series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct this cracking, which could result in reduced structural integrity of the airplane fuselage
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: June 28, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 123)] [Page 37022-37024] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines inaugurated daily nonstop service between New York and Berlin, Germany
New York, Usa - Now serves more cities across the Atlantic than any other U.S. airline
Continental Airlines yesterday inaugurated nonstop flights from its New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport to Berlin/Tegel, Germany. This latest route makes Continental the leading U.S. carrier... more
IndustryBoeing: Telair International to provide cargo handling system for B-747 Large Cargo Freighter
Seattle, Usa - A special modified version that will transport major assemblies for the all-new B-787 Dreamliner
Boeing has named Germany’s Telair International, a Teleflex company, to design and manufacture the cargo handling system for the 747 Large Cargo Freighter, a specially modified 747-400 jet that will t... more
IndustryBates Engineers/Contractors Inc. awarded of a over 13 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For a Helicopter Maintenance Hangar
Bates Engineers/Contractors Inc., Bainbridge, Ga., was awarded on June 27, 2005, a $13,445,500 firm-fixed-price contract for Design and Construction of a Helicopter Maintenance Hangar. Work will be performed... more
IndustryKiewit Construction Co. awarded of over 29 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the C-17
Kiewit Construction Co., Anchorage, Alaska, was awarded on June 27, 2005, a $29,177,000 firm-fixed-price contract for Design and Construction of a Large Airframe Maintenance Hangar and C-17 Support Utilities.... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co. awarded of a over 41 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the Apache AH-64 helicopters
McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co., Mesa, Ariz., was awarded on June 27, 2005, a $41,500,000 firm-fixed-price contract for Reset of Apache AH-64 Helicopters. Work will be performed in Mesa, Ariz., and is... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft Corp. awarded of a over 63 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on June 28, 2005, a $63,642,475 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for Unique Configuration, Aircraft Warranty, Contractor Support, Manuals,... more
AirlinesAir France: in 2004-2005 the "Baggage performance" shows a marked improvement
Rome, Italy - Over the past three years and despite a considerable increase in traffic
"Over the past three years, and despite a considerable increase in traffic, Air France has significantly improved its ’baggage performance’ throughout its network, placing the airline top of all major Eur... more
MiscellaneousAir bridge to evacuate Lampedusa's reception centre
Lampedusa, Italy - More than 400 immigrants landed yesterday
Over 400 immigrants landed in 8 hours on the Sicily island yesterday increasing to more than 600 guests in the primary reception centre. Two flights have been set up to transfer NO-EU clandestines to... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Short Brothers model SD3-60 airplanes
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct corrosion in the area of the main spar web fittings of the vertical stabilizer, which could result in reduced structural integrity of the vertical stabilizer
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: June 28, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 123)] [Page 37020-37022] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 777-200 and -300 series airplanes (2005-13-34)
Washington, Usa - To prevent overheating of the light connectors, which could result in smoke and a possible fire in the passenger cabin
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: June 28, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 123)] [Page 37025-37028] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Science and technologyMalpensa: gang hooked on organizing clandestine flights with false documents has been broken up
Varese, Italy - Border Police arrested 22 Singhalese
Singhalese citizens hooked on organizing trips for clandestines paying a considerable sum have been arrested by Malpensa Border Police on charges of abetting illegal immigration. The gang was working at... more
AirportsFear of flying? It’s CO2 fault
Rome, Italy - Italian Unit dealing with fit of panic has studied fear crises during their genesis
The new studies on the risks deriving from carbon dioxide excess aboard airplanes have been introduced last Tuesday in Rome by professor Rosario Sorrentino, neurologist for the Italian Unit dealing with... more
Government actsQuestion time: order of arrest for 13 CIA's agents kidnapping Abu Omar
Rome, Italy - By senator Mrs Tana De Zulueta (Verdi-L'Unione)
Italian senator Mrs De Zulueta asked Italian Premier and Ministers of Foreign Affairs, of Interior and Justice as well, for making clear if Italian Government did know that US intelligence agents were... more
Civil aviationPrivate plane violated White House's flight restrictions
Washington, USA - The new intrusion above Washington forced Bush to evacuate his residence this time
President of the United States was in White House residence and was transferred to a safer location in the late afternoon yesterday, around 06:30pm, when a tourism plane Beechcraft King Air 300, invaded... more
AirportsFear of flying (2): new remedies to arrive soon
Rome, Italy - Italian Transport Committee asks a survey on the air quality on board
After founding the cause, even the solution has been found: in the first place it will be necessary to monitor the level of change of the air in the airplanes, and then afraid passengers will be able also... more
Latest newsEurofighter: more than 50 airplanes in operational service
Berlin, Germany - In the meantime, Spain ordered Taurus missiles to be destined just to the Typhoon in the future
Spain and Germany took delivery respectively of the 50th and 51st Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon for their air forces. It deals with two single seat aircraft and the programme shows that the makers and members... more
Government actsInterpellation: what did know Chief of Aviano base about Imam Abu Omar staying?
Rome, Italy - By senator Antonio Falomi (Misto-Il Cantiere)
Italian senator Falomi asked Italian Council of Ministers for knowing if the Chief of Aviano military base was informed about the staying of Egyptian Imam Abu Omar. Italian Government is also expected... more
AccidentsUS Chinook brought down by Taleban fire in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - Pentagon confirmed 17 victims
An American Chinook CH-47 helicopter for troops transport, has been downed in Afghanistan, close to Pakistan’s border, by a surface-air missile fired by Talebans, on Tuesday evening. The 17 soldiers o... more
AerospaceWaiting for the green light to Shuttle Discovery's launch
Washington, USA - It could turn into the space between July 13 and 31
There are few hours to the decision of NASA about Shuttle Discovery: a two-days meeting in progress at the Flight Readness Review will establish if the Shuttle is ready to its first flight since the accident... more
Civil aviationFAA (Correction) AD on Boeing model 737-200, 737-300, 737-400, 737-500, 737-600, 737-700, 737-800, 737-900, 757-200, and 757-300; and McDonnell Douglas model DC-10-10, DC-10-10F, DC- 10-30, DC-10-30F, DC-10-40, MD-10-10F, MD-10-30F, MD-11, and MD-11F
Washington, Usa - To prevent inadvertent release of the decompression latch and consequent opening of the decompression panel in the flight deck door, or penetration of the flight deck door by smoke or shrapnel, any of which could result in injury to the
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: June 28, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 123)] [Page 37152] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation... more
DefenseIs China ready to attack Taiwan by 2007?
Washington, USA - It would have been stated by several US analysts
Some US analysts would have recently explained black forecasts for the future of Taiwan. China would be increasing its efforts to improve its defensive system, for the purpose of achieving such a military... more
Government actsQuestion time: children employed as soldiers in Uganda
Rome, Italy - By senator Stefano Boco (Verdi-L'Unione)
Italian senator Boco asked Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs for knowing if it is intention of the Italian Government to suspend the financings to the Uganda’s Government; if one agrees to qualified t... more
AccidentsUS Chinook brought down in Afghanistan: 13 corpses have been recovered
Kabul, Afghanistan - Seven soldiers resulting missing could be kidnapped
Rescuer teams would have recovered 13 corpses of US soldiers in the wreckage of the CH-47 military chopper hit by fire of Talebans in the Eastern Afghanistan (see for details AVIONEWS). Seven other soldiers... more
CuriositiesLow-cost tickets in supermarket close to snacks and detergents
Berlin, Germany - Customers will save some EUR 50 respect to regular fares
The idea comes from Germany where State Railways had already offered one million of discounted tickets in a known chain of supermarkets some weeks before. No-frills Air Berlin airline intended to follow... more
AerospaceAre the USA about to abandon the International Space Station?
Moscow, Russia - Due to the need to rationalize investments for the future space explorations, they could leave the station to Russia and EU
The United States would be less and less interested in ensuring their own contribution to the International Space Station (ISS), according to Russian press. The reason should be traced in the need to rationalize... more
Civil aviationFAA (Correction) AD on Cessna Aircraft Company Models 401, 401A, 401B, 402, 402A, 402B, 411, and 411A airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent wing spar cap failure caused by undetected fatigue cracks
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: June 28, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 123)] [Page 37152] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation... more