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AerospaceISS: perhaps the crew change previewed in October 9, will come postponed
Washington, USA - Breakdown in the Soyuz-Tma5 shuttle could extend for some day the stay of the ninth shipment
The Soyuz-Tma5 space shuttle with the tenth shipment of the International Space Station (ISS) new crew had to be launched the next October 9. But a Russian Space Agency spokesman has illustrated the possibility... more
AirlinesAlitalia (5): Spinetta proves confident on the balance relation of the Italian carrier with Air France within SkyTeam
Paris, France - According to French airline's President, the future will produce a positive cooperation with Alitalia
"Rome was not built in a day, so the strategic alliances among the airlines cannot change immediately". This was recently stated by Air France’s President, Jean-Cyril Spinetta,with reference to Alitalia’s sit... more
AccidentsIgor Levitin confirms: the two Russian Tupolevs exploded due to an attempt (2). The identities of the two female-terrorists has been confirmed
Moscow, Russia - One among the two women payed a Sibir's employee to avoid airport checks
Their names were Aminat Nagaieva and Zatsita Dzhebirkhanova, as the two Checen women who on last August 24 made, almost at the same time, the Sibir Air Lines Tu-154 and the Tu-134 Volga-Air explode. Both... more
AirlinesSingapore Airlines: the newness in Autumn of the Asian carrier
Rome, Italy - After a Winter and a Summer of success
"Singapore Airlines, after a Winter of success and good premises, has lived a Summer of newness, while other ones it announces for the Autumn-Winter 2004-2005. For a renewal of the fleet and for the general... more
AirlinesEuropean airlines will reduce the capacity of routes leaving from Israel?
Tel Aviv, Israel - The carriers appealed to Supreme Court, that October 28 will decide about it
Israeli Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) yesterday would have expressed confidence in the fact that soon will come resolved the small dispute that sees some European airlines against the Israeli demand... more
HelicoptersThe Pope in helicopter in order to avoid the Roman traffic (2): SH-3D/TS' specifications
Rome, Italy - Historical details and vehicle's tasks
Manufactured by Agusta and licensed by Sikorsky, the S-61D helicopter represents the civil version of the military SH-3D "Sea King", a successful vehicle used most of all for antisom purposes and rescue.... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4). Maroni: Italian Government is ready to provide social safety valves
Rome, Italy - But it is necessary a trade union agreement for the first step
Italian Welfare Minister, Roberto Maroni, would have recently stated, due to a Chamber's interrogation, that Italian Government would be ready to provide social safety valves even for the air transport... more
AccidentsIgor Levitin confirms: the two Russian Tupolev pulled down for an attack
Moscow, Russia - The governmental commission for inquiry has definitively established it
The Russian Minister for the Transports, Igor Levitin, illustrating today in conference-prints turns out of the governmental commission of inquiry jobs, has definitively ended the contrasting news rebound... more
HelicoptersThe Pope in helicopter in order to avoid the Roman traffic
Rome, Italy - The Pope transferred this morning from Castel Gandolfo to Vatican for the Wednesday general audience
Giovanni Paolo II has arrived in Vatican in helicopter this morning: it did not happen since two years, during which the Pope has always used car to move from the summery residence of Castel Gandolfo to... more
Civil aviationPadua Military Court: sites and naval units at amianthus rusk under investigation
Padua, Italy - The crime hypotheses would currently be the ones of avoided implementation order and negligent murder
Several military sites and vehicles would be considered as potentially dangerous for the Italian soldiers' health, according to Padua Military Court, and so considered as necessarily to be subjected to... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Airbus model A-330 and model A-340/200 and -300 series airplanes (2004-18-14)
Usa - To prevent uncommanded movement of a spoiler during flight, which could result in reduced controllability of the airplane and consequent significant increased fuel consumption during flight, which could necessitate an in-flight turn-back or diversi
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Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 777 series airplanes
Usa - To prevent a possible source of ignition in a flammable leakage zone, which could result in an undetected and uncontrollable fire in the wheel well or wing trailing edge, and a possible fuel tank explosion
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Civil aviationFAA AD on Airbus model A-300 B2 and B4 series airplanes; and model A-300 B4-601, B4-603, B4-605R, B4-620, B4-622R, C4- 605R Variant F, and F4-605R airplanes (2004-18-13)
Usa - To detect and correct cracking of the gantry lower flanges in the MLG bay area, which could result in decompression of the airplane
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Civil aviationFAA AD on DG Flugzeugbau GmbH, model DG-500MB sailplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent failure of the Warner LA10 spindle drive, which could result in failure of the engine pylon extension/retraction mechanism
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Civil aviationFAA AD on McDonnell Douglas model DC-10-10, DC- 10-10F, DC-10-15, DC-10-30, DC-10-30F, DC-10-30F, DC-10-40, DC-10-40F, MD-10-10F, and MD-10-30F airplanes
Usa - To prevent chafing of the wire bundle located behind the flight engineer's panel caused by the wire bundle coming in contact with the lower edge of the feed-through, and consequent electrical arcing, which could result in smoke and fire in the cock
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AerospaceAerospace engineering graduating are working on the new Unisat-4
Rome, Italy - The students will participate to all space mission stages: from the plan to the satellite launch until the orbital data management
In December 2005 it will come launched the Unisat-4, the new plan of micro-satellite that the students of the aerospace engineering faculty of "La Sapienza" University in Rome will elaborate in the next... more
AirlinesLauda Air SpA: seven hours waiting for a flight directed to Mexico
Rome, Italy - Infuriated tourists complain the lack of information on the delay causes
Yesterday, 150 tourists, among which many couples in wedding travel leaving for Mexico, have attended 7 hours at Fiumicino airport, the Lauda Air SpA flight previewed for hours 2:00pm. It seems in fact... more
AirlinesVolare Group: are 1400 jobs at risk?
Milan, Italy - CEO, Andrea Molinari, set out about the President Giorgio Fossa's resign
AVIONEWS has phoned Volare's CEO Andrea Molinari, with reference to President Giorgio Fossa's resign. The company's situation appears to be particularly serious. 1400 jobs could be cancelled in case the... more
HelicoptersKaman and BAe together to update the SH-2 Seasprites
Washington, USA - The purpose is to encourage a new stage of exports for the well known helicopter
The SH-2 Seasprite multipurpose helicopter of the US Kaman is going to be involved in a deep updating process of its avionics suite with a contribution by British Aerospace Systems. The major purpose would... more
HelicoptersIreland: Defence Ministry sets out the new military helicopters
Dublin, Ireland - Four troop transport aircraft and two light choppers to be purchased by December
Irish Defence Ministry already unveiled it about one month ago (see for details AVIONEWS), but now it would have put into evidence further details with reference to the purchase of new military helicopters... more
AirlinesRyanair and easyJet make pessimistic forecasts for the next months
London, United Kingdom - The new low-cost airlines entry in the market would worsen the already difficult tariff war among the carriers
According to the Irish airline Ryanair, within the end of this year the air rates could endure a further 20% lessening, because of the non-stop tariff war among the numerous low-cost carriers, also because... more
AirlinesVolare Group: the president Giorgio Fossa discharges
Milan, Italy - On Friday September 17, previewed the successor nomination
Fast discharge by the president Giorgio Fossa who leaves the Italian Volare Group guide after only six months of activity: he had been named in order to make becoming airline the European third low-cost... more
AccidentsAn Australian Air Force's F/A-18 crashed
Sydney, Australia - The accident would have occurred during a military exercise
An Australian Air Force's F/A-18 Hornet multirole medium-light fighter would have fallen headlong in the northern region of the island yesterday. This mishap would hav occurred during a military exercise,... more
AccidentsHelicopter crashed in Greece: the aircraft on which Petros VII travelled had been destinated to Putin
Moscow, Russia - It would have been pointed out by Russian press, maintaining that the aircraft could have been sabotaged by experienced terrorists
The accident involving the helicopter on which the Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria Petros VII travelled on last Saturday, September 11,(see for details AVIONEWS)could have a dramatic explanation, according... more
Press releaseAlitalia: an agreement has been achieved with the six trade unions
Rome, Italy - On ruling and the new personnel employment limits
"Alitalia announces it has achieved an agreement with the 6 trade unions (ANPAC, FILT-CGIL, FIT-CISL, UILT, UGL and UP), representing pilots on the ruling and the new personnel employment limits. The... more
AirlinesLufthansa: soon an extra-luxury service for the first class passengers
Frankfurt, Germany - After a made-champagne waiting, the travellers will be accompany to airplane aboard a luxurious limousine
Lufthansa are launching a new program dedicated to the first class passengers: a narrow super-vip group seems that soon will be able to use at Frankfurt and Munich airports, a special terminal, that... more
Science and technologyZurich: Armani store in the Airside Center
Zurich, Switzerland - The Italian designer had already launched a boutique with his brand at Rome-Fiumicino airport
At the Zurich airport from the last Friday (see news AVIONEWS) there is the "Emporio Armani": the Italian designer group in fact has inaugurated on the Airside Center second floor, an other store in an... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): the contents of the agreement with pilots
Rome, Italy - Lower remuneration, increasing flight hours, reduced crew's members, 289 redundancies
Alitalia aims to recover some EUR 52m by 2006 thanks to the agreement achieved with pilots. The number of redundancies early indicated by the company would have been lowered from the original 450 to the... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): the trade unions go on asking for Government's intervention
Rome, Italy - The deal signed among the company and pilots is being seen as a purely technical one, waiting for signing the final one at Palazzo Chigi
The agreement among Alitalia's board and its pilots was possible thanks to the contribution provided by all the trade unions representing them, which would have anyway underlined that such deal has a merely... more
AirlinesAlitalia: the agreement among the company and pilots has been achieved
Rome, Italy - And the carrier's share rose a 15,11% at Piazza Affari yesterday
The agreement related to the new contract for Alitalia's pilots has been achieved. But the airline's share already gained from expectations at Piazza Affari with a +15,11%, almost a 5% of company's capital.... more
Science and technologyFiumicino: arrested Chinese citizens for clandestine immigration abetting
Rome, Italy - They sold EUR 10.000 false documents that they supplied to their compatriots in the Schengen zone
The Polaria has arrested at "Leonardo da Vinci" airport in Fiumicino, 6 Chinese and others 5 have been denounced, in order to have acquired air tickets at Roman travel agency and to have supplied it, together... more
PeopleBombardier: no problems for deliveries despite the US Airways' crisis
Toronto, Canada - The delivery of 12 CRJ aircraft by January 2005 should warrant the Canadian group to conclude the fiscal year without damages
The crisis affecting some carriers produced particularly negative effects for the airplanes orders previously performed, but this problem does not seem to worry Bombardier. The Canadian aerospace group... more
AirlinesSkyEurope: demand for the destinations served by the low-cost carrier increases
Budapest, Hungary - In July it have been operated 228 flights between Italy and Central Europe
SkyEurope Airlines, low-cost airline leader in the Central Europe, seems that holds a consisting air transport net towards the greater air station of its interesting zone. Recently also it would have added... more
DefenseGriffon to provide the deck landing guidance system for the aircraft of the "Conte di Cavour" air carrier
Rome, Italy - The US company has a great experience in this sector, as it provided similar systems also for the American nuclear air carriers
The new "Conte di Cavour" air carrier, destinated to become the new admiral ship of Italian Navy, will be equipped with a deck-landing guidance system, for the shipped aircraft, produced by Telephonics,... more
Press releaseAvio consigns the first engines for the "Horizon" frigates
Turin, Italy - The order is worth EUR 70m
"The Italian company, Avio, leader in aerospace propulsion, has consigned the first two LM-2500 engines and relative on-board auxiliary systems, which will be fitted on the first of the two 'Horizon' frigates... more
AirlinesUs Airways ends in receivership
Washington, USA - Embraer that has delivered the carrier 12 airplanes in the first half of the year, boasts a USD 1,47bn credit
The Brazilian farm aircraft manifacturer Embraer, would be in constant contact with Us Airways, after the last Sunday the American airline is ended in receivership for the second time in 2 years, rushed... more
AccidentsSeptember 11, 2001: further doubts on Pentagon's accident
Washington, USA - Some politicians would state that the damage was produced by an aircraft which appears smaller than a 757
Some aspects regarding September 11, 2001 tragedy would not seem clear yet, according to some US political environment's members, and even a re-opening of the investigation of the event would have been... more
Latest newsThe F/A-18s? Too noisy for tourists
Berne, Switzerland - Citizens and tourism sector's operators associations act in order lower the effects of the low altitude overflight activities by such planes
Peace of Swiss mountains and most of all of tourists choosing this country in order to spend their own holidays to relax, disagree with the Swiss Air Force operative exigencies. It seems in fact that the... more
CuriositiesHelicopter transports one of the most famous houses of prostitution
New York, USA - The air-bridge will make to live again the Mustang Farm, historical brothel closed in 1999
An air-bridge will make to born again the Mustang Farm, the first legal historical house of prostitution of Nevada, one of the most puritan states of America. The Mustang had been sealed in 1999, but an... more
AirlinesSkyTeam, Continental Airlines, Northwest Airlines and KLM join the alliance (2): could Alitalia leave the strategic alliance?
New York, USA - President Cimoli intends to make the carrier an air transport protagonist again and he could opt for new partnerships
Alitalia’s President, Giancarlo Cimoli, did not attend the official joining by the three new partners in SkyTeam. Many think that Italian airline’s CEO still bad consider the traditional dominating rol... more
Science and technologyThe Frankfurt airport air traffic is on the up
Frankfurt, Germany - Positive the August data, thanks to the intercontinental flights boost
Fraport, the Frankfurt management society, yesterday has communicated that in August the passengers transit in the air station would have grown 1,8%, respect the previous year, increase obtained by the... more
PeopleFAA welcomes the UFAC's development with favour
Berne, Switzerland - The Swiss civil aviation agency's activity aimed to strengthen the sector's efficiency and safety has been positively considered
UFAC (Swiss Federal Civil Aviation Office) is performing an important functional and operative development, aimed to separate between the activities dedicated to flight safety and the ones regarding a... more
AirlinesIberia heads to reduce the costs
Madrid , Spain - In order to reach the aim it must increase load factor and fleet
Iberia communicated in these days to have nearly caught up its objective to reduce the yearly management costs. The Spanish airline declares to be trusting to succeed catching up 100% of what established... more
DefenseNuclear proliferation: the hard geo-strategic balance in the Pacific Ocean
Washington, USA - The atomic armaments research does not appear to stop, also due to the new American shield that would encourage its reinforcement
Research activities regarding nuclear armaments are remarkably increasing in the United States so as in Asia, as the two sides of the Pacific Ocean seem to carefully consider the multiple chain effects... more
Miscellaneous"Ivan" goes away, and Cuba opens again its airport
L'Havana, Cuba - Hurricane, which did not kill anyone on the island, is going towards the south coast of Mexico
As the emergency state finished, the international air station of Cuba has been opened again, after the passage of "Ivan" hurricane, considered by experts as one of the worst ones during the last ten years.... more
Latest newsThe future of US Air Force: less airplanes, more operative effectiveness
Washington, USA - The armed force would have pointed out how its evolution in this sense is not a contradiction
US Air Force has recently put into evidence some aspects related to the evolution that such US armed force is going to be subjected to during the next years. The major goal would be the one of combining... more
Civil aviationNew security measures for JAL and ANA
Tokyo, Japan - The two carriers should take delivery of their own first sky marshals for same routes from and to the United States
Japan would have decided to meet the requests put forward by the United States, regarding the exigency for remarkably increasing the security degree aboard the commercial airplanes of the major Japanese... more
AerospaceTechnical table in order to define the Lazio plan for ISS
Rome, Italy - The Space mission that should have to leave the next April, with the Italian astronaut Vittori participation
Yesterday in Rome is re-united for the first time and will finish today the technical table that will consider the Lazio space mission plan, which the Italian astronaut, Roberto Vittori, will participate,... more
PeopleEU and Chile sign an air transport agreement
Santiago of Chile, Chile - The South American country can choose to operate the routes used by the old continent by CLAC carriers
Yesterday it has been signed the "Horizontal Agreement for the air transport services" between Chile and European Union. The accord would establish that the South American country can choose whichever... more
PeopleEU and Chile sign an air transport agreement
Santiago of Chile, Chile - The South American country can choose to operate the routes used by the old continent by CLAC carriers
Yesterday it has been signed the "Horizontal Agreement for the air transport services" between Chile and European Union. The accord would establish that the South American country can choose whichever... more