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Civil aviationBomb alarm at Rome-Fiumicino Airport
Fiumicino, Italy - An anonymous e-mail would have indicated this morning the presence of a bomb but nothing suspicious would have been found
A bomb alarm occurred this morning at Rome-Fiumicino "Leonardo da Vinci" Airport. A company which attends to security serivices at the Italian capital's air station would have taken delivery of an e-mail... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman Systems awarded of a over USD 6m contract
Washington, USA - For Technology of Efficient, Agile Mixed-Signal Microsystems
Northrop Grumman Systems, Linthicum Heights, Md., is being awarded a $6,209,045 cost plus fixed-fee contract modification to provide for "Technology of Efficient, Agile Mixed-Signal Microsystems." In... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): passengers traffic dicreased during the first half of 2004
Rome, Italy - It would be unveiled by an AEA's comparative report
Opposite reactions occurred by Alitalia's board compared with the trade unions' representatives, with reference to the results related to the first half of 2004 for several European airlines put into evidence... more
IndustryAAI Corp. awarded of a over USD15m contract
Washington, USA - For Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle system
AAI Corp., was awarded on, Aug. 12, 2004, a delivery order amount of $15,999,038 as part of a $78,649,743 cost plus fixed fee contract for contractor logistics support for SHADOW unmanned aerial vehicle... more
AirlinesAlitalia: a new protest by British Airways regarding tariffs
Brussels, Belgium - The British carrier would have sent European Commission a new letter, while the EU Government invites Italy to provide explanations
European Commission has recently sent Italian Government a letter in order to receive more explanations about the request for tariffs' rise, by ENAC (Italian National Civil Aviation Agency) to several... more
Press releaseRepublic Airways Holdings converts four Embraer 170 options
São José dos Campos, Brazil - Deliveries to begin in the middle of next year
"Embraer yesterday announced that Republic Airways Holdings has converted four EMBRAER 170 options into firm orders. Deliveries from this order will begin in the middle of next year. Yesteday ’s announcement b... more
SecurityAttack against Carabinieri in Nassiriya
Nassiriya, Iraq - Three injured and one appears serious so that he would have been carried to Kuwait City by an Italian Air Force's helicopter
Three Italian contingent's Carabinieri stationed in Nassiriya (Iraq) were wounded last night during two attacks against three vehicles, occurred within about 20 minutes. Carabinieri were performing a territorial... more
Press releaseEmbraer announces second quarter 2004 results in US GAAP
São José dos Campos, Brazil - The quarter’s net sales are the highest ever in the company's history
" The Company's operating and financial information is presented, except where otherwise indicated, on a consolidated basis in United States dollars (US$) in accordance with US GAAP. The financial data presented... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): "renounce to denationalization and relaunch the carrier by public support"
Rome, Italy - This would be the proposal suggested by the Italian Green Party's member Paolo Cento, who fears about Cimoli plan's effects for workers
The Italian Green Party's member Paolo Cento recently commented about the programme suggested by Alitalia's President Cimoli, related to the general details aimed to increase productivity and lower the... more
DefenseS-400: the Russian alternative solution to the Patriot
Moscow, Russia - The new anti-missile system would be able to intercept stealth targets and its export will be encouraged
Military representatives and engineers which attended to the new air-defence programme in Russia, have announced the accomplishment of the development and the entering service of the new Trieumf surface-to-air... more
Civil aviationThe EU Regulation on airport security
Brussels, Belgium - New rules in order to increase the checking level for the members' airports
The new EU Regulation on airport security began to be implemented since last July 1st. The members will have anyway the possibility to fully adapt their own structures by July 1st 2009. According to the... more
AirlinesUS Airways: will it collapse?
Arlington, USA - Unions are worried: if carrier doesn't cut costs it will be in a state of insolvency
Today the Wall Street Journal reports the opinion of some investment bankers working for US Airways'pilots union: according to them airline would ask for bankruptcy protection by mid-September if it does... more
Civil aviationProblems for a gear: an Air Malta's airplane forced to go back to Valletta
Valletta, Malta - The aircraft normally landed after burning the large part of its fuel
An Air Malta's Boeing 737 would have performed an emergency landing this morning at the international air station of the capital, Valletta. Immediately after the takeoff in fact, occurred at about 09:00... more
Latest newsThe P-3C Orion for Pakistan?
Islamabad, Pakistan - Pakistani Navy could order some maritime patrolling aircraft but the USA are unlikely to decide in the short-term
Pakistani Government would be willing to purchase an unclear number of US-made P-3C Orion maritime patrolling airplanes. Officers from the Asian country's Navy would have recently met the US Navy in order... more
Science and technologyBerlin will have a new airport
Berlin, Germany - It will open its doors in 2010 and its name will be Berlin Brandeburg International
The currently 3 airports Tegel, Tempelhof and Shoenefeld will be soon replaced by the new and larger air station, worthy of a capital needs as Berlin, that presently does not even have a direct service... more
Civil aviationIran Air's aircraft performs an emergency landing at Fiumicino (2): the airplane already experienced problems after its takeoff
Fiumicino, Italy - The A-310 would have been forced yesterday to perform its first not-scheduled landing immediately after taking off from Athens Airport
The Iran Air's airplane forced to perform an emergency landing at Fiumicino air station last night, already experienced technical problems just after leaving from Athens yesterday at 02:00 pm. This fact... more
Press releaseRonchi dei Legionari: a first account for the summer charter activity
Gorizia, Italy - Flights leaving from Friuli air station met with a great approval
"Creta, Djerba, Ibiza, Rodi, Sharm el Sheikh and Tunisia: these are the charter flight destinations leaving from Friuli Venezia Giulia airport during this summer. In June and July, amount of those choose... more
Civil aviationNicaragua: hundreds MANPADS have been destroyed
Managua, Nicaragua - Government has decided to meet US requests for lowering the proliferation risk among the terroristic groups
Nicaragua’s Government has recently unveiled that it already started last May the destruction of hundreds portable surface-to-air very short-range missiles, in order to meet the requests put forward b... more
Press releaseAlitalia about the industrial plan
Rome, Italy - Data concerning the industrial plan are still subject to board and unions resolution
"Data reported on some press organs today have fitted into Alitalia industrial plan 2005-2008 and are still subject to board and union meetings resolution"(see news AVIONEWS). more
Civil aviationIran: armaments development worries the United States
Washington, USA - Opposing hypotheses about the effectiveness of the new Shahab 3 ballistic missile
The Iranian political-strategic situation is in the centre of attention during the last weeks regarding the regional stability and the armaments development, which also deals with a renewed effort by the... more
Civil aviation"Saddam Hussein ordered the cancellation of the Iraqi nuclear programme in 1991"
London, UK - It would have recently been stated by the major representative of the project, Jaffar Dhia Jaffar
Jaffar Dhia Jaffar, the major representative of the Iraqi nuclear programme who had been leading the research and development activities for 25 years under the Saddam Hussein regime, would have recently... more
SecurityItalian-Lybian agreement: the repatriation by airplane for 2500 illegals already started
Rome, Italy - Italian-Libyan air, naval, and land patrols to fight illegals boats
An agreement between Rome and Tripoli has been reached yesterday, aiming to the counter-immigration training and patrolling of two countries borders by air, naval and land units, in order to prevent in... more
Sport aviationBrescia free flight capital
Brescia, Italy - Paragliding Italian championships have just finished and now Sportout starts, the outdoor sport show
"This summer Brescia is the free flight capital: Paragliding Italian championships in fact have just finished and Sportout, the outdoor sport show, will start the next September 10 to 19, with the FIVL... more
DefenseThe United Kingdom orders the AMRAAM while waiting for the Meteor
London, UK - The US-made air-to-air missiles represents a temporary solution when compared with its defence exigencies
British Minister of Defence has decided to order the Raytheon AIM-120C-5 Slammer (AMRAAM) air-to-air medium-range radar active guided missiles to be devoted to the RAF's and Royal Navy's combat airplanes,... more
Civil aviationIran Air's aircraft performs an emergency landing at Fiumicino
Fiumicino, Italy - It occurred last night while it was travelling from Athens to Madrid
Last night, an Iran air carrier’s airplane was forced to perform an emergency landing at Rome-Fiumicino "Leonardo da Vinci" Airport, due to a failure to its left engine. The aircraft was travelling towards M... more
CuriositiesAnimals also travelling on airplane
Paris, France - Air France transports the largest tons amount of them
The French "Roissy Charles de Gaulle" air station is one of the most frequented by animals, and the flag airline Air France one of the most engaged carrier in their transport, due to its collaboration... more
HelicoptersSteadicopter promotes its UAV after development delay
Tel Aviv, Israel - The production problems were caused by the theft of the remote-controlled aircraft prototype
Steadicopter Ltd, an Israeli company competent in designing advanced solutions in the unmanned aircraft's sector, would be ready to start marketing its new UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) helicopter, after... more
AirlinesAir France-Klm: the new group records an increase in turnover equal to 12,3%
Paris, France - The consolidation already revealed its positive effects
Air France-Klm turnover statistics have been comunicated today, regarding first share of 2004 financial period. Seen the acquisition of KLM on last May, alliance statistics regarding traffic and revenue... more
HelicoptersVought: a possible partnership with Sikorsky for the VH-92
Dallas, USA - A contract could be signed between the two companies soon
The development and the promotion of Sikorsky's alternative solution for the new US President's helicopter, represented by the VH-92, goes on and a new partner could join the related team soon. It deals... more
Civil aviationEADS to make Romania's borders safer
Bucharest, Romania - The country will be able to modernize its own borders surveillance systems before officially joining the EU
Romania schedules to officially join the European Union on January 1st 2007, and it will have to adapt its own borders monitoring services to EU's exigencies. EADS has a major role for such plan in this... more
AirlinesAlitalia: savings, productivity rise and benefit cuts in order to relaunch the airline
Rome, Italy - It is the President Cimoli's solution, as he forecasts an income of EUR 880m by 2008
Alitalia President and CEO Giancarlo Cimoli's schedule in order to ensure the relaunch of the Italian national carrier forecasts more or less clear measures by 2008. First of all, the policy based on savings,... more
AirlinesThe biggest US airlines recovery was discontinuous
Washington, USA - A US Government report shows it
Acting at the precise request of lawmakers, who have given the industry USD7bl in cash and billions more in loan guarantees, insurance backing, and pension and tax relief since the 2001, September 11,... more
AccidentsMarines' helicopter fell headlong in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - One died and 14 were injured though it does not seem the reason should be put down to a rebels' attack
A Marine Corps' UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter would have fallen headlong in the eastern region of Afghanistan. The aircraft would have crashed on the ground completely destroyed, without burning anyway.... more
AccidentsAmerican helicopter crashed in Okinawa
Ginowan, Japan - The CH-53 would have fallen after bumping against one of the buildings of the University structure in such Pacific island
A US CH-53 military transport helicopter would have fallen headlong on the Okinawa's University, in Ginowan, Japan. The event would have occurred at about 02:20 pm (local time), when the aircraft would... more
SecurityAl-Sadr wounded during USA's strikes
Najaf, Iraq - Nevertheless, cures provided would have enabled him to escape while the holy city is under US control
Moqtada Al-Sadr would have been wounded during the strike activities performed in the last 24 hours by the US F-16 and AV-8B fighter-bombers on the holy city of Najaf. It would have been unveiled by his... more
PeopleFAA AD on Rolls-Royce plc RB211 Trent 800 Series Turbofan Engines
USA - To prevent possible multiple uncontained LP compressor fan blade failure, due to cracking in the blade root caused by increased stresses in the shear key slots
Airworthiness Directives DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2003-NE-38-AD; Amendment 39-13736; AD 2004-15-02] RIN 2120-AA64 Preamble... more
Science and technologyMore passengers at Frankfurt air station
Frankfurt, Germany - In July on the up of a +5,6% for the German airport
Passengers numbers passing through Frankfurt airport rose 5,6% in the month of July, boosted by encouraging improved tourist traffic: on Thursday, a German Fraport airport operator said it. Fraport is... more
HelicoptersGeneral Electric to provide engines for the Canadian Navy's H-92s
Ottawa, Canada - The Sikorsky Cyclones to operate as multi-role aircraft
The new Sikorsky H-92 Cyclone helicopters ordered by Canadian Navy will be powered by General Electric's engines (see for details AVIONEWS). The selected engine is the CT7-8A, which represents the latest... more
Airlines17 Airbus for America West
Paris, France - The American airline wants to lease other 4 aircrafts
The American airline America West confirmed the order for 17 Airbus of a USD1bl worth: it will deliver between the end of 2005 and the start of 2006. The American carrier will lease soon other 4 Airbus,... more
AccidentsAir Guinea B-737 lands in a marsh
Freetown, Sierra Leone - The incident occurred yesterday, but only today we hear about it
According to an airport responsible, about 6km from the "Lungi" Freetown International air station, from which it took off, an Air Guinea Boeing 737 has got bogged down in a marsh, with its semi-wing.... more
Civil aviationUSA: more controls at heliports in order to prevent attempts
New York, USA - After what FBI unveiled regarding the possible Al-Qaeda's deployment of helicopters in order to hit the country again
The warning signal for possible attempts in the Unites States always sounds loud, also after the recent statements released by FBI about the possible deployment of helicopters in order to perform terroristic... more
DefenseNATO's Command for Southern Europe has been transferred from Italy to Turkey
Naples, Italy - The goodbye to the Atlantic Alliance's AIRSOUTH was given by US and Italian F-16s which overflew Bagnoli
The 50 years operative activity of the AIRSOUTH, the Atlantic Alliance Command for Southern Europe, ended two days ago in Bagnoli (Naples). It had received its headquarter in 1953 right in Italy, and it... more
Press releaseNew link from Orio al Serio to Poland
Bergamo, Italia - With the Krakow route activation the Polish air stations linked with Bergamo airport will be 3
"New link from Orio al Serio to Poland, start from the next September 30, 2004. SkyEurope Airlines, the Central Europe low-cost airline, announced the establishment of the daily flight destined to Krakow.... more
Latest newsV-22 Osprey: it is necessary to lower the single aircraft's cost by 2010
Washington, USA - It is the invitation of US Navy's Secretary for the carrying on of the development and operative programme of the tilt-rotor
Gordon English, US Navy's Secretary, has recently performed his first flight on the V-22 Osprey, the tilt-rotor destinated to represent an important step forward, from an operative point of view, for the... more
CuriositiesThe Latvian athletics manager loses Olympics Games
Riga, Latvia - He is too much drunk to board the aeroplane and go to Athens
Gints Bititis olympics dream, Latvian athletics national squad manager, broke at Prague airport last Tuesday, where he should have boarded the aircraft to flight to Athens for the Olympics Games. But the... more
SecurityAl-Sadr under siege in Najaf (2): American soldiers control the holy city again
Najaf, Iraq - USA's F-16s hit Moqtada Al-Sadr's house
US F-16 Fighting Falcon multirole light fighters would have hit the Shiite leader Moqtada Al-Sadr's house in Najaf, even if he would be far from his house, barricaded together with some hundreds rebels... more
Civil aviationIran justifies the presence of enriched uranium
Teheran, Iran - And in the meantime it successfully tests the new Shahab 3 medium-range missile following the Israeli test of the Arrow
The restore of the Iranian nuclear programme could obviously produce reactions and a deepening of the matter at an international level (see for details AVIONEWS). IAEA’s (International Atomic Energy A... more
DefenseSudan: Russian fighters and Italian-British radars for a single use?
Khartoum, Sudan - This would be the hypothesis of a British Parliament's question in 2002
Darfur’s situation appears more and more a delicate one for the civil population, whereas the economic relations in the military sector, with several worldwide leading providers, do not seem suffer for n... more
AirlinesLufthansa: share market counters badly to data revealed by the carrier
Francoforte, Germany - It loses 4 percentage points, but it is already thinking on 2004 profits
Lufthansa loses in Stock Exchange: share market counters no good to comunication regarding the last quarter data (see news AVIONEWS). The German flag airline loses in fact 4 percentage points, and the... more
Science and technologyRecord at Alghero airport in July
Alghero, Italy - About 120.000 attendants at Fertilia air station, 16.000 more than last year
Also this will not be one of the best summer for attendaces number in Sardinia, in July the Alghero-Fertilia airport registers a clean raising of data regarding passengers move: passages were 120.000,... more