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AerospaceAnik-F2 satellite's launch has been postponed
Kourou, French Guyana - The Ariane 5 rocket experienced electric problems before the launch
The launch of the Ariane 5 rocket aimed to put into orbit the Canadian Anik-F2 satellite was suspended last Monday due to a technical failure of the carrier. This launch had been scheduled at 09:43 local... more
AirportsBush remains on the ground due to a technical failure
Knoxville, Usa - A 757 of President's fleet experienced some problem last Monday at Tennessee's airport
Some problem occurred last Monday for a Boeing 757 of US Presidential fleet at Knoxville Airport, in Tennessee. This airplane, called Air Force One right like the usual 747 but only in case the United... more
AirlinesThe Hong Kong Express Airways’ project
Hong Kong, China – It could become the forth carrier of the Asian country
Hong Kong Helicopter would be firmly thinking about the opportunity for creating a real new carrier able to become the forth China’s one as soon as possible. This company would have in fact scheduled t... more
AirlinesLufthansa growing further
Berlin, Germany – The carrier appears in good health after international air traffic’s problems caused by Iraq war and Sars
Lufthansa goes on growing and it forecasts to keep on this trend even till the end of current year. According to latest data, the German carrier recorded a traffic rise for less than a 19% compared with... more
PeopleOpen Skies programme has been postponed due to USA’s Presidential elections
Brussels, Belgium – It would have recently been unveiled by European Commission
European Transport Commissioner, Loyola de Palacio, has recently announced that the Open Skies programme related to the future agreement for a new civil transport traffic’s ruling between EU and USA, w... more
Latest newsScanEagle in Iraq with the Marine Corps
Washington, Usa – Two Boeing-made UAVs to provide a useful support for territorial monitoring activities
Marine Corps is going to take delivery of two UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) Boeing ScanEagles in order to perform operations in Iraq. The two unmanned aircraft will be deployed to perform reconnaissance... more
Science and technologyThe evolution of information exchange between the airports
London, UK – It will be possible to deliver to destination air stations the freight and luggage contents detected by departure airports’ scanners
A new control system related to the analysis of both baggage and freight contents is being developed in Great Britain. It deals with a completely new checking procedure, as it would enable to send data... more
Civil aviationEU: new safety checks for carriers operating in Europe
Amsterdam, Holland - It would have been unveiled by European Commissioner de Palacio
European Transport Commissioner, Loyola de Palacio, would have unveiled during the last Transport Ministers’ Council occurring last Saturday that EU Commission intends to increase safety degree checks f... more
PeopleA-380: the diamond point of the future Eads’ growth
Paris, France – The break-even should be achieved in 2012
The Airbus A-380, the new 555 seats long range airliner under development by the European major air transport aircraft producer, should ensure the achieving of the break-even with reference to production... more
AerospaceThe ISS will not become the new "sheet-anchor"of the Space Shuttles
Washington, USA – Room on board would be too limited to support crews in case of shuttles’ problems
The US programme aimed to transform the ISS (International Space Station) in a space base which can be used by astronauts in case of difficulty occurring on board their shuttles would have not sufficient... more
AirlinesRyanair VS easyJet: more "weight" for luggage
London, UK – Ryanair suggests to allow only hand luggage while easyJet cancels weight limits
Ryanair and easyJet constantly compete without stopping by resorting to clamorous offers which this time involve luggage. Ryanair would be convinced of the need for significantly increase the surcharge... more
PeopleDelta Airlines’ Rome-New York flight cancelled at Fiumicino
Fiumicino, Italy – It occurred on last Saturday due to the failure of one of its engines
A Delta Airlines’ airplane experienced some technical problems on last Saturday, causing the cancellation of the related flight at Rome-Fiumicino Airport. This aircraft was about to take off after taxiing a... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Cimoli-de Palacio meeting last Tuesday
Rome, Italy – Italian Minister Lunardi proves confident about possible EU’s decision on the bridge loan
Alitalia’s President, Giancarlo Cimoli, unveiled last Monday to Italian Government some details regarding the new business plan, while waiting for show its contents also in Brussels where Cimoli and I... more
AirlinesSwiss International Air Lines renounces to Oneworld
Zurich, Switzerland – The carrier would have begun to grow and it would not need a strategic alliance currently
Swiss International Air Lines has decided to renounce to join Oneworld, the strategic alliance mostly led by British Airways. Such decision would stem from, as Swiss carrier’s spokesmen said, the relaunch o... more
AirlinesAir New Zealand selects the 7E7 Dreamliner
Auckland, New Zealand - Such carrier becomes so the second customer of this airplane after All Nippon Airways
Air New Zealand has selected the 7E7 as the new medium range airliner by which to solve for the future fleet management problems related to high consumption and overhaul. It is what has been unveiled yesterday... more
Press releaseAlitalia (7): joint press release of the Italian air company with the unions organizations
Rome, Italy - They are exchanged a reciprocal appreciation
"At the end of hodiernal meeting with the President and Alitalia's ceo, Eng. Giancarlo Cimoli, company, professional associations and unions organizations have exchanged a mutual appreciation, finding... more
AirlinesRyanair "decreasing"
London, Great Britain - Drop of annual profits, trend expected to continue for the next 12 months
The gross profits have decreased from the EUR 264,65 m registered last financial year to EUR228,48m. This trend is not going to improve for the next 12 months. According to estimates growth previsions... more
AirlinesOlympic Airlines under denationalization
Athens, Greece - It could occur immediately after the end of Olympic Games 2004 (August 13-29)
Greek Government would be planning to start a real denationalization of Olympic Airlines immediately after the end of Olympic Games, to occur on next August 13-29. The programme designed by Greek Ministry... more
AirlinesNew connection between the Southern Island of New Zealand and USA
Rome, Italy-First direct flight of the Air New Zealand Christchurch/Los Angeles.
Christchurch will be the second New Zealander city to have a non-stop direct link with Los Angeles. The inaugural flight is forecasted for next November 2nd with a coverage of three flights per week: on... more
Press releaseAlitalia (6): "We confirm our disagreement on company's fragmentation and any proposal will have to be decided together with unions and workers"
Rome, Italy - Cimoli-trade unions' meeting, SULT air transport trade union's press release
"SULT trade union intends to confirm its position about Alitalia's crisis by denying any possibility for fragmenting the carrier. What the carrier needs are a recapitalization and a clear goal, as these... more
Science and technologyDubai is the best airport in the world
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - This is what emerged from a recent survey
Bringing the receptive capacity of the airport from the current 25 millions of passengers to 70 millions: this is the ambitious plan of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, resulted to be the best airport in the... more
IndustryEmbraer "gets hold" of Mexican market of regional jets with its ERJ-145
Sao José dos Campos, Brazil - They will be the first regional jets in Mexico
Five ERJ-145 jet aircraft for the regional transport, including an option for 25 aircraft more, were ordered to Embraer in December 2003 from Aerolitoral. Aerolitoral is a subsidiary of AeroMexico and... more
HelicoptersSouth Korea to acquire a new light helicopter
Seoul, South Korea - Nevertheless, the development of a national-made helicopter appears relevant
KAI (Korean Aerospace Industries) is planning to acquire know-how and manufacture a new Korean Multirole Helicopter (KMH) with the partnership of some foreign company. Production planned calls for 500... more
Science and technologyThe installation of an ILS system for Zurich-Kloten Airport's runway 28 has been postponed
Zurich, Switzerland - Petition Committee of Swiss Federal Transport Department has decided on it
Works for installing the new ILS (Instrumental Landing System) system for Zurich-Kloten Airport's runway 28 will not be started as scheduled on the contrary two days ago by Unique, air station's management... more
AccidentsHard accuses by French press against the safety of the Paris Airport's Terminal 2E
Paris, France - But air station management company's board wants to go on in enlarging the "Charles de Gaulle"
Yesterday, at Paris "Charles de Gaulle" Airport a ceremony for victims of Terminal 2E’s accident where more than 600 persons participated, together with relatives of those who were killed by May 23 collapse, o... more
AirlinesAlitalia (5): an industrial plan in line with Palazzo Chigi's agreement and trade unions' exigencies
Rome, Italy - CEO Cimoli appears convinced of the fact that this is necessary for relaunching the carrier, even if a hypothesis for hard solutions still exists
During the meeting occurred today between the new Alitalia's President/CEO and trade unions' representatives, CEO Giancarlo Cimoli proved particularly firm in underlining that one cannot avoid of considering... more
IndustryPD Aerotech: a new consortium for technical and logistics support
Copenaghen, Denmark - It will provide a relevant assistance and overhaul service for airplanes and helicopters
Danish Aerotech and Finnish Patria Aviation (a partially state-owned company but with a remarkable participation by EADS) have signed an agreement in order to create a consortium, called PD Aerotech, intended... more
Press releaseAlitalia: Cimoli to the leaders, my objective reorganization and relaunch of the air company
Rome, Italy - The meeting has happenened near the Directional Center of Magliana
"The President and ceo of Alitalia, Ing. Giancarlo Cimoli, has met today, in the Directional Center of Magliana, all the leaders of the Group and he has addressed to them emphasizing to have accepted... more
Civil aviationSecurity measures for US President Bush's visit have been set
Rome, Italy - Flight prohibition for a small tourism airplanes from tomorrow till 02:30 pm on June 5
Everything is ready for US President George W. Bush's visit in Italy. In order to warrant the protection of capital's air space and territory an impressive defensive instrument has been set, by relying... more
IndustryEADS opens a new office in London
London, UK - The goal is to encourage the growth of the group by increasing programmes in this country
EADS has opened on last May 27 its new office in London in front of its CEOs, Philippe Camus e Rainer Hertrich, and with the participation of British Ministry of Defence's representatives. The directors... more
PeopleBritish air traffic control centre's computers fail
London, UK - The activities started working again at 07:00 am local time with average delay for two hours
A sudden failure which has still to be explained occurred this morning in Swanick (United Kingdom) where computers managing in Great Britain the air traffic are located. This event happened at 06:10 am... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): DS Party's criticism against Italian Government's position
Rome, Italy - In the meantime, the Italian-Arab concert party interested in the carrier is scheduling to purchase 80 long range airliners
DS Party national secretary economics analyst, Pierluigi Bersani, has shown criticism about the management of Alitalia's crisis which has been so far carried out by Italian Government. According to Bersani,... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): financial and trade unions' reactions regarding Italian-Arab concert party's proposal
Rome, Italy - A mix of prudent optimism and scepticism unite the main air transport sector's trade unions
Matteo Corsini's proposal has immediately caused remarkable reactions by trade unions and financial environments. Yesterday at Piazza Affari, carrier's share gained some 0,52%, while major national trade... more
PeopleStrikes in June and July in the air transport sector
Rome, Italy - Sea, Alitalia, Enac and Enav's employees unveil days and time when they will suspend their own activities
The period between the end of June and July appears particularly critical for air transport sector due to a series of strikes which have been scheduled. On June 25, Sea's (Linate and Malpensa airports'... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Italian-Arab concert party offers USD 1,5bn to purchase the carrier
Rome, Italy - A strategic alliance with an Arab carrier such as Emirates has been supposed
Matteo Corsini, a Roman real estate businessman, does not seem to give in, as he appears willing to purchase Alitalia together with a not so clear concert party consisting of Italian and Arab enterprisers.... more
AirlinesAlitalia: trade unions-carrier's board meeting to occur today
Rome, Italy - The trade unions want to realize if a full correspondence between Palazzo Chigi agreement and industrial plan purposes exists
A meeting between the trade unions' representatives and the new Alitalia's President/CEO Giancarlo Cimoli is going to occur today. It deals with a particularly relevant event, especially according to CGIL... more
Weather forecastsEF-2000 Typhoon's debut during Italian Republic celebration
Rome, Italy - Two Eurofighters opened yesterday the overflight by Italian armed forces' aircraft over Fori Imperiali Street in Rome
Italian Republic celebration had among its main protagonists two EF-2000 Typhoons, which opened the overflight by airplanes and helicopters over Fori Imperiali Street in Rome. Actually, three would have... more
IndustryBAE Systems LTD awarded of a over 11 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the conversion of an F-14 into an EA-6B
BAE Systems LTD, Avionics Systems, Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom, is being awarded an $11,495,382 modification to definitize a previously awarded letter contract (N00019-04-C-0022) to a firm-fixed-price... more
PeopleThe Canadian Bombardier starts the Transatlantic Express service
Geneva, Switzerland- High-speed service and connection with a larger number of airfields
Bombardier Aerospace launched the Bombardier Transatlantic Express, a fixed-price business jet charter connecting Western Europe and North America with return trips. The high-speed and long range coverage... more
AirlinesGermanwings: positive balance for the current year
Colonia, Germany - 100,000 tickets at EUR 19 (taxes and costs included)
A press conference has been recently held in Colonia, where the Managing Director of Germanwings, Joachim Klein, has attended. He announced that for the first time the air company has registered a positive... more
DefenseStandard missile in service by early 2005
Washington, USA - Tests for this new weapon system devoted to increase USA's defence against ballistic missiles are almost concluded
Boeing has completed tests related to the warhead of the new Standard surface-to-air missile system, with its SM-3 version. The purpose is to succeed in providing this weapon system for US armed forces... more
IndustryBoeing: Kenya Airways' first B-777/200ER landed in Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya - During a sumptuous ceremony
Kenya Airways received its first Boeing 777-200ER (Extended Range) last week during a celebration that included the airplane and two Kenya Air Force fighter jets dazzling onlookers while flying over Nairobi.... more
AirlinesAir Canada appears interested in the Dreamliner
Toronto, Canada - Nevertheless, carrier's board does not consider as a wise solution to be provided with planes delivered by a single producer
President and CEO of Air Canada, Robert Milton, would have recently positively commented for appraising the hypothesis of purchasing the 7E7 Dreamliner, the recent relevant Boeing's product for civil aviation... more
AerospaceThe advantages of European-Russian cooperation in the aerospace sector
Moscow, Russia - Europe to be able to resort to Soyuz rockets, while Moscow will achieve relevant contracts for national economy and employment
Russia has definitively achieved a green light by Europe to use launching base in French Guyana, in order to carry on common programmes (see for details AVIONEWS). Both Europe and Russia get advantages,... more
AirlinesChina Eastern Airlines is ready to order new medium range planes
Beijing, China - Boeing and Airbus have already been invited to show their solutions
China Eastern Airlines carrier is scheduling to unveil on next June 18, a date when carrier's directors usually meet in order to analyze annual situation, its own decision concerning the purchase of new... more
Civil aviationA defence shield for the D-Day celebration
Paris, France - Normandy to be sheltered by an impressive ground, air and sea defensive machinery
Celebration for Operation Overloard anniversary will occur on next June 6, aiming to remember when Normandy landings in 1994 started the freeing of France and a large part of continental Europe against... more
HelicoptersRobinson lands in China with the first helicopter purchased by private
Beijing, China - A R-44 has been delivered to the managing director of a real estate company
A Robinson R-44 is the first helicopter purchased by private in China for some USD 1,2m. This country really intends to start opening its own market and air space for remarkable private flight activities,... more
HelicoptersAn Agusta A-119 Koala for the US TriState CareFlight
Bullhead City, USA - This helicopter to be employed for accelerating Arizona Mercy Medical Center's operative capabilities
The company which provides health care service operating in the states of Arizona, New Mexico and California, TriState CareFlight, should take delivery right this week of an Agusta A-119 Koala helicopter,... more
AerospaceLazio Region-Finmeccanica agreement for the new regional excellence aerospace pole
Rome, Italy - Employment opportunities are increasing, also thanks to the development of important programmes such as the Galileo satellite system
A final agreement has been achieved for the creation in Lazio Region of an excellence aerospace sector pole (see for details AVIONEWS). A specific memorandum of understanding has been signed by Lazio Region... more
Civil aviationAmerican Airlines' hostess risks 20 years detention for false bomb-alarm
Washington, USA - It was she who wrote the paper found in the toilette on board indicating the presence of a bomb in the airplane
The American Airlines’ 37 years old hostess who gave the alarm on a Dallas-Boston flight last week, by announcing that she had found a paper in the toilette on board indicating the presence of a bomb (... more