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Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 747-400, -400D, and -400F series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct cracking in the yaw damper actuator portion of the upper and lower rudder power control module (PCM) main manifolds, which could result in an uncommanded left rudder hardover, consequent increased pilot workload, a
Airworthiness Directives Federal Register Information Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2003-NM-173-AD; Amendment... more
Government actsPublic service obligations for the operation of scheduled air services between Dijon and Lille (France)
Rome, Italy - The communication publicated on the Official Journal of the European Union
Official Journal of the European Union C 272 of 13 November 2003, page 18. Operation of scheduled air services. Public service obligations for the operation of scheduled air services between Dijon and... more
AirportsSingapore Airlines to train staff for Olympics
Qingdao, China - The service standards will be improved
Singapore Airlines' Service Quality Center was hired by the municipality of the Chinese city Qingdao to teach its waiters, taxi drivers and hotel concierges how to host the crowds arriving for the 2008... more
Science and technologyZurich airport's radar screens went blank for 20 minutes
Zurich, Switzerland - The cause is a still mistery
The incident occurred at 07.37 pm on Tuesday: all radar screens at the Zurich Area Control Centre which monitors flights in the area of Switzerland's busiest airport went blank for 20 minutes. The aircraft... more
AirlinesAlitalia affair (9): the privatization phases
Rome, Italy - The privatization may to be happen by Opv or direct negotiations
The Alitalia privatization decree approved today by the Ministry Council provides that the divestiture by the Economics Ministry may to be happen by Opv (public offer for sale) or direct negotiations.... more
SecurityNassiriyah's attack: names of the Italian victims
Nassiriyah, Iraq - 19 the Italian victims
This morning the soldier, seriously injured, committed into the city general hospital was declared brain dead, but the identity has not yet been released. Twelve the Carabinieri who lost their lives in... more
AirlinesAlitalia affair (8): the unions first reactions
Rome, Italy - The general secretary of Filt Cgil, Fabrizio Solari, speaks
Hard reactions from Filt Cgil to the Mengozzi's statements about the approval of the Alitalia's privatization plan. The general secretary of the Filt Cgil, Fabrizio Solari, said that "Nobody can think... more
IndustryTest for the new Boeing 777-300 ER
New York, Usa - The aircraft flew for 5.30 hours with one engine only
The new Boeing 777-300ER has successfully passed one of the tests fixed for the ETOPS (Extended Operations) -program that allows airlines to use twin-engined aircraft on route where the nearest airport... more
AirlinesAlitalia affair (7): president Bonomi is satisfied
Rome, Italy - "Now we have to activate the plan"
Also the Alitalia's president Bonomi has said he is satisfied by the privatization decree. He called it an important tool to activate the reorganization plan and to strenghten the strategic alliances.... more
PeopleMiddle East air industry to grow
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - The governments encourage foreign investments
Industry experts say that Middle East carriers and airports will increase capacity thanks to the governments across the region which encourage direct foreign investments by establishing free zones, point... more
SecurityAlitalia affair (6): in Amatos' opinion it is a difficult route
Rome, Italy - The Italian airline is paying the price of 10-years bad management
Confindustria's president, Antonio D'Amato, commenting the Alitalia privatization order remembers that our company constitutes and old problem for Italy. Actually the company was never able to reorganize... more
AirlinesAlitalia affair (5): Air France's comments about the carrier's privatization decree
Rome, Italy - "Yes to the alliance but after the privatization and reorganization"
After the today approval of the Alitalia’s privatization decree by the Council of Ministers, Air France confirms the plans of alliance with Alitalia, but marks as ineludible conditions both the privatization a... more
AirlinesAlitalia affair (4): Mengozzi's statement about Alitalia privatization
Rome, Italy - Following the meeting currently taking place in Mexico
"Dr Francesco Mengozzi, Alitalia's ceo, following the SkyTeam Governing Board meeting, currently taking place in Mexico, in reference to the approval of Alitalia privatization order, declared: 'The Council... more
AirlinesUS Airways cuts costs to face competition
Philadelphia, USA - The low-cost carriers gain ground
Us Airways Group Inc., the dominant carrier in Philadelphia, announced yesterday that it intended to reduce costs by USD 200 m to USD 300 m next year: it will reduce expenses for maintenance, flight operations... more
AirlinesAlitalia affair (3): the security flies high at the stock exchange
Rome, Italy - After the privatization decree
The Alitalia security is gaining 6,75%. The security is flying high soon after the news of the approval by the Council of Ministers of the privatization decree, first step towards future strategic alliances... more
AirlinesAlitalia affair (2): the Council of ministers approved the privatization order
Rome, Italy - Now it's the transport committee's turn
Alitalia privatization has been discussed during the ministers' meeting; the company privatization order has been approved. Buttiglione, while coming out, informed that he asked for the matter to be discussed.... more
AirlinesAlitalia affair: Romani (Fi): "We are waiting for Mengozzi's documentation"
Rome, Italy - On November 20th the hearing of the carrier's chief executive
Paolo Romani, president of the Chamber of deputies Commission for the Transports, has repeated what he had already declared at the end of Francesco Mengozzi's first hearing, the Alitalia chief executive:... more
SecurityNasiriyah's attack. Buttiglione: The bodies will be repatriated on Tuesday and the funerals will take place on the same day
Rome, Italy - National mourning will also be declared
The Minister of Communitarian Politics, Rocco Buttiglione, while coming out the ministers' council, seems to have declared that the bodies of the soldiers fallen yesterday in Nasiriyah will be repatriated... more
AirlinesRyanair: Ue could decide about the aids in the next weeks
Brussels, Belgium - It was announced by the spokesperson of Ue Commissioner to the Transports Loyola de Palacio
"The Ue Commission will decide on the Ryanair case in the next weeks". It was announced by Gilles Gantelet, spokesperson of the Ue Commissioner to the Transports Loyola de Palacio. The issue regards the... more
AirlinesAeroflot to reduce the number of civil airplanes
Moscow, Russia -- The planes are too old and the passengers number too small
At present the total number of long-haul airplanes in Russia is 1,500 and this number may be reduced by several times, Alexander Zubarov, the Chairman of the board of the Aeroflot airlines, announced at... more
IndustryBoeing and China Aviation Supply's agreement
New York, Usa - The object of the agreement is 30 aircraft
In a press release Boeing informed that it signed an agreement with China Aviation Supply for the supply of 30 aircraft model 737 for a total price of USD 1.7m (see AVIONEWS). The airplanes will be flown... more
Latest newsSokol completes work on the first serial model of the Yak-130 plane
Moscow, Russia - The light jet is very efficient in combat missions
The serial model of the Yak-130 plane is being completed by the Sokol aircraft-building factory in Nizhny Novgorod. The airplane was developed by Yakovlev design office and it will be the basic training... more
AerospaceUe aims to reach autonomy in the space field and satellite communication
Brussels, Belgium - It will be necessary a financing of the value of EUR 5,3 bn
Yesterday Ue Ccommissioner for the Research, Philippe Busquin, has presented a plan to obtain the Ue autonomy in the space field and satellite communications, reducing the gap with the United States. For... more
AccidentsThe wreckage of the missing Mig-29 fighter jet was found
Yerevan, Armenia - The fate of the pilot is still unknown
The wreckage of a Russian fighter plane which disappeared in Armenia on Wednesday has been found by the Russian rescuers early Thursday. The MiG-29 was executing a training flight and crashed near the... more
AccidentsSouth Korean pilot dies in plane crash
Sachon, South Korea - The instructor managed to eject himself
A South Korean pilot died today when his plane crashed on a river bank shortly after taking off from an air base in Sachon, a town on the country's central south coast. The instructor ejected himself from... more
SecurityNasiriyah's attack: Rumsfeld's words
New York,, Usa - Iraq is a dangerous country
The U.S. minister of Defence Rumsfeld says to be deeply sorry about the attack to the Italian Carabinieri in Iraq, stating to "Keep them all in his heart". He also remembers that Iraq is a violent and... more
SecurityNasiriyah's attack: sent other 50 Carabinieri
Pisa, Italy - They belong to the 1° Tuscania Regiment
Today, at 5.20 am, other 50 carabinieri left to reach Nasiriyah from Pisa's airport. With them there was also the commanding in chief of the second mobile brigade of the force, capt. Leonardo Leso. Some... more
AirlinesFixed the date of "Flyniki" first flight
Vienna, Austria - For the moment this is the name of Niki Lauda's new low-cost airline
Fixed for the next November 28th the first flight of "Flyniki", Niki Lauda’s new low-cost airline. The news has been published on the pages of a Viennese weekly magazine. The flight, carried out in collaboration w... more
SecurityNasiriyah's attack: will the monument to the fallen replace the Axum stone?
Rome, Italy - It's a Gasbarra's suggestion
The president of the Rome district administration, Enrico Gasbarra, proposed to dedicate a monument to the fallen in Iraq, during yesterday's attack. The suggestion has been unanimously approved by the... more
SecurityNasiriyah's attack: the victims seem to be 19
Nasiriyah, Iraq - Probably increased the number of deaths
According to the latest evaluations, the number of Italian who lost their lives yesterday in Iraq, seems to have reached 19 deaths. Referring to what has been released by Ansa, a soldier, who was in hospital... more
SecurityNasiriyah attack: the Council of ministers on the Iraqi event
Rome, Italy - Approved national mourning
During the Council of ministers that has just concluded, there was one minute of silence. It was also established that the day of the Carabinieri's funeral - those who lost their lives in Iraq - will be... more
AirlinesLufthansa closes in red
Frankfurt, Germany - Confirmed the negative results of the German airline
Sad the first nine-months results of the German vector's budget, which closed with a net loss of EUR 409m, compared to a positive EUR 344m, recorded for the same period of time, last year. The operating... more
SecurityMartino's statement from Iraq
Nasiriyah, Iraq - He arrived this morning
The Italian Minister of Defence, Antonio Martino, arrived in Iraq after having payed a visit to the injured hospitalized in Nasiriyah, he went where the explosion occurred and stated that yesterday's attack... more
SecurityMartino flies to Iraq
Rome, Italy - He has already arrived in Kuwait City
The Italian Minister of Defence, Antonio Martino, has already arrived in Kuwait City, where he left for Nasiriyah. Few hours ago he went to the hospital where the people injured in the attack have been... more
IndustryBell-Boeing Joint Program Office awarded of a over 9 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the V-22 aircraft
Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office, Patuxent River, Md., is being awarded a $9,152,951 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-93-C-0006) for the Dynamic Component Repair... more
Civil aviationOnly Qantas offers guarantees against terrorist attack
Sydney, Australia - The company updated the security system
Geoffrey Askew, Qantas group general manager for security and investigation services, made a an worrying statement: he told joint federal parliamentary committee that the airlines could not give complete... more
Military aviationAnti-missile systems for commercial planes
Washigton, USA - The Bush administration tries to avoid another September 11
Several preliminary contracts will be awarded to one or more companies for a program for an anti-missile systems for airliners. The program will adapt existing anti-missile military technologies for use... more
AirlinesLufthansa: Third quarter in red
Frankfurt, Germany - Loss of EUR 17m
Despite their positive thinking Lufthansa management informed that the third quarter for the German carrier closed in red: minus EUR 17m. The previous quarter was even worse as the company recorded losses... more
AirlinesDelta Airlines reconsiders the forecasts of the fourth quarter
Rome, Italy - Loss could be higher than expected
Delta Airlines announced to have reviewed the evaluations of the forth quarter losses. Apparently the company expects a loss between USD 365m and USD 415m, considerably higher than the expectations that... more
SecurityIraq: Italian Carabinieri killed: the first names of the victims (3)
Rome, Italy - The list of the names is lengthening
With the passing of the hours increase the names of the victims of the terroristic attack reported by the authorities: Giuseppe Coletta, Orazio Majorana, Ivan Chitti, Emanuele Carraro, Alessandro Carresi,... more
SecurityIraq: Statement of Bin Laden's non-official spokesman
London, Great Britain - "Leave Iraq"
Bin Laden's non-official spokesman, Mohammed al Bakri, affirms not to know who attacked the Italian command in Nasiriyah, however Rome "was previously warned". The leader of the extremist islamic organisation... more
SecurityIraq: the Italian flag at half-mast on militar buildings
Rome, Italy - After the attack in Iraq
The ministry of defence instructed that on every Italian militar buildings the Italian flag must flutter at half-mast. more
SecurityIraq: D'Alema speaks at the Chamber
Rome, Italy - "Dangerous war for the West"
"It's time for the West to change route towards Iraq". This is what has stated D'Alema at the Chamber, stressing "The chain of errors starting from an unilateral war, which gave birth to the hostility... more
SecurityIraq: statements of the minister Martino at the MP's chamber
Rome, Italy - "I can't rule out the possibility of a victims' increase"
"I can't rule out the possibility of a victims' increase": it's what has just stated the minister of Defence, Antonio Martino in the Chamber, as the building where the contingent of Carabinieri force was... more
SecurityIraq: there are no victims belonging to the Italian Air Force or the Navy
Rome, Italy - Telephone numbers especially for the families of the soldiers belonging to the Army or the Carabinieri corps
Italian authorities recommends the families of the soldiers involved in the "Ancient Babylon" operation, belonging to the Italian Air Force or the Navy not to call the numbers 800228877 and 0680982752,... more
SecurityIraq: condolences of Fischer , Powell, Solana, Straw, Villepin
Rome, Italy - Frattini receives phone calls from his foreign colleagues
This morning the minister of Foreign Affairs Frattini received the phone calls of the U.S. secretary Colin Powell, the German minister of Foreign Affairs Joschka Fischer, the British minister of Foreign... more
SecurityIraq: 8 deaths among the Iraqis
Nasiryiha, Iraq - The number of victims is now increased at 22
Among the victims of the terroristic attack there are also 8 Iraqis. The number of dead has increased at 22, among which 11 are Carabinieri and 3 are soldiers of the Italian Army. more
SecurityIraq: Italian Carabinieri killed: the first names of the victims (2)
Rome, Italy - Some names still unreported in the attempt to inform their relatives first
The list of the names of the victims of the terroristic attack is lengthening. In addition to Giovanni Cavallaro and Silvio Olla it is now known another name, that of Mimmo Intravaglia, a Carabiniere from... more
IndustryBoeing and GE will sign a USD 2,4bn contract with China
New York, Usa - The two U.S. companies commissioned to provide aircraft and engines
Peculiar the choice of Chinese airlines, right when Beijing decided to keep its currency low to foster its companies on the international market. In fact, today in Washington Air China, Shandong Airlines,... more
SecurityIraq: statement of the Cocer of the Army
Rome, Italy - He expresses dismay for the attack
Dismay for the attack in Iraq has been expressed today by the Cocer of the Army together with: "The deepest condolences to the families of the victims of the Army and the Carabinieri force". more