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IndustryWoodward awarded of a over 5 USDm contract
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Woodward Governor Co., Rockton, Ill., is being awarded a $5,116,568 fixed-price with economic price adjustment type of contract for aircraft parts for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force. Performance completion... more
IndustryBell-Boeing awarded of a over 21 USDm contract
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Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office, Patuxent River, Md., is being awarded a $21,335,815 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-00-C-0183) for the procurement of one... more
Latest newsAn English married couple have a compensation of GBP 950,000 for the noise of Raf's jet
London, United Kingdom - They asked a compensation of GBP 10 m
In 1985, they begun their battle against Raf, asking a compensation of GBP 10m, supporting that their property had lost value for the flights of Raf Jet fighter, now Mr and Mrs Dennis have gained the... more
AirportsAVIONEWS wishes Happy Easter to everybody
Rome, Italy - The press agency will re-open next Tuesday
AVIONEWS editorial staff wishes Happy Easter to its readers and subscribers. The press agency will open again on next Tuesday, April 22, 2003. (006) more
IndustrySnecma's company acquires a Boeing's plant
Paris, France - Many assurances to the workers, no dismission has been scheduled
Boeing, as it had been widely announced by its management in the last months and more times emphasized by AVIONEWS, is divesting all those activities not tied to its core-business, in order to concentrate... more
Science and technology"Iraqi Freedom": Austrialian forces have discovered 51 Iraqi jet fighters
As Saliyah Camp, Qatar - The aircraft were in a military airport
"In the last 24 hours, in an Iraqi Air Force airport, we have discovered 51 jet fighters abandoned by Iraqis", Mark Eliott, Australian lieutenant-colonel, has declared today, but model is not specified.... more
AirlinesBA and Virgin to race in order to fly in Iraq
London, UK - But BA should take advantage because of former treaty
The reconstruction of Iraq passes unavoidably through the air transport's relaunch, in order to assure that normalization of the connections both for the persons and for the goods. There are still pockets... more
AerospaceNew security measures for space shuttle's missions
Washington, Usa - Investigating committee on the Columbia's tragedy imposes it
In the next space missions Nasa will have to constantly check, by photographies, all the shuttle in orbit and it will rigorously check the insulating tiles. These the security measures imposed by Investigating... more
Latest newsOn next Saturday the first armed pilots could fly
Washington, Usa - As soon as possible more training course will be available
46 on 48 have been the pilots who have surpassed this week the training course organized by Tsa (Transportation Security Administration), the first one of the sort in the Usa, that will allow therefore... more
Science and technologyPlated gold Kalashnikow has been seized in Heathrow
London, United Kingdom - It's similar to that one founded in the palace of the Saddam's son
According to the British newspaper Daily Mirror, an Ak-47 plated gold Kalashnikov, similar to that one uncovered last week in the palace of Uday, Saddam Hussein's son, yesterday it would have been seized... more
AirlinesAlso Bmi records a bad 2002, after 10 years
London, UK - But now there would be signs of reversal of trend
It will be a year to remember the past one for Mbi British Midland, because they were 10 years that such a disastrous result hasn't been recording; indeed from a net profit of GBP 12,4m in 2001 one it... more
AccidentsSaab-105 has crashed in Austria (2): technical sheet
Rome, Italy - Saab-105
The Saab-105 is a jet trainer. It's rather unusual, because it is a shoulder-wing aircraft with a T-tail and side-by-side seating. It is used by Sweden and Austria, the latter operating 40 aircraft with... more
Latest newsCanadian Hercules plane grounded for safety reason
Ottawa, Canada - Suspicious cracks have been discovered on 16 aircraft
The Canadian Air Force has grounded 20 Hercules CC-130 airplanes this week after that some suspicious cracks have been discovered on two airplanes during normal maintenance procedures. The first inspections... more
Science and technologyCoalition Force are preventing the landing in Erbil of an airplane with on board medical supplies
Erbil, Iraq -This is the denunciation of Rob MacGillivray, responsible of Save the Children
"Coalition Force are preventing since more than a week the landing in Erbil of an airplane with on board medical supplies, in order to cure 40,000 persons". This is the denunciation of Rob MacGillivray,... more
Press releaseIata approves Singapore-Changi airport charge reductions
Geneva, Switzerland - An example for Tokyo's Narita airport to follow, according to Bisignani
"'Singapore-Changi International Airport's 30% rebate in landing charges and 10% rebate on rent charges to assist the aviation industry during the worst crisis in its history once again shows its leadership... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Eurocopter France model EC-120B helicopters
Washington, Usa - To prevent separation of the cyclic pitch stick yokes from the cyclic pitch flight control torque tube (torque tube), loss of cyclic control, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter
Airworthiness Directives Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2001-SW-52-AD; Amendment 39-13115; AD 2003-08-04] RIN... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on McDonnell Douglas airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent chafing of wiring inside the throttle control module, fuel shutoff lever lights, and/or aft pedestal lightplates due to degradation of protective sleeving, which could result in electrical arcing and failure of the auto
Airworthiness Directives Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2001-NM-99-AD; Amendment 39-13114; AD 2003-08-03] RIN... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Eurocopter France model AS-350B, B1, B2, BA, and D helicopters
Usa - To prevent a fire from spreading from the engine compartment through the firewall to the main gearbox due to a non-fireproof engine oil tank breather pipe, additional structural damage, and a decrease in the time available to execute an emergency
Airworthiness Directives Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2002-SW-37-AD; Amendment 39-13117; AD 2003-08-06] RIN... more
AccidentsSaab-105 has crashed in Austria
Vienna, Austria - Pilot was able to eject
Yesterday in the afternoon Austrian Air Force Saab-105 crashed in Lowland Austria during training. Fortunately pilot was able to eject and he remained practically unharmed. According to the first reconstructions,... more
Science and technologyLapa has suspended Easter holiday flights and in Argentine is chaos
Buenos Aires, Argentine - Passengers have blocked hub and assault the air company leaders
"The oil company Repsol Ypf does not grant more credit to us and it refuses to supply the fuel to us for the aircraft", yesterday said Argentine airline Lapa, after having taken the decision to suspend... more
Latest newsPoland acquires 48 F-16 fighters with a deal of USD 3,5bn
Warsaw, Poland - Disappointment from the European industry rivals
It's surely strange that in the Country where 50 years ago it was stipulated the pact that joined in an iron military alliance the Soviet Union and the nations of Eastern Europe, today it has been signed... more
HelicoptersRaf helicopter performed an emergency landing
Belfast, North Ireland - No one on board was injured
A Raf AS-330 Puma helicopter has had to perform an emergency landing in a filed after the explosion of its fuel tank. This has happened when the helicopter, employed in the Raf base of Aldergrove (Belfast),... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman to build unmanned combat aircraft for Uss Navy
Washington, Usa - But it will be available not before 2015
The hypothesis of a plan for a combat unmanned aircraft had taken shape already in 2000, when Northrop Grumman awarded a first appropriation from the Pentagon of USD 3m in order to carry ahead a study... more
Latest newsFighters jets to be deployed around Indian capital
New Delhi, India - It's tried to avoid a new September 11
The idea of a military deployment of fighters near New Delhi took shape immediately after the September 11 attacks in the Usa, but it became more urgent when in November a Lufthansa cargo plane violated... more
IndustryLockheed Martin awarded of a near 53 USDm contract
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Lockheed Martin Corp. Missiles and Fire Control Systems, Orlando, Fla., is being awarded a $52,901,812 cost plus incentive fee contract to provide Navy F/A-18 E/F Integration of the Joint Air-To-Surface... more
DefenseNato will lead Isaf in Afghanistan
Brussels, Belgium - Now command mission is Turkish
Within the summer the strategic command and control of Isaf will pass to Nato. It's the first time that Atlantic Alliance leads directly a mission, outside its area. Isaf(International Security Assistance... more
AirlinesDelta Airlines: first quarter with figures worse than previewed, a red of USD 466m
Atlanta, Usa - Maybe more cuts to the operativity and the workers are on the horizon
Also the Delta Airlines, the third most important carrier in USA, has announced the figures of the first quarter, and is in line with the anticipations of other airlines, Continental Airlines and Northwest:... more
AirlinesLufthansa gets the control of Air Dolomiti (3): AVIONEWS's interview to the carrier
Milan, Italy - "We'll grow more, even under Lufthansa's control"
An announced acquisition that one from part of Lufthansa of Air Dolomiti, whose decision had been already taken, as it's known, on last March 6, and about which AVIONEWS has asked the opinion directly... more
AirlinesLufthansa gets the control of Air Dolomiti (2): the Italian carrier's press release
Milan, Italy - The German air company detains now the 51,9% of the operator's capital
We publish the integral text of the Air Dolomiti's official press release as a result of the acquisition operated by Lufthansa of the Italian carrier. "Deutsche Lufthansa AG announces today to have perfected... more
Science and technology"Iraqi Freedom": there are still combats in a military airport of Baghdad
Camp As Saliyah, Qatar - Several combatants died and prisoners are more than 100
"Arrival of a land unit of the Quarter infantry division provoked a battle near the military airport of Taji, in the northern of Baghdad. Soldiers have killed a part of the enemy Forces, they have destroyed... more
AirlinesLufthansa gets the control of Air Dolomiti
Milan, Italy - A brotherhood started 9 years ago
With the passage in bulk of 2,6 million shares, Lufthansa has yesterday finalized the acquisition for the control of Air Dolomiti, the Italian carrier that had been quoted in June 2001 with the price of... more
AirlinesNorthwest Airlines doubles the losses on 2003 first trimester
Washington, Usa - Sars emergency and war in Iraq provoke a traffic decrease of 6,4% on March
The losses of Northwest Airlines are doubled on 2003 first trimester. According to the data supplied by Us aircompany, in the first trimester of the year, Northwest Airlines have recorded losses of USD... more
PeopleAirspace over Lemano Lake will be closed for the G8 of Evian
Bern, Switzerland - Summit will be on June from 1 to 3
Yesterday Swiss federal Council decided to close Lemano Lake's air traffic on May 29 to June 5, in order to guarantee the security of G8 Summit in Evian, in the French border of the lake, next June 1 to... more
IndustryIt will be Ilyushin aircraft builder to supply a new plane for the Russian Air Force
Moscow, Russia - Also Mig and Tupolev have partecipated in the tender
According to Russian official sources of the Air Force Ilyushin, the aircraft manufacturer and real national pride, has adjudicated the contract for the construction of a new military jet, that would have... more
Latest newsAir lift between Eu and Iraq for the cure of the wounded (2): Prodi has confirmed the decision
Athens, Greece - Measure had been anticipated by Chirac
"We have approved an air lift to organize with the humanitarian organizations, the Red Cross, for who cannot find immediate cures in Iraq", has declared this morning Romano Prodi, President of the European... more
PeopleRussia opens its airspace for the route that connects Europe and Asia
Moscow, Russia - To benefit of this situation the Swedish hub of Kallax
It was yesterday the Swedish Government to announce the opening from part of Russia of its airspace for the passage of cargo planes of Lufthansa, Air France and Korean Air. A decision of incredible... more
Latest news60 German orders A-400M will cost EUR 8,2bn
Berlin, Germany - A smaller order than scheduled because of economic problems
They are delineated the economic details of the purchase from part of the German Government of 60 A-400Ms, the new military transport aircraft that in the next few years will enter, gradually, in the military... more
Press releaseFinmeccanica (2): board of directors looks to FiatAvio
Rome, Italy - Preliminary agreements reached with The Carlyle Group
"At yesterday’s meeting, Finmeccanica’s board of directors was informed of the preliminary agreement reached with the Carlyle Group with respect to the planned bid for FiatAvio. The board discussed the... more
Latest news"Iraqi Freedom": air lift between New York and Baghdad for the transport of dollars
New York, Usa - It is an emergency measure in order to stabilize the monetary system
Yesterday Federal Reserve Bank, Us Central bank, has begun to transport small-denomination USD note (from USD1 to USD5) in Iraq, with an air lift between New York and Baghdad. Aircraft departure has provoked... more
Press releaseScandinavian Airlines resumes international traffic from Bromma
Stockholm, Sweden - From May 12 of this year
"On May 12 this year, Scandinavian Airlines will resume international traffic from Bromma, with three daily return flights to Copenhagen. The offering from Stockholm on weekdays will be two morning departures... more
Science and technologyZurich airport has cancelled 20 flights in arrival and 6 in departure
Zurich, Switzerland - Restrictive dispositions adopted in Germany have effects in Switzerland
Some restrictive dispositions adopted by Germany for its aerial space, are beginning to strongly penalize Zurich airport's air. The decisions taken by Berlin, in order to extend of two hours the night... more
Latest newsAn air lift between Eu and Iraq will be soon operative to allow the cure of Iraqi woundeds
Athens, Greece - Yesterday news has been comunicated by French Republic President
European Commission will create, soon, an air lift with Iraq in order to cure in Europe the woundeds and in particular the children victims of the war. The announcement has yesterday come from Athens by... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Bell Helicopter Textron Canada model 222, 222B, 222U, and 230 helicopters
Washington, Usa - To prevent the main rotor pendulum weights (pendulum weights) from separating from the pendulum weight support and striking the vertical fin or tail rotor, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter
Airworthiness Directives Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2003-SW-01-AD; Amendment 39-13118; AD 2003-08-07] RIN... more
Fair and showsMil Director charged with illegal Turkish agreements
Moscow, Russia - He'd have concluded deals that should be under the sphere of a proper Russian Committee
Sure this war in Iraq has highlighted some tendencies of the western and Russian companies to carry out transactions with the Middle Eastern Countries that cannot be considered so trustworthy, some times... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 767-300 series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To ensure that the flight crew is able to remove electrical power from the in-flight entertainment (IFE) system when necessary and is advised of appropriate procedures for such action
Airworthiness Directives Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2002-NM-54-AD; Amendment 39-13111; AD 2003-07-15] RIN... more
AirlinesAeroflot still undecided to retire its hammer and sickle logo
Moscow, Russia - A change of immage tied to an improvement of the real service
Our age is sure characterized by the value of the company image, that is the way how an enterprise is introduced to the outside world and which values can be associated to that brand rather than to that... more
Latest newsAn air lift between Eu and Iraq will be soon operative to allow the cure of Iraqi woundeds
Athens, Greece - Yesterday news has been comunicated by French Republic President
European Commission will create, soon, an air lift with Iraq in order to cure in Europe the woundeds and in particular the children victims of the war. The announcement has yesterday come from Athens by... more
AirlinesOn the razor's edge: American Airlines avoids bankruptcy
Fort Worth, Usa - Now it's trying to find cuts with suppliers too
American Airlines was able to obtain those concessions from part of its workers that allow therefore the greatest carrier in the world to avoid bankruptcy. But it has not been a goal reached easily,... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas awarded of a near 35 USDm contract
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McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Boeing Co., St. Louis Mo., is being awarded a $34,786,176 firm-fixed-price contract modification to provide for F-15 Aircraft APG-63(v) 1 Radar... more
IndustryLockheed Martin awarded of a near 64 USDm contract
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Lockheed Martin Corp. Missiles and Fire Control Systems, Orlando, Fla., is being awarded a $63,799,243 firm fixed price contract to provide 3,854 Production Phase, Wind Corrected Munitions Dispensers,... more