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AerospaceRussia seeks funds for the space program
Moscow, Russia - It's asked for a re-distribution of the resources
The destiny of the Iss is more and more uncertain after the momentary abandonment from part of the Usa because of the disaster of the Columbia shuttle on February 1, and the uncertain financial situation... more
PeopleUs Government ready to support civil aviation
Washington, Usa - Catastrophic consequences if the war last for more than 90 days
It does not seem that the crisis of the civil aviation, since the September 11 attacks, can find in these months the sprint in order to invert the destiny: the war in Iraq will be lethal for the fates... more
DefenseTurkish Parliament to vote only about Us aircraft overflight
Ankara, Turkey - Perhaps tomorrow a final decision
Only Thursday the Americans will know if their air forces will have the overflight permission on the Turkish territory, when the Government of Ankara will submit the decision to the Parliament. It could... more
Science and technologyExplosive found near Gatwick airport
London, UK - It's terrorism alarm in all Europe
A large quantitative of explosive has been recovered by the "Metropolitan Police", the London police forces, in a flat close to the International Airport of Gatwick, southern of the English capital. The... more
Latest newsEnglish enjured troops will back home with private charter flights
London, UK - Perhaps Britannia Airways and Air 2000 the chosen carriers
The English Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Jack Straw has asserted that the English troops that eventually will be hurted during the war in Iraq will be able to return in the homeland with private... more
AerospaceColumbia lost parts during California's overflight
Washington, Usa - Investigating Committee have seen experts video
A video, projected during the second public experts audition in front of Investigating Committee on the Shuttle tragedy, has shown that Columbia, in the atmosphere re-enter, was losing parts, since the... more
DefenseThe USA could attack before the ultimatum expiration
Washington, Usa - The revelation has come by the New York Times
According to the New York Times, that cites reliable American source, the USA could decide the attack, also before the expiration of the 48 hours term, launched by United States President George W Bush... more
IndustryThe National Reserve Bank purchased 26% of Aeroflot
Moscow, Russia - Many hope it will help Russian aviation industry
Many see little hope the stagnant Russian aviation industry will ever get off the ground, but at least one bank is betting big on it. In a move it hopes will help pull the industry out of its post-Soviet... more
AirlinesRyanair axes 13 Buzz routes and 10% of its staff
London, Great Britain - The 90% of Buzz pilots signed up the new deal
The Ryanair has confirmed that it will axe 13 Buzz routes and 10% of its staff as it looks to takeover its smaller rival next month. Loss-making Buzz, which Ryanair agreed to buy from its Dutch parent... more
AirlinesThe airlines put into effect security plans (2): BA suspends the flights with Kuwait and Israel
London, United Kingdom - Provision will start tomorrow night
"It will be full. There is not an empty seat", has announced the British Airways spokesman, referring to the flight that will take off this night from Kuwait and will land tomorrow at 7.40(Gmt) to Heathrow... more
PeopleThe airlines begin to put into effect emergency plans
Rome, Italy - Civil aviation is prepares for the war
The main international airlines, that are operating in the Middle Eastern and in the countries of the Persian Gulf, are preparing in these hours the emergency plans for the international crisis. While... more
AirlinesBritish Airways chooses bigger planes and lower fares for Isle of Man route
London, UK - 68 seats Atp planes to be operated
The English air company British Airways will introduce in the end of this month larger aircraft and lower rates in the connections from and to the Isle of Man. The route currently is operated from the... more
PeopleFaa issues a set of procedures the carriers should follow if flying in war-zones
Washington, Usa - But the carriers are lowering their operativity in the Gulf
Faa (Federal Aviation Administration) has issued a statement with a set of suggestions the air companies are likely to follow if they wish to fly over the Gulf zone. A. Hostilities with Iraq appear to... more
AirlinesExpedia will allow customer to cancel their travel
Washington, Usa - It will be possible if Usa goes to war or sets code-red alert status
Online travel site Expedia said on Monday it will waive customer penalties if the United States goes to war with Iraq or the government puts the country on its highest level of security alert. The new... more
AirlinesVirgin Express wants to purchase Air Lib assets and slots
Paris, France - The low-cost air company partnered with Cma-Cmg
The Virgin Express wants to purchase the assets and the slots of the Air Lib at Orly airport. The low-cost air company partnered with the French group CMA-CMG and has time until tomorrow in order to introduce... more
AirlinesEasyJet scraps plans to buy Deutsche BA
London, Great Britain - According to EasyJet chief executive there were two insurmountable hurdles
Low-cost airline EasyJet has pulled out of plans to buy German operator Deutsche BA from British Airways. EasyJet blamed conditions in the German aviation market and a failure to agree employment terms... more
Latest newsCoalition forces plan to launch the first night of war the hardest air attack in the history
London, United Kingdom - The bombs and missiles launched on Iraq will be 3000
According military sources, coalition forces plan to launch the deadliest first night of air strikes on a single country in the history of air power. Hundreds of targets in every region of Iraq will be... more
Science and technologyA second runway at East Midlands airport could obliterate a village
London, Great Britain - 250 homes would be demolished
Campaigners have warned that a village will be obliterated if plans are passed for a second runway at East Midlands airport. A number of houses in Diseworth, Leicestershire, would be demolished and local... more
DefenseIsrael does not exclude not conventional weapons in order to answer to Saddam
Tel Aviv, Israel - Tel Aviv is preparing to defend itself from an Iraqi attack
Passive Defense Israeli Commando has informed today the population in order to prepare to an eventual Iraqi answer to an American attack. An answer that could be entrusted to not conventional weapons.... more
AirlinesLufthansa will continue to fly in the Gulf region
Frankfurt, Germany - The decision in spite of almost the operators have quit
An hazardous choice or at least not in line with the majority of the world-wide carriers that one of Lufthansa that has decided to maintain the flights in Middle-East in spite of the urgent war. At the... more
AerospaceSpacehab outlook remains positive
Houston, Usa - Its business backlog is over USD 173m
Spacehab Incorporated, a leading provider of commercial space services, announced that the company's large backlog and new business opportunities support positive results and continued growth. With over... more
Latest newsRussia ready do deploy at least 20 fighters at Kant
Moscow, Russia - They're Sukhoi jets and MI-8 helicopters
According to what declared by Russian Air Force commander-in-chief, general Vladimir Mikhaylov, Moscow has decided to unfold a quite large air force in the base of Kant, in Kyrgyzstan. The provision... more
IndustryBoeing to close its production plane division
Seattle, Usa - The work will be given to outsource companies
According to the official notice released by Boeing this morning, it has been decided to interrupt the activity of the division engaged in the construction of the parts for aircraft, being delegated this... more
DefenseRussia leaves Abm treaty
Moscow, Russia - The international situation changes, so the pacts
Because of the change of the international climate, characterized by the imminent conflict in Iraq, the Russian parliament has decided not to ratify, for now, the treaty on the nuclear disarmament signed... more
AirlinesThe Royal Air Maroc inaugurates 85 new routes
Rabat, Morocco - It will attract millions of tourists from abroad
The Maroc press agency Map reports that the Royal Air Maroc will inaugurate 85 new routes. The new lines will allow to attract, according to expectations, 10 million of tourists within 2010, mainly from... more
DefenseA French Parliamentarian asks to the Pope to become an human shield in Iraq
Paris, France - According to Didier Julia only the pontiff can block war
"Now, the single thing that seems me useful is that the Pope goes to block the aggression against the Iraq. I'd like that Pope served as protecting of the human values". This is the declaration on the... more
Press releaseAirbus President and Ceo, Noel Forgeard, about the death of Jean-Luc Lagardère
Tolouse, France - He was the king of the European aeronautic sector
The news published yesterday by AVIONEWS. "Following the death of Jean-Luc Lagardère, Noël Forgeard, President and CEO of Airbus made the following statement: 'On behalf of all at Airbus as well as p... more
AirlinesChina Southern Airlines showed major improvements
Beijing, China - Chinese air company has recorded net profit of CHY 575,76 m
Profits at China Southern Airlines, one of the main carrier in the Chinese Republic showed major improvements. The carrier posted net profits of CNY 575.76m against CNY 340.2m a year earlier. The better-than-expected... more
Science and technologyIntroduced at Heathrow a three-dimensional X ray and a powerful detector
London, Great Britain - It will enable to find weapons or explosives
The Heathrow airport has adopted two new security systems: a three-dimensional X ray machine and one powerful detector in order to prevent that eventual terrorists can carry weapons or explosives on board. While... more
Press releaseAirbus widespreas service thanks to the opportunity to send and receive e-mail on the aircraft
Tolouse, France - Cathay Pacific Airways began the service last week
"Airbus aircraft with a Tenzing-developed means for passengers to send and receive emails in-flight have entered widespread airline service, marking the start of a new era in aircraft connectivity. Cathay... more
Science and technologyPneumonia strain fears Gisborne airport
Auckland, New Zealand - New Zealand Health Ministry asks people to reconsider Asian travel plans
A man claiming to have been diagnosed with the deadly pneumonia strain that has killed 9 people and infected 150 worldwide declared himself at an Air New Zealand check in desk in Gisborne this morning. He... more
AirlinesThe United Airlines asks to Chicago Court to cancel the integrated contracts
Chicago, Usa - The company airline risks the bankruptcy
Yesterday the United Airlines, burdened by debts (as published by AVIONEWS on March 6), has launched an ultimatum to its workers in order to obtain a cut of salary costs. In an instance to the bankrupt... more
DefenseThe Usa will face an old Russian-made arsenal
Washington, Usa - Old Mig e Sukhoi are Saddam's Air Force
Nobody believes that the Iraqi military force could be comparable to the American war machine that will be able to deploy the last technological discoveries in what has been already renamed the second... more
DefenseLanded at Cyprus the first group of UN inspectors
Larnaca, Cyprus - Everybody's leaving the Country after Bush's deadline
They landed approximately an hour ago at the Cypriot airport capital of Larnaca with a B-727 the 80 inspectors of the United Nations that have worked for months on the Iraqi territory in order to assess... more
AirlinesNew contracts for Buzz pilots
Dublin, Ireland - A pact reached under the sword of Damocles' sacking
According to what announced yesterday by Ryanair, Buzz' pilots would have accepted the new contracts that preview higher wages but longer hours of flight; but there is no rose without a thorn and in this... more
Latest newsGAO reports says F-22 costs soaring out of control
Washington, Usa - The Air Force has been unable to implement the cost-saving measures
The F-22 fighter development and testing program is dragging behind schedule and attempts by the Air Force to control costs are failing miserably, according to a new report by the US General Accounting... more
Latest newsLockheed Martin delivered its Sniper-XR targeting pod to US Air Force
Orlando, Usa - It will initially equip F-16CJ/Block
Lockheed Martin delivered its Sniper-XR (Extended Range) Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) to the US Air Force Wednesday in Orlando. "Sniper-XR is the targeting pod of the future", said General Wetekam. "The... more
PeopleEngland: carriers to pay a double green tax
London, UK - But the consumers will pay an higher ticket
Perhaps to fly "low-cost" in Great Britain will not be possible anymore, or to say better it will not be like it has been until now, if the law proposed by the English transport secretary Alistair Darling... more
Government actsEuropean Commission allocates EUR 8.4m for Echo Flight operations
Rome, Italy - Echo Flight has flown, without injury, some 50,000 missions since 1994
Commission allocates EUR 8.4m for Echo Flight operations. The European Commission has allocated € 8.4m to fund the operations of Echo Flight in the Horn of Africa during 2003. The service offers a vital l... more
AirlinesSwiss has closed 2002 with a loss inferior to the expectation
Basel, Switzerland - According to the air company the result has weighed by extraordinary costs
A consolidated business of CHF 4.278m and a loss of CHF 980m, are the 2002 Swiss result, revealed by an aircompany’s official note. According to the carrier the result, better than expectation, has weighed b... more
AerospaceBoeing Delta delivered to space the DSCS-III/A3 communications satellite
St.Louis, Usa - It will provide US Air Force commanders an high data rate communications
A Boeing Delta IV rocket successfully delivered to space on Monday the DSCS-III/A3 communications satellite for the US Air Force Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV)program. The satellite will provide... more
Fair and showsHe died Jean-Luc Legardère, king of the European aeronautic sector
Paris, France - He begun as engineer at Dassault
He died on Friday night aging 75 the French tycoon Jean-Luc Lagardere, to the head of a real financial empire that expanded both in the editorial and in the aeronautical field. Indeed since 30 years, after... more
DefenseIaea has ordered to its inspectors to leave Iraq
Vienna, Austria – War is near
The observers that controlled the border between Kuwait and Iraq has already left the demilitarized zone and now the International Atomic Energy Agency (Iaea) has ordered to its inspectors to leave Iraq.... more
Fair and showsBoeing appoints Stephen Barker as President of Boeing Realty Corp.
Chicago, Usa - He replaces Philip Cyburt
The Boeing company has appointed Stephen Barker as President of Boeing Realty Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary that directs Boeing real estate strategies, acquisitions, dispositions, development... more
CuriositiesAn Air Force constituited by pigeons is the Us' arms against Iraqi chemical attack
Washington, Usa - Birds are sensible to gas
A new avian force constitueted by a company of pigeons is the Marines arm against iraqi chemical attack. If the birds will start to get sick, it could indicate a chemical attack and give the Marines a... more
Latest newsA South African pilot flew on a Swedish Gripen
Stockolm, Sweden - It's as part of STTP, a training military course
On 10 March 2003 a South African test pilot Johannes Joubert flew solo for the first time in the Gripen. The thirty minute flight was conducted in Swedish production aircraft, which flew from Saab’s f... more
Fair and showsBoeing Senior Vice President of Communications leaves the company
Chicago, Usa - She worked in Boeing since 1999
Judith Muhlberg, Boeing Senior Vice President of communications, has decided to leave the company to spend more time with her family. "Judith has significantly increased the breadth and velocity of our... more
HelicoptersUN helicopters left Iraq (2) : first 5 came to Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus - Another sign that marks the beginning of the war
5 of the 8 helicopters issued to the inspectors of the UN for their activity in Iraq are arrived in Cyprus little ago after having performed a technical stop in Syria; they're 5 Agusta-Bell 212 which had... more
AirportsBaghdad's papal nuncio will remain also under the bombs
Baghdad, Iraq - News has been communicated by Monsigor Filoni
"We do not have alternatives, until it is granted to us we will remain here, also in war case". Baghdad's papal nuncio Monsignor Fernando Filoni, said Holy See embassy will be open also under the bombs.... more
DefenseHungary has opened the aerial space and the airports to American and English fighters
Budapest, Hungary - Decision has been communicated by government's note
"The aircraft that will force the Iraq to the execution of the resolutions will be able to use our airports and our aerial space". So, Hungarian Secretary of State, Laszlo Kovacs, has commented the Budapest... more