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AirlinesAir France suspends flights in Ivory Coast
Paris, France - France strengthens the emergency measures in the African country
All the Air France flights in arrival and departure from Abidjan, in Ivory Coast, have been suspended until new order. A measure that follows those taken by France, about the serious crisis in the African... more
AirlinesLufthansa staff contract negotiations start
Frankfurt, Germany - Prudent optimism by the carrier and trade union
Two weeks ago the first strikes started and today the contract negotiates, for the flight attendants and Lufthansa staff, are running again. The negotiations are carried out in Moerfelden, near Frankfurt... more
Latest newsNorwegian aircraft participate to an operative action in Afghanistan
Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Air Force did not enter in a war action since 1945
For the first time since 1945, so by the end of World War II, two aircraft of Norwegian Air Force have participated to an operative military action during which one has also launched some bombs on a target... more
PeopleGood figures for European aviation
Brussels, Belgium - It grows the frequency of the flights inside the European continent
Eurocontrol, the organization for the safety of the air navigation in the continent, has diffused the figures about the frequency of the flights inside the European continent, that, looking only the total... more
AirlinesSabena carrier asks a reimbursement for EUR 2,4bn to the Swissair
Brussels, Belgium - It had its control
According to report today from the Belgian daily paper, the Soir, Christian Van Buggenhout, the judicial administrator of the Sabena, the Belgian air company was failed in 2001, will ask the astronomical... more
PeopleGood figures for European aviation
Brussels, Belgium - It grows the frequency of the flights inside the European continent
Eurocontrol, the European organization for the safety of the European air navigation, has diffused the figures about the frequency of the flights inside the European continent, that, looking only the total... more
AirlinesThe airline Emirates Airline among the sponsors of world championship 2006
Monaco, Germany - It is already partner of English team of Chelsea
The airline Emirates Airline of Dubai is one of the important sponsors of the next world championship of soccer, in program in Germany in 2006. The Arabic carrier, already partner of the English team... more
Latest newsIsraeli official stopped a raid against the Palestinian
Tel Aviv, Israel - To avoid a massacre of innocents
The following day the massacre of Tel Aviv, in which 23 persons had been killed from two Palestinian kamikaze, in January 5, a Israeli heavy reprisal had been planned. The airplanes were already in flight... more
DefenseBae delivers a new anti-chemical war system to Us Air Force
Bristol, Great Britain - The system will be used to protect the aircraft of Usaf (United States Air Force)
Bae (British Aerospace) Systems is on the way to deliver some parts of a new defense equipment to be used in case of chemical wars or attacks to Usaf (United States Air Force), that is called Joint Chemical... more
IndustryBoeing and Raytheon sign a record contract for the space shield
Washington, Usa - It has a value of USD 747,5m
In the field of the program called "Space shield", two of the world's largest firms of the defense area, Boeing and Raytheon, have signed a contract of the value of USD 747,5m regarding a radar to be put... more
Science and technologyThe Belgian airport of Charleroi is observed by Ue Commission
Brussels, Belgium - The aids granted to the Rayanair are perhaps incompatible with the European market
"The airport tax reduction to a company, in a bilateral convention that has not received any relevancy is an exception to the law and is equivalent to grant a fiscal exception to a single airline". This... more
IndustryGreece to sign a contract for 12 C-27J (2): the technical features of the aircraft
Rome, Italy - Also the Italian Air Force has chosen 12
If it is needed an efficient cargo plane and economic at the same time it is difficult not to watch to the C-27J, an aircraft created by Alenia Aeronautica and Lockheed Martin for missions of medium level.... more
Press releaseSN Brussels Airlines flies towards Southampton
Bruxelles, Belgium - Thanks to a new agreement with British Airways
According to a press release the Belgian carrier declared that "SN Brussels Airlines and British Airways have signed a new code-share agreement on the routes Bruxelles-Southampton/Bristol/Newcastle. With... more
IndustryGood data for Rolls Royce "CorporateCare" program
Chantilly, Usa – Figures have been supplied by the Vicepresident customer service
"Our customers said they wanted an inclusive service, so we introduced CorporateCare in mid-2002 with great success. We designed CorporateCare to ensure that provides for not just engine maintenance but... more
Civil aviationFAA Emergency AD on Raytheon Aircraft Company (Raytheon) Beech airplanes
Washington, USA - Models 1900, 1900C, and 1900D
Airworthiness Directives Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 Docket No. 2003-CE-07-AD; AD 2003-03-18 Raytheon Aircraft Company (Raytheon)... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on General Electric Company CF6-50 and CF6-80C2 turbofan engines
Washington, USA - To prevent uncontained engine failure and possible airplane damage
Airworthiness Directives Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2001-NE-19-AD; Amendment 39-13024; AD 2003-02-07] RIN... more
IndustryGreece to sign a contract for 12 C-27J
Athens, Greece - Italian Air Force has chosen it last June
Tomorrow there'll be also the president of Alenia Aeronautica (Finmeccanica group), Giorgio Zappa, for the signature of the EUR 297m contract for the supply, to the Greek government, of 12 cargo planes... more
DefenseThe South Koreans in Pyongyang to resolve the nuclear crisis
Pyongyang, North Korea - Today the South Korean delegate meets the communist regimen leader
It continues the activity, its second day, of the South Korean delegate Lim Ding-won in North-Korean capital, Pyongyang. Today the Seoul delegate will meet the North Korean regimen leader, Kim Jong-il,... more
IndustryA new British airspace surveillance
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom – Eads will replace a part of the UK’s national radar
"This order opens up new business opportunities and will enable us to bring our technological skills into this special field of civil air traffic control radar system". This is the statement of Stefan... more
DefenseUsa could release evidences of the Iraqi armament
Washington, Usa - But everything is set for the war, even now
According to voices coming from the American military field the USA would present inconfutable informations about the weapons of mass destructions held by Saddam Hussein's regimen. The proofs would... more
DefenseUs fighters in action in Afghanistan (2): 18 Talibans died
Kabul, Afghanistan - The most important military operation since March 2002
According to American military sources the operation just ended in the southern of Afghanistan, close to the Pakistan border, has been the greatest carried by the American troops in the country, after... more
PeopleAmerican Airlines pilot stopped for alcohol smell
Arkansas, Usa - But the blood-level was below that one set by law
An AA (American Airlines) pilot, Craig Bott, 45 years, has been stopped by the airport screeners at Little Rock - Arkansas because perceived a strong smell of alcohol coming from his mouth. Therefore... more
PeopleFaa orders investigations for all Beech aircraft
Washington, Usa - The directive after the 8 January disaster
A drastic decision, which comes three weeks after that an Air Midwest Beech run into an hangar while was taking off from Charlotte airport, provoking the deads of 21 persons: all the Beech 1900, 1900-C... more
AccidentsB-767 overshot the runway at Narita, nobody was hurted
Narita, Japan - Surveyings to be immediately carried
Only fear, the last night, for the passengers on board of flight 908 operated by Air Japan coming from Seoul and directed to the International Airport of Narita, when the B-767, on which they were, has... more
IndustryRockwell Collins Integration Inc. awarded of a over 5 USDm contract
USA
Rockwell Collins Integration Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded a firm-fixed-price contract in the amount of $5,103,322 for procurement of 68 horizontal situation indicators used on the C-130 aircraft.... more
DefenseUs fighters in action in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - Hard battles near the Pakistan border
According to local Afghan sources American jets would be in these moments bombing the zone of Athagar, in the southern of Afghanistan. The American fighters would be taken part also close to the city... more
DefenseProgrammed new improvements of B-52 aircraft in the equipment of Usaf (United States Air Force)
Los Angeles, Usa - The improvements will concern above all the electronic part of the aircraft
Official sources of Usaf (United States Air Force) say that by now (January 2003) until the first months of 2004 will be made several improvements upon the B-52 aircraft still in the equipment of the military... more
IndustryAt the annual conference on commercial aerospace and defense will participate also a delegate of Boeing Corporation
Chicago, Usa - The delegate will be the vice president of commercial airplanes business strategies and marketing division
Nicole Piasecki, vice President of the commercial airplanes business startegies and marketing of Boeing Corporation, will be the delegate of the firm at the conference, arrived to its 10th edition, about... more
Civil aviationTwo injured on board of a domestic flight in China because an explosion during an attempt of hijacking
Beijing, China - The fact has happened last Friday
Because of an explosion on board during an attempt of hijacking of an aircraft in a Western province of China has been registered two injured. On board of the aircraft, of Sichuan Airlines, arrived regularly... more
AccidentsFirst confirmations for the accident in which is dead the Kenian minister
Nairobi, Kenya - It seems every day more possible the hypothesis of an accident
Trusting the latest news, coming from the source of radio Kbc, it seems that the disaster after which has dead the Kenian Minister of Work, Ahmad Mohamed Khaliv, and have been seriously injured two more... more
DefenseThe United States would have offered USD 4bn to Turkey for support against Iraq
Washington, Usa - The International Herald Tribune writes it
According to the International Herald Tribune writes today, the United States would have offered to Turkey a figure near the USD 4bn for compensation for the eventual war against the Iraq. "If Turkey... more
IndustryLockheed Martin obliged to pay USD 1,4m to Us tax office
Washington, Usa - The payback is tied to an alleged procurement fraud of 1992 made by Loral
Lockheed Martin, one of the greatest firms of the defense area in the United States will be obliged to pay USD 1,4m to the Us tax office because of a fraud made in 1992 by Loral that preceeded it in the... more
IndustryLockheed Martin is the firm that has signed more contracts in the defense area during 2002
Washington, Usa - Exceeded Boeing and Northrop
Following some figures coming from the Pentagon, the Ministry of Defense of the United States, the society that has signed more contracts in the defense area in the United States is Lockheed Martin, that... more
AirlinesThe United Airlines reduces the maximum limit of the baggage
Washington, USA - For the overweight the passenger will have to pay a tax from USD 25
The American air company United Airlines, currently in administration controlled, after the decision to cut the staff, because of the serious economic crisis that has invested it after the 11 September... more
IndustryNorthwest Airlines buys 10 new A-330/200
Washington, Usa - The aircraft will become operative by next summer
The North American air carrier Northwest Airlines has bought 10 new aircraft A-330/200 built by the European consortium Airbus. The Us carrier will be the first to use these aircraft to make more rational... more
IndustryTurbomeca in Quebec
Bordes, France – A new site in Mirabel
"Turbomeca Canada will be our 10th subsidiary worldwide. As Turbomeca’s Engine Corporation (TEC) in the Usa, TMC is an extension of Turbomeca SA and represents a major step forward in placing OEM services a... more
AirlinesIberia shows its net profit of Eur 150m in 2002
Madrid, Spain - But it has to provide a renew of its fleet on this year
According to what's appeared on the Spanish newspaper "El Pais" the airline Iberia would have ended 2002 with a gain of Eur 150m, the triple of the previous year. But it must be also emphasized that this... more
HelicoptersConcern for two English crashed with their chopper in Antarctica (2): rescued by a Chilean mission
Antarctica - The pilot launched the sos to his wife through a mobile call
They have been rescued by a Chilean mission two English who in the morning of today have carried out an ditchy with their helicopter, in difficulty over the icy waters of Antarctica. Steve Brooks, 42,... more
AerospaceA new space shuttle will be proposed by Russia to Esa
Moscow, Russia – It could be used also for the tourism
Nikolai Panickin, the Russian scientific Center of mechanical construction industry assistant manager has announced that Russia wants to propose to the European space agency (Esa) to develop a new multifunctional... more
AirlinesBy Air France can be reached Miami with only 640 Euro
Paris, France - It's an initiative that the French carrier promotes in collaboration with Air One, Ets and Hotelplan
The French air company Air France, in collaboration with Air One, Ets and Hotelplan, has launched a promotional offer for who wants to reach Miami. The proposal of the carrier beginning from comprises... more
DefenseNorth-Korean regimen attacks international atomic agency
Seul, South Korea - The accusations from the official press agency
"Mohamed El Baradei, the international atomic energy agency (IAEA) secretary, is not in the position to discuss the issue about the Popular Republic democratic of Korea". This is the North Korea attacks... more
Civil aviationStrengthened the security measures at Il Cairo airport
Il Cairo, Egypt - The decision has been taken after new terrorist menaces
Following new menaces arrived with a phone call made yesterday by a feminine voice that menaced explosions and fires, in Il Cairo airport, have been immediately strengthened, by decision of African State's... more
DefenseAnglo-American raid against Iraq (2): hit 5 communication facilities
Florida, USA - The bombs launched by Anglo-American jets
Five communication plants near Al-Kut and An Nasiriyah, in the southern of Iraq, have been bombed in the day of yesterday by the Anglo-American aircraft. According to Tampa headquarter, in Florida, objects... more
DefenseAnglo-American raid against military south Iraqi bases
Washington, USA – At the beginning of the year the raid number arrives to thirteen
Double Raids in the southern of Iraq by Anglo-American force, in less than 24 hours. The first attack has happened about 8:30pm (GMT), when American aircraft fighter have bombed an Iraqi antiaircraft defense... more
AccidentsA MS-885 crashes in France
Lindieu, France - Three men are dead
A MS-885 airplane, that was flying over a Lieudieu forest (in the southern of France) at a low altitude, has crashed at 9 am last Saturday. According to the firemen reconstruction there were three persons... more
PeopleArrested in Sweden drunken pilot
Stockholm, Sweden - The pilot of British Airways has been arrested yesterday
In the daytime of yesterday the Swedish airport of Arlanda, not far from Stockholm, has been arrested for excessive presence of alcohol in his blood a pilot of British Airways that was going to take off... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited model 407 helicopters
Washington, USA - To detect a crack in the casting, failure of the tail rotor, loss of the tailboom, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter
Airworthiness Directives Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2002-SW-33-AD; Amendment 39-13023; AD 2003-02-06] RIN... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Eurocopter France model AS-350B, AS-350BA, AS-350B1, AS-350B2, AS-350B3, AS-350C, AS-350D, AS-350D1, AS-355E, AS-355F, AS-355F1, AS-355F2, and AS-355N helicopters
USA - To prevent the roller from coming out of the middle rail when operating the door, which could lead to the sliding door separating from the helicopter during flight, damage to critical flight components, and subsequent loss of control of the copter
Airworthiness Directives Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2002-SW-41-AD; Amendment 39-13021; AD 2003-02-05] RIN... more
PeopleIt has finally taken off the first direct flight Taiwan-China
Taipei, Taiwan - It is the first one since 1949
After 54 years during which no flights had taken off or landed from China to Taiwan and vice-versa during the daytime of yesterday it has verified the first taking off since 1949 from Taiwan to China (news... more
AirlinesOther redundancies for United Airlines
Chicago, USA - The flight attendants number who have lost the job arrive to 2400
704 United Airlines flight attendants, the second American airline and currently in controlled administration, will be dismissed since next February 22. The air company has announced it last Friday in... more