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AirlinesLufthansa looks at the future with more pessimism
Nuremberg, Germany - The esteems for this year are foreseen on the way out
The new year has just begun and usually the good auspices fill everybody's minds, especially if the 12 previous months have been characterized by negative events. Therefore Lufthansa has to decrease the... more
Fair and showsNew top manager for Boeing
Saint Louis, Usa - It is Darleen Druyun, with precedent experiences in Nasa and in Usaf
Boeing Corporation has named Darleen Druyun Deputy General Manager for the missile defense system, one of the business units of Boeing Integrated Defense System. She comes from the staff of USAF (United... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Hartzell Propeller Inc. model HC 2Y propellers installed on several aircraft
Washington, Usa - To prevent in-flight propeller blade separation resulting in airframe and engine damage, and possible loss of the airplane
Airworthiness Directives Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2002-NE-25-AD; Amendment 39-13014; AD 2003-01-03] RIN... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Raytheon Aircraft Company Beech airplanes
Washington, USA - Models 36, A36, A36TC, B36TC, 58, and 58A
Airworthiness Directives Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2002-CE-07-AD; Amendment 39-13012; AD 2003-01-01] RIN... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Dornier model 328-100 and -300 series airplanes
Washington, USA - To prevent damage to the electrical wire harness, made up of wiring and a protective sleeve, which could result in electrical arcing and an increased potential for fire or explosion
Airworthiness Directives Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2002-NM-77-AD; Amendment 39-13010; AD 2002-26-21] RIN... more
AccidentsRJ-100 Turkish disaster: first attribution of responsabilities already started
Ankara, Turkey - A complete lack of equipment and coordination
The lack of a proper equipment to use when the meteorological conditions are prohibitive would have been the root cause of the disaster that has involved a RJ-100 of the Turkish Airlines killing 75 persons... more
AccidentsTwo more aircraft crashed in Turkey (2): died four pilots
Ankara, Turkey - The involved aircraft were two RF-4 Phantom fighters
According to sources of the Turkish Army they would died the four aviators who, few hours ago, would be involved in the crash of two recognition RF-4 Phantom jets that, at the moment, were in training... more
AirlinesAA asks for more efforts to its employees to cut the costs
Dallas, Usa - To not abuse sick days is the carrier's appeal
If the American Airlines begs its workers to strain to not misuse the sick days in order to not aggravate the financial moment of the greatest world carrier it means the situation is very critical. A... more
DefenseIndia test its nuke missile
New Delhi, India - High the tension with Pakistan that blames its neighbour
The weapons rhetorical continues to be the first way of communication between Pakistan and India that, at 8,47 (3,17 GMT) on Thursday, has carried out an experimental launch of the Agni-1 missile that... more
AccidentsTwo more aircraft crashed in Turkey
Ankara, Turkey - Two military jets collided
Two Turkish fighters collided with each other and then crashed where yesterday it had crashed, close to the airport, an airliner provoking 75 deaths. At the moment there are news neither about victims... more
AccidentsAir Midwest flight 5481 was in emergency just after the take-off
Washington, Usa - Now the flight recorder is analysed by investigators in the capital
Something has not gone for the right way yesterday when flight 5481 of the Air Midwest crashed immediately after the take-off at the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport: indeed the control tower has... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman awarded of a over 17 USDm contract
USA
Northrop Grumman Corp., Air Combat Systems, El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $17,542,865 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-02-C-3043) for 34 center barrels and... more
AccidentsTurkish plane crashed, miraculously 5 escaped alive
Ankara, Turkey - Awful weather at the moment of the incident
Bad day yesterday for the European and American civil aviation, even if the Turkish incident has been, in terms of victims, sure more serious, with 75 died and 5 survivors. Indeed yesterday at the 18:28... more
IndustryThe President of the Boeing Satellite Systems tells his opinion about the allegations of the Us Department of State
Saint Louis, Usa - "We will seriously consider these allegations"
After he had received the allegations of the Us Department of State, the President of Boeing Satellite Systems, Randy Brinkley, has told in an its own statement that the firm will take seriously the accuses... more
IndustryBoeing has decided the supplier for the air-refuelling of its own 767 Tanker
Saint Louis, Usa - The choose has gone over a newyorker firm
Boeing, one of the world's largest aeronautical and aerospace industries, has choosen the supplier of the services for its own B-767 Tanker. The supplier is the Newyorker firm Telephonics Corporation... more
IndustryBoeing presents the selling data for the last quarter of 2002
Chicago, Usa - Positive figures for the giant of the aeronautical industry
Boeing, the giant of the world aeronautical industry, presents the data about the last quarter of 2002, related to the rest of the year, that can be divide into separated areas. For the part regarding... more
AirlinesBA inaugurates the new year with an attractive offer
London, UK - Also two free hotel nights included in the initiative
Also British Airways does not want to stay watching in a phase of the civil aviation market that, as far as the USA and Europe, is still tinning and it proposes a tempting offer just for those Americans... more
PeopleHalf empty the first flights fromTaiwan to China
Shanghai, China - Low interest for the flights scheduled for the Chinese New Year's Day
In spite of the fact these are the first flights in every time since 1949 between Taiwan and continental China have taken off by Taipei half empty. Trusting the air carriers involved with the flights... more
DefenseIn Kuwait Us Army's 3rd Infantry Division is going to arrive
Washington, Usa - The division will join the 1st and the 2nd already present in the place
During the next days the Us army's 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division will arrive in the Kuwait's desert and will join the other two already present in the place (the 1st and the 2nd) that have completely... more
IndustryBoeing sells the upgrading of the control system Maestro crew to British Airways
New, York, Usa - The system will be used to control the efficiency of the personnel
British Airways has bought by Boeing the upgrading of the system named Maestro crew that will be used by the carrier to control the efficiency of the working staff, that will be used also to improve the... more
PeopleUSA: pressures of airlines on the conference in order to limit strikes
New York, USA - Ata asks the review of Railway Labor Act of 1926
To limit the possibility to call strikes of category from part of the employees and their labor organizations, is the object of the demand of the American airlines at the Conference of the United States.... more
AirlinesLow cost wing for Gulf Air
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - The carrier plans to launch a new brand
"The new airline will operate under a new brand and target specific needs of leisure and expatriate employment segments...with competitive costs". This is the statement of the Gulf Air president, James... more
AerospaceIndians on the Moon
Bombay, India - Before 2015 India organizes a mission on the Moon
"Our scientific development has to be much powerful to realize a dream to send an Indian on the Moon". This is the statement of the Indian Prime Minister, Atal Mehari, during the conference on the education,... more
AirlinesKLM presents negative balance forecasts
Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Registered losses caused by economic situation and growth of the oil prices
The Dutch air carrier KLM registers big losses caused above all by the current economic situation and by the new growth of oil prices. Also negative have resulted the last three months' data and that... more
AccidentsAir Midwest plane into a hangar (2): 21 the deaths verified
Charlotte, Usa - Still unknown the causes of the tragedy
The news coming from the North Carolina are chasing, where few hours ago an airplane of the Air Midwest has crashed against a hangar of the International Airport Charlotte-Douglas while it was taking off,... more
AerospaceLanded the Chinese unmanned spacecraft
Beijing, China - Back on the Earth without any problems, it is the prelude for other launches with human beings boarded
The unmanned Chinese spacecraft "Shenzhou IV", the last unmanned spacecraft sent in the space by China, has landed without any problems in Mongolia. The present mission, the fourth of this kind since... more
AccidentsAn airplane of the Air Midwest has crashed into a hangar of the airport in North Carolina
Washington, United States - Nineteen persons were on board
A air of the Air Midwest, while it was in phase of takeoff, has crashed into a hangar of the airport of Charlotte, in the North Carolina. Aboard of the aircraft, directed to Greenville-Spartanburg, it... more
AirlinesThe pilots of United Airlines accept the reduction of the salary
Chicago, Usa - The approval should make faster the outgoing of the carrier from the financial crisis
With a surprising decision the pilots of United Airlines approve the reduction by 29% of their salary. The decision of the pilots could make easier for the carrier the outgoing from the crisis that risks... more
PeopleChina authorizes 6 Taiwanese carriers to fly during the holidays of the Lunar Calendar
Taipei, Taiwan - New permissions after that given yesterday
After the authorization given yesterday (news published yesterday by AVIONEWS) to Far Eastern Air Transport, China has given the permission to fly on its own air space to 6 Taiwanese air carriers more.... more
DefenseWar maneuvers and tries of peace: the Iraqi crisis soon to be turned
Baghdad, Iraq - In the meanwhile the preparations for war still continue
The "evitabile war", just to use an expression of the Us Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and its English peer Hoon, has been, until now, a psychological move in order to force the Iraqi dictator to put into... more
AirlinesIncrease traffic of 10,8% for Air France, in December
Paris, France - Increment of passenger traffic and goods for the carrier
The last month is closed, for Air France, with an increment on the passenger traffic and in that of goods. In December in fact the French company has recorded an increase of its passenger traffic of the... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Airbus model A-330 e A-340 series airplanes
Washington, USA - To ensure that proper circuit breakers are installed for the fire extinguishing system or part of the supplemental oxygen supply
Airworthiness Directives Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2001-NM-396-AD; Amendment 39-13000; AD 2002-26-12] RIN... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 757-200 series airplanes
USA - To prevent failure of the stowage bin attachment fitting at Station 680, which could result in the overhead stowage bin falling onto the passenger seats below and injuring passengers or impeding the evacuation of passengers in an emergency
Airworthiness Directives Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2000-NM-402-AD; Amendment 39-12997; AD 2002-26-09] RIN... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 737-600, -700, -700C, - 800, and -900 series airplanes
Washington, USA - To prevent fluid contamination inside the fueling float switch or changing of the wiring to the in-tank conduit, which could generate an ignition source and consequent fire and explosion in the fuel tank
Airworthiness Directives Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2002-NM-44-AD; Amendment 39-13006; AD 2002-26-18] RIN... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica SA (Embraer) model EMB-135 and -145 series airplanes
Washington, USA - To prevent locking of the elevator during takeoff, which could result in loss of controllability of the airplane
Airworthiness Directives Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2002-NM-348-AD; Amendment 39-13008; AD 2002-26-51] RIN... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on McDonnell Douglas DC-9-10, -20, -30, -40, and -50 series airplanes
Washington, USA - To detect and correct cracking in the fuselage skin or doubler at the corner of the forward lower cargo doorjamb, which could result in rapid decompression of the fuselage and consequent reduced structural integrity of the airplane
Airworthiness Directives Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2001-NM-78-AD; Amendment 39-12998; AD 2002-26-10] RIN... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Saab model SAAB 2000, SAAB SF340A, and SAAB 340B series airplanes
Washington, USA - To prevent ice from blocking the pitot system, due to the pitot tube not having enough heating capacity to stay above freezing temperature, which could result in erroneous airspeed indications
Airworthiness Directives Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2002-NM-104-AD; Amendment 39-13007; AD 2002-26-19] RIN... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman awarded of a over 38 USDm contract
USA
Northrop Grumman Corp., Integrated System Sector, Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded a $38,059,209 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-03-C-0015) for the production of... more
DefenseUsa supply Taiwan to reply to Russia that equipped China
Taipei, Taiwan - More than 100 Aim-120 missiles to be delivered to the former Chinese isòand
The eternal fight between Russia and the USA for the international prestige sure has not fallen in 1989 with the wall and neither it has been put apart from the several peace and cooperation deals signed... more
IndustryAirbus to supply freighters to Cathay Pacific for an order of USD 300m
Hong Kong, China - The first deliveries already from the next year
Another success for the European consortium Airbus that recently is setting several and important contracts with the carriers of all the world striking, for the first time the American Boeing. This last... more
DefenseUsa and GB urge Turkey that now would be disposed to grant its bases
Ankara, Turkey - Today even the British Defence Secretary is visiting Istanbul
The war can also be evitabile, as the British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon asserts, but if the events took a bad turn, it has to be ready in any moment, having already planned every war strategy. Therefore... more
Science and technologySatellite to permit the planes to fly closer and safer to each other
Tokyo, Japan - It will be operative in more than one year
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has announced that from 2004 it will be operating a new satellite for the flight control that will allow the commercial aircraft that operate in the north... more
AccidentsA fault in the cooling system the failure of Ariane-V
Paris, France - The enquiry commission has outlined the causes of the incident
It has been a trouble in the cooling system of the Vulcain-II engine to provoke the explosion of Ariane-V rocket that last December 11 saw to go in pieces the European attempt to play a prominent role,... more
PeopleNasa proposes a mini-jet taxi service
Washington, Usa - It could be tested in three years
While the greater part of the airlines tries to pull down the costs proposing alternative solutions such as larger aircraft, in terms of passengers, Nasa suggests a taxi-service operated by mini-jets that... more
CuriositiesCloned the freedom statue
Washington, Usa - The measure has been decided for the reconstruction of the monument in case of terrorist attack
The freedom statue, monument that is a symbol for the town of New York has been cloned same as other monuments of the United States, among them the heads of the first Us presidents sculpted on the mount... more
AirlinesBomb alarm has obliged a Lufthansa aircraft to an emergency landing
Chicago, Usa - The signalation came from Mexico
An aircraft of the German air carrier Lufthansa that on the last January 4 was flying on the haul Frankfurt-Mexico City has been obliged to an emergency landing in the Us airport of Chicago because of... more
Latest newsReady some F-16s to be delivered to Italy
Washington, Usa - Part of these aircraft is parked in a cemetary of military aircraft
In the middle of the desert of Arizona, in the aeronautical base of Sonora, not far from Tucson, the capital town of the federal State, there are, in a deposit, some F-16s that are destinated to Italian... more
AirlinesUnited Airlines will cut 1700 working places more
Washington, Usa - The dismissals will start already during this month
The Us air carrier United Airlines is ready, already starting from the current month of January, to cut 1700 working places among its employees. The number of dismissals will concern a quote equal to... more
AirlinesIn spite of the risk of a bankrupt United Airlines spends USD 50m for promotion
New York, Usa - Ready a new campaign of promotion for the Us carrier for the next month of March
The Us carrier United Airlines in spite of the recurring risk of bankrupt showing itself in the last period, is ready to launch a new promotion campaign that costs USD 50m, that will have as final aim... more
AirlinesWorried for the safety of the taking off of the flight he launches a monkey spanner in an engine of the aircraft
New York, Usa - The mechanic responsible of the action now risks 20 years of prison
A mechanic of the Us air carrier Frontier Airlines, 44, whose name is Corydon Van Dyke Cochran has been arrested during New Year's Day by the men of Fbi (Federal Bureau of Investigation) for having launched... more