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AirlinesJETBLUE ORDERS 10 ADDITIONAL AIRBUS A-320
USA, According to a New York based low-fare airline JetBlue, carrier has placed a firm ordert to Airbus for the purchase of an additional 10 new A320 aircraft, powered by IAE International Aero... more
AirlinesFINNAIR WILL OPENS A NEW ROUTE BETWEEN HELSINKI AND HONG KONG
HELSINKI, According to a Finnair spokesman, the carrier will start to operate Regular scheduled flights between Helsinki and Hong Kong on February 15. Finnair will fly to Hong Kong three times... more
IndustryVITROCISET DEFENCE: 62 MILLION EURO CONTRACT AWARD FOR SILEF 2000, EUROFIGTHER LOGISTIC AND INFORMATION SYSTEM
ROME, ITALY, Vitrociset Company has been awarded by NATO Agency NETMA (EF-2000 and Tornado Management) based in Munich (GE) an outsourcing Contract to provide Italian Air Force with the New Logistics and... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON PILATUS AIRCRAFTS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department... more
DefenseDUTY CAUSE LEGALLY RECOGNIZED FOR EX PARACHUTIST
ROMA, The Italian department of defense recognized the connection between the mission in Iraq and the starting of a very serious kind of lynphoma, to the ex parachutist Walter Cecchettin. Thirty years... more
IndustryAIRBUS GIANT PLANE WILL FLY ON YEAR 2004
PARIS, According to the daily newspaper "Le Tribune", within the end of January French Government will decide about the funding of 1,6 EURbn in favour of the new european consortium plane. While... more
AccidentsEMBRAER EMB-120 CRASHED (2) TECHNICAL SHEET
BILBAO, SPAIN, The Embraer EMB-120 in a short-haul commuter largely used also for cargo transports with a payload of 3402 kg. It can accomodate up to 30 passengers, two pilots and a flight assistant. The... more
AirlinesPOSSIBLE CROSSAIR/LUFTHANSA PARTNERSHIP
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, At the same time of Zurich inhabitants vote, which authorized the district cash drawing of 300 SFm for the constitution of a new Swiss airline, substituting the bankrupt Swissair,... more
AirlinesFLIGHTS TOWARD ARGENTINA ON DECREASE
PARIS, FRANCE, The airlines British Airways and Air France decided to reduce to a half their flights toward Argentina, because of the economical limitations issued from the Argentine governement, in order... more
AirlinesSWITZERLAND: FINANCIAL GOAL FOR THE NEW AIRLINE ALMOST REACHED
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, After two Basilea districts, also Zurich district authorised, after its inhabitants vote, 300 millions of Swiss francs funds, in order to constitute the new Swiss airline, after Swissair... more
IndustryAGUSTA AND DENEL SIGN LICENSE PRODUCTION AGREEMENT
CASCINA COSTA, VARESE, Agusta SpA, an AgustaWestland Company, and South Africa’s Denel Group, have signed an agreement for license production and marketing of the Agusta A109 LUH, the A109 Power and t... more
AccidentsCARGO SPANISH AIRCRAFT CRASHES NEAR BILBAO, THREE DIED
BILBAO, SPAGNA, A cargo aircraft, an Embraer 120 operated by Spanish air transport company Ibertrans, crashed on Santa Maria la Veja mountains near Bilbao, Spain, causing three died. Still unknown accident's... more
AccidentsC-130, FIVE BODIES RECOVERED
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, The Pentagon officially informed that 5 bodies over a total of seven crew members have been recovered. The lost plane was a KC-130R normally used for aircraft and helicopters inflight... more
Science and technologyMAN JUMPING OVER AN AIRPORT FENCE BLOCKED BY POLICE
TRIESTE, ITALY, A young man that at dawn was attempting to overtake the Trieste Ronchi dei Legionari airport fence has been arrested by the italian border police. The fellow tried to justify himself alleging... more
AirlinesEL AL: PROBLEMS FOR CEMETERY OVERFLYING
TEL AVIV, El Al, the Israel flag carrier, had recently some problems with the ultra-orthodox party, due to the fact that taking off from Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv, the planes are obliged to overfly... more
AccidentsMUJAHIDEEN FIGHTERS IN AFGHANISTAN CLAIM TO HAVE SHOT DOWN A C-130 HERCULES
AFGHANISTAN, Mujahideen fighters in Afghanistan claim to have shot down a C-130 Hercules transport plane late Wednesday afternoon, on its way from the Bagram Airbase North of Kabul, towards Islamabad... more
AirlinesAIR ALGERIE WILL LAND AGAIN IN SOUTH ORLY
PARIS, FRANCE, Air Algerie informed that on the next month of March it will move its Paris landing from Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle to South Orly airport. The airline had already left this airport after the... more
IndustryDEFENSE ENERGY SUPPORT CENTER AWARDS A OVER 24 USDM CONTRACT
USA, Refinery Associates of Texas, Inc.* (RAOT), New Braunfels, Texas, is being awarded a $24,315,603 fixed price with economic price adjustment type contract for 36,960,000 USG of Turbine Fuel, Aviation... more
IndustryBOEING RECEIVED IN 2001 ALMOST AN HALF OF 2000 ORDERS
CHICAGO, USA, According to a Boeing spokesman, it has received in 2001, about an half (-45%) of new aircraft order in respect at 2000, say 335 new aircrafts. Although deliveries exceeded expectations... more
Latest newsSUPPORTING ATL-2 AIRCRAFT SENT TO DJIBUTI
PARIS, FRANCE, France sent two additional aircrafts to Djibuti in order to oversee Oman sea and the sea in front of Somalia. These Dassault Breguet Atlantic ATL-2 will support the two Howkeye planes... more
Science and technologyBAA: TRAFFIC DECREAS ON TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHTS
LONDON. GREAT BRITAIN, The British group holding the administration of British airports and duty-free shops, BAA, declared that transatlantic flights had a great loss after 11 Sept. attacks. It caused... more
Science and technologyALERT STATE AT KANDAHAR AIRPORT RISING AT HIGHER LEVEL
KABUL. AFGHANISTAN, Security measures established around Kandahar airport, Afghanistan, have been increased following the gunfight happened yesterday night. The aircraft transporting the first group of... more
AirlinesALITALIA, PASSENGER TRAFFIC RISING AGAIN
ROME, ITALY, Alitalia stated, during the ceremony for the opening of the new VIP lounge at Fiumicino airport, that 850.000 passengers flew on Alitalia network between December 22nd and January 7th. The... more
AirlinesAIR AFRIQUE, THE LAST CONCLUSION
ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST, According to an official press release, in the meeting held at Abidjan (Ivory Coast) already reported yesterday, presidents, premiers and/or their representatives have recommended... more
HelicoptersITALIAN HELICOPTERS IN ALBANIA - RELIEF OPERATIONS
TIRANA, ALBANIA, Italian Army helicopters framed into KFOR and belonging to 21st Gruppo Orsa maggiore (Air Cavalry) intervened in support of Albanian people. Following a series of heavy snowfalls that... more
AirlinesALITALIA IS CONSIDERING VARIOUS SOLUTIONS FOR ITS STAFF EXCESS
ROME, ITALY, Monday 14th in the afternoon Alitalia Board of Directors will meet in order to solve the problem of redundant staff, consequent to the well known events linked to Twin Towers attacks. It... more
IndustryPASSENGER OF AIR FRANCE SAID TO HAVE LOST EYE VIEW DUE TO AIRCRAFT'S PRESSURIZATION DEFECT
PARIS, FRANCE, A passenger who thinks to have lost an eye's view due to an incorrect pressurization on a Air France flight, has sued airline in order to obtain compensation for the damage that she think... more
AccidentsTHE MAN JUMPED BY A SMALL AIRCRAFT WITHOUT PARACHUTE WAS A FORMER SPECIALIST
GREAT BRITAIN, According to police sources, who did not release the victim's name, British man who tumbled without a parachute thousands of feet to his death from a small airplane piloted by a woman... more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE: GOOD RESULTS FOR DECEMBER
PARIS, FRANCE, French airline Air France registered in December a traffic slowdown of 2%, a clear recover in respect to November 7,2%. This allowed to airline to limit traffic reduction to 6,5%. In the... more
AccidentsPOLICE HELICOPTER CRASHES, THREE INJURED
SOUTH WALES, According to a Dyfed-Powys police sources, the accident of their Agusta A-109E Power, crashed on Christmas morning, during the return from a Hems mission, which have caused three people... more
AccidentsLINATE AIRPORT ACCIDENT, 19 PERSONS UNDER INVESTIGATION
MILAN, Managers, executives and officers presently under investigation for the Linate accident dated October 8th are at present 19. The accident occurred for a ground crash between a SAS plane and... more
AirlinesTECHNICAL TROUBLES ON ALITALIA FLIGHT TRIESTE-ROME
GORIZIA, Alitalia McDonnell Douglas MD-80 flight Trieste-Rome has been cancelled due to technical reasons presently unknown. The twin jet was leaving yesterday at 2.55 p.m. but few minutes before... more
AccidentsBOTH PARENTS OF THE TAMPA YOUNG PILOT ATTEMPTED SUICIDE YEARS AGO
TAMPA, USA, Charles and Julia, the parents of the young pilot that Saturday January 5th voluntarily crashed against a Tampa (Fla.) building, attempted to commit suicide when they were young. The attempt... more
HelicoptersAGUSTAWESTLAND ANNOUNCES MAJOR UK ACTIVITIES CONSOLIDATION
ROMA, AgustaWestland, the parithetic joint venture between Italian Finmeccanica and British GKN announced it will reorganize the UK industrial activities. This will involve the dismission of 950 workers... more
Science and technologyPASSENGER TRAFFIC REDUCTION AT BIRMINGHAM UK AIRPORT
BIRMINGHAM, GREAT BRITAIN, According to Birmingham International Airport sources, passenger traffic dropped by more than 5% in the last quarter of 2001. The airport says 7,816,024 travellers... more
AirlinesSAS: 0,8% PASSENGERS DECREASE IN 2001
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, The Scandinavian airline SAS registered a 0,8% decrease of passengers traffic in 2001 comparing to 2000, 7,8% less only in December, especially as for business class. The loss,... more
Science and technologyPASSENGER ARRESTED AT ATLANTA HARTSFIELD AIRPORT
ATLANTA, USA, A man, Michael Lasseter, 32, faces up to two years in jail and USD$2,000 in fines after to have been arrested by Hartsfield International airport police in Atlanta, for have... more
AirlinesBMI ANNOUNCES CREATION OF A NEW LOW-COST CARRIER
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, According to a note diffused by BMI British Midland, the UK's second biggest carrier, a new low cost airline is to be launched in March which will operate from BMI's base at... more
AirlinesQANTAS TECHNICAL SERVICES RESCUES A KOREAN AIR MD-11 AT SYDNEY
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, Qantas Engineering Technical Operations and Maintenance Services staff came to the aid of Korean Air to assist with the recovery of an MD11 cargo aircraft that had tipped onto its... more
AirlinesQANTAS REACHES LANDMARK AGREEMENT WITH AMWU AND AWU
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, Qantas Airways said today it had reached a landmark agreement with the AMWU and AWU providing a 12 month wage pause until 30 June 2002 and future wage increases dependent... more
AirlinesFINNAIR: 0,1% DECREASE OF PASSENGERS IN 2001
HELSINKI, FINLANDIA, In the period following U.S.A. attacks, the finnish airline, registered a 0,1% decrease of the number of passengers in 2001 (7.537.000 in comparison with 7.544.000 last year),... more
PeopleU.S. CONGRESSMAN ATTACKS AA/BA ALLIANCE
WASHINGTON, USA, According to U.S. transport department sources, the agreement between American Airlines and British Airways is a risk, after the heavy attacks from an one of the country's leading... more
AccidentsMILITARY PLANE CRASHES IN NEW JERSEY: PILOT EJECTED SAFELY
LITTLE EGG HARBOR, Thursday 10 at 10.45 a.m. an F-16 Fighting Falcon of the Air National Guard crashed near a busy highway in New Jersey, during a training mission, but the pilot ejected successfully. The... more
Science and technologyGAZA RUNWAY BADLY DAMAGED BY AN ISRAELI ATTACK
GAZA, Tanks and bulldozers of Israeli Army on the early morning destroyed the runway of Palestinian airport located at Gaza. Also in the past Gaza airport had been closed to air traffic or partially damaged;... more
AccidentsTURKEY: MILITARY JET CRASHES
TURKEY, A military jet taken off from Malatya town crashed on South-East of Turkey, nearby Darende, during a military exercise. The reason of the accident and the destiny of the crew are still... more
Science and technologyMAZAR-I-SHARIF AIRPORT FINISHED AT THE END OF JANUARY
AFGHANISTAN, Afghan military sources assured that the repairing works of Mazar-i-Sharif airport, in the North of Afghanistan, will be completed at the end of January, in order to allow the arrival... more
AirlinesAIR AFRIQUE: MEETING OF MINISTERS OF TRANSPORT OF STATES MEMBERS
ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST, A delegation of ministers of transports members of Air Afrique, met on Wednesday 9 at Abidjan, in order to decide about the future of the airline which suffers a debt of 510... more
Science and technologyPASSENGER DECLARING POSSESSION OF A BOMB ARRESTED AT MANCHESTER AIRPORT
MANCHESTER, Yesterday evening Police arrested at Manchester Airport a passenger embarking on a plane bound to Philadelphia, PA. The passenger spontaneously declared to have a bomb, as refers the daily... more
AirlinesVARIG RE-OPENS MANAUS-MIAMI ROUTE
RIO DE JANEIRO, Varig Brazilian airline announced it is to resume no-stop flights between Manaus and Miami on January 19, operated weekly using Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The Brazilian carrier, which... more
AirlinesNEW MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS FOR CIVIL AVIATION
ROME, FCC (Federal Communication Commission) certified the Boeing device that can be used for a broad band of frequencies destined to multimedia airborne links, i.e. Internet, Intranet, TV, e-mail and... more