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HelicoptersINDIAN CHOPPER ENTERS BANGLADESH AIR SPACE
INDIA, An Indian military helicopter yesterday intruded the Bangladesh air space in Debhata upazila. The intrusion aroused panic among people in the area. The chopper entered about 5 km deep inside Bangladesh.... more
AerospaceMAP LAUNCHED SATURDAY TO MONITOR BIG BANG AFTERGLOW
CAPE CANAVERAL, Nasa's MAP, Microwave Anisotropy Probe, blasted off at 3:46 p.m. EDT Saturday aboard a Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The probe will look for the oldest... more
IndustryA COMMON POINT OF CONTACT FOR BOEING AND AIRBUS
TOULOSE, FRANCE, According to an Airbus industries spokesman, between French industry and U.S. Boeing there is almost a common point of interest, the part identification through unique bar code permanent... more
HelicoptersYUGOSLAV GENERAL SAYS HE WAS TOLD TO BLOW UP BLAIR'S HELICOPTER
BELGRADE, General Nebojsa Pavkovic said an english newspaper he was ordered to blow up Blair's helicopter at Petrovac airport in Skopje in May 1999. "I was under pressure to do it since Nato was destroying... more
Latest newsISRAELI WARPLANES DESTROY RADAR IN SYRIA
JERUSALEM, Few israeli fighter-bombers yesterday destroyed a Syrian Army radar base in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon. Two Syrian soldiers and a Lebanese soldier were wounded. Syria is allowing the accelerated... more
IndustryRAYTHEON AWARDED A NEAR 40 USDM CONTRACT
USA, Raytheon Co., El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $39,250,000 contract for supplies and services required to manufacture 26 AN/APG-73 Phase I Radar Upgrade Kits used on F/A-18 Hornet aircraft.... more
IndustryGENENRAL ELECTRIC AWARDED A OVER 45 USDM CONTRACT
USA, General Electric Aircraft Engines, Cincinnati, Ohio, is being awarded a $45,000,006 contract to provide for spare parts for the TF39, TF34 and J85 engine and 245 line items, various estimated quantities.... more
IndustrySIKORSKY AWARDED A OVER 203 USDM CONTRACT
USA, Sikorsky Aircraft Co., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $203,239,894 contract, for sustaining engineering for conversion of 14 Army UH-60L aircraft to Navy MH-60S aircraft and logistics support... more
AirlinesAEROFLOT TO LEASE FOUR DC-10 FREIGHTERS
MOSCOW, Russian Aeroflot recently made a deal with an unnamed leasing company to acquire at least 4 DC-10 freighters, said Eugene Bachurin, Aeroflot's Commercial Director. Aeroflot will use the freighters... more
HelicoptersUS ARMY GROUNDS ITS APACHES AFTER AN ISRAELI ACCIDENT
USA, The U.S. Army has grounded 500 of its AH-64A and AH-64D Apache helicopters on a total of 743, after a an Israeli Apache crashed, due to tail rotor assembly separation. Now the most of Apaches... more
Science and technologySCHIPOL INTERESTED IN MAHB STAKE
AMSTERDAM, "We can confirm our interest in MAHB and that we are in contact with MAHB", said Schiphol Group corporate communications manager Marianne de Bie. She added, in an interview to Business Times,... more
AccidentsPOLICE HELICOPTER CRASHES IN PERU
PERU, A police helicopter crashed in southern Peru on friday while surveying damage to earthquake-ravaged areas. Three people were killed in the accident, a state official, a police officer and a co-pilot.... more
HelicoptersISRAELI HELICOPTER FIRES MISSILES AT PALESTINIAN CAR
WEST BANK, An isreali helicopter fired missiles at a car in which the three palestinians were travelling near Qabatiye in the northern West Bank, Palestinian security officials reported. The three men... more
PeopleDUE TO A PUBLIC TRANSPORT STRIKE, THOUSANDS OF TOURISTS STRANDED AT BALEARIC ISLANDS
BALEARIC ISLANDS, SPAIN, Thousands of holidaymakers remained stranded in the Balearic islands due to 72-hour coach drivers' strike which ended at midnight on Sunday and which caused disruption for travels... more
Science and technologyRONCHI DEI LEGIONARI AIRPORT: INAUGURATED NEW FLIGHT TRIESTE-DUBROVNIK
TRIESTE, Minerva Airlines yesterday inaugurated a new flight from Trieste to Dubrovnik. The route was organized by italian tour operator Aurora Viaggi and it is scheduled as a weekly flight, operated on... more
PeopleCHINA TO BUY 400 CIVIL AIRCRAFTS IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS
PEKING, China plans to buy 400 jetliners over the next five years, China Daily reported. The plan would boost passenger numbers to 100 million from 67 million passengers last year and it would increase... more
AirlinesBOMBARDIERS DELIVERS FIRST CRJ700 TO LUFTHANSA CITYLINE
GERMANY, Lufthansa CityLine received its first CRJ700 from Bombardier Aerospace. The 70-seat aircraft is the first of 20 scheduled for delivery over 2003. CityLine's fleet currently includes 43 CRJ100s/200s... more
AirlinesAMERICAN AIRLINES AND ITS FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REACH AN AGREEMENT
USA, Between U.S. carrier American Airlines and Apfa, Association of Professional Flight Attendants, which group over 23,000 flight attendants, has been reached an agreement for the new work contract.... more
Industry194 ORDERS LESS FOR BOEING
SEATTLE, USA, U.S. aeronautical industry Boeing Co received 194 fewer jet orders in the first half of 2001 than it did during the same period last year. In the 175 orders for the first half of the year... more
AirlinesAIR CANADA TO LAUNCH NEW ROUTE TORONTO-NORFOLK
TORONTO, Air Canada has launched a daily nonstop service between Norfolk and Toronto using 50-seat CRJs. more
AirlinesDELTA TO GROUND TEN JETLINERS
USA, Delta Air Lines will put ten 727s out of service by the end of the year, six in September, two in Novemeber and December, owing to a 1,4% decrease of capacity in the year due to higher fuel prices... more
Civil aviationFAA EMERGENCY AD ON BELL TEXTRON CANADA 206, 407 AND 427 HELICOPTERS
USA, EMERGENCY AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration DATE: June 27, 2001 2001-13-51 This... more
AirlinesAER LINGUS POSTS £20 MILLION LOSSES IN 2001
DUBLIN, Aer Lingus expects a net loss for £20 million (euro 25.39 million) this year. The airline's finance have worsened from the beginning of the year due to the foot-and-mouth crisis, the slowdown... more
Science and technologyLIVERPOOL AIRPORT TO BE RENAMED
LIVERPOOL, Liverpool airport will be renamed today John Lennon Airport with a new slogan, "above us only sky," a line from Lennon's hugely popular song "Imagine". Yok Ono will attend the inauguration today.... more
AirlinesQATAR AIRWAYS TO SIGN CODE-SHARING AGREEMENT WITH MAS
QATAR, Qatar Airways is to sign a code-sharing agreement with Malaysian Airlines (MAS), effective December 17. The airline, in talks with other carriers too, is to fly from Doha to Kuala Lumpur and Male... more
IndustryOVER 320 USDM FOR FIRST THREE MONTHS OF F22 PRODUCTION
USA, Lockheed Martin Corp., Marietta, Ga. is being awarded a $320,327,922 firm-fixed-price modification to a firm-fixed-price contract to provide for three months (July-September) advance procurement in... more
Weather forecastsEVENT CALENDAR IN BIZJETS AVIATION SECTOR
., Airline Pilot Career Seminar and Job Fair Minneapolis, MN July 13-15 Phone +1 800-247-2777 [email protected] www.airapps.com Popular Rotorcraft Association Convention 2001 PRA... more
Weather forecastsCOMMERCIAL AVIATION EVENT CALENDAR IN MAY 2001
., Airline Pilot Career Seminar and Job Fair Atlanta, GA July 13 to July 15, Phone +1 800-247-2777 [email protected] www.airapps.com Airport Security & Technology Summit Hyatt Regency, San... more
AirlinesNO MORE US ARWAYS FOR UNITED
USA, According to US airline United Airlines spokesman, the expected acquisition of US Airways carrier will be not performed, due, according the same spokesman, to financial and regulatorily problems.... more
PeopleGRAT EXPANSION EXPECTED IN CHINESE CIVIL AVIATION
CHINA, According to Chinese press agency Xinhua, the Chinese civil aviatioin authority would expand largely the China's air transport possibilities, acquiring some 400 new aircrafts and building 43 new... more
AirlinesMONEY FOR SWISSAIR NOT YET ARRIVED
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, According to Swiss-German Sonntag Zeitung newspaper, the four banks which have promised to give about 666 EURm to Swissair Group, do not have still honoured their engagement. Seems... more
AirlinesNO SMOKING ALSO ON MANY AEROFLOT FLIGHTS
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, According to a Duma Russian parliament, also on Aeroflot flights will be forbidden to smoke, for the flights lasting less than four hours. This is a first step to conform at international... more
Science and technologyALGERIAN MAN ON TRIAL FOR BOMB IN LOS ANGELES AIRPORT PLAN
USA, An Algerian on trial for terrorism was alleged by the prosecution to have aided some terrorist who have planned to bomb Los Angeles International Airport. The Algerian man, Mokhtar Haouari gave convicted... more
AirlinesIBERIA NEGOTIATES WITH PILOTS UNION
MADRID, Iberia's management is going to meet today the pilots union Sepla in order to make a deal that would call off the strikes planned for the next weeks, spanish newspaper El Mundo reported today. more
Latest newsRUSSIA TO DELIVER INDIA FIRST BATCH OF MILITITARY PLANES BY THE END OF THE YEAR
MOSCOW, Russia, in line with the contract, will deliver India a first batch of Su-30MKI within the end of this year, said russian agency Itar-Tass quoting the press secretary of the Sukhoi aircraft military-industrial... more
PeopleIRANIAN COURT SENTENCES THREE MEN TO DEATH
IRAN, An iranian court has sentenced to death three men who tried to hijack a russian Yak-40 to Usa last November. The plane was en route from Ahwaz, in southern Iran, to Bandar Abbas, in the Gulf. It... more
AirlinesDELTA CONNECTION CARRIER ATLANTIC SOUTHEAST AIRLINES INAUGURATES REGIONAL JET SERVICE BETWEEN ATLANTA AND LEWISBURG, W. VA.
ATLANTA, Delta Connection carrier Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) Sunday will begin non-stop regional jet service between Atlanta and Lewisburg, W. Va. with one daily round-trip flight. ASA service between... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON AGUSTA-BELL TEXTRON HELICOPTERS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration The following Airworthiness Directive issued by the Federal... more
IndustryALLISON AWARDED A OVER 1,4 USDBN FOR C-130 ENGINE SPARES
USA, Allison Engine Co./Rolls Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind. is being awarded a $1,402,316,400 requirements contract by Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Tinker Air Force Base to provide for various... more
Science and technologySECOND SUSPENSION BRIDGE PROJECT AT INCHEON AIRPORT DELAYED TO NEXT YEAR
SOUTH KOREA, The korean Ministry of Construction and Transportation yesterday said that the construction of a second suspension bridge connecting Songdo City and Inchecon International Airport won't begin... more
AirlinesCOMAIR STARTS ITS REBIRTH
USA, With the help of the parent carrier Delta, U.S. regional airlines Comair started its rebirth, after a three month strike of its pilots. According to Delta president, Frederick W. Reid the recover... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON EUROCOPTER HELICOPTERS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department... more
PeopleTHAILAND AND USA NEAREST IN AIR TRAFFIC PACT
WASHINGTON, USA, According to U.S. Transport Department sources, after some ten years of talks, an air traffic pact could finally developed between Usa and Thailan for the use of respective airspaces.... more
AirlinesAEROMEXICO OFFERS SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY FARE FOR NEW LOS ANGELES-ACAPULCO NONSTOP FLIGHTS
HOUSTON, "AeroMexico, Mexico's largest airline, has announced that it will offer a special $375 introductory fare on its new nonstop flights from Los Angeles to Acapulco beginning July 12, 2001. Operating... more
AirlinesNORTHWEST OFFERS NEW TICKETS DISCOUNTS AS DELTA
USA, U.S. airline Northwest Airlines, following Delta Airlines, presented a series of fares discount on the domestic most used flights. Starting July 8, who will buy tickets using the carrier internet... more
Science and technologyTRAFFIC UP AT ORLANDO SANFORD AIRPORT
ORLANDO, Orlando Sanford Airport recorded a 5% total passenger inmcrease in May, over the same period last year. Airport operations rose 8%. International passengers went up by 10%, domestic passengers... more
AirlinesUS AIRWAYS TO LAUNCH NEW SERVICE TO MEXICO
USA, US Airways will launch a new service from Charlotte, N.C., to Cozumel, Mexico, from January 2002. The twice weekly route will be flown Saturdays and Sundays with a 126-seat Boeing 737. more
AirlinesDELTA TO END SERVICE LYONS-NEW YORK JFK
USA, Delta Air Lines is to end its Lyons-New York JFK service at the end of Aug. The route, flown with a Boeing 767, was introduced in April 2000 and operated in codeshare with Air France. more
AirlinesVIETNAM AIRLINES IN TALKS WITH DELTA AND AMERICAN
USA, Vietnam Airlines is negotiating with Delta and American about a codesharing between the two countries. The agreement would be reached in three months, Vietnam Airlines officials said. The deal should... more
AccidentsCARGO PLANE ENGINE CATCHES FIRE
BELGIUM, An engine of a Boeing 747-400 en route from Ostende, Belgium, to South Africa, caught fire, authorities said. The plane was carrying 7 people and 87 tonnes of cargo aboard. Nobody was inju... more