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PeopleMAYBE THE ELEVATOR CAUSED THE EMERY CRASH OCCURED LAST FEBRUARY 16
USA, According to what emerged by the inquiry, it wasn't a shifting of the load inside the Emery Worldwide DC-8 aircraft, causing the air crash occurred last February 16 but an elevator system failure,... more
AirlinesVARIG'S CARGO ARE INCREASING
BRAZIL, The Brazilian Varig announced a notable increase in the cargo section following the declaration of its President, Ozires Silva, who expects that cargos will represent 30% of the total activity... more
Latest newsPENTAGON PROMOTES A MISSILE DEFENSE EXPANSION PROGRAM
WASHINGTON, USA, A Pentagon panel, headed by retired Air Force Gen. James McCarthy, issued on April 30 a report recommending to Bush's administration the increase of Us missile defense, including both... more
IndustryFIRST TESTS ON THE NEW ROLLS-ROYCE TRENT 500 ON AN AIRBUS A340
TOULOUSE, FRANCE, The Trent 500, the latest member of the Rolls-Royce Trent engine family took to the skies today. An Airbus A340-600, powered by four Trent 500 engines, took off today from the Airbus... more
Weather forecastsGENEVA'S EXIBITION WAS HELD IN A CLIMATE OF CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM
GENEVA, SWIZTERLAND, The EBACE, European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition, held last week in Geneva, is the first exibition organized by EBAA and NBAA, respectively the European Business Aviation... more
AirlinesAIR TAHITI NUI INCREASES ITS FLIGHTS TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
FRENCH POLYNESIA, Air Tahiti Nui, French Polynesia international airline, increased its flights to Australia and New Zealand from April 11, operating two new weekly flights from Papeete to Sydney and Auckland... more
Weather forecastsMILITARY AIRSHOW AND MEETINGS IN APRIL-MAY 2001
., Latin America Defentech International Exhibition and Conference on Defense Technology Rio Centro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil April 24 to April 27, 2001 Phone +44 20-8910-7746 Fax +44 20-8910-7747 [email protected] www.reedexpo.com.br Society... more
AirlinesBRITISH AIRWAYS JOINS FORCES WITH AIR PARTNER FOR BUSINESS JET SERVICE
USA, Air Partner offers to British Airways a new business jet service, the "Business Jets", which will complete British Airways' flight network. The service, independently managed by Air Partner, will... more
Weather forecastsCOMMERCIAL AVIATION AIRSHOW AND MEETINGS IN APRIL -MAY 2001
., COMMERCIAL AVIATION EVENT CALENDAR in April/May 2001 Inter Airport Asia Singapore Expo Singapore Expo Centre, Singapore April 23 to April 25, Phone +44 1707-278200 Fax +44 1707-278201 [email protected] www.inter-airport.com/asia/main.htm Animal... more
AirlinesTHREE-DAY FARE DISCOUNTS FOR AIRTRAN AIRWAYS
USA, AirTran is promoting for three days its domestic flights, offering faires discounted up to 35%. The prices range from 39 USD to 129 USD and apply to one way tickets that must be bought by April... more
PeopleAIRBUS A340-600 MAKES ITS FIRST FLIGHT TODAY
PARIS, The new Airbus A340-600 is to make its maiden flight today. The aircraft is the largest in the Airbus range and it carries up 380 passengers with a range of 13.900 km. it will undergo several tests... more
AerospaceUNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS OFFICE CLOSED
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, After almost 50 years activity and 30 average weekly sighting, the Unidentified Flying Objects office closes for lack of work. Dennis Plunkett, the founder and president of an... more
AirlinesUNITED AIRLINES ACQUISITION OF US AIRWAYS IN DANGER
USA, United Airlines acquisition deal of US Airways at the moment seems under threat. Both carriers, as a matter of fact, expect to end the year with a loss if present trends continue. Moreover, as... more
Science and technologyAMSTERDAM SCHIPOL EYES ROME AIRPORTS
AMSTERDAM, Gerlach Cerfontaine, ceo of Amsterdam Schipol Group, said the dutch airport is considering taking a stake in Aeroporti di Roma, the company handling Rome's Fiumicino and Ciampino airports. Cerfontaine... more
AerospaceNEW ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM USED IN JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
PASADENA, USA, The researches at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are using an electron beam on the submolecolar scale for the creation of microscopic sensor for future spacecrafts and aircrafts. The new... more
AirlinesAEROMEXICO INAUGURATES ONLY SCHEDULED NONSTOP SERVICE BETWEEN LOS ANGELES AND ACAPULCO THIS SUMMER
HOUSTON, AeroMexico, Mexico's largest airline, today announced plans to start the only scheduled nonstop service between Los Angeles and Acapulco on July 9, pending DOT approval. Operating from Thursday... more
PeopleCONCORDES GETTING READY TO FLY AGAIN
PARIS, FRANCE, A French newspaper reported some declarations made last Friday in an Air France's heads meeting concerning the resumption of Paris-New York Concorde flights. It seems that the service, interrupted... more
AirlinesCITYJET BUYS NEW PLANES
FRANCE, Air France's subsidiary CityJet is leasing three additional BAe 146-200 aircrafts from BAE Systems. The three planes were formerly operated by Malmo Aviation. more
AerospaceNORTHROP GRUMMAN INTENDS TO BUY AEROJET
USA, Northrop Grumman intends to buy the space division of Aerojet for 315 USDm. The announcement was given on Friday. Northrop said that the acquisition will give a further boost to the space sensors... more
Latest newsTHE US NAVY REPLACES THE OLD DOUGLAS C-9 ''SKYTRAINS'' WITH NEW BOEING 737-700CS
USA, The US Navy replaced its elderly Douglas C-9 "Skytrains" with six new Boeing 737-700C, called, in the military version, C-40A "Clipper". The delivery of the first four aircraft was made on Saturday... more
AirlinesGB AIRWAYS ADDS THE FIFTH WEEKLY FLIGHT TO LONDON-TUNIS SERVICE
TUNIS, TUNISIA, GB Airways, owned by British Airways' group, will add the fifth weekly flight to the service connecting Tunis and London, due to the increase of the two cities' traffic. The carrier's General... more
DefenseSVERDRUP TECHNOLOGIES AWARDED OF A NEAR-200USDM CONTRACT
TULLAHOMA, TENNESSEE, Sverdrup Technology Inc., Tullahoma, Tenn. awarded of a (maximum) USD 195,200,000 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to provide for technical support for Air Armament... more
AerospaceCANADARM2 WILL HELP CONSTRUCTION OF A PRESSURIZED ROOM
HOUSTON, USA, The Canadian built robotic arm, Canadarm2, will help the construction of a pressurized room, which will permitt astronauts to walk in space without the support of the shuttle. The room will... more
AirlinesOLYMPIC AIRWAYS INCREASES TARIFFS BY 9% WAITING FOR PRIVATIZATION
ATHENS, GREECE, The Greek Olympic Airways, which lost 55 USDm last year, announced that from April 21 it has increased its tariffs by 9%. The Greek Government is planning the privatization of the company... more
DefenseISRAELI SCIENTIST ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED ESPIONAGE
ISRAEL, Retired Brigadier General and Chief Scientist at the Development Ministry, Itzah Yaakov, 75 years old, has been arrested for espionage. General Yaakov, who covered an important rule in the 70s... more
AirlinesAIRLINE TO BUY 5 BOEING 747-400 AIRCRAFTS
USA, An airline agreed to purchase five Boeing 747-400s, Boeing said. The deal worth about $1 billion. Boeing spokeswoman Cris McHugh said the carrier is planning to make its own announcement by the end... more
AirlinesROYAL JORDANIAN TO BE PRIVATIZED
JORDAN, Royal Jordanian will be privatized in a "bid to attract a new strategic partner". Jordan government said the air transport market in Jordan "will be fully opened for competition with available... more
AccidentsGUITARIST WITH REM ASSAULTES TWO BRITISH AIRWAYS' CREW MEMBERS
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, Peter Buck, a guitarist with REM rock band, assaulted two British Airways' crew members while he was on a British Airways London-Seattle flight. It seems the musician was drunk and... more
AccidentsAIRPLANE BOMBED IN PERU (3): IT SEEMS THAT A CIA AIRCRAFT TRIED TO STOP THE ATTACK
PERU, A Cia aircraft made an anti-drug surveillance operation in Peru last Friday, day of the Peruvian civil airplane shooting down. It seems that the Cia aircraft's crew had understood that the airplane,... more
AirlinesNEW INFLIGHT EMAIL SERVICE FOR SINGAPORE AIRLINES
SINGAPORE, Singapore Airlines has launched yesterday a new email service on inflight. Passengers will be enabled to send and receive emails by a satellite system which is the world's first global airborne... more
AerospaceSHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR: TOMORROW THE ITALIAN ASTRONAUT GUIDONI WILL INSTALL ''RAFFAELLO''
HOUSTON, USA, The space shuttle docked to the International Space Station ISS since Saturady morning, and already yesterday the astronauts started to install the equipments carried by the "Endeavour".... more
AccidentsAIRPLANE BOMBED IN PERU (2): US EMBASSY SUSPENDS ANTI-DRUG SURVEILLANCE FLIGHTS
LIMA, PERU, Lima American Embassy's spokesman, Doug Barnes, announced that surveillance flights used to intercept drug's traffickers in Peru have been suspended. Barnes declared the American government... more
AccidentsAIRPLANE BOMBED IN PERU: (1) BUSH EXPLAINS UNITED STATES' RESPONSIBILITY
USA, Last Friday the Peruvian Air Force shot down at daylight a civil aircraft. The airplane, which was carrying missionaries working in Amazonia, was mistaken for a drug's trafficker. In the crash a woman... more
AirlinesANSETT: SECOND 767 CLEARED
AUSTRALIA, The Civil Aviation Authority cleared the second of Ansett's grounded fleet of Boeing 767s after a two-day inspection. It is expected to be another month before the remaining planes are inspected... more
AccidentsSMALL PLANE CRASHES IN FRANCE
FRANCE, A small plane yesterday crashed in Saint-Mamet, in shouthern France. The three people aboard, all germans, were killed, french authorities said. The cause of the crash is still unknown. An investigation... more
AirlinesYEMEN AIRWAYS WILL BUY TWO PLANES
DUBAI, Yemen Airways is dealing with Boeing and Airbus to buy two new planes which will replace Boeing 727 aircrafts. "We finished discussions on the Airbus 320 and started our talks with Boeing on the... more
AirlinesDELTA PILOTS REACH A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE AIRLINE
ATLANTA, USA, Delta Air Lines' pilots reached a tentative contract agreement "making Delta pilots the best paid in the industry" said company chairman and CEO, Leo Mullin. The agreement arrived on Sunday... more
Science and technologyUNITED PLANE FORCED TO FLIGHT DIVERSION FOR TWIN SISTERS FLIGHT
WASHINGTON, Two sisters were arrested by Fbi after they had a fight and hit and spat crew members of a United Airlines flight, from San Francisco to Shangai, who tried to calm them. The crew had to restrain... more
AccidentsGREENPEACE BALLOON FORCED TO LAND
QUEBEC, CANADA, A balloon flied by a Greenpeace's activist has been forced to land by Canadese police while trying to enter the Summit of the Americas area in Quebec, to which the leaders of 34 western... more
Press releaseAMERICAN AIRLINES SUSPENDS FROM NOVEMBER 1 THE ROME-CHICAGO FLIGHT
ROME, ITALY, "American Airlines, adapting itself to economical condition changes, decided to suspend, from November 1, the daily connection between Rome and Chicago, and therefore will shut Rome Fiumicino... more
AirlinesALITALIA PASSENGER TRAFFIC DECREASES IN Q1
ROME, Alitalia reported a passenger traffic decrease by 0,2% in the first quarter of the year, compared with the same period a year before. Capacity fell by 33% and load factor went up by 2,1%, reaching... more
PeopleGENERAL DYNAMICS REPORTS 15% PROFIT INCREASE IN THE FIRST 2001 QUARTER
USA, We report integrally the press release relative to General Dynamics profit increase during 2001 first quarter. "General Dynamics today reported net earnings of $240 million, or $1.19 per share... more
AirlinesPAKISTAN'S PILOTS CLOSE TO AGREEMENT WITH THE AIRLINE'S MANAGEMENT
PAKISTAN, The dispute between Pakistan Airlines' pilots and the management is close to end, said a spokesman for the Pakistan Air Line Pilots Association PALPA. An agreement should be reached today or... more
AccidentsLTU CHARTER MAKES AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN KENYA
MOMBASA KENYA, A charter of the German carrier Ltu International Airlines has been forced to an emergency landing at Mombasa airport in Kenya after one Boeing 767's engine resucked two flamingos and... more
PeopleUK INDUSTRY CONFEDERATION ASKS FOR A LARGER AIRPORT CAPACITY
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, Digby Jones, director of the Confederation of British Industry, in a speech to the Institution of Civil Engineers asked the UK Government to expand airport capacity. Jones said... more
AccidentsIS THE CHINESE F-8 FIGHTER RADAR BRITISH OR ITALIAN?
ROME, ITALY, According to Bbc's web site, the radar used by the Chinese F-8 fighter to localize the American EP-3E "Aries II" electronic surveillance aircraft, with which it then collided, is British... more
HelicoptersTHIRD R-22 FOR GUIDANCE HELICOPTER SCHOOL
PRESCOTT, ARIZONA, Guidance Helicopters, Inc., expanded Prescott Based Flight School adding a third Robinson R22 Beta II helicopter to its existing fleet. Guidance Helicopters is the only north emisphere... more
Latest newsMARINES DON'T RENOUNCE TO THE OSPREY
USA, Besides the two serious air crashes occurred to the Boeing MV-22 "Osprey" convertiplanes, killing 23 American soldiers, Marines don't intend to renounce to the project, that in origin expected... more
Latest newsBAE SYSTEMS WANTS THE PRODUCTION OF EUROFIGHTER TO CONTINUE
UK, British BAe Systems said it will pledge to continue Eurofighter production despite Greece pulling out of an order for 60 of these warplanes. greek government said they are going through financial straits... more
PeopleMIDWEST EXPRESS CUTS COSTS TO REVIVE Q1 LOSSES
USA, Midwest Express was stung by a net loss of 6,6 USDm in the first quarter of 2001. The airline decided to reduce non-aircraft capital spending by 5 USDm this year and cut 7% of its workforce over... more