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IndustryBOMBARDIER DELIVERS FIRST CRJ200 TO SHANDONG AIRLINES
CHINA, Bombardier Aerospace delivered the first of five CRJ200 regional jet aircraft recently to Shandong Airlines in The People's Republic of China. The chinese airline is acquiring these aircrafts for... more
AirlinesSAS ANNOUNCED NEW SERVICE COPENHAGEN-WASHINGTON
SCANDINAVIA, In May 2001, SAS will introduce its Copenhagen-Washington D.C. service as the first step in the expansion of SAS' intercontinental operations. The route is particularly important because the... more
IndustryPRATT&WHITNEY F119 ENGINE COMPLETES INITIAL PHASE OF ENDURANCE TESTING
EAST HARTFORD, USA, Pratt & Whitney and the U.S. Air Force have completed the initial phase of endurance testing of F119 engine excellent results. "We are very pleased with the results of the testing and... more
AccidentsSINGAPORE AIRLINES CRASH: INVESTIGATORS PROVIDED A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF LAST MOMENTS
TAIPEI, TAIWAN, Investigators provided a detailed description of how the Boeing 747-400 burst into flames and broke apart while speeding down a closed runway littered with construction material. Seconds... more
Airlines5 AIRLINES TO JOIN NIGERIA AIRWAYS PRIVATIZATION PLAN
LAGOS, Five airlines are supposed to join Nigeria Airways privatization plan, officials of the african carrier said. They are: KLM, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Singapore Airways e South African Airways.... more
DefenseCHINA TO DEVELOP NEW MILITARY AIRCRAFT
CHINA, According to what U.S. experts said during Zhuhai air show, China is developing a new military aircraft to be used by Navy. It is a military version of 60-seat MA-60 regional aircraft, which is... more
AirlinesRYANAIR: 33% PASSENGER INCREASE
IRELAND, Low-cost airline Ryanair registered a passenger numbers inncrease of 33% over the last six months. Also profits and revenues grew. Key to the growth was the opening up of 10 new routes and the... more
AirlinesOVER 40 AIRLINES WILL ATTEND UATP ANNUAL CONFERENCE & INFOSEARCH
WASHINGTON, Universal Air Travel Plan, Inc. (UATP) announced today that over 40 international airlines are confirmed to attend the company's Annual Conference and InfoSearch Forum which will take place... more
IndustryUPS TO PURCHASE 35 USED BOEING MD-11S
USA, United Parcel Service confirmed that it will purchase up to 35 used Boeing MD-11s in a deal valued at more than $2 billion. The industry of Seattle will convert the planes to freighter configuration.... more
AerospaceCHINA TO BE SOON THE THIRD NATION TO PUT ASTRONAUTS INTO SPACE
CHINA, China will soon become the third nation in the world, after Usa and Russia, to boast manned space flight, top officials of China Aerospace Science Technology Corporation said during Zhuhai air show.... more
AirlinesBOMBARDIER TO SELL SECOND Q200 TO NAGASAKI AIRWAYS
JAPAN, Bombardier Aerospace has sold a second 39-seat Q200 turboprop airliner to Nagasaki Airways of Japan. Delivery of the first aircraft is scheduled for the first quarter of 2001; delivery of the second... more
Science and technologyGAZA AIRPORT TO OPEN AGAIN
MIDDLE EAST, Gaza airport activity is seesawing because of the conflict between Israel and Palestinians. It was closed several times since the beginning of the war. Today, after one week of inactivity,... more
Weather forecastsAIRSHOW AND MEETINGS
., SPEEDNEWS REGIONAL AND CORPORATE AVIATION INDUSTRY SUPPLIERS CONFERENCE Nov. 5-7, Ritz Carlton Hotel, Rancho Mirage, California Info: (310) 203-9603; Web site: www.speednews.com. AIRPORTS... more
IndustryROLLS-ROYCE TO CUT 5000 JOBS
LONDON, Rolls-Royce is planning to cut around 5,000 jobs over the next three years as part of a broad restructuring plan. It will shed some 2000 jobs in 2001. The new was reported by the english newspaper... more
AccidentsSINGAPORE AIRLINES CRASH: DEATH TOLL ROSE TO 83 VICTIMS
TAIPEI, TAIWAN, Rescue teams pulled other two dead bodies out of the wreck of the Boeing 747-400 crashed while taking off from Taipei airport. So the death toll rose to 83 victims. more
AccidentsAIR CRASH IN BRAZIL, 8 KILLED
BRAZIL, A single-engine plane crashed yesterday in the south of Brazil. All killed the eight aboard. The accident happened near the town of Joao Pinheiro, 400 km northern of Sao Paulo. The cause of the... more
AirlinesALITALIA SAID IT DIDN'T LEARN ABOUT EXCHANGE RATE PROPOSAL OF SWISSAIR
ROME, Alitalia said in a press release it didn't learn about Swissair's proposal of rate exchange. That proposal would allow SairGroup, of which Swissair is part, to buy some Alitalia's shares. more
Science and technologySYDNEY AIRPORT TRAFFIC UP
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, Sydney airport handled more than 23 million passengers in this year. The growth was particularly due to the Olympics. There was a 6% rise compared to 1999 and the total of 23.26 million... more
AirlinesMAERSK AIR TO INAUGURATE FLIGHT MILAN-BILLUND
MILAN, Maersk Air inaugurated a new connection between Milan Malpensa and Billund and return. Another flight to Denmark, from Venice, is operative since March of last year. The aircraft used for the new... more
Finance and economyALITALIA SHARES RISE 3,4% BY GOSSIP OF RATE EXCHANGE WITH SWISSAIR
ROME, Alitalia shares this morning registered a 3,4% rise at italian stock exchange as consequence of the gossip reporting a possible agreement between the italian airline and Swissair. Alitalia officials... more
AirlinesDRAGONAIR TO BUY 2 BOEING 747-300 AND TO BOLSTER ITS PRESENCE IN CARGO MARKET
HONG KONG, Chinese airline Dragonair, based in Hong Kong, signed a contract with Singapore Airlines to purchase two 747-300 Combi airplanes. Both aircrafts will be converted to full freighters. Therefore... more
AccidentsCOULD SIA PILOT BE FOOLED BY RUNWAY LIGHTS?
TAIPEI, TAIWAN, According to a Singapore Airlines spokesman, airline will investigate whether or not closed runway on which Boeing 747-400 accident has occurred, had lights on. This could have fooled pilot... more
PeopleCIT AEROSPACE ORDERED 50 NEW AIRBUS AIRCRAFTS
FRANCE, Leasing company CIT Aerospace ha ordered 35 Airbus A320 and 15 A330, worth some $3.5bn. The new order takes to 80 the number of Airbus aircraft ordered by CIT, The first aircraft was delivered... more
AirlinesBA CONFIRMED TO PUT GO ON SALE
LONDON, BA confirmed this morning it will put low cost airline Go on sale. The decision was announced in an official statement. more
PeopleCONCORDE CRASH COMPENSATION: NO AGREEMENT REACHED
PARIS, FRANCE, The fourth meeting between lawyers for the airline and for the victims' families failed to reach agreement. Acoording to lawyers of victims' families the french airline had still not made... more
AirlinesBA TO RISE PROFITS
LONDON, Ba announced today its profits climbed well ahead of expectations. Costs were held despite a 57 per cent rise in fuel prices. Profits rised to GBP£200m. Operating results advanced 125 per cent... more
AirlinesPOSSIBLE RATE EXCHANGE BETWEEN ALITALIA AND SWISSAIR
ZURICH, A Swissair spokesman said the proposal of a rate exchange between Alitalia and the swiss airline will be put to the vote in the next board of directors' meeting scheduled for November 22. more
AirlinesBA TO SELL GO
LONDON, BA could sell low cost airline Go because of its seesawing profits. The carrier registered a decrease of profits in the first half of the year and a following rise during summer. more
IndustryCHINA WILL BE THE MOST INTERESTING AVIATION MARKET OUTSIDE USA, ACCORDING BOEING
SEATTLE, USA, The official Chinese Xinhua news agency has quoted the words of Boeing's vice-president of commercial marketing Randy Baseler; according him, China will be the world's most interesting and... more
PeopleIRAQ FLIGHTS DESPITE EMBARGO
BAGHDAD, IRAQ, Two passengers aircraft, an Antonov and an Ilyushin used for domestic flights, have been sent by Iraqi from Baghdad to Basra, with 114 people on board and from Baghdad to Mosul with 42... more
AccidentsABOUT AIRLINES COMPENSATION
., Singapore Airlines, after the crash of its Boeing 747-400 in Taipei which killed 81 people, offered the relatives of the victims a $400.00 compensation. It was the highest sum ever offered from an airline... more
AirlinesSPAIN: IBERIA TO CANCEL FLIGHTS FOR BAD WEATHER
SPAIN, Spanish national airline Iberia cancelled all flights to Galicia, Cantabria and south France because of the bad weather striking Spain. Civil Defense declared a state of emergency in several areas... more
AccidentsRELATIVES OF TAIPEI ACCIDENT VICTIMS REJECT AIRLINE COMPENSATION
TAIPEI, TAIWAN, Several relatives of the 81 victims of the Singapore Airlines SQ006 flight crash occurred on take off at Chiang Kai-shek Taipei airport have rejected the sum offered as compensation for... more
IndustryP&WC NEW SERVICE CENTRE OPENS IN BRASIL
LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC, Pratt&Whitney Canada Corporation (P&WC) has announced that it has officially opened a new service centre at Sorocaba State Airport, 90 km west of S. Paulo, Brazil, to provide engine... more
IndustryCIT AEROSPACE PLACES MAJOR ORDER FOR AIRBUS AIRCRAFT
FRANCE, Airbus has announced that CIT Aerospace, a company of the CIT Group, has signed a firm order for 35 A320 family aircraft and 15 A330s, confirming an intent announced in July. The deal in valued... more
DefenseEUROFIGHTER: FINAL ASSEMBLY HAS STARTED IN ENGLAND
LONDON, The final assembly of the euopean aircraft Eurofighter has started today in a hangar of Warton air base, England. The new was confirmed by BAe Systems. The fighter will be completed before the... more
Airlines6 AMERICAN EMPLOYEES ARRESTED ON MARIJUANA SMUGGLING CHARGES
USA, Federal investigators arrested yesterday 20 people, including six employees of American Airlines, on marijuana smuggling charges. A U.S. attorney said the suspects had smuggled 10 tons of drug in... more
AccidentsFAA INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE NEAR MISS DURING RADAR OUTAGE
INDIANA, USA, FAA is investigating wether two planes came too close to each other after Indianapolis airport air traffic control center lost radar and radio communications. Also the cause of the outage,... more
IndustryLATECOERE TO EXPAND
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC, French Group Latecoere, owning czech company Letov LV, announced it will invest 12 billion of Euro over the next five years in Prague company, raising the number of employees from... more
AirlinesLAN CHILE AND ECUATORIANA AIRLINES TO SIGN NEW COMMERCIAL AGREEMENT
SANTIAGO, CHILE, Lan Chile announced that it has signed a new two year commercial agreement with Ecuatoriana Airlines. It allows Lan Chile to operate its aircraft on Ecuatoriana's international routes... more
AirlinesUNITED MECHANICS SUSPENDED CONTRACT TALKS WITH THE AIRLINE
USA, United Airlines mechanics decided to suspend contract talks with the airline saying they want the company to get serious and place officials at bargaining table who are able to complete the negotiations.... more
AccidentsFURIOUS PASSENGER FORCES JETLINER TO LAND
LONDON, A Virgin Atlantic operated jetliner heading Los Angeles from Heathrow, has been forced to land in Calgary airport (Canada) when a U.S. passenger, Albert Roche, of Santa Monica in California was... more
AerospaceDANGEROUS SPACE SUITS FOR ASTRONAUTS
USA, Nasa found out that a few space suits were eqipped with units for oxygen supply in case of emergency containing oily hydrocarbon. As everybody knows oxygene in contact with fat may determine an explosion.... more
DefenseINDIA ORDERED 32 RUSSIAN FIGTHER PLANES
LONDON, India will take delivery of the first batch of ten 32 Sukhoi Su-30MKI multirole fighters from Russia late next year The remaining planes will arrive before the end of 2003. The Indian Ministry... more
AerospaceNASA IS TESTING ESCAPE VEHICLE FOR ASTRONAUTS
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, USA, NASA performed a series of successful drop tests of the X-38, a prototype escape vehicle for astronauts to use to return to Earth in case of an accident or emergency. The unmanned... more
AccidentsSINGAPORE AIRLINES CRASH: TAIWAN SAFETY COUNCIL PUT THE BLAME ON PILOT
TAIPEI, TAIWAN, Taiwan's Aviation Safety Council officially blamed the pilot for Singapore Airlines jumbo jet crash in a statement. Chee Kong Foong, tried to take off on a runway closed for repair and... more
AirlinesQANTAS TO BUY 18 AIRBUS
AUSTRALIA, Qantas Airways will buy 12 A3XX superjumbos and six A330-200 wide-body airliners from Airbus Industrie. The order is valued almost USD$4 billion. The australian airline would take options on... more
SecurityBRUSSELS: STRIKE CALLED BY LUGGAGE HANDLERS AFTER ROBBERY AT AIRPORT
BRUSSELS, Laggage handlers called a strike to protest against the lack of safety after the robbery at airport. On Tuesday there was a robbery on a Lufthansa plane, parked in the airfield, carrying five... more
AccidentsANTONOV CRASHED IN ANGOLA WAS NOT SHOT DOWN BY UNITA REBELS
ANGOLA, An official of angolan air force said the Antonov 26 crashed down the other day was not shot down by UNITA rebels. The plane exploded 20 minutes after takeoff from Saurimo. It seems it was probably... more
Science and technologyFRANKFURT AND SCHIPOL LAUNCH AIRPORT ALLIANCE
FRANKFURT, Two major european airports, Flughafen Frankfurt/Main AG and The Netherlands' Schiphol Group, signed an alliance. The CEOs of Flughafen Frankfurt/Main AG (FAG), Dr. Wilhelm Bender, and of Schiphol... more