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Science and technologyFAA INVESTIGATES RUNWAY MISHAP AT AIRPORT
PRIVIDENCE, USA, A US Airways Airbus A319 people aborted its takeoff during a snowstorm last weekend to avoid a Boeing 737 of Southwest crossing the runway at Warwick airport , the Federal Aviation Administration... more
DefenseFIRST INDIAN COMBAT AIRCRAFT FLIGHTS FOR TESTS
INDIA, The first completely Indian producted Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) made its first test flight. Its development, costed up to date 543 USDm, started in 1983, and according with Hindustan Aeronautics... more
AirlinesFEDEX TO BUY CARGO VERSION OF AIRBUS A380
TOULOSE, FRANCE, A contract worth 2,3 USDbn, could be signed soon between U.S. based carrier FedEx Corp. and French consortium Airbus Industries for supply 5 to 10 cargo version of its A380 (formerly A3XX)... more
AirlinesEASY JET TO OPEN NEW ROUTES FROM SCHIPHOL
SCHIPHOL, AMSTERDAM, UK-based low-cost airline EasyJet today started new flight from Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport to Edinburgh, Belfast and Nice making Schiphol the airline's fourth... more
AirlinesSOUTHWEST AIRLINES REPORTS DECEMBER TRAFFIC
USA, Southwest Airlines announced that the Company flew 3.5 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in December 2000, a 14.8 percent increase from the 3.1 billion RPMs flown in December 1999. Available... more
AirlinesBA PRESENTS ITS WAP CELLULAR CHECK-IN
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, Following an agrreement with IBM, worth 12,5m pounds, British Airways presented its WAP cellular-based check-in system, reseved to airline frequent flyers, which could reserve also... more
PeopleNEW CRJ700 REGIONAL JET CERTIFICATED BY TRANSPORT CANADA
CANADA, Bombardier Aerospace has benn awarded Transport Canada's Aircraft Type Certificate for its new 70-passenger CRJ700 Series regional jet. Type Certification was granted Friday, Dec.22, 2000. Type... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON AIRBUS A319, A320, E A321 AIRCRAFTS
USA, [4910-13-U] DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [65 FR 75591 12/4/2000] [Docket No. 2000-NM-227-AD; Amendment 39-12015; AD 2000-24-08] RIN... more
Science and technologyTRAVELERS STRANDED AFTER SPIRIT AIRLINES CANCELS FLIGHTS
DETROIT, Travelers were left stranded at Detroit Metropolitan Airport this week after Spirit Airlines' suddenly curtailed its schedule. Some holding tickets for the cut-rate airline Tuesday had been... more
AerospaceBOEING WINS CONTRACT WITH US AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON, With the $160.3 million contract the U.S. air force has awarded Boeing to build three communications satrellites which will be equipped with a high-capacity communications satellite system... more
AirlinesAMERICAN EAGLES TO LAUNCH NEW SERVICE TO COLUMBUS AND TORONTO
WASHINGTON, The carrier, the regional affiliate of American Airlines, today launched regional jet service between Washington and Columbus, Ohio, and Toronto. American Eagle operates both routes with 37-seat... more
AerospaceCHINA WILL PUT ON IN ORBIT A SECOND SPACE VEHICLE
CHINA, China is in order to put on in orbit a new unmanned space vehicle in the next days, the second of a program that will carry a Chinese astronaut in the space in the near years. It is unknown the... more
IndustryDASSAULT AVIATION: 90 ORDERS FOR FALCON JETS
PARIGI, The new was reported by the french newspaper "Les Echos". In 1999 the orders reached 52 units. Then growth was huge in the last year. So the industry has planned to increase the monthly production... more
AirlinesFIVE INVESTORS INTERESTED IN BUYING OLYMPIC AIRWAYS
ATHENS, A government spokesman said today that five groups are interesting in buying the ailing state-run national carrier. The spokesman didn't name the company, but according to news report among them... more
AerospaceRUSSIA TO SCHEDULE 29 SPACE LAUNCHES IN 2001
MOSCOW, Sergei Dervyashkin, spokesman for Russia's Strategic Rocket Forces, said 22 rockets will be launched from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakstan and will send into orbit some satellites. Two... more
AirlinesAMERICAN AIRLINES TRAFFIC UP IN 2000
USA, American Airlines reported its systemwide traffic increased 4.1 percent in 2000. The system load factor for the year was 72.4 percent, up 2.9 points from 1999. American boarded more than 86.2... more
Science and technologySPANISH-AUSTRALIAN GROUP BUYS BRISTOL AIRPORT
U.K., Bristol International Airport will have Spanish-Australian owners in investment bank and construction company . This joint venture will buy the airport for $342 million in total; $290 million for... more
DefenseFRANCE TO HELP HUNGARY TO UPGRADE ITS MILITARY AVIATION
BUDAPEST, The cooperation was announced by french Defense minister Alain Richard during a visit in Hungary. Hungarian military aviation currently includes 27 russian-built Mig-29 and Mi-24 helicopters.... more
DefenseU.S. NAVY TO ORDER NEW BOEING 737-700C
SEATTLE, The jetliner will be used as a cargo and passenger plane. It is the sixth Boeing 737-700C ordered by Navy. The first plane will be delivered next April. Boeing's list price for a 737-700 is $43.5... more
PeopleFAA SAYS PAKISTAN NOW MEETS INTERNATIONAL SAFETY STANDARDS
USA, The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that the civil aviation authority of Pakistan now meets the safety standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Countries... more
Science and technologyINCHON INTERNATIONAL COULD OPEN LATE MARCH
SOUTH KOREA, Inchon International Airport in Korea could open between March 27-29. Korean Air and Asiana Airlines had opted for March 22 and 25 respectively, but the airport decided on March 27 or 29... more
AirlinesAEA HOPES TO BREAK ''POLITICAL IMPASSE'' IN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
BRUSSELS, Jean-Cyril Spinetta, new president of the AEA and CEO of Air France, said one of the Association of European Airlines' (AEA) major objectives for 2001 is to break the "political impasse" in air... more
AirlinesAIR SANTO DOMINGO RECORDED GROWTH IN 2000
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, Air Santo Domingo recorded dynamic growth in passengers carried and load factor, compared with 1999. Acquired in 1999 from Air Europa, Air Santo Domingo, utilizes the LET 410 turboprop... more
Civil aviationCRIME IS SOARING AT N.Y. AIRPORTS
NEW YORK, Bad weather isn't the only headache for the Port Authority this winter - new statistics show crime is way up at New York City's two airports. At Kennedy, crime jumped 23 percent in 2000 compared... more
DefenseDEPLETED URANIUM (3): BALKANS' SYNDROME IN FRANCE TOO
PARIS, Four French soldiers returned from Balkans have been admitted to hospital for leukaemia, a Defense Ministry of Paris' spokesman said. This is the first case of presumed "Balkans' syndrome"... more
DefenseDEPLETED URANIUM(2): IN PORTUGAL IT IS A POLITICAL CASE
LISBON, In Portugal the Balkans' syndrome vicissitude is becoming a political case. Some candidates of left for the next elections asked the resignations for the Chief of Armed Forces' Staff, general Antonio... more
AirlinesDELTA TO CUT FLIGHT SCHEDULE
ATLANTA, Delta Air Lines said yesterday it will trim its flight schedule an average of 2.7 percent through the first quarter of 2001 because of the continuing pilot shortages. Comair, Delta's subsidiary,... more
DefenseTHALES WINS CONTRACT TO DEVELOP AND SUPPLY MARTHA STAGE 2 SYSTEM
FRANCE, The French defence procurement agency (Délégation Générale pour l’Armement) has awarded Thales the development and production contract for stage two of the MARTHA battlefield global control syste... more
Weather forecastsMEETING AND AIRSHOWS IN JANUARY 2001
., AIRSHOW AND MEETINGS IN JANUARY, 2001 JANUARY 2001 EUROPEAN AIR FINANCE CONFERENCE Jan. 18-19, Dublin, Ireland. Info: fax: (44) 20 7779 8603. NBAA TAX FORUM Jan. 19, Nashville, Tennessee Info:... more
DefenseDEPLETED URANIUM (1): PROBABLY SRTIKEN A CZECH PILOT TOO
CZECH REPUBLIC, The "Balkans' syndrome" hits the other Armed Forces present in the ex-Yugoslavia for humanitarian missions too: an inquiry has been opened in the Czech Republic for a helicopter... more