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Weather forecastsHONEYWELL NEW GULFSTREAM SUPPLIER IN AVIONICS
NEW ORLEANS, Honeywell announced it will be the primary avionics supplier for Gulfstream after having signed a ten years $1 billion agreement. It covers all models of Gulfstream business aircraft. more

Weather forecastsBOEING: 14 MORE ORDERS
NEW ORLEANS, Boeing disclosed 14 new orders for its $40 million 737-based BBJ business jet during the NBAA. The orders now stand at a total of 71. more

Weather forecastsNBAA AIR SHOW IN NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS, The 53rd NBAA annual meeting and convention has started today in New Orleans, Usa. All the major areonautical, aerospace and electronic companies are attending the exhibition. Moreover even... more

AccidentsFAMILIES OF GERMAN VICTIMS OF CONCORDE ASK FOR COMPENSATION
PARIS, FRANCE, According to declarations of Gerhard Baum, former German Justice minister and presently the lawyer of one of the families of the victims in the Concorde air disaster, that occurs in July... more

Weather forecastsDASSAULT AVIATION TO OFFER FALCON 2000EX
NEW ORLEANS, Dassault Aviation president Charles Edelstenne confirmed that the company will offer the Falcon 2000EX. The airplane will take service in 2003 and it is priced at $24 million. With the introduction... more

Weather forecastsGULFSTREAM UNVEILED ITS NEW V-SP
NEW ORLEANS, Gulfstream unveiled its new V-SP. The aircraft will be able to carry nine passengers. The first flight was slated by the end of 2001, the first customer deliveries in early 2003. more

AccidentsATR42 EXPERIENCE LANDING GEAR RUPTURE
BOURNEMOUTH, GREAT BRITAIN, An ATR-42 turboprop aircraft with 38 people on board has experienced the rupture of the front landing gear during a landing at Bournemouth International Airport. No persons... more

Weather forecastsQATAR AIRWAYS FIRST AIRLINE CUSTOMER FOR AIRBUS A319CJ
NEW ORLENS, Qatar Airways has become the first airline customer for the Airbus A319CJ Corporate Airliner. It has placed an order for one aircraft and has taken an option on another. The A319CJ will be... more

AerospaceANOTHER DELAY FOR DISCOVERY LAUNCH
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, Other troubles delays hundredth Shuttle Discovery launch: a small piece of metal, inadvertently left on the support bracket of one of two tanks, has brought to a sudden stop... more

People83% INCREASE IN CHARGES THREAT FOR EUROPEAN AIRLINES
EUROPE, If proposals being considered by Eurocontrol are given the green light, airlines which operate aircraft in Europe up to the size of an Airbus 320 may face average increases of 83% in navigation... more



Weather forecastsAIRSHOW AND MEETINGS
., SMALL FLIGHT DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM Oct.13-14, New Orleans. Info: (202) 783-9000; Web site: www.nbaa.org. ASSOCIATION OF AIR MEDICAL SERVICES AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT CONFERENCE Oct.... more

Weather forecastsNEW CEO FOR FAIRCHILD DORNIER
NEW ORLEANS, Fairchild Dornier has named Louis F. Harrington new CEO of the company. Harrington, who has held key positions at Mac Donnell Douglas and served as consultant to Nasa, will replace Charles... more

AirlinesSKYWAYS TAKES GOLD AWARD IN ERA AIRLINE OF THE YEAR 2000
INTERLAKEN, Skyways, Sweden’s largest regional carrier, is the winner of the millennium European Regions Airline Association (ERA) Airline of the Year Gold Award. Skyways CEO Jan Palmér received the aw... more

AirlinesBA: MAJOR OVERHAUL OF EUROPEAN OPERATIONS
LONDON, British Airways planned an attentive overhaul of losses european network, particularly Gatwick airport operations, in order to cut costs and restore profits. more

AirlinesNEW PRESIDENT FOR ERA
INTERLAKEN, SWITZERLAND, The new president of the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) was formerly confirmed to members at their Annual General Meeting at Interlaken, Switzerland. João Ribeiro... more

HelicoptersFAA CERTIFICATION FOR SCHWEIZER 333
ELMIRA,NY, USA, Schweizer Aircraft has received FAA Type Certification of the model 333 turbine helicopter, evolution of the model 330, and culmination of three-year effort for the developing of the new... more

Science and technologyMACHESTER AIRPORT FAILS SECURITY TESTS
MANCHESTER, UK, In the Manchester airport, UK government inspectors were able to breach security as part of a series of tests to evaluate standards applied: the personnel at the baggage security check,... more

Science and technologyGREEK GENERAL STRIKE CAUSES TROUBLES TO TRANSPORTS
GREECE, A general strike in Greece has caused many troubles to travellers and to trasports, as almost the totality of workers have stopped their duty. Operations at the Athens airport were limited, due... more

AccidentsCOLLISION BETWEEN TWO FRENCH PLANES NEAR LIBYAN COAST
CAIRO, Libyan televion reported news of two french aircrafts collision, one plunged into Mediterranean sea while the other landed safely. The planes belonged to humanitarian organization. There are... more

AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING TO LAHORE
PAKISTAN, A turboprop engine passengers aircraft of Pakistan International Airlines had problems during approach to Lahore airport to pull out the landing gear. It effectued an emergency landing in... more



AccidentsSUSPECTED BOMB STOPS AIR TANZANIA FLIGHT FOR FOUR HOURS
ENTEBBE, UGANDA, Uganda Civil Aviation office has revealed that a Boeing 737 jetliner operated by Air Tanzania was stopped on Entebbe International Airport for almost four hours last week due to an... more

AirlinesAIRCRAFT FLIES BACK FOR COFFEE SHORTAGE
GREECE, An Hapag-Lloyd operated plane full of German passengers has flied back when an hostess realised there would not be enough coffee for everyone on board. According with airline spokesman, "the satisfaction... more

People"SICK PILOTS" APPEAL LAW COURT
USA, The union representing American Airlines pilots has appealed a Law Court decision against sueing of many passengers for disrupting their travel and holidays. This is the result of 1999 stoppage,... more

Science and technologyBARAK ORDERS GAZA AIRPORT CLOSURE
GAZA, ISRAEL, After an attack on a vehicle of Israeli workers in which seven of them were injured, the Israel Prime Minister Ehud Barak has decided to shut Gaza Airport, with exception of Palestinian leader... more

AirlinesLUFTHANSA PLANS MONACO AS ITS SECOND HUB
MUNICH, GERMANY, The German national carrier, Lufthansa, is planning to make Munich airport its second hub after the ban on night flights to and from Frankfurt airport effective from 2006. Lufthansa... more

AerospaceISS HOOKS SATISFATORILY THE PROGRESS RUSSIAN SHUTTLE
., With only a minute of delay the connection between International Space Station and russian shuttle Progress M1-3 has been carried out. The Progress is working to provide necessary supplies, like water,... more

AerospacePOSTPONED DISCOVERY LAUNCH DUE TO THE STRONG WIND
CAPE CANAVERAL, The hundredth Discovery launch, has been postponed due to the strong wind for the second time: on Thursday, there was some problems in the external tank hatch and the substitution of... more

DefenseAFTER 28 YEARS ATTACH AIRCRAFT GREEK LANDED TO TURKY
ANKARA, Galley was Nato exercise "Destiny Glory 2000", in which ,after 28 years of closing, attach aircraft landed to greek territory, followed by five F-16 and three C-130, hellenics too. more

PeopleTWO AIR CONTROLLER ON TRIAL
THESSALONIKI, GREECE, Two air-traffic controllers accused to be responsible for an Ukrainian passenger plane crash, occurred in 1997, in which 73 people died, are going to trial at Thessaloniki court,... more

AccidentsAIRCRAFT REMOVED FROM SITE CRASH IN NORTHEN MESSICO
MESSICO CITY, Authorities removed on Sunday aircraft slid off runway and recovered flight data recorder.The plane from Messico City was landing at 5 p.m. to Reynosa airport when it smashed into 2 cars... more