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HelicoptersEurocopter: signed letter of intent with R&R Aviation for two EC-130B4 helicopters
Singapore, Singapore - The industry concludes the "Singapore Airshow 2012" with a landmark agreement for its first civil aircraft sale in Bangladesh
An agreement was signed with R&R Aviation on the last day of the "Singapore Airshow" for two brand new Eurocopter EC-130B4, marking Eurocopter’s breakthrough into the Bangladeshi market with its first n... more
SecurityCameron: we must rescue Somalia. New contingents ready to go
London, United Kingdom - "The Country got the worst situation in the world"
Somali piracy menace is just a consequence of the terrible political situation of the Country; this argument, also due to the rampant damage brought to international societies by criminal and bloody activities... more
Civil aviationDirect purchase of fuel by Indian airlines has been approved
Delhi, India - The proposal was advanced last week
Indian Government gave its approval about the direct purchase of fuel for national airlines, avoiding this way the taxes imposed by Country importers. Indian Civil Aviation Ministry already proposed... more
IndustryKorea won a tender of four ships for refuelling of English helicopters, aircraft carriers and destroyers
Seoul, South Korea - "A consortium would have allowed to build them in UK"
An agreement has been sealed with South Korea. This will cost to UK 452 million pounds for project MARS (Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability) which will supply its fleet of four new support ships... more
IndustryBoeing: agreement for USD 300 million for maintenance of Korean F-15 aircraft (VIDEO)
Seoul, South Korea - Also preparing ground for the new Silent Eagle...
The American industry, always on top, continues to confirm its international success in any sector, the military one in this case. Main character of the contract, sealed for USD 300 million that is... more
Report35 victims at least during explosions in Baghdad and Baquba
Baghdad, Iraq - This kind of attacks has raised up since US' presence decreased
New heart-quake for entire world from Iraq. Already victim of protests against Government after the constant US troops withdraw and the decisions (already contested before, about what you can read this... more
PeopleFranco Frattini, SIOI President
Rome, Italy - He replaces Umberto La Rocca
"Franco Frattini is the President of SIOI (Italian Society for International Organization), named on February 21, 2012 by the extraordinary shareholder assembly on request by Directive Committee. He... more
HelicoptersHelicopters & people: English air ambulances are victims of vandals
Manchester, United Kingdom - "These episodes, without any difference from what happened today, could easily be fatal in future"
The toughtlessy of current society continues to demonstrate its strange and definitely unforgivable ways, often not only made by a genuine challenge of Governments mistakes (when slaves of personal interests... more
AirlinesAir Europa increases frequencies towards Latin America
Milan, Italy - Spring "Wind" and newness for Spanish airline
Air Europa announces great newness in Spring. The Spanish airline aims at Latin America with major conviction, increasing frequency of the flights from Madrid towards two among its successful destinations:... more
SecurityMeeting in London for more than 40 Government representatives to fight Somali piracy
London, United Kingdom - The problem caused heavy losses and now the area is under strictly watched by airplanes and helicopters
Presidents and politicians from more than 40 Countries will meet this week in London to discuss the problem of sea Somali piracy that (as reported by "BBC" in a news which shows the aerial and naval practices... more
Civil aviationCebu Pacific will lease four Airbus A-330
Manila, Philippines - New international routes including Europe
Cebu Pacific, low-cost Philippines carrier, sealed a contract with CIT Aerospace (the aeronautical side of the bank giant, operating above leasing and exports) to obtain four new A-330/300 aircraft for... more
SecurityIran: the probability of nuclear weapon development grows up
Vienna, Austria - It is failed the attempt to supervise the military base of Parchin
A news that could extend international alarmism about a possible development of a nuclear arsenal by Iran, in the middle of world attention due to the economic war above oil furniture (about it you can... more
Press releaseFinmeccanica will sell activities for about 1 billion Euro
Varese, Italy - It will enforce its patrimonial structure
"Finmeccanica specification: about what declared by union representative Giovanni Contento, Finmecanica states that the Group confirms the objective to sell activities for about 1 billion Euro to enforce... more
Weather forecastsCivil Defence: rainstorm and heavy wind go on in South Italy
Rome, Italy - Tomorrow bad weather over Basilicata
Bad weather doesn't stop in South. The perturbation above Sicily, Calabria, Basilicata and Puglia will continue tomorrow too particularly over Sicily and Ionian areas. About forecasts, the Civil Defense... more
Civil aviationAircraft, environment and ETS: in Moscow, Countries ready for war against UE
Moscow, Russia - A plan to adequately answer to Emission Trading System is being prepared
Also Russia is considering a law against ETS (Emission Trading Scheme, or System), the European ordinance that force airlines to pay for carbon emission of their aircraft when using UE's airports. It was... more
HelicoptersSikorsky S-92 “Legacy of Heroes” helicopter tour to honor military heroes in Thailand
Bangkok, Thailandia - To date, the aircrft has flown more than 100 hours on the tour, with approximately 43 of those hours spent in Asia
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.’s S-92 “Legacy of Heroes” (LOH) helicopter visits Thailand this week as part of its world tour, continuing to demonstrate the aircraft’s capability to customers while saluting first r... more
DefenseBelarus deploy its second anti-aircraft system
Minsk, Belarus - The weapon is Russian-made
Belarus, as revealed by Russian "Ria Novosti" will increase its deployment of anti-aircraft missile system within 2013. The declaration directly arrive by Defence Minister Yury Zhdobin. The first Tor-M2... more
AccidentsEnglish AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed
Suffolk, United Kingdom - No victims, but crash cut off electricity to 43 homes
English Minister of Defence confirmed today February 22, 2012 to international press that last night an attack helicopter "Apache" (really famous all over the world and one of the main characters in all... more
HelicoptersBell Helicopter honors its Platinum CSF
Fort Worth, Usa - The Customer Service Facilities are 11 for 2012
Bell Helicopter has named its 2012 Platinum-level Customer Service Facilities (CSFs). These 11 independently-owned maintenance, repair and overhaul service providers are the top performers of the Bell... more
Civil aviationFrankfurt Airport: strike ends at 22 today
Frankfurt, Germany - GDF agrees to restart negotiations
Fraport welcomes the GdF (Gewerkschaft der Flugsicherung) union’s decision to accept its written offer to renew talks and to end the strike at Frankfurt Airport in tandem with the changeover to today’s nig... more
Civil aviationCrisis: Kingfisher erased 20 flights today
Delhi, India - The company, heavily in debt, started negotiation with banks for loans
The Indian air company Kingfisher erased 20 flights more today. The carrier, living an heavy financial crisis, refers to being still operating negotiations with banks to receive money loans. The Civil... more
Civil aviationAircraft and AEA: retaliation is not the solution to the ETS dispute
Brussels, Belgium - A number of non-European countries met yesterday and today in Moscow
Airlines must not become a target for retaliatory action, triggered by a battle of sovereignty over European policy. This was the clear message given today by the Association of European Airlines (AEA). On... more
HelicoptersBeijing Police purchased two AgustaWestland AW-139 helicopters
Beijing, China - It is expected a great rise of industry's share market
Chinese Police seems to be really convinced by the extreme reliability and elegance of AgustaWestland products that are regularly used in many daily tasks such as law enforcement, search and rescue and... more
ReportFlames over US embassy in Kabul
Kabul, Afghanistan - Second day of violence started by American soldiers
True storm in Kabul after two days of violent demonstration by local population which literally besieged the US embassy. The fights, which have seen police shooting against people to stop the rush (many... more
UAS-DronesThe first international UAV flight school has been created
Tel Aviv, Israel - A far-seeing initiative born from four decades of experience in this sector
IAI (Israeli Aerospace Industries) created an academy specialized in UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, or rather remote control aircraft) crew training. This kind of academy will give opportunities for... more
ReportSpiral of violence in Syria: bombardments over the city of Homs
Homs, Syria - Two Western journalists have been killed
It is confirmed the dead of two Western reporters (French and American) after the heavy bombardments lacerating the city of Homs, in East side of Syria. The news has been released today by world press.... more
SecurityAircraft. GPS alarm: 60 jammers detected in last six months in England
London, United Kingdom - The usage of GPS jammers is illegal and extremely dangerous for airplane navigation
Sci-Fi countermeasures for new generation pirates in United Kingdom. An English investigation led to the creation of project Sentinel, which use 20 monitor-scanners placed in strategic areas to control... more
AirlinesUnited Airlines to introduce daily New York-Istanbul service
Chicago, Usa - A B-767/300 nonstop flights will start next July
United Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of United Continental Holdings, Inc. yesterday announced plans to launch daily, nonstop flights between its New York hub, Newark Liberty International Airport,... more
DefenseRussia will receive the new land attack aircraft in 2020 (VIDEO)
Moscow, Russia - Daily declarations by official spokesman about future Russian weaponry
The familiar Vladimir Dirk, official spokesman of Russian Air Force, specified today that for the National Army reconstruction plans, particularly about Air Force, it is planned until 2020 the insertion... more
IndustryAirbus in Italy to hire engineers and technicians for A-350XWB airplane
Milan, Italy - "Recruitment day" in Turin next March 1st in the ambit of the program
Airbus organizes an event for next March 1st in Turin finalized to the hiring of engineers and technicians to add into the team that works for A-350XWB program, the new Airbus' long range aircraft family... more
UAS-DronesNew "Pocket" UAV aircraft by Singapore's ST Aerospace
Singapore, Singapore - Two people needed to manage its take off and operations
In spite of "Singapore Air Show 2012" ended last week, world press continue to be invaded by latest news about products, agreement and new technologies shown by great industries to the purchaser public. Between... more
AirlinesPia buys 5 aircraft from Boeing
Karachi, Pakistan - The Pakistani carrier's order includes purchase rights for 5 additional planes
Five Boeing 777/300ER (Extended range) airplanes, valued at nearly 1.5 billion US dollars at list prices: it's the firm order announced by Pakistan International Airlines (Pia), as reported by the american... more
IndustryPiaggio Aero sells the first two italian airplains in China
Singapore, Singapore - Delivery in July, they have been certified by the Chinese Civil Aviation Authority
Piaggio Aero sold two P-180 Avanti II planes to Caea Beijing Aviation Investment, the first Chinese customer and operator for the italian aircraft. The signing of the two contracts has been announced by... more
AerospaceMoon is still alive: new pictures from NASA (VIDEO)
Washington DC, USA - Interesting observations by scientists
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (or just LRO) is the project started in 2009 by NASA to study the lunar surface. Primary objective of this mission is to analyse the lunar resources and locate potential... more
AirlinesPartnership between Alitalia and Lottomatica Italia Servizi
Rome, Italy - Payment of tickets at the LIS offices
Alitalia and Lottomatica Italia Servizi (LIS) have underwritten an agreement that predicts possibility for customers to acquire airline's tickets into the Lottomatica offices and to obtain air tickets... more
Weather forecastsBad weather in Italy: thunderstorms and strong winds persist on the South
Rome, Italy - Until on Thursday morning
The perturbation on the Mediterranean continues to stay on the meridional regions, where until Thursday morning, on February 23, there will be a marked bad weather phase with phenomena that will be more... more
IndustryKorean aerospace industry boosted
Seul, South Korea - Spare parts and finished products for the international market from 70 small industries
GESCA (Gyeognam Export Support Corps for Aero-Parts) is a society that operate on aerospace foreign exports. Kyutae Chun, GESCA's MD, affirmed that the 85% of specialized Korean industry is sited in... more
AirlinesCivil airplanes. Kingfisher shares fall nearly 20%
New Delhi, India - Shares plunge in early trade for the highly indebted Indian airline
The Indian airline Kingfisher's shares fell 20% percent in early trade ahead of a meeting between the airline's top executives and the country's aviation regulator. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation... more
ReportAfghanistan, bodies of three Italian soldiers killed in accident to arrive in Italy today
Herat, Afghanistan - They were 33, 29 and 28, two from Sicily and one from Apulia
The bodies of the three Italian soldiers killed in an accident yesterday in Afghanistan should arrive in Italy today. The accident took place south-west of Shindand, a district in the Herat Province. The... more
Defense"Investments for 13 EUR billions thanks to F-35 aircraft purchase"
Rome, Italy - Italian undersecretary: "4 EUR billions to the State from taxes"
F-35 aircraft purchase will bring Italy investments for 13 EUR billions and the Italian State will collect 4 EUR billions by taxing them, the Italian undersecretary of Defense Filippo Milone said. Italy... more
Tilt-rotorsBell Boeing delivers 1st Block C V-22 Osprey aircraft to US Marine Corps
Patuxent River, Usa - Latest variant features new weather radar, improvements to electronic warfare systems, situational awareness and aircrew comfort
The Bell Boeing V-22 Program, a strategic alliance between The Boeing Company and Bell Helicopter - Textron, announced that the US Marine Corps has taken delivery of the first MV-22 Osprey produced with... more
AirportsFraport: smooth operations at Frankfurt Airport despite strike
Frankfurt, Germany - Fraport remains ready for talks with GdF Union
Despite renewed strike action by the GdF (Gewerkschaft der Flugsicherung) mini-union from 5:00 am (CET) yesterday morning until 5 am (CET) on Wednesday, February 22, operations at Frankfurt Airport continue... more
IndustryBAE Systems reassure about job cuts
Smalesbury, United Kingdom - The corporation will not cut more workers if the agreement with India for the Eurofighter will have a bad end
Mark Menzies, a conservatory MP in Lancashire, UK, released to press the last BAE Systems declarations about MMRCA (the Indian competitive tender for the purchase of 126 aircraft fighter which seems to... more
IndustryF-35A plane: first external weapons test
Fort Worth, Usa - That further expanding the program’s flight test envelope
On Feb. 16, the first external weapons test mission was flown by an F-35A Conventional Takeoff and Landing (CTOL) aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., further expanding the program’s flight test e... more
AerospaceESA: SpaceTweetup for docking of ATV "Edoardo Amaldi" to ISS
Toulouse, France - Reserved to 60 followers
ESA and the French space agency, CNES, are inviting 60 Twitter followers to a joint European SpaceTweetup in Toulouse, France, for the docking of ATV Edoardo Amaldi to the International Space Station next... more
AirlinesPoste Italiane will sell Mistral Air
Rome, Italy - It's losing too much money; Italian Court of Auditors asked for a "Conclusive solution"
Poste Italiane Group will sell its airline, Mistral Air, as reported by the national economic newspaper "Milano Finanza". The carrier keeps losing money and already received an injection of capital of... more
IndustrySELEX Sistemi Integrati: the fourth Baynunah class corvette launched, able to embark an helicopter
Rome, Italy - The ceremony took place into the UAE last days
SELEX Sistemi Integrati (SSI), a Finmeccanica company took part in the launching of the fourth Baynunah class corvette, named Mezyad, which took place on February 15th at the Abu Dhabi Ship Building shipyard... more
AirportsCivil airplanes. Frankfurt, strikes at airport to continue until Friday
Frankfurt, Germany - More flight cancellations and delays expected
Strikes at Frankfurt airport will continue until Friday, causing more delays and flight cancellations, GdF union said as reported by "Reuters". Just under 200 apron control workers, such as those who guide... more
Civil aviationIberia's pilots to strike again on February 24 and 29
Madrid, Spain - Yesterday 153 flights cancelled
Iberia's pilots will strike again on February 24 and 29 and the airline expects a total number of 238 flights to be cancelled. Yesterday 153 flights didn't take off, during the 10th day of Iberia's pilots... more
Civil aviationAirplanes and environment. Aeroflot: Russian government reviewing a bill against ETS
Moscow, Russia - Icao best placed to solve the controversy, the airline says
The Russian government is reviewing a bill prohibiting Russian airlines to take part in ETS (Emission trading system), the law that obliges global airlines to pay for emissions when using Eu airports,... more