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IndustryRR wins contract from Thai for engines Airbus airplanes
Rome, Italy - The deliveries will begin in 2011
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won an order worth $390m at list prices from THAI Airways International for Trent 700 engines to power an additional seven A-330 aircraft. The order includes... more
AirlinesOn the 30 October, Paris-Baghdad direct flight will be inaugurated
Paris, France - After a 20-year disruption, the route will be operated from Aigle Azur with an A-319 airplane
After an air disruption of about 20 years, next October 30 the new Paris-Baghdad route will re-start, this time served with a special flight by the airline Aigle Azur, that on this occasion will carry... more
AerospaceBrussels, conference on the theme "A new Space policy for Europe"
Brussels, Belgium - 26-27 October at the European Parliament
On the 26 and 27 October 2010 will be held in Brussels, at the European Parliament's meeting place, will be held a conference on the theme "A new space policy for Europe", organized by ESA, European Space... more
AirportsAdR. Rome-Fiumicino masterplan: Scott Wilson wins the bid for its elaboration
Rome, Italy - Airports of Rome validated 13 participants and received 10 proposals
Scott Wilson, the British society of airport design and engineering, won the international bid for the elaboration of the masterplan at 2044 of the Rome-Fiumicino/Italy's airport. Participated in the... more
AirportsSat. Passenger traffic in the Italian city of Pisa +6,5% in September
Pisa, Italy - 445.197 people passed through it
Sat SpA that manages the airport of Pisa, unveils that in the month of September 2010 "Galileo Galilei" air station had 445.197 passengers in transit, recording a 6,5% traffic increase respect to the same... more
Curiosities"Iron Maiden"'s singer is pilot of airplanes and marketing director of Astraeus Airlines
London, England - He flies a Boeing 757 named "Ed Force One" beloged to his group
Bruce Dickinson, singer of the popular metal band "Iron Maiden", has been appointed marketing Director of the British carrier Astraeus Airlines, which offers B2B services of "Subleasing", that is the rental... more
Civil aviationBoeing delivered yesterday the first B-777/300 ER airplane to Turkish Airline
Washington, USA - Of an order of 12 aircraft
On Wednesday October 13, 2010, Boeing delivered to Turkish Airline (THY) the first B-777/300ER ("Extended range") airplane. The consignment, which took place in the factory of Everett, Washington, falls... more
AirlinesUnited e Continental annunciano nuovi servizi Usa-Messico
Chicago, Usa - Per Leon, Cancun e Città del Messico
United Continental Holdings Inc. ha annunciato ieri che la Continental Airlines (CA) e la United Airlines (UA) incrementeranno i voli tra Usa e Messico dove i vettori aerei forniscono un più ampio network... more
AirportsBergamo-Orio al Serio: a new multi-level car park
Bergamo, Italy - 31 million Euros to create 3100 parking places more
A new multi-level car park will be built in about one year at the Bergamo-Orio al Serio airport. Sacbo - company that manages the airport - will invest 31 million Euros in this project. This money will... more
Fair and showsFAI: bidding for the "World Air Games 2013" now open
Lausanne, Switzerland - A two phase process
The FAI (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale) has yesterday announced the start of the bid process for the "World Air Games 2013" (WAG). FAI Members, cities, regions, event organisers or commercial bo... more
DefenseIsraeli "IAI" signs contract for aerial drones with Russian "Oboronprom"
Tel Aviv, Israel - According to the media, it would be a 400-million-dollar deal
Yesterday "Israel Aerospace Industries" (IAI), an Israeli company developing and producing aerospace and defense systems, has unveiled on its web-site that it has signed a three-year contract with the... more
AirlinesRyanair will close down its base in Marseilles on January 11st: 4 airplanes, 200 employees, 13 flights involved
Rome, Italy - The Irish airline protests because of the proceedings initiated against it
Again raises its voice the Irish airline Ryanair, this time in France, more precisely in Marseilles, where rightly or wrongly legal proceedings against its base in Marseilles has been initiated by the... more
AirportsAdjustment works on the runway north at Palma de Mallorca airport have started
Palma de Mallorca, Spain - Operations will last 3 months
Adjustment works on the runway north at Palma de Mallorca airport have just begun. The operations will last about 3 months and are part of a program of technical improvements requested by Spanish civil... more
Civil aviationIATA disappointed with ANSP's response to Ses targets
Geneva, Switzerland - Labeled "Unrealistic"
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is disappointed that Europe’s air navigation service providers (ANSPs) labeled the proposed Single European Sky (SES) performance targets for 2010-2014 a... more
ReportThe captain of a Qatar Airways flight dies in the cockpit
Doha, Qatar - The aircraft was flying from Manila to Doha and made an emergency landing in Kuala Lumpur
The captain of a Qatar Airways flight from Manila to Doha has deceased today in the cockpit. "For this reason -a release of the carrier said- the aircraft has been forced to land in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia". The... more
HelicoptersIntermountain Healthcare orders three Grand New helicopters
Cascina Costa, Italy - With options for two additional aircraft
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, has announced that Intermountain Healthcare has signed for three Grand New helicopters with options for two additional aircraft. Operated by Intermountain Life Flight,... more
Defense"Yantar" Shipyard won a tender for three Project 11356 frigates for Black Sea fleet
Moscow, Russia - Of the Russian Navy
Yesterday, on Tuesday October 12, 2010, Sergei Mikhailov, a spokesman of the Yantar Shipyard, in the exclave of Kaliningrad, unveiled that his shipyard last week won a tender for the construction of the... more
AirportsHeathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, becomes Airport Carbon Accredited
Brussels, Belgium - Just 16 months after the launch of ACA by Aci Europe
Just 16 months after the launch of Airport Carbon Accreditation by ACI EUROPE in June 2009, the busiest international airport in the world - BAA’s London-Heathrow- has become Airport Carbon Accredited.... more
AirportsAdR. Rome-Fiumicino: new shuttle-buses
Rome, Italy - The intercontinental airport becomes more ecological
In parallel with the increasing development of the Rome airport, the management trust "Aeroporti di Roma" (Airports of Rome, AdR) is employed on a growing environmental respect. Two new methane fuelled... more
Defense"Indra 2010": from 15 to 24 October Russia-India joint exercise
Moscow, Russia - It will simulate anti-terrorism operations in the mountains
A note unveiled today by the Russian ministry of defense announced the dates of "Indra 010", the military exercise organized from India and Russia, that this year will take place from 15 to 24 October:... more
HelicoptersBlueWay AS signs contract for three AW-139 helicopters
Cascina Costa, Italy - They will be delivered in late 2011
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica Company, has announced that BlueWay AS (BW) of Norway has signed a contract for three AW-139 medium twin engine helicopters. The helicopters will be operated by its subsidiary... more
Press releaseItaly: tomorrow Meridiana's four-hour strike on all the departing flights
Rome, Italy - Usb informs that flight assistants will stop from 10:00 am to 02:00 pm
"Tomorrow on October 14, 2010, a four-hour (10:00 am-02:00 pm) strike of the Meridiana flight assistants on all the airplanes departing from the National territory is scheduled. This action was called... more
Airports"BAA must sell 2 more airports" UK Court of Appeal has ruled today
London, UK - London-Stansted and either Edinburgh or Glasgow
The UK Court of Appeal today ruled that BAA Ltd. (British airport operator) must sell London-Stansted Airport and either Edinburgh or Glasgow airport, as required by the country's antitrust regulator,... more
ReportThe lawsuit between easyJet and its founder has come to an end
Milan, Italy - After two years
On Monday October 11, 2010 the two-year lawsuit between easyJet and easyGroup society about the use of the carrier's brand, finally came to an end. The Court established that for the next 50 years Stelios... more
AirportsRome's Mayor, Alemanno, visits Beijing
Beijing, China - Cremonesi: "We need to make the airport bigger"
Rome's mayor, Gianni Alemanno, is in China these days on the occasion of the "Roman Week" that lasts until October 14th and that takes place in the Italian Pavilion of "Expo 2010 Shanghai". On the first... more
IndustryHong Kong Airlines confirms orders for A-330 and A-350 XWB planes
Toulouse, France - Both agreements previously announced during "Farnborough"
Hong Kong Airlines has finalised a contract with Airbus covering the firm order of 10 more A-330/200 long range aircraft and converted an existing order for 15 A-330s to the A-350 XWB. Both agreements... more
AirlinesItalian "Help Consumatori" on Livingston. Adoc: "There should be an European authority to control the carriers' revenues"
Rome, Italy - Stop to unreliable airlines. Enac and Iata are no more sufficient to monitor and sanction them
We have received and now we're going to publish here a communication from the web-site "Help consumatori". According to the news, "Starting from Thursday October 14, 2010 at 12:00 am the airline Livingston... more
Fair and showsAir shows and exhibitions in the second week in October
Rome, Italy - From today, on Wednesday 13 to next Sunday 17
Wednesday 13 - "2010 XC-Open World Series Araxá Brasil". Araxá, Brazil. + 55 11 3717 5891 www.xc-open.org - "AXALP Swiss Airforce demonstrations". Ebenfluh, Switzerland. + 41 (0)31 324 38 44 www.lw.admin.ch... more
AirlinesLivingston, special redundancy fund for 500 employees?
Milan, Italy - Yesterday the meeting with Sacconi, the Italian minister of employment
Only one day before the suspension of the air operativeness certificate (Coa) that Enac, Italian authority for civil aviation, ordered for Livingston airline "For the evident signs of criticality given... more
AirportsVenice airport: new flights toward some cities in Abalnia
Venice, Italy - Belle Air Europe-Belle Air will operate them
Yesterday Belle Air Europe presented its flight schedule for Winter season. There are some new flights from "Marco Polo" airport in Venice to Tirane, Pristine and Skopje. These new routes will be operated... more
DefenseRussia announced the amount of Defense spending for airplanes, submarines and missiles until 2013
Moscow, Russia - About 16.3 billion dollars just in 2010
Russia has made public for the first time in many years a detailed account of its defense spending until 2013, the Vedomosti daily said on Tuesday. State Duma Defense Committee head Viktor Zavarzin... more
AccidentsKabul: a cargo plane that was carrying supplies for Nato forces crashed on Tuesday
Kabul, Afghanistan - All the passengers are feared dead
A cargo plane that was carrying supplies for Nato forces crashed just before 8:00 pm (local time) on Tuesday in Afghanistan. This is what Nato's Isaf (International Security Assistance Force) said. The... more
AirlinesGermanwings launches nine new routes from and to Italy
Milan, Italy - With the Summer 2011 flight plan
Due to nine new routes from and to Italy, Germanwings starts with its Summer 2011 flight plan a real conquest of the Peninsula and increases its links to Italy from the airports of Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgart... more
AirportsFrance, three regional airports could be privatized within the end of the year
Paris, France - Lyons, Bordeaux and Toulouse
Airports of Lyons, Bordeaux and Toulouse could be privatized by the year-end, the ones in Nice and Montpelier shortly after. The five major French airports have currently the status of "Anonymous societies"... more
AirportsTrieste airport: strategic alliance needed
Trieste, Italy - A call of bids or an economic agreement to find a partner
On the occasion of the new Alitalia flights from Ronchi to Linate and Genoa, Riccardo Riccardi, town councillor for Transportations, spoke about the strategic alliance needed for the Trieste airport. "We... more
Civil aviationFAA announces major gains in airport runway safety
Washington, USA - Incursions dropped from 12 in 2009 to six this year
US Transportation secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) administrator, Randy Babbitt, announced that the number of serious runway incursions at the nation's airports dropped 50%... more
Military aviationNATO, "Yes" to bombs on fighter airplanes: "It's not in contradiction with ISAF mission". Today the government informative report in Senate
Rome, Italy - "Every decision will be made only if it is widely shared"
Secretary-general of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said that Atlantic alliance is not contrary to the presence of bombs on the fighter jets. To arm the aircraft, in fact, "Is not in contradiction with... more
HelicoptersBell Helicopters signs agreement with AMGH for the purchase of 16 aircraft
West Plains, USA - Model B-206/L4 Long Ranger IV
On Monday, October 11, 2010, Bell Helicopters unveiled it has signed an agreement with "Air Medical Group Holdings" (AMGH) -one of the biggest independent providers of Hems- for the purchase of 16 B-206/L4... more
AirportsLondon-Heathrow airport: 6.2 million passengers in September
London, UK - This means an increase of 7.6% on the same month of 2009
BAA has announced that London-Heathrow experienced its busiest September on record last month: the airport operator revealed that more than 6.2 million people flew from the hub during the month, an increase... more
DefenseIn 2011 the Gulf Countries will buy 68 billion dollars of armaments
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - According to the report published by the analysts of Frost&Sullivan Group
In the last days, the newspaper "Gulf News" reported that, according to a public document published by the analysts of the Frost&Sullivan Group, in 2011 the Countries member of Gulf Cooperation Council... more
AirlinesEmirates: "We have grown without subsidies"
Abu Dhabi, Emirates - The carrier has responded to the critics made by many US and European airlines
Emirates has responded to the latest criticisms (see AVIONEWS) of Gulf airlines made by the CEO of Air France, Henri Gourgeon who, like others before him, claimed that Gulf airlines are being supported... more
Press releaseItalian Enav-Enac: re-enabled the ILS system in the Palermo's airport
Rome, Italy - Which at now can be used normally
Enac (Italian authority for civil aviation) and Enav (Flight assistance Italian society) inform that today the Instrumental Landing System (ILS) for the runway number 25 of the "Falcone Borsellino" airport... more
IndustrySukhoi Superjet 100 plane has successfully passed noise testing program
Turin, Italy - The aircraft made eight flights at the Cuneo-Levaldigi airport
Under supervision of AR IAC and EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency), the SSJ-100 airplane has successfully passed noise testing program performed as a part of the overall certification campaign. At... more
AirlinesJet Airways in Rimini, Italy, with the Milan-Malpensa/New Delhi direct flight
Milan, Italy - From 22 to 24 October, pavilion A1 stall 153-154
Jet Airways, a private Indian carrier, decided to present to the Italian market its new Milan-Malpensa/New Delhi flight on the occasion of the "TTG Incontri 2010" event. Operated from December 5th 2010,... more
Civil aviationWhistleblowers: EU Aviation Authorities refuse to protect them
Hamburg, Germany - They report violations of security measures
Europe's Aircraft Engineers International (AEI) is concerned about the consequences suffered by people who report safety violations. During AEI's 38th Annual Congress in Hamburg people could see how... more
AirlinesAeroSur makes better its offer on Bolivia and South America
Milan, Italy - The carrier will be at the Italian "Ttg Rimini" event
AeroSur flies from Madrid to Santa Cruz on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by its 570-seat B-747/300 airplanes while on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday by 451-seat B-747/400 aircraft. It takes ten hours, flying... more
CuriositiesCatherine Labuschagne is the first female Pilot to fly the Gripen
Makhado, South Africa - She made her first flight at the Makhado airbase
Captain Catherine Labuschagne writes a new page in the aviation history: she is the first female Pilot to fly a Gripen. After having successfully completed the Operational Conversion Course (OCC) instructed... more
Civil aviation"Newly hired first officers: 500 hours flight time should be enough to pilot an airplane"
Washington, USA - A recommendation from ad advisory group to FAA
An air-safety advisory group has lobbed a political hot potato into the lap of FAA chief Randy Babbitt: recommendations undercutting Congressionally-mandated experience requirements for new airline co-pilots.... more
Civil aviationTwo years after the withdrawal of Alitalia, Malpensa and Linate fly again
Milan, Italy - Milan airports grow, in term of passengers and profits, reaching the figures of 2008
Mission accomplished: 2 years after the withdrawal of Alitalia from Milan-Malpensa, the airport succeed in overtaking the situation. Well, the level of passengers is still lower if compared with 2008,... more
Weather forecastsBad weather: still perturbation on the central-south of Italy
Rome, Italy - Storms on Sardinia
The perturbation of Atlantic origin on the western Mediterranean that is interesting most part of the Italian territory will continue to create perturbed weather on the central-southern regions, as predicted... more