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AirlinesSunExpress launches a very special livery on a Boeing 737
Rome, Italy - Dedicated to Istanbul for celebrating its 20th anniversary
SunExpress, the joint venture of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa operating scheduled and charter flights between Europe and Turkey, painted one of its Boeing 737-800s with an artistic design for celebrating... more
ReportAverted probable coupe d'etat in Turkey
Ankara, Turkey - The premier Erdogan announces it today from Madrid
The Turkish Prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has announced today during a press-conference in Madrid, where he is for a visit, that the authorities have averted an attempt of military takeover, and... more
IndustrySpain celebrates 10,000 flying hours with the Eurofighter Typhoon (Video)
Hallbergmoos, Germany - The event was marked in a ceremony held at Morón Air Base
La spagnola Air Force hanno raggiunto una pietra miliare come la loro flotta Eurofighter Typhoon raggiunto 10000 ore di volo. L'evento è stato segnato in una cerimonia svoltasi presso la base aerea di... more
Press releaseBad weather: DGAC suggests flights' reduction on Orly and Paris-Roissy
Paris, France - Tomorrow in which are predicted perturbations on all France
DGAC, French civil aviation general authority, has asked carriers to reduce flights tomorrow on February 23 with the following recommendation: Annulment of 50% of flights on Orly's airport cancellation... more
Civil aviationFrankfurt Airport: operations smoothly
Frankfurt, Germany - Despite reduced flight services
Despite the pilot strike and the resulting restrictions, traffic and terminal operations at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) are running smoothly overall, however, at a considerably reduced level. Lufthansa’s e... more
AerospaceESA chooses three scientific missions for further study
Paris, France - Dark energy, habitable planets around other stars, and the mysterious nature of our own Sun
Dark energy, habitable planets around other stars, and the mysterious nature of our own Sun, have been chosen by ESA as candidates for two medium-class missions to be launched no earlier than 2017. On... more
Fair and shows"H-E 2010": Eurocopter displays helicopters and new technologies
Houston, Usa - First presentation of EC-175 in SAR configuration
Eurocopter displays, on its booth #3128, several of its successful products and key examples of its R&D work, demonstrating its innovative strength and continued effort to increase the customer value of... more
IndustryNew American order for AgustaWestland?
Washington, USA - The US Navy is launching the new VXX programme
The USA might award a new, important contract to the Finmeccanica company. After cutting the VH-71 Kestrel presidential helicopter programme, jointly built by Lockheed Martin and AgustaWestland, the US... more
ReportRyanair leaves passengers on the wrong island
Fuerteventura, Spain - Abandoned in Fuerteventura instead of in Lanzarote
Ryanair passengers of a flight bound for Lanzarote, Canary Islands (Spain) have been left by the carrier on the islands of Fuerteventura. Nothing serious if they had received any assistance by the low-cost... more
Civil aviationAci Europe: passenger traffic -5.9% in 2009
Brussels, Belgium - Also freight -13.1%
The overall passenger traffic at European airports for 2009 decreased by -5.9% compared with 2008. The accumulated figure for freight traffic during January to December decreased by -13.1% and movements... more
HelicoptersAgustaWestland unveils the Grand New (Video)
Houston, USA - Within "Heli Expo 2010". Two purchased by Vinair
AgustaWestland (Finmeccanica) yesterday unveiled its Grand New at "Heli Expo 2010", Houston, USA. This is an evolution of the Grand helicopter. Among the new aircraft's features there are the latest developments... more
HelicoptersUSA: up to 110 new helicopters for the government
Houston, USA - With a 5-year contract awarded to Sikorsky
Sikorsky Aerospace Services (Sikorsky Aircraft) announced yesterday at "Heli Expo 2010", Houston, that the US State Department has entered into a 5-year agreement to purchase up to 110 modernized S-61... more
Fair and showsAir shows and exhibitions in the last week in February
Rome, Italy - From Monday 22 to Sunday 28
Monday 22 - "Heli-Expo 2010" in Houston, Texas (Usa), from February 20-23. Saturday 27 - "SAAA WA Regional Fly-in". Denmark, Western Australia. + 61 (0)8 9848 1550 www.fly-denmark.com.au -... more
SecurityFAA: 1.2 million fine for GE Caledonian
Washington, USA - Improper maintenance procedures involving 101 engines
The FAA has proposed a civil penalty of U$1.2 for GE Caledonian, an FAA-certificated foreign repair station based in Scotland, for improper maintenance procedures involving 101 engines over a three and... more
AerospaceSpace Shuttle Endeavour back to Earth
Cape Canaveral, USA - After two weeks in space
Space shuttle Endeavour landed tonight at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral after two weeks in space with on board the crew of mission STS-130. Among more than 16,000 kg of hardware left on the ISS... more
Weather forecastsBad weather in Italy: thunderstorms on central-southern Tyrrhenian regions
Rome, Italy - For the successive 24-36 hours
"Flows with perturbations from Atlantic origin continue to interest the Italian regions and today and tomorrow (February 22 and 23) will bring intense fickleness conditions on Sardinia and on central-southern... more
HelicoptersAW-139 helicopter anti-ice system achieves EASA certification
Cologne, Germany - Soon also by FAA and TCAA
EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) has certified the Full Ice Protection System (FIPS) for AgustaWestland's AW-139 helicopter. This allows the aircraft to fly into known icing conditions with all weather... more
Weather forecastsBad weather in Italy (2): storms on south arriving
Rome, Italy - Still snowfall on the Alps
"Following to a perturbation already present on Italy, a new flow of Atlantic origin to reach from tomorrow the Italian regions bringing conditions of fickleness on southern Tyrrhenian sectors. The... more
AirlinesGermanwings on pilots' strike: two thirds of flights assured
Milan, Italy - With an alternative plan and change of reservation
"Germanwings would assure two thirds of its flights, despite the announced strike by pilots from February 22 to 25, 2010. The airline, in order to reduce the minimal the hardships to the passengers,... more
ReportCoupe d'etat in Niger: air space closed
Niamey, Niger - The State's Constitution suspended and all institutions dismissed
"The Supreme Council of which I am the spokesperson -Col. Goukoye Abdoulkarim has declared to radio and State tv- has decided to suspend Country's Constitution and to dismiss all Institutions". With this... more
AerospaceCryoSat launch delayed
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - A new launch date shortly
The launch of ESA's CryoSat-2 satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, scheduled for 25 February, has been delayed due to a concern related to the second stage steering engine of the Dnepr... more
IndustryThird F-35B airplane lands at NAS in Patuxent River (Video)
Patuxent River, Usa - The aircraft is known as BF-3
"Piloted by Lockheed Martin F-35 Test Pilot Jeff Knowles, the third F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter landed at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. The jet,... more
AirlinesAir France first A-380 operator in Africa
Paris, France - First superjumbo Paris-Johannesburg flight completed
Yesterday Air France's Airbus A-380 landed for the first time in Johannesburg after departing from Paris, making Air France the first airline to operate the world's largest passenger aircraft to the African... more
AirlinesTurkish Airlines purchases a B-777/300ER flight simulator
Istanbul, Turkey - It will be delivered in 2010
Turkish Airlines today announced that it has purchased a 7000 Series Full Flight Simulator (FFS) representing the Boeing 777/300ER aircraft from CAE. The FFS will be delivered in 2010, along with a CAE... more
CuriositiesThe most pleasing airports according to "Lonely Planet"
Rome, Italy - For services offered, but also for sight and attractions for who doesn't fly
The airport is not only a site where to take an airplane or to welcome to arrival by friends and relatives. These sites are also as unusual reference to who wants to spend times in an agreeable for sight,... more
IndustryLEA expands its fleet with Embraer and Cessna airplanes
London, England - By Legacy 600 and Citation XLS
London Executive Aviation (‘LEA’), already one of Europe’s largest business jet charter operators, is expanding again with the addition to the fleet of an Embraer Legacy 600 and a Cessna Citation XLS.... more
AirlinesAir France restarts links with Haiti
Paris, France - Port-au-Prince airport partially reopened
The Haitian authorities have announced the partial reopening of Port-au-Prince airport to commercial traffic today, 19 February. The French airline Air France will resume flights to the city hit by the... more
SecurityNew proposed fine for American Eagle Airlines
Washington, USA - US$2.9 million civil penalty against the Fort Worth-based carrier
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a US$2.9 million civil penalty against American Eagle Airlines for operating, between February and May 2008, at least 1,178 passenger-carrying flights... more
AccidentsTexas accident, NTSB: too early to establish the cause (Video)
Austin, Texas - Media statements ascribed to the board denied
Despite information issued by some media, the US NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) has denied what had been reported by the press, precising that it is still too early to establish the cause... more
Fair and showsCathay Pacific lands at "BIT"
Milan, Italy - The HK's airline presents the newness 2010 at the International tourism fair in Milan
Cathay Pacific communicates a new Milan-Malpensa/Hong Kong flight, that will be inaugurated next March 28, four times per week. The flight to be served by B-777/300ER aircraft in a three class configuration... more
ReportMistery in Santo Domingo: body falls from airplane
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - Likely a stowaway
A cargo airplane en route from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, to Miami, the USA, yesterday lost a very special load: a human body! The recovery took place within the territory of the Dominican Republic,... more
ReportTexas, airplane crashes on governmental building
Austin, Usa - An act of madness or a terrorist attack?
The reasons that yesterday led Joseph Andrew Stak first to set fire to its home and then to steal an airplane and crash on the Echelon Building, a governmental palace which also hosts the US tax office,... more
Fair and showsAlitalia and AirOne at the Italian Tourism Exchange
Milan, Italy - New features of the summer season 2010 presented
"Marco Sansavini, Director of Sales, Distribution and Customer Care for Alitalia, Lorenzo Caporaletti, Manager of Air One Malpensa and Marco D’Ilario, Manager of Sales Italy for Alitalia, yesterday at t... more
Weather forecastsBad weather in Italy: today snow on Piedmont and Alps
Rome, Italy - Rains and winds on north and on central-southern regions
"A wide perturbation of Atlantic origin is moving in these hours from Balearic Islands towards Italian Peninsula. From today are predicted diffused precipitations on central-northern regions, starting... more
SecurityUSA: are FAA safety controls too loose?
Washington, USA - A report from the department of transportation shows that the administration has been too elastic with American Airlines on maintenance issues
A report by the US department of transportation inspector general underlined the possibility that FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) safety checks might have been too loose, in particular concerning... more
IndustrySELEX Sistemi Integrati won the Finmeccanica Innovation Awards
Rome, Italy - The company classified equal first with AgustaWestland and DRS
"SELEX Sistemi Integrati, a Finmeccanica company, was awarded the Finmeccanica Innovation award, during the prize-giving ceremony held in L’Aquila, within the Revenue Guard Corps station in Coppito, l... more
Fair and shows"BIT": presentation by FlyLal Charters Italia
Milan, Italy - The new airline born from steady collaboration between Aeroservizi and FlyLal Charter
Aeroservizi Air Charter Broker of SGST Srl communicates that tomorrow, on Friday February 19, at 9:30am at the Sigma 6 room, pavilion 6/10, second floor, in the ambit of the "BIT" (International Tourism... more
AirlinesLufthansa's pilots prepare four days of strike
Frankfurt, Germany - From next Monday to Thursday. They ask employment guarantees against costs' reduction decided by airline's management
The Cockpit, German airplane pilots' union, has announced yesterday during a press-conference took place in Frankfurt, that "About 4000 Lufthansa's pilots are ready to go on strike". The protest will last... more
IndustryNation’s first Littoral Combat Ship Departs for Maiden Deployment
Mayport, Usa - Approximately two years ahead of schedule
"The nation’s first Littoral Combat Ship, USS Freedom (LCS 1), departed from Naval Station Mayport, FL, in the last days for its maiden deployment, approximately two years ahead of schedule. The agile 3... more
SecurityBody scanners: Italy choses L-3 (Video)
Rome, Italy - 4-week sperimentation in Fiumicino and Malpensa
Italy's choice for its new full body scanners has been made for those built by L-3 Security & Detection Systems (SDS) of the USA, and the sperimentation is going to begin at Rome-Fiumicino and Milan-Malpensa... more
Civil aviationItalian government urged for airports national plan
Rome, Italy - Approved by the of deputies' transport committee
The Italian chamber of deputies' transport committee yesterday approved a request to the government for an airports national plan to help Italian airports to face the foreseen traffic increase that should... more
OccurrencesLanding gear failure for a Qantas' Airbus
Sydney, Australia - Landed again at Sydney airport from where it had departed
The pilot of a Qantas Airbus A-330/200 aircraft has been forced today to land again at Sydney airport, Australia, from where it had taken off shortly before bound for Shanghai, China, for flight QF129... more
IndustryNew Bombardier service center in the USA
Macon, USA - 10-year contract with Atlantic Southeast Airlines
Bombardier Aerospace announced that it has added a third commercial aircraft service centre to its customer support network worldwide. The facility, located in Macon, Georgia and operated by Bombardier... more
Fair and showsAVIO at "Defexpo 2010"
New Delhi, India - The sixth edition ends today
Avio takes part to the sixth edition of "Defexpo India", organised by DEO (Defence Exhibition Organisation), Ministry of Defence and Indian Government. 475 participants from 30 countries took part to the... more
ReportSardinia protests against Ryanair's monopoly
Alghero, Italy - Too much freedom granted to the low-cost carrier
Alghero and the Sardinia Region are protesting against the low-cost airline Ryanair's decision to cancel seven links to and from the city, opening Fertilia airport to new carriers to increase competition... more
SecurityAir crashes: accident rate dropped in 2009 according to Iata
Montreal, Canada - One lost hull every 1.4 million flights
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced today the aviation safety performance for 2009 showing that the year’s accident rate for Western-built jet aircraft as the second lowest in a... more
SecurityFAA AD on The Boeing Company model 767-200, -300, and -300F series airplanes (2010-03-08)
Washington, Usa - To prevent loss of the strut and engine due to corrosion damage and cracking of both fuse pins on the same strut
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Federal Register: [Page 5677-5681] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part... more
SecurityFAA AD on Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. model 205B and 212 helicopters (2010-03-03)
Washington, Usa - To detect an edge void, corrosion, or a crack on a M/R blade, which could lead to loss of the M/R blade and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Federal Register: [Page 5681-5683] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part... more
AirlinesMeridiana-Eurofly: Aga Khan steps in
Olbia, Italy - He will fund the integration through the AKFED found
The board of directors of the Italian airline Meridiana has confirmed the launch of the integration process of its "Aviation" activities with those of Eurofly. Once completed this project will lead to... more
IndustryAVIO: contract for the overhaul of ATR fleet engines of TAROM
Turin, Italy - The contract has a worth over € 5.5 million
Avio has won the call for tenders for the overhaul of the ATR fleet aeroengines, comprising seven ATR-42/500s and two ATR-72/500s, of the Rumanian airline company TAROM. The contract, with four years... more