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AirportsMilan-Malpensa ranks second among European airports for cargo services
Milan, Italy - According to an international survey
Milan-Malpensa airport ranks second for services related to cargo. This is the result of "Air Cargo Excellence 2008", the international survey made with air carrier and world airports. In particular,... more
AirlinesMyair.com announces a growth of load factor (6,2%)
Vicenza, Italy - In the opposite trend and despite the crisis in the air transport sector
"Myair.com is in opposite trend with crisis in the air transport field and announces a growth of load factor (6,2%) for the first quarter 2009, compared to last year. The traffic figures indicate a... more
SecurityEuropean Commission updates airlines black-list
Brussels, Belgium - Ban extended to carriers from Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Thailand and Benin
The European Commission updated today the black-list of the airlines that are subject to a flight ban in the Community air space. 6 carriers from Kazakhstan, one from Thailand, one from Ukraine and all... more
Fair and showsFrom "Aero 2009": positive results for the aviation field
Friedrichshafen, Germany - Over 46,400 visitors
"The 17th edition of AERO impressively demonstrated once again the fascination of flight and the thrill of discovering new aircraft. The international aviation trade show gave the industry an important... more
AccidentsPhilippines, helicopter crashes with presidential staff on board: 3 certain victims
Baguio City, Philippines - Bodies found in the wreck. Missing the other 5 occupants
A Bell 412 Philippines Air Force helicopter carrying 8 people, including 5 presidential officials, crashed yesterday on the mountains near Baguio City, from where it took off shortly before for a flight... more
AerospaceISS: Expedition 18 crew has come back
Bajkonur, Kazakhstan - Landed this morning in Kazakhstan together with space tourist Simonyi
Commander Mike Fincke and flight engineer Yury Lonchakov of Expedition 18 to the International Space Station (ISS) landed this morning at 9:16 CET at Bajkonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with the Soyuz TMA-13... more
Airports€ 3.3 billion tender for Lisbon airport
Lisbon, Portugal - All clear for the race that should start in these months
The new Lisbon airport will cost € 3.3 billion. State-owned NAER chief, Carlos Madeira, stated it yesterday. It is all ready in wait of the race that should be launched by the government in these months. T... more
DefenseNorth Korea will react to possible UN sanctions
New York, USA - Pyongyang rejects all the charges and defends its satellite
North Korea will react with "Strong steps" against any possible UN sanctions after the launch of its satellite on Sunday (see AVIONEWS). Pak Tok Hun, North-Korean delegate to the Security Council, declared... more
ReportLos Roques air accident, Venezuela is not cooperating with Italian authorities
Rome, Italy - The judges declared it yesterday to the Superior Magistrature Council
The judges investigating on the case of the Transaven Let-410 aircraft that disappeared on the 4th of January 2008 in Los Roques, Venezuela, have been heard yesterday by the Italian Superior Magistrature... more
Weather forecastsBad weather: strong winds and storms on Sardinia from this evening
Rome, Italy - The Italian Civil Defense Department issued a notice
"A perturbation wave coming from Western Mediterranean is reaching Sardinia where, from this evening, on Wednesday April 8, there will be marked instability conditions with thundery phenomena. The Italian... more
AirportsAthens airport focuses on environment protection
Athens, Greece - More recycle and gradual conversion of "green" vehicles
Athens International Airport implements a comprehensive waste management system, that led in 2008 to a further significant annual increase in recycling, reaching 43.4% of airport non-hazardous waste (6,567... more
AirportsACI Europe, European passenger traffic down
Brussels, Belgium - -13.6% in February 2009
The latest traffic report from ACI Europe – the voice of Europe’s airports - reveals a decrease of -13.6% in the overall passenger traffic at European airports in February 2009 compared with February 200... more
DefenseNATO air exercises in the Baltic Republics
Tallinn , Estonia - Treaty's fighters fly over Riga and Tallinn
NATO performed yesterday a series of air exercises in the air spaces of Baltic Republics of Estonia and Lithuania. American, Polish and Danish F-16 fighters, Czech L-159s, Lithuanian L-39s, Estonian AN-2... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines gets immunity to join Star Alliance
Washington, USA - The tentative approval by the American department of transports
Continental Airlines will join Star Alliance thanks to antitrust immunity. This has been decided with a tentative approval by the American Department of Transports (DOT). The airline will join the 21 already... more
Civil aviationItalian ENAV, flight routes overhauled
Rome, Italy - Fuel savings with more direct routes causing less pollution
After Kyoto Protocol recommendations on the need to limit CO2 emissions and the data provided recently by the IATA (International Air Transport Association) in which harmful emissions attributed to aviation... more
IndustryVH-71 project: Guarguaglini replies to US government
Moscow, Russia - "President Obama will fly on a Finmeccanica helicopter"
After the US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates suggested the interruption of the VH-71 program (see AVIONEWS), yesterday from Moscow, where he was for the Italian-Russian agreement about the Superjet-100... more
AccidentsAirplane crash in the USA. Pilot killed
Chesnee, USA - Still unknown the cause of the accident
NTSB (National Transport Safety Board) is investigating on the air accident happened yesterday near Chesnee, South Carolina, USA, in which Stuart E. Adcock Jr. was killed. The man was the only occupant... more
AirportsInternational passengers decrease in the nine airports ASUR
Cancun, Mexico - Negative figures also in Cancun
Cancun airport, member of the Mexican southeast airport group (ASUR), registered a decreased in the number of international passengers for the first time since August 2007. Figures, referred to March 2009,... more
AirlinesAir France-KLM: March 2009 traffic
Rome, Italy - For passenger and cargo
"Passenger business March 2009 saw a further marked deterioration in the operating environment. Despite an almost 3% reduction in capacity, traffic declined by 9.4%, affecting all the networks. This... more
IndustryThe Superjet-100 will be one of the "Stars" at "Le Bourget 2009"
Moscow, Russia - Fournier: "It's a perfect example of cooperation between Russia and Europe"
The Sukhoi Superjet-100 will be one of the main attractions at the "Paris Air Show 2009" in Le Bourget. The managing director of the show Gilles Fournier stated: "It's a perfect example of cooperation... more
Military aviationThe four Countries involved in the Eurofighter program restart negotiations
Madrid, Spain - Germany, Italy, UK and Spain focus on the last details that will bring to the agreement for the first phase of project's Tranche III
The ministries of defense of the four Countries involved in the Eurofighter program (Germany, Italy, UK and Spain) restarted last week the high-level discussions to get to the agreement about the first... more
AirlinesTACA and Lufthansa sign a code-sharing agreement
Milan, Italy - For daily flights from Frankfurt and San Salvador, via Miami
Starting from April 1, Central American increased air connections with Europe, thanks to the code-sharing agreement between TACA Airlines and Lufthansa, including daily flights between Frankfurt and San... more
IndustryBrazil might build fighters under Russian license in the future
Moscow, Russia - Discussions underway with Embraer for the transfer of technologies
Russian and Brazilian governments are discussing the transfer of Russian technologies for the construction of the next-generation fighters. "We are discussing with the well-known Brazilian company Embraer... more
IndustryLockheed Martin to upgrade the AN-FPS-117 radar of Kuwait
Syracuse, USA - The device original has been delivered in 1993
"Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by the Kuwait Ministry of Defense to significantly upgrade the Kuwait Air Force AN/FPS-117 long-range radar originally delivered in 1993. The radar is used... more
Military aviationMil will deliver 12 Mi-35s to Brazil by the end of the year
Moscow, Russia - The Russian industry beated Eurocopter and AgustaWestland in last fall's tender
The Russian constructor Mil will start delivering the 12 Mi-35 "Hind" E attack helicopters ordered by Brazil in last fall by the end of 2009. Alexander Fomin, vice director of the federal service for military-technical... more
AirportsNew runway at Cagliari airport
Cagliari, Italy - Funded by European Union with 23 million euros
Cagliari airport is ready to open its renovated runway. Starting from 6 a.m. on April 9, it will take the place of the temporary one, created to allow the works and not to affect or limit air traffic in... more
OccurrencesEmergency landing for a glider in Bergamo, Italy
Bergamo, Italy - After hitting a building and damaging a power line. Pilot uninjured
The pilot of a glider from Valbrembo Flying school that yesterday afternoon was forced to an emergency landing in Pradalunga (Bergamo, Italy) came out uninjured from the aircraft. The man has been anyway... more
CuriositiesFlashes of youth: first parachute launch at 97
Salisbury, UK - George Moyse: "It was the first time, but it won't be the last"
Real age is not in the passing of time, but in how life is lived. This must be the spirit that brought English George Moyse, 97 years old (almost 98), to try the thrill of sky-diving, jumping with the... more
ReportUSA: Canadian steals airplane hoping to be shoot down by the F-16s
Ellsinore, USA - The 31-year-old seems to have told the police he wanted to commit suicide
"I wanted to commit suicide but I didn't have the courage to do it myself. So I hoped that the American fighters would shoot me down". This is what 31-year-old Turkish-Canadian Adam Dylan Leon seems to... more
OccurrencesUSA, airplane hits eagle and is forced to land
Orlando, USA - The MD-83 with 138 people on board received damage to the nose and to the angle of attack sensor
Some thrill yesterday for the 138 people on board of a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 scheduled to fly from Orlando to Allentown when their plane, during take off, hit a bald eagle (the classic American symbol... more
AerospaceBoeing-built satellite WGS-2 sends 1st signals from space
Cape Canaveral, Usa - From the second of six satellites that the company is building for the U.S. Air Force
"Boeing has acquired the first on-orbit signals from the second of six Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites that the company is building for the U.S. Air Force. The signals indicate that the spacecraft... more
AerospaceNASA: satellites show Arctic ice getting thinner
Washington, USA - The process is accelerating in late years
The seasonal maximum sea ice extent on the Arctic occurred on the last 28th of February. The next-generation satellites have photographed and analyzed the area and the thickness of the ices and found,... more
AirportsPalermo airport, capital widening decided by GESAP
Palermo, Italy - Almost € 21.6 million subscribed by public and private shareholders
The board of directors of the managing society of Palermo-Punta Raisi "Falcone e Borsellino" airport, GESAP, decided yesterday the subscription of an € 21.6 million capital widening, reducing the gap w... more
AirportsAbu Dhabi, terminal 3 is fully operational
Abu Dhabi , UAE - It will expand airport’s capacity to 12 million
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) today announced another major milestone in the development of the airport with the full transfer of flights from Terminal 1 to Terminal 3, ensuring smooth transition for... more
AccidentsHelicopter crash in France: 3 victims
Dierre, France - Two people lost their lives immediately, the third for the bad burns reported
It turned into tragedy a touristic helicopter flight on Sunday for three people in France, at Dierre airport. The private Robinson R-44 Raven II helicopter, probably owned by the pilot, crashed without... more
IndustryFinmeccanica: completed the acquisition of SCAC shares (Superjet 100 aircraft), but not only...
Rome, Italy - Also important marketing Italian-Russian agreements signed about security that involved the Group's subsidiaries
"Within the business mission to Moscow – promoted by Confindustria, ABI and ICE – SELEX Sistemi Integrati, a Finmeccanica company, and the Russian companies Scartel LCC and Russian Electronics OJSCo, whi... more
AirportsSydney airport welcomes Air Austral
Sydney, Australia - The Reunion carrier will fly twice a week
Sydney airport has welcomed Air Austral which next week will commence flying a twice weekly service between Sydney and Paris via Reunion Island, where the carrier is based. The CEO of the airport, Russell... more
Press releaseItalian ENAC, an engineer dies in the earthquake
Rome, Italy - Along with her 9 year old son
"ENAC (Italian civil aviation authority) announces that the engineer Giuliana Tamburro is among the casualties of the earthquake occurred in the Italian region of Abruzzo at 3:30 a.m. (local time) on April... more
IndustryFinmeccanica: clarification on the VH-71 programme
Rome, Italy - The industry confirms that this is only the first step in a complex process
"With regards to the US Defence Administration's possible cancellation of the VH-71 programme, Finmeccanica confirms that this is only the first step in a particularly complex budget approval process and... more
AerospaceItalian Space Agency (ASI): Cosmo-SkyMed at work for the earthquake in Abruzzo
Rome, Italy - The first imagines of the hit area predicted for this morning
"Cosmo-SkyMed, the Earth observation satellite system, following to the request by the Italian Civil Defense Department, has acquired, in the last afternoon of yesterday, the first radar imagines of L'Aquila's... more
IndustryUSA could freeze the VH-71 program
Washington, USA - Robert Gates's proposal to help cutting military costs. Finmeccanica: "No impact"
The US secretary of defense, Robert Gates, reaffirmed his doubts about the VH-71 helicopter program, on which Lockheed Martin is working in a joint venture with AgustaWestland (Finmeccanica group). The... more
UAS-DronesBoeing demonstrates Command and Control of ScanEagle UAS
Seattle, USA - From Wedgetail AEW&C Aircraft
"Boeing on March 16 successfully demonstrated simultaneous command and control of three ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Wedgetail 737 Airborne Early Warning... more
AirportsNew route from London-City to Nantes
Nantes, France - Operated by Air France and its subsidiaries City Jet and VLM Airlines
Nantes-Atlantique Airport welcomed Air France and its subsidiaries, CityJet and VLM Airlines, new flights to London-City starting from from 27th April. François Marie, Nantes-Atlantique Airport director... more
ReportMerkel: a short visit in Afghanistan
Kunduz, Afghanistan - Directly from Prague to visit the German soldiers of the ISAF
The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, with a short visit today, coming from US-EU summit in Prague ended yesterday, has met about 700 German soldiers in Kundur base, within the ISAF (International Security... more
ReportItaly, earthquake in Abruzzo (3): more than 100 victims
L'Aquila , Italy - 1,500 injured people in L'Aquila, half the buildings damaged
It has grown to 100 the number of the certain victims of tonight's earthquake in L'Aquila, Italy. Prime Minister Berlusconi said that 5,000 people are working to save those who are still trapped under... more
Press releaseItalian SdL suspended the four hour strike fixed for next April 8
Rome, Italy - Due to the severe earthquake in Abruzzo
"Sdl (Italian workers intercategory union), following to the earthquake that has hit Abruzzo Region last night, has decided to suspend, for a sense of responsibility, the four hour strike announced for... more
DefenseItalian Navy: NATO, naval replacement
Rome, Italy - Today, 6th of April
"Today 6th of April the 'Luigi Durand de la Penne' destroyer goes back to operations at the air-sea department of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2, in command of rear admiral Giovanni Gumiero. The 'Luigi... more
AccidentsNorth Sea accident: all the bodies recovered
Aberdeen, UK - Discussions about safety of the "Super Puma" go on
All the bodies of the victims of the accident that occurred last week to a Bond operated Eurocopter "Super Puma" in the North Sea, off the coast of Aberdeen, in Scotland, returning from an oil platform,... more
IndustryCessna: Korean Air ordered two airplanes for pilot training
Wichita, Usa - A pilot center in India
"Cessna Aircraft Company announced Korean Air has ordered two Citation CJ1+ aircraft to boost its advanced pilot training capability. The two new Citation CJ1+ aircraft will have a special center-mounted... more
IndustryStrategic partnership between BAE Systems, SSMART and SIGNAAL HELLAS
Athens, Greece - The long-term agreement for the Greek defense programs
BAE Systems Integrated System Technologies Limited today announced it has entered into a definitive Memorandum of understanding to establish a long term strategic partnership in support of the Hellenic... more