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AirlinesJin Air new Asian low-cost airline
Seoul, Korea - First flight scheduled on next July 17th
On next July, 17th, a new low-fare airline will start its activities: it's called "Jin Air", based in Seoul (South Korea), and it will operates flights from capital Seoul to Jeju island, far from South-east... more
AccidentsCoast Guard abandones researches for a Cessna 172 Skyhawk disappeared in Hawaii
Hilo, USA - They will be take in charge by the Big Island fire department
Coast Guard ended its search of a missing Cessna 172 Skyhawk tour plane that disappeared Tuesday afternoon, and their role will be take in charge by Big Island Fire Department helicopters to continue at... more
AccidentsHelicopter crashes in a Canadian lake: a man clinging to life
Quebec, Canada - He was one of the two occupants
The two occupants of a Canadian helicopter, crashed today in the Lac a l’Epaule lake at approximately 95 kilometers North of Quebec City, have been admitted to the hospital of the city in serious conditions.... more
SecurityFAA AD on GENERAL AVIA Costruzioni Aeronautiche models F-22B, F-22C, and F-22R airplanes (2008-12-13)
Washington, Usa - To identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Federal Register: [Page 34620-34622] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part... more
SecurityFAA AD on Dassault model Falcon 2000EX and 900EX airplanes (2008-12-15)
Washington, Usa - To identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Federal Register: [Page 34624-34626] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part... more
AirportsIncheon airport has a great expansion
Seoul, South Korea - A third runway and an enlarged passenger terminal entered in service today
Today the South Korea's main international airport of Incheon received in service its third runway, a 4000 mt strip able to manage an A-380 and an enlarged passenger terminal, on the first tranche of the... more
IndustryFirst Airbus A-330 into Middle East Airlines fleet
Toulouse, France - The plane has been delivered in Toulouse in a ceremony
Airbus has delivered last days the A-330 plane to the Lebanese airline, Middle East Airlines (MEA), during a ceremony in Toulouse base, France. The aircraft, first of 4 orders requested in 2006 to replace... more
IndustryEmbraer signs contract with Brazil's Trip Linhas Aéreas
São José dos Campos, Brazil - Local regional airline expands its fleet with the 175 jet
"Embraer signed TRIP Linhas Aéreas for the sale of five EMBRAER 175 jets. The deal also includes options for ten more, plus purchase rights for another 15. The total value of the firm orders, at list... more
CuriositiesA Scottish Police helicopter sees an Ufo
Cardiff , Great Britain - The aircraft was flying over the St.Athan Raf airbase
A singular sight, furthermore from police officers, has happened days ago, the last June 7, in skies over Vale of Glamorgan, in Scotland, but only today the police department has given news about it.... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines and United Airlines announce plan for global cooperation
Chicago, Usa - Continental plans to join Star Alliance
"Continental Airlines and United Airlines yesterday announced a framework agreement to cooperate extensively, linking their networks and services worldwide to the benefit of customers, and creating revenue... more
Press releaseItalian Assaereo on the strike fixed for tomorrow
Rome, Italy - The Association asks for an urgent intervention by Transport Ministry to avoid the negative effects of the strike also in the next days in the airports
"Assaereo informs to have requested an urgent intervention by Italian Transport Ministry to avert the negative effects that could verify in the airports, also in the next days, following to the total stop... more
Latest newsUrgent funding needed for WFP Helicopters to assist in Myanmar
Yangon, Myanmar - WFP is leading the way in moving life-saving supplies to distressed communities
A critical shortage of funds for a helicopter operation providing essential logistical support to nearly 50 aid agencies is threatening the relief effort for 2.4 million survivors of Cyclone Nargis in... more
SecurityFAA AD on Lockheed model L-1011 series airplanes (2008-12-17)
Washington, Usa - To prevent chafing of the fuel level control switch wiring harness, which could cause arcing and result in a fire in the fuel tank
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Federal Register: [Page 34605-34608] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part... more
Military aviation4 U.S. Army helicopter engines disappeared in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - They worth over 13 USD million
Four engines for US Army helicopters are simply disappeared in their transit from the US base of Bagram, in Afghanistan, at 82th squadron of Fort Bragg, in North Carolina. According to Army sources, there... more
AccidentsEmergency landing for an helicopter in Lebanon: two injured
Beirut, Lebanon - It's a Lebanese Army's Gazelle
An helicopter of Lebanese Army engaged in a training mission, an Eurocopter Gazelle, has been forced to carry out an emergency landing for an engine failure. The accident, happened in Bekaa valley, has... more
AirlinesAlitalia: shareholders' assembly
Rome, Italy - It will take place on June 28, 2008
"ALITALIA announces that, with reference to the Shareholders’ Assembly convened for 27 and 28 June 2008 (first and second call respectively) there is every reason to expect, on the basis of the information a... more
AirlinesSpanair sales process abandoned
Stockholm, Sweden - SAS Group to keep Spanair
"As communicated in the SAS Group Strategy plan, Strategy 2011, SAS has been in a process of divesting Spanair. The target for the SAS Group has been to finalize this process before the end of second Quarter... more
ReportItalian ENAC calls Alitalia leadership
Rome, Italy - The meeting is planned for next Wednesday
ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Company) has called a summit with Alitalia's president, Aristide Police, and company's leadership. The meeting has been called by ENAC's president, Vito Riggio, for next... more
AccidentsTen military dead today in a Thailand helicopter crash
Bangkok, Thailand - Is seems the crash cause is an engine failure
A Thai military helicopter has crashed in Yala province, Bannang Sata district, southern Thailand, killing all 10 people on board, eight soldiers, one police officer and one civilian. According to Army... more
CuriositiesAn Unmanned Aerial Vehicle will keep whales under surveillance
Turin, Italy - It's an Italian project to to safeguard the large mammals in North Mediterranean area
As a result of a series of collisions recorded in the north of Mediterranean Sea, the so-called Sanctuary of whales, an 87,000 square km area in which the whales pass, and that have provoked the death... more
AerospaceEnhanced EO satellite UK-DMC-2 passes test readiness
London, Great Britain - Second generation DMC satellites set sights on GMES
SSTL's privately funded UK-DMC-2 has passed its Test Readiness Review (TRR) at its Manufacturing Integration and Test Facilities in Guildford, UK. Scheduled for build completion in September 2008, the... more
Fair and showsLecco, "Air Show" and "Cornizzolo Cup" on July
Lecco, Italy - They will attract thousand people
The programme of the 2 air shows planned above Lecco's skies, in Lombardy, as from July 13th to 26th, has been presented yesterday. The "Air Show" (July, 13th), exhibition of acrobatic squads, and parapenting... more
Civil defenseItalian Civil Defense: international workshop on the new global emergencies
Rome, Italy - Next June 25 in Geneva
"To face on new challenges due to the continous climate changes, to start a closer and continuing relationship between the systems of the Italian Civil Defense and the international organizations, to give... more
AirlineseasyJet: eleventh airplane arrived in Malpensa
Milan, Italy - Five new routes towards Brindisi, Copenhagen, Lamezia Terme, Sofia and Stockholm
"easyJet, the European low-cost carrier, announced yesterday the arrival of the eleventh airplane based in Milan-Malpensa's airport and a further effort by the carrier in Milan's air station. The eleventh... more
DefenseAfghanistan, Italy values the forwarding of four Tornado fighters
Kabul, Afghanistan - No official confirmations yet
The announcement could be officially given in the end of June, when the NATO General Secretary, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, should meet in Rome the Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi. But the forwarding of four... more
ReportThe Italian Financial police seizes an executive airplane
Bergamo , Italy - Following the assessment of Vat tax evasion for 850,000 Euros
At term of a series of complex surveying, the Fiscal Police Group of Italian Financial police (Guardia di finanza, GdF) on disposition of the substitute attorney of Bergamo, Manuela Cantù, seized an airplane... more
IndustrySukhoi Superjet 100, the safest Russian airliner
Moscow, Russia - It will operate medium-haul flights
Russia's new Superjet 100 airplane is ready to become the safest plane in the whole Russian civil aviation. The Superjet 100 project has been developed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau in collaboration with... more
Military aviationGAO sustains Boeing bid protest against EADS (5): the official position of USAF
Washington, USA - It has 60 days to respond to the agency
The Government Accountability Office has recommended the Air Force reopen the bidding process for the service’s aerial refueling aircraft contract. The GAO - the investigative arm of Congress- made t... more
AccidentsCrashed Eufor helicopter in Bosnia (2): all dead the four occupants
Sarajevo, Bosnia - There were two Germans and two Spanish on board
According to sources of the Spanish Defense Ministry, on board the helicopter crashed today in Bosnia, during an Eufor mission, there were two Spanish pilots and two employees of the Bundeswehr, the German... more
AccidentsDuring a flight lesson a helicopter falls for engine failure
Paderno Dugnano, Italy - The instructor emergency maneuver allowed him and his student to exit uninjured by the accident
A Breda Nardi 269C helicopter, taken off from Bresso airport for a flight training activity, has fallen yesterday morning in an abandoned field near Paderno Dugnano (Milan), and only the ability of instructor,... more
Civil aviationAir Transport Association, the US airlines will lose 10 billion dollars in 2008
New York, USA - Other 200 communities could lose the air connections
Air Transport Association has valued the US airlines will lose 10 billion dollars in 2008 due to skyrocketing fuel costs. James May of the Air Transport Association also told a joint U.S. Senate hearing... more
Military aviationGAO sustains Boeing bid protest against EADS (4): USAF officials comment
Washington, USA - "The Air Force will select the best value tanker for our nation's defense"
Earlier yesterday, Government Accountability Office officials announced their findings and sustained portions of the Boeing protest of the KC-45A aerial refuelling tanker competition. The contract,... more
AccidentsSpanish Eufor helicopter crashes in Bosnia
Sarajevo, Bosnia - Occupants' identity and fortune are still uncertain
An incident has occurred to a Spanish allowance helicopter, crashed in North of Travnik, in the middle of the country and North-West from Sarajevo, around midday, Eufor (European Union Force) allowance's... more
Civil aviationIndra to modernise Mongolia's air traffic management systems
Madrid, Spain - The company was also awarded a contract to implement the surface surveillance and control system at Donetsk airport, Ukraine
Indra, the premier IT company in Spain and a leading IT multinational in Europe entered Mongolia's market with a contract to modernise the country's air traffic management and control systems. The company... more
AirportsFlorence-Peretola, Romagnoli asks for practicality
Florence, Italy - Prato's major waits for an AdF project
Marco Romagnoli, Prato's major, has qualified as "Unrealistic", last weeks' projects about future of Florence-Peretola airport. Proposals of the runway's extension at 3km or inter-continental flights... more
ReportAlitalia, Senate approves loan-bridge
Rome, Italy - 300m Euro are coming into airline's cashes
Senato has officially approved Prodi's government decree on 300m Euro loan-bridge destined to Alitalia. Votes in favour were 154, opposing votes were 119, while 7 senators have abstained. The new... more
Military aviationGAO sustains Boeing bid protest against EADS (3): Northrop Grumman's statements
Washington, USA - "We will review the findings"
The following is the statement of Randy Belote, Vice President of Corporate & International Communications for Northrop Grumman Corporation: "We respect the GAO's work in analyzing the Air Force's... more
Military aviationGAO sustains Boeing bid protest against EADS (2), statements of the US aerospace giant
St.Louis, USA - "The ruling fully sustaining the grounds of our protest"
Boeing was informed yesterday that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found in Boeing's favor on a number of issues related to its protest of the U.S. Air Force's award of a $35 billion contract... more
Military aviationGAO sustains Boeing bid protest against EADS for KC-X aerial refueling tankers
St.Louis, USA - The ruling: "Number of significant errors that could have affected the outcome"
Arrived the GAO (Government Accountability Office)'s ruling about the Boeing's protest of the Department of the Air Force’s award of a contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, in partnership w... more
AerospaceProtostar I is fueled for its Ariane 5 launch from the European Spaceport
Kourou, French Guyana - It will be joined by Saudi Arabia's BADR-6 satellite
Satellite preparations have taken center stage at the Spaceport in French Guyana as Arianespace readies its fourth Ariane 5 flight of 2008. As part of this activity, the mission's ProtoStar I payload... more
Civil aviationIATA: IT Solutions needed to battle crisis
Brussels, Belgium - The industry fuel crisis that has plunged airlines back into the red
“IT must deliver solutions to drive down costs, improve passenger convenience and provide enhanced possibilities to maximise revenues. The industry fuel crisis that has plunged airlines back into the r... more
IndustryCaselle: AVIONEWS at first C-27J-Jca take-off
Turin, Italy - The flight has lasted around 40 minutes in spite of bad weather
First Alenia C-27J Jca made for Joint Cargo Aircraft programme destined to US Army had a successfully first flight last Monday, June 16th from Turin-Caselle airport, flown by Enrico Scarabotto and Gianni... more
ReportAntonio Tajani new EU Commissioner of Transport
Strasbourg, France - He will replace Jacques Barrot
Antonio Tajani, EC vice-President (see for details AVIONEWS), has been appointed new EU Commissioner of Transport, with 507 ayes. Among the members of European Parliament, 64 abstained and 53 opposing... more
IndustryJAT Technique will be sold to a foreign company
Belgrade, Serbia - Serbian privatization agency announced
The privatization agency last Monday announced tender for the sale of 70% of the JAT Technique, the flight control agency of JAT Airways, Serbian national-flag airline. The forthcoming privatization... more
IndustryAlenia Aeronautica: errata in the press release sent yesterday by the industry
Rome, Italy - The first JCA aircraft will be delivered to the US Army and not to the USAF
"Alenia Aeronautica communicates that the press release issued yesterday about the first flight of the JCA contains a mistake. The first JCA aircraft will be delivered to the US Army and not to the... more
DefenseSyria, maybe a nuclear reactor in Al Kibar
Rome, Italy - It could be the reason of last September 6th Israeli's attack according to IAEA
According to IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), last September 6th's Israeli attack to Syria by a raid in Al Kibar (see for details AVIONEWS), should have been caused by the placement of a nuclear... more
AirlinesOpenSkies, the first flight takes off on the routes between Paris and New York
Paris, France - Willie Walsh: "It will be really competitive"
OpenSkies, the new British Airways subsidiary airline, launched today the first commercial flight from the airport of Paris-Orly at 10:55, and will land on the "JFK"-New York airport at 1:25 pm. The... more
Press releaseItalian ENAV: 4 hour strike by air-traffic controllers next Saturday June 21st
Rome, Italy - Brindisi ACC will abstain for 8 hours
"ENAV (Italian Flight Assistance Society) informs that a strike by air-traffic controllers is expected on June 21th from 12:00am to 04:00pm. Air-traffic controllers at Brindisi's ACC will strike from... more
Press releaseAmnesty International on China: the Organization asks information about the over one thousand protesters detained during the protests last March
Rome, Italy - The torch travelling through Tibet is now reported to be on Saturday 21 June
"As the Olympic torch relay travels to Lhasa, Amnesty International yesterday urged the Chinese government to provide information about the over 1,000 people detained during the protests last March and... more
Civil aviationIATA welcomes EC VP Tajani’s confirmation
Geneva, Switzerland - The "Single European Sky" a priority
"The International Air Transport Association (IATA) congratulated Antonio Tajani on his confirmation as Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Transport. 'Vice President Tajani... more