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DefenseJapan's troops to leave Iraq
Tokyo, Japan - Also aviation militaries positioned in Kuwait to withdraw
Government of Tokyo confirmed the rumours and explained clearly that its soldiers will withdraw next December, when the term of its mission expires. Nippon Executive should unveil its decision to parliament... more
DefenseTajikistan's troops being trained by Iranian military personnel
Teheran, Iran - Following an agreement which also schedules logistics support, means maintenance and the provision of weapon systems
Iran and Tajikistan signed a memorandum of understanding about one month ago in order to increase their collaboration in the defence sector in a significant manner. First effects of such an agreement would... more
IndustryEmbraer expanded its business jet portfolio
São José dos Campos, Brazil - Launching Very Light Jet and Light Jet
Embraer last Tuesday announced it is strengthening its position in the business aviation market with new products and services. The first move to expand its product portfolio is to complement the Legacy... more
AirlinesDelta Air Lines celebrates five years in Venice
Milan, Italy - Offering a non-stop connection from the Venetian city to New York
"Delta, the US carrier with the major number of flights from Italy to Usa, offers from five years a non-stop link from Venice to New York. Italy, within the Atlantic Region, is for Delta the first market... more
HelicoptersDeepwater: there is still room for the purchase of new helicopters by USCG
Washington, USA - The AB-139 does not seem to be definitively excluded but Eurocopter could promote its EC-155
It would seem that no one can say the last word about the US Coast Guard’s Deepwater programme and the destiny of part of the fleet, despite recent indications related to the choice of an upgrade for t... more
SecurityIraq: at least 15 were killed in a suicide attack occurred in Muthanna's former airport
Baghdad, Iraq - It hosted an Iraq army recruiting centre
A suicide bomber aboard a car bomb, would have exploded himself at an Iraqi forces recruitment centre hosted in the former airport of Muthanna, in Western Baghdad. Interior Ministry reported at least 15... more
AccidentsUS F/A-18 went missing in Iraq: the second pilot was found too
Baghdad, Iraq - They are continuing to exclude that hostile fire downed planes
Military investigators have found also the second pilot of two F/A-18 Hornet jets went missing in Iraq last May 2 (see for details AVIONEWS), but it provided no details about the recovery of the body:... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Italian SULT union threatens strikes without any notice
Rome, Italy - In case personnel on board the carrier's airplanes is reduced for every single travel
Both the air transport sector analysts and Investigation Committee for Strikes prove particularly worried due to tensions which are affecting the relations between Alitalia and its workers. Italian SULT... more
AirlinesVolare: Gambaro became director disregarding Interbanca's opinion
Varese, Italy - The additional details appeared from his questioning
Mauro Gambaro, both CEO and general manager for Inter football club and last Chairman for Volare airline, would have concealed the real situation of the Group, assumed the role of director, disregarding... more
PeopleA-380: the second flight has been accomplished as well
Toulouse, France - The airplane flew for a longer time and higher yesterday and the test rhythm will progressively rise during the next weeks
Test flight activities for the new Airbus A-380 long haul airliner go on and the aircraft has already accomplished its second flight after the maiden one occurred on last April 27 (see for details AVIONEWS).... more
DefenseChina: "If Taiwan renounces to independence we will change our military plans"
Beijing, China - A deténte attempt by the Chinese People Republic
There would be some 700 Chinese surface-to-surface missiles aimed against the Taiwan island’s territory and they could even rise up to about 800 by 2006. Nevertheless, it seems that the Chinese People R... more
AirlinesMeridiana: net losses close to EUR 14m
Cagliari, Italy - Olbia-based carrier finds losing budget in 2004
Meridiana Board approved its operational budget project today as recently concluded: the shareholders assembly will have to approve it during the first meeting, expected to occur on June 7, or during a... more
Civil aviationIran: "We intend to restart the uranium enrichment"
Teheran, Iran - Germany would consider such a possibility announced by the Ayatollahs' regime as the end of negotiation on the Iranian nuclear programme
Representatives from the Iranian Government seized recently a chance to comment on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme in front of the UN. Iran firmly intends to carry on such a project, starting w... more
Weather forecastsEbace 2005: the fifth edition will take place from 18 to 20 of May in Geneva
Rome, Italy - It's the only European event organized in the commercial aviation field
"The fifth edition of the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (Ebace 2005) 2005, the only European event organized in the commercial aviation field, will take place from 18 to 20 May near... more
Press releaseGermanwings: for the Mother's Day 50,000 additional tickets from EUR 19
Milan, Italy - Travels must be performed from June 1st to July 31, 2005
Germanwings promotes for the Mother’s Day 50,000 additional tickets from EUR 19. This offer regards flights such as the ones which have in Berlin, Stuttgart, and Bonn their destinations. In particular, B... more
Science and technologyTwenty people made ill at Montreal Airport
Montreal, Canada - Because of a mysterious white powder released by a baggage
An unidentified white powder spilled from a baggage, coming from Bangladesh aboard a BA’s plane, staying at customs, made ill twenty persons who were close that area in the Montreal "Elliott-Trudeau" A... more
DefenseItalian engagement in peacekeeping mission in Sudan to start
Rome, Italy - The "Operazione Nilo" is going to begin
The Italian Chief of Army’s General Staff, General Giulio Fraticelli, declared that Italian soldiers engaged in peacekeeping mission in Sudan asked by the UN (see for details AVIONEWS), are going to d... more
AirlinesEmirates and Ferrari Club Rome: the partnership continues for new and exciting emotions
Rome, Italy - "Red passion at high altitude"
"Emirates, the Dubai’s International carrier, for the second consecutive year, renews the partnership with Ferrari Club Rome. Established from the Eng. Fabio Barone, keen on the motors world, last October 2... more
AirlinesDelays for the deliveries of the first A-380s
Toulouse, France - Airbus announced it and the first customers would be trying to support the maker in order to limit the bad effects
European aerospace group, Airbus, announced delays for the deliveries of the first new A-380 long-range 555-800 seats airliners. The first carrier destined to take delivery of the new aircraft will be... more
Defense144th anniversary of Italian Army foundation
Rome, Italy - It has been placed a laurel crown on the memorial to the Unknown Warrior
In May 4, 1861, Italian Minister of War, Manfredo Fanti, ordained the beginning of Italian Army: yesterday, in order to celebrate the 144th anniversary, Rome has hosted a cerimony in the Stadium of Terme... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Matteo Corsini charges again
Rome, Italy - The group of Roman real estate businessman would have criticized Urso's initiative who would have stated that Emirates would be interested in the Italian carrier
Emirates denied it is interested in the Alitalia’s destiny so giving the lie to what Italian Vice-Minister for Productive Activities, Adolfo Urso, would have maintained (see for details AVIONEWS). The M... more
DefenseUS special anti-terrorism units at Sigonella base? (2): Minister Martino likes the idea
Rome, Italy - It could create additional jobs in the Eastern Sicily
Italian Minister of Defence, Antonio Martino, likes idea to set up anti-terrorism military base at the airport of Sigonella (Catania), because "It could create additional jobs in the Eastern Sicily. The... more
Government actsQuestion time on US version of Calipari report
Rome, Italy - By senator Luigi Malabarba (Misto-Altre componenti del gruppo)
Italian senator Malabarba asked Italian Prime Minister and Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, to explain if versions about US airport authorities unsuccessful notices of Calipari’s car transit can b... more
Latest newsEurofighter: an analysis of a successful programme
Berlin, Germany - Environmental and weapon tests have been completed while the production of the Tranche 2 has started
The four Eurofighter consortium’s members (Germany, Great Britain, Spain and Italy) analyse the situation related to the evolution of the EF-2000 Typhoon project while waiting for the Tranche 1’s full com... more
Latest newsIndian aviation industry's future depends on the LCA
New Dheli, India - The fully national-made light fighter will have to ensure the full technological progress autonomy in this sector
Indian aviation industry’s success appears more and more to depend on the LCA (Light Combat Aircraft) programme related to the new Tejas light fighter. By this project the authorities which are attending t... more
Government actsQuestion Time: on the accident affecting an Italian Air Force's AB-212
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Marco Minniti (DS)
Italian Deputy Hon. Minniti asked Italian Minister of Defence for making the process which led to the accident affecting an Italian Air Force’s helicopter and killing all the members of its crew clearer. I... more
Government actsQuestion time: do Italian military units in Iraq operate in a combat zone?
Rome, Italy - By senator Francesco Cossiga (Party for )
Italian senator Cossiga asked Italian Premier, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defence, for making clear if the political-territorial area in Iraq, where Italian military units belonging to... more
Government actsQuestion Time: Italian Guardia di Finanza against pharmaceutical crimes
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Aldo Perrotta (FI)
Italian Deputy Hon. Perrotta asked Italian Minister of Health for explaining which steps Italian Government intends to resort to after that Italian Guardia di Finanza detected a criminal organization related... more
Government actsQuestion Time: recovery of some historically and environmental relevant Sardinia's areas currently managed by armed forces
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Francesco Onnis (AN)
Italian Deputy Hon. Onnis asked Italian Minister of Defence if a possibility exists for devoting some historically and environmental relevant Sardinia’s areas currently managed by armed forces to a different a... more
Government actsQuestion time on unbundling of Alitalia informatics unit
Rome, Italy - By senator Antonio Falomi (Misto-Il Cantiere party) abd other senators
Italian senator Falomi asked Italian Government to avoid the unbundling of Alitalia informatics unit and to incorporate Alitalia informatics unit into Alitalia Fly. Italian Government is also expected... more
Government actsQuestion Time: armed personnel who killed Nicola Calipari
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Mauro Bulgarelli (Misto-Verdi-l'Unione)
Italian Deputy Hon. Bulgarelli asked Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs for explaining if Italian Government knows that some US radio channels have stated that Italian SISMI’s agent Nicola Calipari w... more
Government actsQuestion Time: Cernobyl disaster seriousness in the history of both civil and military nuclear deployment
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Aldo Perrotta (FI)
Italian Deputy Hon. Perrotta asked Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs for making clear which kind of measures Italy is carrying on in the Cernobyl’s area as the related nuclear disaster can be considered a... more
Government actsQuestion Time: SAVE operator's role and commitments at Venice Airport
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Andrea Martella (DS)
Italian Deputy Honourable Martella asked Italian ministers for Infrastructures/Transport and Interior for making clear which kind of steps Italian Government intends to adopt regarding the role played... more
DefenseUS special anti-terrorism units at Sigonella base?
Rome, Italy - The intent comes from the need to face threats from Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Africa
US are planning to concentrate their anti-terrorism special units above all in Southern Europe: General James Jones, Commander of US forces in Europe, unveiled it. Until now, US special units of Air Force,... more
AccidentsThree Mexican militaries believed missing after crashing aboard a Navy chopper
Mexico City, Mexico - They were searching two speed boats directed by drug traffickers
Mexican Navy is not able yet to explain the cause of air crash occurred to a military helicopter dropped into the waters in front of the state of Chiapas, with three persons on board, on Sunday evening... more
AccidentsIsraeli Air Force F-16D made a creepy landing
Tel Aviv, Israel - The two crew members survived ejecting
An Israeli aviation F-16D dropped yesterday at Ramat David (Israel) while was carrying out a training flight: both crew members managed to save themself ejecting from the aircraft; the pilot and navigator... more
AccidentsNew Zealand: plane carrying mail exploded in flight
Wellington, New Zealand - Two passengers were killed
Last night, in New Zealand, an Airwork cargo plane carrying mail for New Zealand Post and DHL, exploded while was flying from Auckland to Wellington with two persons aboard. A spokesperson for Airways... more
Science and technologyNaples: handling workers to go on strike next Friday May 6
Naples, Italy - Minimum services and connections to the islands will be operated
CGIL CISL UIL, UGL and SULT union trades have called next Friday May 6, an 8-hours strike affecting ground services workers at Naples-Capodichino International Airport. Gesac Handling SpA, company managing... more
HelicoptersUS Army: helicopters' refuelling in Iraq and Afghanistan to be faster
Washington, USA - A modular and portable system produced by BAe Systems has been ordered
The US military helicopters deployed in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq will be equipped with a new refuelling system. It deals with a solution offered by British Aerospace Systems which struck US Army... more
People787 Dreamliner: Donaldson to provide the cabin air purification system
Washington, USA - An innovative solution to face irritant odors and the danger consisting of micro-organisms
Boeing selected the solutions offered by Donaldson Company concerning air purification aboard to equip the new 787 Dreamliner medium-long haul airliner. Such a firm has been operating since 1915 and it... more
IndustryPratt & Whitney Canada awarded two major contracts for Embraer's new Very Light Jet and Light Jet aircraft
Longueuil, Canada - With the selection of the PW-617F and the PW-535E engines
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (P&WC) has secured two important wins in the very light jet and light jet markets with the selection of the PW-617F and the PW-535E engines for the new Embraer VLJ and LJ business... more
HelicoptersNH-90: Australia expects the best operational flexibility
Canberra, Australia - The new ordered helicopters to act both on the ground and in the sea depending on the current operational exigencies
Australia will take delivery of its new NH-90 multipurpose helicopters by 2008 and will make them enter service in that date. The first of such rotor-winged aircraft is supposed to arrive in the country... more
Civil aviationRussia: that is why terrorism can resort to weapon of mass destruction
Moscow, Russia - A striking measure able to generate huge disasters and, at the same time, unforeseeable because they are different from what the world is ready to prevent
Danger represented by possible terroristic attempts by the resort to non-conventional weapons is a real one and not a mere hypothesis, according to some Russian analysts. Reasons which would lead some... more
AirlinesVolare: new questioning at Busto Arsizio tribunal
Varese, Italy - Meanwhile Zoccai and Soddu stay in prison
Today Mauro Gambaro, the last Chairman of Volare before it was put under a commissioner, will be interviewed by procurator Antonio Pizzi, gip Adet Toni Novik and pm Roberto Craveia. At Busto Arsizio tribunal... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Italian SULT union criticizes both the company and the other unions
Rome, Italy - Aiming to privilege the defence of one profession only to the detriment of all the other workers is wrong, according to this union
The situation related to relations between Alitalia and Italian trade unions does not appear to improve. SULT union has recently seized a chance to underline that the company managed its relation with... more
DefenseIran does not conceal its nuclear intentions
New York, USA - The Government is determined to pursue the develop of uranium enrichment technologies
Iran’s Foreign Minister, Kamal Kharrazi, during the conference on nuclear non-proliferation in progress at United Nations, made clear that Iran "Is determined" to pursue the develop of nuclear tecnologies, i... more
CuriositiesSchumi does not consider the "Red" enough, so he flies by the Falcon's wings
Rome, Italy - The jet has been characterized by particular inner devices
"Michael wants to visit his wife Corinna and his sons every time he can between a race and another one" Willi Weber stated, as the manager of the Formula 1 German champion Michael Schumacher. So, according... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): Emirates will not acquire stakes of the carrier
Rome, Italy - Spokesmen from the UAE's airline gave the lie to the fact that an interest in this sense or for an alliance can exist
Italian Vice-minister for Productive Activities Adolfo Urso would have recently supposed the idea of a possible interest by the UAE’s Emirates airline for Alitalia. It is well known that the Italian a... more
AirlinesCyprus Airways greeted the European okay to Government aid
Brussels, Belgium - The restructuring plan is expected to be completed in six months
Cyprus Airways has gained the approval of European Commission to receive the state loan which violate no European Union rules. The Government of the island will be able to back the national carrier through... more
AirlinesAir France: regularity and timekeeping of March flights got worse
Paris, France - The things went better in the same period of 2004 and last February
The French airline communicated that results achieved in March for punctuality and regularity of its services, unveiled a drop respect both last February and March 2004. The 74.4 per cent of national and... more