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Science and technologyFraport to plan outsourcing its work-force
Berlin, Germany - By means of a measure aimed to cut costs
German airport operator, Fraport, planned to outsource 20 percent of its work-force by means of a measure aimed to cut costs as the firm has to face up pressure to cut fees from its customers, including... more
IndustryEmbraer's quarter results
Brasilia, Brazil - The industry delivered 30 planes in the first three months of 2005
Brazilian industry Embraer announced it delivered 30 planes in the first three months of 2005, among which 18 ERJ-145 and 10 Embraer 170. The company expects to deliver 60 percent of the aircraft forecasted... more
Civil aviationSan Marino GP: safety machine is ready
Imola, Italy - Two Italian Air Force helicopters will be operative and one from AUSL, too
Next Sunday Formula 1 Grand Prix will be performed at Imola: San Marino Republic has already provided all the safety measures linked to assistance and medical rescue services. The event will be backed... more
Science and technologyUAE: Global Airport Expansion Congress
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Aviation industry on the up has ambitious plans to build airports and expand facilities
Today is the last day of the Global Airport Expansion Congress at Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates): the event, started last Sunday April 17, has been arranged by national civil aviation department and... more
AirlinesSingapore Airlines to sign deal with Australian State
Singapore, Republic of Singapore - The goal of the agreement is the one to increase the number of visitors in the state of Queensland by mean of services operated by the carrier
Singapore Airlines announced that it signed a three-year deal with the Australia’s State of Queensland in order to implement tourism in this State, by raising the number of visitors who want to discover t... more
AccidentsOlympic Airways plane landed at Athens with a gear out of action
Athens, Greece - 43 passengers on flight bound for Cyclades Islands were safe
An ATR-70 belonging to Greek Olympic Airways yesterday failed to land on Mykonos island, where it was bound for, because one of its landing gears was blocked: the airplane took off at 6:55pm from Athens... more
Science and technologyKerosene tampered at the airport "Ben Gurion": is it lead to terrorism?
Tel Aviv, Israel - All flights grounded as an inquiry started after a casual control
All flights taking off from Tel Aviv’s International Airport "Ben Gurion" have been suspended as an inquiry started after a casual control about the supplying of fuel revealed that the kerosene used b... more
Military aviationGreece: firefighting planes operated on the island of Evia
Athens, Greece - Strong winds have powered fire blazed on Sunday
A fire has destroyed 1000 hectares of pine forest in Northern area on the island of Evia (Greece): fire would be blazed for unverified reasons. Flames have been powered by strong wind blowing of the island... more
DefenseItalian General Santangelo to coordinate Nato's mission "Isaf" in Afghanistan
Rome, Italy - He will take on officially the new work in May
Italian General Giuseppe Santangelo will be the coordinator of the Nato’s mission "Isaf" in the west part of Afghanistan. Santangelo, who is already in the country in order to scour the area, besides f... more
Government actsQuestion Time: Alitalia IT unit outsourcing
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Pietro Tidei (Ds)
Italian Deputy Honourable Tidei asked Italian Minister of Infrastructures and Transport for revealing Italian Government’s view about the possibile outsourcing of Alitalia Information Technology section, w... more
Science and technologyFraport and Vinci against Copenhagen Airports about the management of Bulgarian airports
Sofia, Bulgaria - The protests may delay the official signature of the deal
German airport operator mixed with Vinci Airports is contesting the decision of the Bulgarian Government to let Copenhagen Airports upgrade and run (see AVIONEWS) the airports of Varna and Bourgas situated... more
MiscellaneousDrug couriers go by plane to Holland to return back to Italy by train so as to avoid control
Rome, Italy - The accuse among the other are of purchase, transport and sale of ecstasy to Chinese community
Five people from Middle East were arrested from the authorities of Prato (Italy) because of international traffic of drug. They went by plane to Holland to return back in Italy by train so as to avoid... more
Government actsQuestion Time: Cagliari harbour suitability for nuclear-powered units mooring
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Mauro Bulgarelli (Misto-Verdi-l'Unione)
Italian Deputy Hon. Bulgarelli intended to know from Italian Minister of Defence if Cagliari harbour (Sardinia) is considered a suitable site for nuclear-powered units mooring as a list exists in Italy... more
MiscellaneousSenate: Berlusconi expected to report to the assembly tomorrow
Rome, Italy - Italian Government will face the confidence vote at Palazzo Madama on Thursday
Tomorrow, on Wednesday April 20, at 3:30pm Italian Premier, Silvio Berlusconi, is expected to report to Senate on Government political crisis determined in following resignations of UDC party’s ministers a... more
Fair and showsPutin to fly to Middle East
Moscow, Russia - It is the first official visit of a Russian Chief of State to Israel
Kremlin press office announced that President Vladimir Putin will visit Israel next April 28-29: the event gained a particular relevance considering it will be the first official travel of a Russian Chief... more
Government actsQuestion Time: on the destiny of Alitalia IT unit
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Mauro Bulgarelli (Misto-Verdi-l'Unione)
Italian Deputy Hon. Bulgarelli asked Italian Minister for Production Activities (Industry) for explaining which kind of steps Italian Government intends to resort to in order to prevent the possible bad... more
Government actsQuestion Time: political and institutional stability lack after the violent seizure of power in Nepal
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Gabriella Pistone (Misto-Comunisti Italiani)
Italian Deputy Honourable Pistone decided to ask Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs for making clear which kind of relations Italy is carrying on with Nepal after the violent seizure of power by the King... more
Weather forecastsAir shows and exhibitions in the third week of April
Rome, Italy - From tomorrow, Wednesday 20 to next Monday 25
Wednesday 20 - 22nd International Kite Festival. Weifang, Shandong, China. www.china-travel-tour-guide.com/attractions/weifang-kite-festival.shtml www.weifangkite.com Thursday 21 - 22nd... more
Science and technologyAirport "Valerio Catullo": a strike provokes the cancellation of 55 flights, 80 percent of adherents
Verona, Italy - The employees protested against the lack of personnel and work conditions
The employees of the airport "Valerio Catullo", in Verona (Italy), planned a strike yesterday which provoked the cancellation of 55 flights than the 101 scheduled for the day. According to what declared... more
AccidentsUS F-16 dropped into river: occupants were safe
Washington, USA - A malfunction would have caused the incident
A F-16 fighter jet crashed last afternoon into Ashley River (near Charleston) during a training flight, but two airmen have been ejected before to fall to the ground. Airplane was based at Shaw Air Force... more
AirlinesQatar plane forced to landing due to bomb-alert
Beirut, Lebanon - But authorities of Beirut Airport unveiled it was a joke
Yesterday a bomb-alarm has forced a Qatar Airlines jet to carry out an emergency landing at Beirut International Airport: the Qatar’s carrier Airbus A-320 was bound for Doha and had just taken off from t... more
DefenseMartino signed with Greece for Amphibious Battle Group
Athens, Greece - In order to fit the two military forces with an adequate maritime strategic transport ability
Italian Minister of Defence, Antonio Martino, yesterday has officially visited Athens in order to meet his counterpart Spilios Spiliotopoulos. With Martino, there were also Italian military attaché in... more
DefenseIran: "Ready to face any threat but only for defensive purposes"
Teheran, Iran - President Khatami's speech during the Iranian armed forces anniversary
Iranian President, Mohammed Khatami, seized recently a chance to express his own view about the modern defensive exigencies of the Iranian Islamic Republic, and he did it just on the occasion of the armed... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines: new connection between Houston and Cali
Houston, Usa - It will utilize a Boeing 737/700
Continental Airlines yesterday announced it will begin new daily nonstop service between Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport and Cali, Colombia, on July 15, pending government approval. Continental w... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): flight assistants going on strike from 12:00 to 04:00 pm
Rome, Italy - Also the air transport sector workers in Europe are protesting asking for more warranties, recognitions and safety
There are some 168 flights cancelled by Alitalia today and 13,000 passengers will be unable to be provided with the carrier’s services as an effect of the four hours (12:00am-04:00pm) strike called by I... more
AirlinesAlitalia: EU's green light on the business plan likely to be provided on May 27
Brussels, Belgium - While waiting for the delivery of banks' guarantee letters and the accomplishment of the appraisal on the carrier tariff strategy
The approval for the Alitalia’s business plan by European Commission would appear more and more a probable one. EU Government would be in fact about to express its own final opinion on the carrier’s dos... more
IndustryEmbraer: sale of three EMB-170/190 family jets to Tame
São José dos Campos, Brazil - The deal confirms Letter of Intent (LOI) signed in November 2004
Embraer announced yesterday it firmed the sale of three EMBRAER 170/190 family aircraft to TAME Línea Aérea del Ecuador, the staterun Ecuadorian airline. The customer will acquire two 76-seat EMBRAER 1... more
Latest newsJoint operational flexibility trials for the Gripen
Stockholm, Sweden - Some aerial refuelling tests involving Swedish and South African air forces have been successfully performed
The SAAB/BAe JAS-39 Gripen, despite representing a sufficiently proven weapon system today, is being still involved by a series of important operational evaluations, basically intended to show its adaptation... more
SecurityItalian Premier chose to resign and his allies aim to a new Berlusconi-led Government
Rome, Italy - In the meantime, Italian Chamber of Deputies President Casini announced that Parliament works scheduled on tomorrow will not be held due to air transport strikes
Italian Chamber of Deputies President, Pier Ferdinando Casini, unveiled today that works scheduled on tomorrow in Italian Parliament will not be held due to air transport sector strikes. The news comes... more
AccidentsTwin Otter crashed in Indonesia (2): recovering of bodies started
Jakarta, Indonesia - Many of them have not yet been identified
Rescuers teams have started today to evacuate body of victims of the incident involving the DeHavilland Twin Otter aircraft belonging to GT Air commercial airline: so far corpses recovered from the plane... more
Science and technologyPassenger traffic up at Dubai International Airport
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - The increase, in the first three months of the current year, was related to 12,7 per cent
Dubai International Airport assisted to a passenger traffic increased to 6.0 million people from 5.3 million a year earlier, that means 12.7 percent more. Even cargo traffic increased 18.3 per cent in... more
Civil aviationRussia ready to dismantle Western nuclear submarines
Moscow, Russia - The Russian experts' offer addressed to the United States, Great Britain and France
Russia was so far supposed to be the only state needing international support for starting a serious dismantling process for its own nuclear power energy. Nevertheless, Russian military and industrial... more
MiscellaneousBrazil: II world war plane has been found
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Aboard there could be the remains of crew's members
Some Brazilian archeologists would have found along a river in the North of the country, the wreckage of a US plane of the second world war: founding occurred in the town of Cutias do Araguari, North to... more
MiscellaneousEnav flight assistants strike has been called off
Rome, Italy - Italian Government will not ratify the Central European air traffic services agreement
The 8-hour strike (from 10:00am to 6:00pm) of Enav (Italian Authority for flight assistance) scheduled for Friday, April 22 from Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl, Uilt, Ugl, Atm and Cisal unions, has been called off.... more
Science and technologyTwo Pakistan's international airports received terroristic threat
Islamabad, Pakistan - After Islamabad joined Usa in its war against terrorism a spate of terror assaults occured in major Pakistan cities
Two Pakistan’s international airports alerted a more imposing security plan after the country received terror threats in particular referred to aviation. The two interested air stations are the one of K... more
Latest newsChile: the first F-16 for Air Force is ready
Santiago, Chile - Ten multirole airplanes have been ordered in the F-16C and the F-16D versions and they will be all in service by 2006
Chilean Air Force will take delivery of its first Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon multirole light fighter soon, as recently completed at the well known US maker’s Fort Worth facility (Texas). The S... more
AirlinesQantas announced additional flights to Queensland
Sydney, Australia - Tourists can fly on larger aircraft
Qantas Airlines will increase its services towards Queensland and add 6600 available seats and 19 return flights each week as well. Starting from next July, return flights will be operated from Brisbane... more
AirlinesSingapore Airlines March load factor to fall
Singapore, Republic of Singapore - The carrier filled 67,5 per cent of available space on its flights last month
National carrier Singapore Airlines announced that its load factor fell to 67,5 percent last month, from 70,9 percent in the same period a year earlier. The performance of the carrier in March 2005 was... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on BAE Systems (Operations) Limited (Jetstream) model 4101 airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent incorrect connection of the aileron trim cables, which could result in failure of the aileron trim system and consequent reduced controllability of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 18, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 73)] [Page 20045-20046] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
IndustryConsolidation and integration: passwords for the further growth of Finmeccanica
Rome, Italy - It is being gone on focusing non the US market thanks most of all to the US-101 and the C-27J
Italian aerospace and defence group Finmeccanica aims to its own structure consolidation in an attempt to encourage the deepest integration among its units as a necessary consequence of the recent acquisitions... more
HelicoptersKamov: partnership with Rolls Royce to seize the European-US market
Moscow, Russia - The possible provision of engines for the KA-226 helicopters with a specific export version
Kamov, the well known Russian helicopter maker, intends to "land" in Europe and in the United States with its own products. A hard undertaking when considering the fierce competition and the problems related... more
PeopleFraport-Lufthansa's deal expected to be signed in May
Berlin, Germany - The carrier is trying to cut the operation costs of 30 per cent
German airport operator, Fraport, said it expects to sign a deal with its biggest customer, the national flag carrier Lufthansa, in May 2005. The agreement concerns handling fee cuts, as the airline wants... more
Science and technologyGap will open in short time its capital
Mexico City, Mexico - The Mexican Government planned the sale of 85 per cent of the airport operator
Mexican Government planned for next summer the sale of 85 per cent of Gap, the airport operator which manages national air stations. Authorities expect to earn about USD 800m in that which will be the... more
Civil aviationGreenpeace asked Nato for renouncing nuclear weapons
Brussels, Belgium - Six European nations host about 480 nuclear bombs at the moment
Greenpeace with Bombspotting activists, disguised himself as a walking missiles, has performed, last Saturday, a symbolic inspections in three military facilities in Belgium in order to ask Nato member... more
AirlinesSaudi Arabian Airlines to introduce new schedule by B-777
Milan, Italy - To occur tomorrow, April 19, at 12:00am
Saudi Arabian Airlines announced the official inauguration of new schedule by B-777, will occur on Tuesday April 19, at 12:00am, at Malpensa Airport TL Check-in, area 1. more
AirlinesSN Brussels adds new destinations
Brussels, Belgium - To Cork, Jersey and Bari
Belgian carrier SN Brussels announced that it will inaugurate new services with the incoming summer season to Cork (Ireland), Jersey and Bari. Thanks to the extra capacity destined to leisure traffic the... more
MiscellaneousThe flight operations aimed to carry the obelisk of Axum to its original country to effectuate today
Axum, Ethiopia - The first part of the archeological finds will turn back today, followed by the other two parts of the stele in the next 10 days
The 58-year time waiting for Ethiopian, who expect this moment already since time as the flight operations in order to transport the obelisk of Axum to its original country should have started already... more
Government actsEuropean Parliament: question on Airport security
Strasbourg, France - By Sir Robert Atkins (PPE-DE)
"Written question E-1350/05 by Sir Robert Atkins (PPE-DE) to the Commission Subject: Airport security With relation to Regulation (EC) No 2320/2002, what progress is the Commission making in the... more
AerospaceSpace: robot-navette for docking satellite on orbit to be launched only partly successfully by Nasa
New York, Usa - The operation should have demonstrated that it is possible to effectuate space missions completely automatic
The launch of Nasa occured in the past days and related to Dart (Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology), a robot-navette destined for docking a satellite which is on orbit, had only partly... more
PeopleLow-cost airlines to guide air sector recovering
Washington, USA - The number of no-frills flights has more than doubled in Asia
OAG, company specialising in travel and transport, has performed a study on low-cost airlines, which revealed that no-frills carriers now operate one in eight of all world flights. 12 percent of all scheduled... more