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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
AirlinesSouthwest Airlines to triple its profit
New York, Usa - Thanks to fuel hedges
US carrier, Southwest Airlines, tripled its profits in the first quarter of the new year thanks to fuel hedges which helped it to blow from surging oil costs, which has been forcing rival airlines, even... more
AccidentsTwin Otter crashed in Indonesia: no survivors among plane's remains
Jakarta, Indonesia - The wreckage has been found five days later on a Papuasia mountain
The twin-engine deHavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter belonging to the private airline, GT Air, failed in Indonesia last Tuesday, near Timika coast, with aboard 18 passengers (see for details AVIONEWS), has been... more
PeopleUsa: details about the flight Klm forced to return back
New York, Usa - The plane had took off from Holland to Mexico, by overflying Us air space, but Usa denied access
The allusion is to a flight on April, 8, which had took off from Holland to Mexico operated by the airline Klm (see AVIONEWS): Usa alarms after receiving the list of passengers on board of the flight which,... more
Science and technologyAirport San Francisco: some baggage handler arrested due to thefts about air parcels destined to US soldiers
New York, Usa - The employees worked for Aeroground, a firm operating in the order of loading operations
Thirteen workers belonging to the category of baggage handlers at International Airport of San Francisco were arrested as they have stolen objects worth USD 200,000, including laptop and digital photo... more
DefenseCiampi to postpone Supreme Defense Committee
Rome, Italy - For indeterminate time
The President of Italian Republic, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, postponed for indeterminate time the Supreme Defense Committee scheduled on tomorrow, after the political crisis which invested in these days Italian... more
Government actsEuropean Parliament: question on the conversion of the former Hellinikon Airport into a park for the capital
Strasbourg, France - By Georgios Karatzaferis
"Oral question H-0273/05 for Question Time at the part-session in May 2005 pursuant to Rule 109 of the Rules of Procedure by Georgios Karatzaferis to the Commission Subject: Conversion of the former... more
Government actsEuropean Parliament: question on Customs union protocol; opening up of Turkish ports and airports to Cyprus
Strasbourg, France - By Philip Claeys (NI)
"Written question E-1326/05 by Philip Claeys (NI) to the Commission Subject: Customs union protocol; opening up of Turkish ports and airports to Cyprus Turkey has indicated that it is prepared... more
DefenseNorth Korea suspended Yongbyon reactor operations
Seoul, South Korea - The action may cover alarming develops
North Korea would have stopped operations of its nuclear reactor in Yongbyon, according to South Korean Foreign Ministry official: analysts believed such move could be destined to start plutonium extraction... more
DefenseCyprus: EU Military Committee President's official visit
Nicosia, Cyprus - Gen. Mosca Moschini expected to arrive in the island on next April 21
European Union Military Committee President, General Rolando Mosca Moschini, will officially visit Cyprus in April 21. General was invited by local Ministry of Defence and the isle’s Chief of National G... more
Government actsQuestion Time: Trentino Alto Adige region's soldiers with cancer and relations with depleted uranium
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Luigi Olivieri (DS)
Italian Deputy Honourable Olivieri asked Italian Minister of Defence for making clear which kind of information he is aware of about the case of four Italian Trentino Alto Adige region’s soldiers with c... more
IndustryEmbraer: Customer Training Center awarded RBHA 142 certification
São José dos Campos, Brazil - The certificate awarded at company headquarters
Embraer announced that its São José dos Campos-based Customer Training Center was awarded the Regulamento Brasileiro de Homologação Aeronáutica 142 (RBHA 142) certificate from the Brazilian Department of C... more
Civil aviationWashington: laser to warn about the overflight-banned areas
Washington, USA - Light signals to be in service by the beginning of June
Washington city will be provided with new security systems for air traffic management over the capital of the United States. It deals with a composite laser-markers network suggested by the NORAD (North... more
AerospaceSpace: achieved mission for 11th expedition which reached Iss
Rome, Italy - Vittori is the first European to occupy Iss twice
The new Iss crew, composed by astronauts Sergei Krikalev and John Phillips, mixed with the Italian cosmonaut Roberto Vittori, who will remain on board of international space station for eight days to return... more
IndustryAirbus: new CEO to be appointed on April 28
Paris, France - He will replace Noel Forgeard who will become on his part the new EADS co-CEO working by Thomas Enders' side
Aerospace industry is going to know the name of Noel Forgeard’s successor as the European leading civil aviation company Airbus’ chief. A meeting of the EADS holding board (owning a 80% stake in Airbus) has... more
AccidentsAlpi Eagles: plane heading to Greece suffered for technical problems
Venice, Italy - Pilot asked authorization to return at Venice Airport
An airplane from Alpi Eagles carrier, taken off Saturday around 7:00pm from Venice Airport, bound for Athens, has been forced to come back because of a technical broken-down. Pilot, when realized the problem,... more
AirlinesRestless passengers create tension on board of a Northwest flight
New York, Usa - They would like to visit pilotage cabin
Two passengers on board of a flight operated in the past days by the US carrier Northwest Airlines on the route Detroit-New York created some moments of tension after their request to visit the pilotage... more
Fair and showsItaly: UDC Ministers resigned, including Tassone
Rome, Italy - Resignation letters have been submitted to the Chief of the State
Italian Government crisis, started after defeat suffered at administrative elections occurred last April 3-4, involved transportation sector too: UDC party decided in fact to retire its own Ministers,... more
Press releaseAir Blu: the decision on the fleet will be announced within this week
Gallarate, Italy - After a series of meetings the first round of negotiations has been concluded
"On March 22nd 2005, the Shareholders of AirBlu SpA, IMS (16,3%) and CAN Cockpit Airnet Srl (83,7%), under the Chairmanship of Dr Albert A. Denzler, decided to adopt the name of ’AZZURRAair SpA’, a Br... more
MiscellaneousStorm on Rome caused troubles at Fiumicino
Rome, Italy - Domestic and international flights suffered from delays up to 30 minutes
The bad weather conditions suffered yesterday, have caused some problems at Rome "Leonardo da Vinci" Airport: some flights have been in fact forced to delay up to 30 minutes, because of rain and wind.... more
Press releaseAlitalia cancels 168 flights because of the flight assistants' strike
Rome, Italy - Fixed for tomorrow the four hour strike
"Alitalia communicates that tomorrow, April 19, will cancel 168 flights (92 domestic, 70 international and 6 intercontinental) because of the strike announced from 12am to 4pm from the flight assistants... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): denationalization and international alliances to save the carrier
Rome, Italy - Several air transport analysts would be convinced about it
Air transport analysts in Italy are focusing on the current Alitalia’s situation and some among them prove more and more convinced about the fact that the only way to reorganize and relaunch the carrier i... more
AirlinesAlitalia: 168 flights cancelled due to new strikes
Rome, Italy - Flight assistants to stop tomorrow except for the ones joining SULT union but other stops will involve the sector in the forthcoming days
Air transport sector strikes restart. Italian SULT union decided to cancel the 24 hours protest previously called on tomorrow (April 19) and which should have involved Alitalia’s flight assistants. The r... more
Latest newsA market for 4000 combat airplanes during the next ten years
Washington, USA - According to the latest forecasts by US analysts
Forecast International released recently the results related to its forecasting study concerning the defence market during the next ten years with reference in particular to the combat airplanes section.... more
AirlinesSAS nomination committee to be re-appointed
Stockholm, Sweden - During the annual general meeting of the group
SAS annual general meeting re-approved all members of the board in accordance with a proposal of the Nomination Committee. During the meeting it has been also decided that no dividend reallocation will... more
Science and technologyNewcastle Airport to be updated
Newcastle, Australia - Passenger traffic increased by 300 percent since the introduction of low-cost carriers
Newcastle Airport (Australia) is going to be updated in order to meet the increasing demand followed to unprecedented growth in traffic: the project provides for USD 20m works that represents the largest... more
PeopleIata: right decisions on air transport will benefit Hong Kong's economy
Hong Kong, China - The declarations of Giovanni Bisignani at the Aerospace Forum Asia
"Global losses of over US$36 billion between 2001 and 2004 make industry change critical", said Giovanni Bisignani, Director General and CEO of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) at the... more
Science and technologyGerman Court to suspend works at BBI
Berlin, Germany - It is the latest setback for the airport project, approval for which has already taken more than five years
A German Court stopped work on Berlin Brandenburg International (BBI) by admitting complaint by local residents. It is the latest setback for the USD 2.58bn airport project, approval for which has already... more
Science and technologyTightened checks at Dublin Airport
Dublin, Ireland - European Commissioners have found a penetrable check-in staff
Today Dublin Airport passengers continue to face consistent delays because of the introduction of more stringent security controls, in following an European Union’s inspection, performed early week, w... more
HelicoptersEurocopter: 400 EC-135 helicopters delivered worldwide
Mexico City, Mexico - The latest will be devoted to offshore operations
There are some 400 EC-135 helicopters delivered worldwide by Eurocopter to date. The latest of such rotor-winged aircraft was supplied to the Mexican company named Transportes Aéreos Pegaso which attends... more
Science and technologySome computer display malfunction In Usa
New York, Usa - According to an inquiry by Faa
After an inquiry conducted by FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) several defaillance were discovered about aging computer displays used by flight controller at US airports. The interested airports,... more
AirlinesHawaiian Airlines tries to attract additional passengers
Honolulu, Hawaii - Discounted packages and new routes for Australians
The airline intends to enlarge its own market launching discounts to fly from Sydney to Honolulu: it is a discounted package which includes four nights accommodation and a trip to Maui, Kauai, or the big... more
Science and technologyStratellite "separates" planes and satellites
Washington, USA - The new Winsconsin Sanswire's invention is a UAV able to fly at very high ceiling to favour telephone communication services
A UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) decided to "interfere" between airplanes and satellite: it deals with Stratellite, the latest invetion by the US company named Winsconsin Sanswire. We are talking about... more
PeopleItalian Committee on Competition to enlarge investigation on jet-fuel high price
Rome, Italy - It intends to verify possible alliance on fuel marketing
Italian Competition Authority has decided to enlarge the inquest started in December 2004 on the high price of jet-fuel granted to Italian airlines: at first, investigation affected Italian Esso, ENI,... more
AirlinesJet Airways to expand its fleet
Bombay, India - After a boom especially in turistic travel in India
Jet Airways, the main domestic Indian carrier, announced that as it expects passenger traffic to lift by 15-18 percent this year, it planned to enlarge its fleet with leasing Boeing planes in a program... more