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AirlinesThe last respects to the Pope (5): 80 charter flights booked throughout Europe
Rome, Italy - Also Nato General Secretary will arrive to Rome
On Friday, also Nato General Secretary Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, will be in S.Peter square. The machine for security is developing: next Friday, traffic Rome’car traffic may be stopped. Meanwhile Italian C... more
Science and technologyThe last respects to the Pope (4): special flights from Poland landed at Fiumicino
Rome, Italy - European airlines indicated a passenger growth on flights to Rome
Yesterday, the first charter flight carrying pilgrims, landed at Rome-Ciampino "G.B. Pastine" Airport. Almost all Fiumicino carriers have recorded a boosting demand, up to an additional 30 per cent. Yesterday,... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines announced new twice-weekly nonstop service from Houston to Tikal/Flores, Guatemala
Houston, Usa - On Wednesdays and Saturdays, from June 18
Continental Airlines last Monday announced new nonstop service between Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport and Tikal/Flores, Guatemala, beginning June 18, pending government approval. Continental w... more
IndustryEmbraer's Legacy Executive certified to fly at 41,000 feet
São José dos Campos, Brazil - First jet with the higher service ceiling to be delivered in the second quarter of 2005
Embraer announced last week that its Legacy corporate jet received certification from the aviation authorities in Brazil, the U.S. and Europe to raise its service ceiling to 41,000 feet (12,500 meters). The... more
HelicoptersEurocopter: more investments in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - It is being forecasted to double them when considering the remarkable demand in this sector in the Asian country
EADS-owned Eurocopter’s Malaysian section is forecasting to increase its investments in a significant manner in the Asian country, even by doubling them, when considering the remarkable demand in specific f... more
IndustrySubsidies to aerospace industry: negotiations maybe possible even beyond April 11
Brussels, Belgium - EU would be willing to meet the US request but the WTO appeal hypothesis still appears plausible
It seems that European-American negotiations in order to achieve a final agreement on subsidies to aerospace industry can be extended beyond the deadline previously scheduled for the their accomplishment,... more
Science and technologyAviation Week awarded the Qantas-Boeing-Air Traffic Alliance collaboration
Sydney, Australia - Positive results during the tests on innovative traffic management procedures when approaching the air stations
Qantas, Boeing and Air Traffic Alliance (consisting of EADS, Airbus and Thales) have recently been awarded with an important prize by Aviation Week, the Information Technology/Electronics, due to the brilliant... more
MiscellaneousThe last respects to the Pope (3): Meridiana increased flights from Sardinia today
Rome, Italy - Alitalia and Air One reported no schedule's change
At the moment Alitalia did not have provided for increasing flights next days to face the great flow of pilgrims to Rome: but it is possible to acquire special fare tickets, for domestic, international... more
Press releaseTelefono Blu: over 4 millions in the capital to greet Pope John Paul II "The great"
Rome, Italy - More one million his compatriots
"Over 4 millions, according to Telefono Blu, will be the pilgrims that arrive or have already reached Rome to greet Pope John Paul II the Great. It will be the greatest event that can be remembered. From... more
MiscellaneousPrince Ranieri III of Munich died
Rome, Italy - The sovereign was 81 years old and was reigning since 1949
An official note gave this morning the news lead to the death of Prince Ranieri III of Munich. It is possible to read in it: "His Serene Highness Prince Ranieri III of Munich died on Wednesday, April,... more
MiscellaneousThe last respects to the Pope (2): EU's delegation to fly to Rome too
Rome, Italy - "Pontiff was a great European "
European Commission spokesman Francoise Le-Bail said yesterday that EU President José Manuel Durao Barroso with Deputy President Franco Frattini, Polish commissioner Danuta Hubner and Austrian External... more
MiscellaneousThe last respects to the Pope: two millions Poles are expected to funeral
Rome, Italy - LOT has increased services
Several carriers reported that their flights to Rome were sold out: the Polish airline LOT will operate by bigger aircraft and add special flights to facilitate Polish pilgrims. About two millions Poles... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on General Electric Company CF34-8E series turbofan engines
Washington, Usa - To prevent dual-channel electrical signal faults in the master VG actuator which will cause an uncommanded reduction of thrust to idle with a subsequent loss of the ability to advance thrust above idle, and will result in a multiengine
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 5, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 64)] [Page 17199-17201] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Italian Ministry of Economy hopes for a strong partnership
Rome, Italy - And analysts focus again on Air France which, however, did not confirm about a possible interest in the Italian carrier
Italian Ministry of Economy hopes for an important "industrial partnership" in favour of Alitalia within the general strategic programme of the Italian national airline. Many among the analysts talk again... more
Press releaseEnac: air traffic restrictions for Pope's funeral
Rome, Italy - An operative summit decided the measure yesterday
Italy’s Civil Aviation Authority, Enac, said it planned to put some restrictions to fly on Rome on Thursday and Friday for security reasons: on Thursday, April 7, from 10:00am local hour, up to Friday, 2... more
IndustryLord Corp. awarded of a over 1 USDm order
Washington, Usa - For the CH-47
Lord Corp., Erie, Pa., was awarded on March 31, 2005, a delivery order amount of $1,627,500 as part of an $8,860,600 firm-fixed-price contract for Plain Bearing Rods for the CH-47 Airframe. Work will... more
IndustryArkwin Industries Inc. awarded of a over 2 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the Chinook Aircraft
Arkwin Industries Inc.*, Westbury, N.Y., was awarded on March 31, 2005, a delivery order amount of $2,683,556 as part of a $20,719,480 firm-fixed-price contract for Hy Reservoir Collers for the Chinook... more
AirlinesThe declarations of the press responsible of Blue Panorama at AVIONEWS about the "Deportation" flights
Rome, Italy - Gianni Todini underlined that the carrier has never operated this year that type of service
AVIONEWS heard the version of Blue Panorama about the so called "Deportation" flights denounced by some Italian organizations such as Action, Esc and Astra. Gianni Todini underlined that the carrier has... more
DefenseJapan: Koizumi wants greater cooperation with NATO
Tokyo, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister hopes for a greater relations against terrorism and mass destruction weapons proliferation
Despite the remarkable limits for the resort to armed operations set by Japanese Constitution, the country intends to increase its relations with the Atlantic Alliance in a self-evident manner to face... more
Latest newsCIS: joint military exercise to verify coordinated aerial missions effectiveness
Moscow, Russia - Attack, bombing and interception operations to involve the Commonwealth of Independent States' members in the near-term
Russia intends to perform a joint military exercise with the Commonwealth of Independent States’ members, practically aimed to verify the effectiveness of common actions during air operations both with a... more
PeopleIata: rebalancing the air transport industry
New York, Usa - US$ 5.5 billion industry loss expected for 2005
"The high price of fuel is robbing our profitability", said Giovanni Bisignani, Director General and CEO of the International Air Transport Association at the opening of the AirFinance conference in New... more
Civil aviationAVIONEWS' report on risks relating infections on board (6): WHO's directives on aircraft disinfestation
Rome, Italy - Residual effect disinfestations and nebulization
Alitalia has been enforcing WHO’s directives on aircraft disinfestation since 1986. It deals with the most affected areas worldwide. Disinfestation of long haul airplanes is performed 8 weeks after the l... more
Civil aviationAVIONEWS' report on risks relating infections on board (5): Alitalia's air quality control campaign
Rome, Italy - Conducted with Department of Public Health of Rome "La Sapienza" University
Carriers can have liability towards third parties if a disease was established on board. Infections can be rarely spread aboard. The High Efficiency Particultate Air systems provide an effective solution... more
Civil aviationAVIONEWS' report on risks relating infections on board (4): asked Alitalia Medicine Service
Rome, Italy - There are specific rules on prevention of epidemic transmissible to passengers
Air transport provides rules which protect passengers and workers. The World Health Organization is the main benchmark on prevention general rules. Italian Health Ministry performs controlling task: dedicated... more
Civil aviationAVIONEWS' report on risks relating infections on board (3): Italian Air Force's measures
Rome, Italy - Interfaceable litters to take infected persons
Italian Air Force is equipping itself with litters able to recreate an isolation ward. They allow to take the patient safely: the stretcher has a watertight locking in order to avoid air emission. Such... more
Civil aviationAVIONEWS' report on risks relating infections on board (2): asked Italian Air Force's Sanitary Unit
Rome, Italy - The opinion of Colonel doctor Manfredo Di Stefano
Colonel doctor Manfredo Di Stefano from AMI’s Sanitary Unit, confirmed that now virus were transmitted more quickly than before: airplanes help the epidemic spreading. Some diseases, transmitted by air o... more
Civil aviationAVIONEWS' report on risks relating infections on board: asked Italian professor Walter Pasini
Rome, Italy - He is expert on international medicine and director of Rimini travel medicine WHO centre
The problem of the risk of infections on air becomes current again: diseases can be contracted in commercial aircraft by stale food, flu, Sars as well as bird flu. Recently new avian flu cases have been... more
Latest newsMC-130H: here is the Hercules dedicated to special operations
Washington, USA - Pentagon ordered ten aircraft of this type by 2011 to face the international terrorism
Also the C-130 Hercules military airlifter will have to play a major role in fighting international terrorism, and Pentagon has recently awarded Boeing with the sign of a contract being worth about USD... more
MiscellaneousPalermo: Moroccan escaped before flying to Rome
Palermo, Italy - The North-African is untraceable; research is underway
At Palermo Airport, an non-EU immigrant from Casablanca, around 5:00am today, before to board an airplane destined to Rome, managed to escape from the controls of policemen. At Trapani 20 years old Rachid... more
AirlinesAlitalia: relations between the company and the unions prove less fraught
Rome, Italy - The carrier appears ready to fully implement the February 25 agreements with the flight assistants
Alitalia board proves ready to fully and coherently enforce all the points inthe agreement signed with the Italian trade unions on last February 25 concerning the flight and service timetable for its flight... more
AccidentsEl Al Airlines hostess to fall from a plane
Tel Aviv, Israel - The woman was presumably trying to close the rear service door
An El Al Airlines hostess was seriously injured when the woman fell from a plane on board of which was working, reporting head injuries. The flight 737 of El Al was preparing to take off from Tel Aviv... more
MiscellaneousEU seeks for a cooperation deal with Argentina
Brussels, Belgium - About the navigation satellite system Galileo
European Union, after the recent deals just signed with China and Israel, besides having opened talks with several other countries to cooperate in the navigation satellite system Galileo, is now seeking... more
Latest newsThe last respects to the Pope (8): AMI's security plan
Rome, Italy - Italian Air Force provided helicopters, airplanes and ambulances
AVIONEWS asked Italian Air Force to know the aircraft provided to face the great flow of pilgrims landing in Rome to greet the Pontiff’s coffin as well as to face the funeral day expected next Friday, A... more
DefenseAMS: full operational capability for the Joint Command System dedicated to logistics
London, UK - An integrated solution for the management of logistics activities for the British armed forces
Alenia Marconi Systems supplied recently British Ministry of Defence the full operational capability for the Joint Command System dedicated to logistics (JCS Log). It deals with a system for the management... more
PeopleEU: a tender devoted to innovative solutions in the aerospace sector
Brussels, Belgium - Focusing on civil aviation, safety and fight against pollution
European Union launches an interesting initiative devoted to the air transport sector by its own Government. EU Commission released in fact on its Official Gazette n. C 79 on April 1st 2005 a EUR 245m... more
PeopleBoeing: Italy procures Preston airport simulation software
Melbourne, Australia - To ENAV SpA, Italy's air-navigation service provider
Preston Aviation Solutions Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, will provide its Total Airspace and Airport Modeler (TAAM) software to ENAV SpA, Italy’s air-navigation service provider. TAAM, a... more
AirlinesLufthansa Technik to sign deal with Gulf Air
Frankfurt, Germany - For the overhauling and repairing of different components which concern about 30 planes of the Middle East's carrier
Lufthansa Technik signed a five-year deal with the carrier Gulf Air worth EUR 100m. The news, reported in the business daily "Handelsblatt", has been confirmed by a spokesman of the German flag airline.... more
AirlinesMalev still seeks for investors
Budapest, Hungary - Analysts warn that the process for the airline's sale will hardly succeed without a restructuring and cost cuts
Hungarian Government is newly seeking for investors to sell national carrier Malev, which privatization’s attempt just failed in last week (see AVIONEWS). Authorities now planned to sell the airline b... more
Latest newsSingapore: the decision on the new fighter to be unveiled in June
Singapore - The Typhoon, the Rafale and the Eagle compete to become the main weapon system to defend the small and rich Asian state-city
The Singapore Government’s decision on the new fighter for its Air Force awaited in April has been postponed and it is likely to be finally unveiled by next June. The major reason which would have led t... more
AirlinesQatar Airways to expand to Japan
Doha, Qatar - The carrier started on March, 31, four non-stop weekly flights to Osaka
Qatar Airways started on March, 31, to serve its sixty destinations with a four non-stop weekly flights Doha-Osaka, this last one of the main Japanese cities. The flight sanctions the ingress of the carrier... more
AirlinesLow-cost Us carriers gain top service
New York, Usa - While the overall Us air service declined in 2004
According to a research conducted by two US Universities, five of the six US airlines indicated as top service were low-cost carriers. JetBlue, AirTran and Southwest Airlines topped the annual airline... more
AirlinesSkyWest Airlines orders 20 aircraft from Bombardier
Ottawa, Canada - The value of the deal is USD 637m
SkyWest Airlines announced that it ordered 20 CRJ-700 regional jet from the Canadian industry Bombardier for a value of USD 637m. The carrier said that according to the terms of the deal Bombardier should... more
AirlinesGreat profit potentiality prejudiced by high fuel cost for Thy Turkish Airlines
Istanbul, Turkey - The carrier had to spend USD 100m extra costs due to the high fuel price in 2004
Thy Turkish Airlines said its 2004 net profit was prejudiced by high fuel cost which hit its earning by 69 per cent if compared to the profit reported in 2003. Thy said it spent USD 100m extra costs due... more
AirlinesEmirates plans to build a new facility to guest the A-380
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - The carrier ordered 45 planes of this type
Emirates, the national airline of United Arab Emirates, announced its plan related to the building of a new facility to guest the A-380. According to what reported the local newspaper "Daily News", Emirates... more
AirlinesCyprus Airways to value weather to sell or to close Hellas Jet
Nicosia, Republic of Cyprus - Two potential investors seem to be interested into the Hellas' take over
Cyprus Airways is valuing the eventuality weather to sell or to close gradually its Greek subsidiary carrier Hellas Jet: the announcement comes from the Government which is Cyprus’ major shareholders. T... more
AirlinesAta Holding receives approval to sell the carrier Chicago Express
New York, Usa - To Okun Express
Ata Holding, parent of bankrupt Ata Airlines, received the approval from a federal bankruptcy judge to sell its regional carrier Chicago Express to Okun Express. Ata, which operates under administration’s c... more
MiscellaneousThe last respects to the Pope (7): to be buried into the ground
Rome, Italy - Mourners are paying tribute to coffin showed in the Basilica
Vatican spokesperson Navarro-Valls has just ended a conference at the Holy See press-room. Pontiff will be buried in the Vatican grotto where Pope John XXIII was moved to the Saint Peter Basilica. Wojtyla’s b... more
MiscellaneousThe last respects to the Pope (6): logistic directions for international delegation have been established
Rome, Italy - They must not be escorted by armed guards in S.Peter square
Russia will be represented at Pope’s funeral by premier Mikhail Fradkov but also Mikhail Gorbaciov is expected in Rome next Friday April 8. There will be France’s President Jacques Chirac with his wif... more
MiscellaneousThe last respects to the Pope (5): Sardinia's citizens to chase air tickets
Rome, Italy - The boosted demand needs more flights directed to Rome
Sardinia island asked for strengthening the number of flights bound for Rome in order to allow all believers to render the last homage to Karol Wojtyla. Italian Civil Defence and Italian Episcopal Conference... more
Press releaseCub Trasporti: postponed to next April 22 the strike of Alitalia's Informational sector
Rome, Italy - Fixed previously for next Friday
"Cub Trasporti has postponed the strike of the informational sector of Alitalia, fixed previously for next Friday, to next April 22. Also the demonstration of Friday near the Fiumicino Airport (Terminal... more