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AerospaceChina also subscribes the Galileo programme
Beijing, China - It will aid by an EUR 200m grant
Signing in Beijing the last October 9, the agreement with European Union, during the visit of the French president Jacques Chirac which have inaugurated the French culture year in the Rising Sun country,... more
AirportsA historic hangar has been destroyed by a fire in Michigan
Washington, USA - It happened at Van Buren Township the fire which demolished several models of historic aircraft
An hangar which belonged to the original Henry Ford's 1941-construction of a plant, for the production of heavy aircraft, was destroyed by a fire. The plant which erection started in 1941 , by 1944 was... more
Science and technologyLinate airport: two Sea' s employees could not avoid the temptation to steal some pieces of cheese
Milan, Italy - It would be processed October, 14 the 37-Italian man who was arrested yesterday at Linate's airport; his accomplice instead only reported a declaration
The Sea's Italian employee who tried yesterday to steal three pieces of cheese from the bag of a Sicilienne passenger seems to have an accomplice, a 36-Pakistani man who owns a regular residence permit... more
Press releaseHartzell Propeller has a new sister company
Ohio, Usa - Acquisition signals future broadening of the company’s aerospace business
"Hartzell Propeller Inc. announced last week that its family ownership group has established a parent company, Charter Aerospace Partners, to act as a holding company for Hartzell and to provide a vehicle... more
CuriositiesA plane with aboard Blair flies two thousand kilometres only for food suppling inbound from a mission against poverty
London, United Kingdom - From Ethiopia to Kenya and return, to find beef undercut, wine and champagne
A British Airways B-777 leasing from the British government for a Premier Tony Blair mission against poverty in Africa, would have flying through over 2000 kilometres - from Ethiopia to Kenya and return... more
MiscellaneousB-707 will transport the corpses of the two Italian girls dead in the Taba attempt (2): this evening the return
Rome, Italy - After some tests at Jaff forensic medicine institute
Sabrina and Jessica Rinaudo corpses would be already transferred this morning to Eilat, from where they will be transported to Tel Aviv in order to be embarked on board the Italian Air Force B-707 which,... more
Civil aviationPuerto Rico: false bomb alarm at the San Juan International Airport
San Juan, Puerto Rico - Three thousand persons forced to evacuate from the air station but the supposed bomb detected by a scanner was actually a computer
Panic moments occurred at San juan International Airport (Puerto Rico) on last Thursday. One among the scanners would have detected something suspicious within the baggage, so providing immediately a warning... more
MiscellaneousB-707 will transport the two Italian girls dead in the Taba attempt corpses
Rome, Italy - It took off few minutes ago towards Tel Aviv, where the bodies will be embarked
From the Pratica di Mare Airport (Rome) it took off the 14th Wind Italian Air Force B-707TT which will have to repatriate the two Italian girl corpses, Jessica and Sabrina died in the Taba terroristic... more
Latest newsAermacchi M-346: the official showing for Italian political institutions occurring today
Venegono Superiore, Italy - Finmeccanica group would have asked Italian Government for encouraging the promotion of the new advanced trainer abroad
An official showing of the Aermacchi M-346 started at Venegono Superiore (Varese) this morning, a showing devoted in particular to the Italian political institutions and where the attending by Italian... more
HelicoptersNH-90 for Italy: the engines developed by GE and Avio
Rome, Italy - Italian Army and Navy expect high performance in terms of reliability when considering the variety of missions
International press appears to emphasize the maiden flight of the NHI NH-90 multirole helicopter destined to Italian Army in a remarkable way (see for details AVIONEWS). In particular the powerplant selected... more
ReportUSAF Chief of General Staff flying aboard the Osprey
Washington, USA - Gen. Jumper would have exalted the combination of operative advantages, quite beyond the difference between fixed and rotor wing
US Air Force Chief of General Staff, Gen John P. Jumper, performed his first flight aboard the Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey military tilt-rotor, underlining how he had been trying for three to seize the right... more
IndustryBoeing 747-400. An exclusive version for the Japan Airlines
Seattle, Usa - The airplane passengers modified to cargo
Boeing the American company is making ready to start the production of a new, specific version of the 747-400 Special Freighter, as expressly required by Japan Airlines International Co. Ltd.(JAI) The... more
Fair and showsDied developer of Mercury that took into the space the first American spaceman
Washington, Usa - One of the 35 engineers which in 1958 accomplished the first US space shuttle
Maxime Faget, one of the 35 engineers which in 1958 accomplished Mercury space capsule plan, the first US space shuttle, died on Saturday at the age of 83 years, in his Houston house. Faget have designed... more
AirlinesEasyJet : passenger traffic rises on board of the English carrier
London, England - Positive numbers in its budget
"September was a solid month reflected by a one percentage point increase in the load factor", claimed the Chief Executive Ray Webster on Thursday. The carrier said that its load factor was 86.9 percent... more
AirlinesOfficial maiden flight for the first A-321 of Spirit Airlines
New York, USA - The US low-cost carrier is waiting for further 35 airplanes of this type by the next five years and options for additional 50
The first Airbus A-321 of Spirit Airlines performed its official maiden flight. The low-cost carrier is making efforts to keep its own leading role in this segment concerning the national air transport... more
AirlinesMalaysia Airlines: the third suspected case of sabotage in twelve-month time
Kuala Lumpur, Malesia - The Malaysian police seems not to be concentrated on terrorism
It is the third case of suspected sabotage in one year that a Malaysia Airlines aircraft has to face up to. Malaysian police said, last Thursday, that the plane which was taking off to Bangkok, was grounded... more
Weather forecastsOther air shows and exhibitions in October 2004
Rome, Italy -
NBAA ANNUAL MEETING AND CONVENTION…Oct. 12-14, Las Vegas, Nev. Info: (202) 783-9000. HELI-ASIA…Oct. 12-14, Shangri-La Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. Info: +44 (0) 1628 604311; www.shephard.co.uk.... more
Science and technology"Ben Gurion" Airport linked to Tel Aviv by a railway
Tel Aviv, Israel - Inaugurated yesterday the EUR 80m work
From yesterday the International Airport "Ben Gurion" will be linked to the Tel Aviv downtown thanks to a 24 km railway. The work, of the cost of about EUR 80m, has been inaugurated yesterday, and it is... more
Civil aviationDeepwater: US Coast Guard updates
Washington, USA - A massive modernization process by fixed and rotor wing aerial vehicles, together with UAVs and tilt-rotors
Deepwater: this is the name of the US coast Guard's programme aimed to warrant a significant modernization of its fleet, by the purchase of new aircraft and the upgrading of some among the ones currently... more
PeopleSkyguide: planned redundancies to face reorganization
Zurich, Switzerland - Which will diminish the take off, landing and overflying fees
The Board of Directors of Skyguide - the Switzerland air traffic control society - would have established a cost reduction plan which should have to diminish the take off, landing and overflying fees.... more
Latest newsF-16: celebrating 25 years of European-American industrial cooperation
Brussels, Belgium - Celebration for the European Participating Air Forces programme occurred last October 7
Five European countries together with the United States in order to celebrate the 25 years of the EPAF (European Participating Air Forces) programme. It occurred in Brussels (Belgium) on last October 7,... more
Science and technologyThe International Muscovite airport is disputed by many contendings
Moscow, Russia - It is still an open battle the one to control Sheremetyevo' airport
The Alfa Group's chairman (one of the battlings which aims to renovate the Russian airport), Mikhail Fridman, said in an interview published last Thursday in Vedomosti newspaper, that the battle for control... more
SecurityEgyptian President Mubarak landed at Ciampino
Rome, Italy - An official visit to analyse the Middle Eastern situation, the crisis in Darfur and the Italian-Egyptian relations
Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, arrived in Rome this morning for an official visit in Italy, landing at Ciampino Airport at 11:18, after taking off from Cairo air station at about 09:00 aboard an Airbus... more
Science and technology"G. Marconi" Airport: the main European airports on the noise pollution
Bologna, Italy - At workshop it attended the "Ambient strategy Committee" of Aci Europe, association which gather 450 continental air station managers
On Thursday and Friday, at Bologna "Guglielmo Marconi" International Airport has been held a workshop on the noise pollution from air traffic, to which have attended 34 environmental defense responsibles... more
Latest newsBoeing MMA: the systems destined to the new US Navy's maritime patroller have been selected
Washington, USA - Boeing, CFM International, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman P-3 attending to the production of the plane devoted to replace the P-3 Orions
Boeing and US Navy would have recently completed the programme aimed to select the systems scheduled for the new 737 MMA (Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft) programme, as the future maritime patrolling armed... more
IndustryEU: no official prosecution against Japan on the Dreamliner programme
Brussels, Belgium - It would have been confirmed by EU Government despite the investigation activities start announced last week
European Union would have denied it started legal procedures aimed to face the Japanese industrial activities, related to the production of the new Boeing medium-range airliner, the 7E7 Dreamliner, despite... more
Weather forecastsAir shows and exhitions in the second week of October 2004
Rome, Italy - From today, Monday 11 to Sunday 17
Monday 11 - Gliding - Australian Multi-Class National Championships. Darling Downs Soaring Club, Dalby, Queensland, Australia. + 61 7 3377 6700 www.ddsc.org.au/dalby2004 - Paragliding - Australian... more
MiscellaneousAirlift to Lybia is finished
Agrigento, Italy - On Saturday the last transfer which took 90 immigrants to Tripoli
After the last take off on Saturday, when an Alitalia MD-80 leaved from Lampedusa Airport to Tripoli with the last 90 illegal immigrants on board, the airlift with Lybia is finished: the island hospitality... more
AirlinesOlympic Airlines: new privatization attempt
Athens, Greece - Failed the last efforts to find buyers
The Greek Government could try again to privatize the flag carrier Olympic Airlines, after last attempts to find buyers failure. The privatization committee declared in fact void the sale tender started... more
Press releaseAlitalia: taking delivery of a "bridge loan" lending decree copy
Rome, Italy - From Italian Ministry of Economy
"Alitalia informs it took delivery of a copy of the lending Decree on the so called 'bridge loan' in line with the original version on last Friday, brought in by Italian Ministry of Economy honouring what... more
PeopleChirac visiting China: no positive signs for the A-380 have appeared yet
Beijing, China - However, Airbus group would seem to forecast orders by a new customer from the Asian country by the end of this year
French President, Jacques Chirac, while visiting China yesterday, would have promoted a series of relevant French industrial products aiming to increase the export of aerospace sector's solutions. Besides... more
Latest newsBoeing 767 Tanker: USA's Congress denies its support
Washington, USA - However, Boeing could be able to suggest its solution again during the next year in competition with Eads
The United States’ Congress would have recently halted the Boeing 767 Tanker programme, so making impossible for the company to carry on the activities intended to provide US Air Force with some 100 n... more
HelicoptersUnited Kingdom: fewer combat helicopters by 2010
London, UK - The armed forces' experts would have warned asking for new vehicles and simulators
British Government appears to forecast a significant reduction of the national armed forces' rotor-winged aerial vehicles by 2010. The indicated figures would deal with about a 38% of the aircraft, so... more
MiscellaneousItalian Air Force Falcon took again in Italy Jessica and Sabrina parents
Turin, Italy - After the news about their daughter body identification
Yesterday in the morning, from the Turin-Caselle Airport at 8:47am, an Italian Air Force Falcon freed by the Government, took the parents of two Italian sisters involved in the Taba attempt occurred on... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Lazio Region President, Storace, asks Italian Government for scheduling a new meeting in favour of workers
Rome, Italy - Lazio Region President underlines the relevance of the direct effort by local governments for the implementation of the social safety valves
The achievement of the recent agreements for the Alitalia's reorganization, the approval of the social safety valves for the carrier's and the air transport sector employees and the green light granted... more
IndustryL3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC awarded of a over 18 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the C-21 aircraft
L3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, Madison, Miss., is being awarded a $18,473,060 firm fixed price contract modification to provide for Contractor Logistics Support for seventy-six C-21 Aircraft.... more
IndustryGeneral Electric Aircraft Engines awarded of a over 6 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18 aircraft
General Electric Aircraft Engines, Lynn, Mass., is being awarded a $6,661,056 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00383-01-D-004M) to exercise an option for procurement... more
AirlinesSouth African Airways and Jet Airways together for strengthening
Pretoria, South Africa - Increase of connections between South Africa and India
The political alliance already established between South Africa and India has been fortified in the last few days by the agreement signed between their two airlines, South African Airways (SAA) and Jet... more
Latest newsTanker affair: a USAF's General renounces to a promotion
Washington, USA - Though not officially under investigation, his name would have anyway emerged so leading him to renounce to a new appointment temporarily
US Air Force’s General Gregory S. Martin, considered as one of the major representatives of Air Force attending to its vehicles and weapon systems, would have decided to renounce to his next promotion d... more
AirlinesYes Air Airlines: new born in the Italian low-cost market
Trento, Italy - The carrier established in Trento
A new airline has born in the Italian low-cost market: the Yes Air Airlines which has its head office in Trento. The air company will be operating next Spring, with an operative plan that provides, at... more
AirlinesAir Canada: this is the way how it is possible to exit bankruptcy
Toronto, Canada - Operating cost cuts, fleet renewal and new commercial strategy are the secrets
Air Canada seems to have took away bankruptcy after 18 months: airline told that it exited it diminishing operating costs, reorganizing corporate structure, renewing fleet and the commercial strategies... more
MiscellaneousJeep at high speed finishes up in the check-in of the Berlin Airport: two casualties
Berlin, Germany - The off-road driver taken heart attack, lose the car control
This morning a big off-road would be plumbed into a check-in area of the Tegel International Airport of Berlin, because the car driver was taken a hill. The man, that it seems was taken heart attack,... more
Latest newsThe Global Hawk destined to US Navy performs its maiden flight
Palmdale, USA - US Navy schedules to take delivery its first UAVs by the next year
The first RQ-4 Global Hawk remote-controlled airplane destined to US Navy performed its maiden flight. The UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) were exclusively devoted to operate with the US Air Force so far,... more
Weather forecastsXVIII International Meeting of Balloons in Campania
Benevento, Italy - As the local mayor claimed the aerostatic balloons "Coloured the sky of Tammaro's mountains"
There was really many people, especially young, who assisted on Wednesday, 6, at the departure of the thirty Mongolfiers gathered at Fragneto Monforte (Sannio), on the occasion of the XVIII International... more
HelicoptersFirefighting in the USA: "The biggest helicopters are the best mean"
Washington, USA - It would have recently been maintained by the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service's board
The US Department of Agriculture Forest Service's board would have recently commented about the current and future operative exigencies in the fight against the wooded fires, with a particular reference... more
AirlinesAer Lingus: no management buyout for the Irish carrier
Dublin, Ireland - The State airline is seeking financial backing
"There was never a question of a management buyout... it was not a term that was used by this management group", claimed the Chief Executive Willie Walsh, last Wednesday. Walsh and senior Aer Lingus management... more
Science and technology"La Guardia": stopped the "Incubus" singer while he was taking a plane with a knife
New York, Usa - Cleared the disagreement, by the following flight he went to North Carolina
The rock group "Incubus" singer, Brandon Boyd, would be stopped from the airport authorities in the "La Guardia" international air station of New York, because he brought a knife: "I have just forgot to... more
Press releaseMediterranean Navies meet at "Regional Seapower Symposium 2004"
Rome, Italy - To occur in Venice from October 13 to 15
"The fifth edition of the "Regional Seapower Symposium" involving the Mediterranean and Blak Sea Navies is going to occur in Venezia from October 12 to 15, promoted by Italian Navy. This symposium represents... more
Latest newsThe promotion of the Eurofighter Typhoon at "Defendory International 2004"
Athens, Greece - The producer countries seize a chance to increase the interest of the State hosting the show
"Defendory International 2004": an unprecedented opportunity for the countries producing the Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon, in order to promote its qualities in an attempt to strengthen the already remarkable... more
MiscellaneousLinate (4): new auxiliary power generators supplied by an English multinational
Milan, Italy - The "Chloride Silectron" of Castel Guelfo in Bologna
The new auxiliary power generators for the Linate Airport have been supplied by the "Chloride Silectron" of Castel Guelfo (Bologna) as yesterday had anticipated Osvaldo Gammino, responsible of the "Airlines... more