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IndustryALENIA SPAZIO SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH RUSSIA SPACE COMMUNICATION
ROME, Alenia Spazio (Finmeccanica) signed an agreement with Russia Space Communication Co. (RSCC) to supply the russian company the equipment and the instrumentation for tlc satellites. The announcement... more
AerospaceNASA ABANDONS AUSTRALIAN BALLOON EXPERIMENT
SYDNEY, NASA will not attempt to relaunch its experiment to gather information on cosmic radiation after aborted balloon journey in Central Australia. An ultra-long-duration-balloon carrying a million-dollar... more
Latest newsCHILEAN GENERAL UNDER INVESTIGATIONS
SANTIAGO, CHILE, The Chilean air force chief of staff, Gen. Hernan Gabrielli has been accused of human rights abuses during the Pinochet era.The investigation is based on allegations by political prisoners... more
AccidentsTILES FLIES AWAY FOR A LOW-ALTITUDE AIRCRAFT PASSAGE
OSTENDA, THE NETHERLANDS, An aircraft of Ethiopian Airlines, passed at low-altitude on an house near Ostenda airport(less than 70 meters) during landing , caused the flyaway of several tiles of the roof.... more
PeopleAIR AFRIQUE'S EMPLOYEES CALL A STRIKE
ABIDJAN, The employees of Air Afrique have called for tomorrow a 24 hours strike against the decision of the apexes of company to halve the staff in the attempt to reorganize the disastrous situation financial.... more
PeopleFOETUS FOUND ON KUWAIT AIR'S PLANE
PARIS, The cleaners have found a dead fetus, approximately six months old, in a toilette of an Kuwait Air airplane arrived from Rome to the Charles de Gaulle airport of Paris: difficult the surveyings... more
AirlinesJAT RENOUNCES TO AIRBUS
BELGRADE, According official sources, the Yugoslavian national carrier Jat will be forced to renounce to the purchase of eight Airbus aircrafts, because of the accumulated debits in the last years. Ulterior... more
AirlinesNO SECOND CHANCE FOR INDIA AIRLINES DENATIONALIZATION
NEW DEHLI, INDIA, According to a Indian government spokesman, will be not a second chance to put offers in Air India and Indian Airlines carriers privatization; the deadline for offers expired last Friday.... more
IndustryNORTHROP VERSUS LOCKHEED OVER MILITARY CONTRACT
NEW YORK, According "The Washington Post" Northrop Grumman is suing Lockheed Martin for allegedly cutting it out of a dlrs 4 billion Army contract, escalating a fight among various companies over the shrinking... more
PeopleSENEGAL: NEW AIRLINE
SENEGAL, The maiden flight of new Air Senegal International's airline owned by Senegal State and Royal Air Maroc, has been operated on February 24. The airline, created after the privatization of Air... more
AccidentsPLANE CRASH IN ENGLAND, FOUR KILLED
SHARPTHORNE, UK, A light aircraft crashed into a field killing all the four people on board. The Rockwell Commander nose-dived in Sharpthorne, West Suxxex. An investigation is on its way to determine the... more
IndustryFINMECCANICA, EADS AND BAE SOON IN MBDA
ROME, ITALY, Eads, european aerospace consortium, diffused a bulletin in which is announced the next creation of the Mbda company, in which will be present Finmeccanica, Eads and Bae Systems. This company... more
AerospaceALPHA ASTRONAUTS SOON ON THE EARTH
MOSCOW, The crew of Russian space station Alpha, the Russian Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev and American Bill Shepherd, will be back soon on the earth after four months of space stay. They have repositioned... more
AccidentsCESSNA CRASHES IN VENEZUELA, SEVEN PEOPLE KILLED
HIGUEROTE - VENEZUELA, A Cessna 206 plunged into the sea near Higuerote beach, not far from Caracas. The plane was carrying seven parachutists. They all were killed when the Cessna crashed last saturday... more
Latest newsII WORLD WAR FIGHTER FOUND IN FRANCE
FRANCE, The US fighter, including the mortal remains of the pilot in the cockpit, was found in a french field on the border with Belgium. The finders wondered why the wreckage of the plane hasn't been... more
AirlinesALPITOUR: WE TURNED TO OUR LAWYERS
ROME, Alpitour, one of the biggest operators, interviewed by WAPA about eng. Andrea Molinari's statements reporting that Alpitour owes Lauda Air Italia $2 million and half, as already published by... more
IndustryFIAR IN SOSTAR GMBH JOINT VENTURE
ROME, Fiar Spa, a Alenia Difesa-Finmeccanica's society, has acquired the 28 per cent of Sostar Gmbh. The other European partners of this joint venture, born for the development of the airborne radar for... more
AirlinesALPITOUR OWES LAUDA AIR ITALIA $2 MILLION AND HALF
VIZZOLA TICINO, VARESE, Andrea Molinari, managing director of the italian carrier Lauda Air Italia, in an interview released to WAPA during Milan’s Borsa Italiana del Turismo exhibition concerned with t... more
PeopleJUDGE WON'T HALT TWA BID PROCESS
WASHINGTON, According to Reuters Continental Airlines it rescinded its appeal of a decision allowing an auction of Trans World Airlines Inc. assets, just a day after a bankruptcy court denied a Continental... more
DefenseBUSH FAVORABLE TO RUSSIAN-EUROPEAN SPACE SHIELD
WASHINGTON, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said that President George W.Bush has shown itself favorable to the proposal of Russian president Putin to create an European anti-missile space shield (recently... more
DefenseGERMAN ARMY TO EYE GOVT. PLANES
GERMANY, German Army is reported to be studying the possibility of privatizing operation of six Challenger 601 planes currently used by german govt. more
PeopleCERTIFICATION FAA FOR FLIGHTSAFETY'S NEW SIMULATOR
NEW YORK, The newest simulator for the Bombardier Dash 8 regional airliner has received the FAA's certification. It is now in customer service at FlightSafety International's new Atlanta, Georgia, training... more
AccidentsQANTAS PLANE FORCED TO RETURN FOR REPAIRS
SYDNEY, A Qantas plane, en route from Singapore to Paris, had to return to Sydney to repair a malfunctioning light indicator. The problem occurred an hour after departure and the plane dumped fuel before... more
HelicoptersASTEC HELICOPTER SERVICE FORMS JOINT VENTURE WITH VOLVO AERO
NORWAY, L'Astec Helicopter Services, of Norway (CHC) and Volvo Aero, from Sweden, signed an agreement to form a joint venture torepair and overhaul helicopter engines, with particular care to the type... more
Civil aviationTOWARDS THE PRIVATIZATION OF CONTROL SYSTEM OF THE U.S. AIR TRAFFIC
NEW YORK, The Reason Public Policy Institute, a Los Angeles-based think tank, proposed to privatize the Federal Aviation Administration and air traffic control system: the plan would create a nonprofit... more
PeopleLAST MC DONNEL DOUGLAS NAMED PLANE DELIVERED
WASHINGTON, The last plane built under Mc Donnel Douglas name was delivered yesterday to Lufhtansa. The MD-11 plane will be included in the german airlines fleet. Boeing abandoned future production of... more
Science and technologyMOLDAVIAN AIRLINES PLANE GROUNDED AT CIAMPINO AIRPORT
ROME, The plane had to deliver two tons of humanitarian aids to iraqi population, but it was grounded due to the unreliabilty of the moldavian carrier, which is suspected of being used for weapon smuggling.... more
AccidentsSINGAPORE AIRLINES CRASH INVESTIGATORS: SEVERAL STANDARDS VIOLATED
TAIWAN, Taiwan investigators of Singapore Airlines crash, in which 83 people died, said airport officials have violated several international safety standards the night of the fatal accident. The runway,... more
Science and technologyFRANKFURT AIRPORT RANKED AS EUROPE'S MOST PUNCTUAL HUB AIRPORT BY AEA'S PRESS RELEASE
FRANKFURT/MAIN, GERMANY, Frankfurt Airport ranked as Europe's most punctual hub airport in 2000, according to the Association of European Airlines' (AEA) recently issued annual statistical report that... more
Science and technology2000 OK AT OAKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
OAKLAND, CA., With 5,287,365 departing passengers and 5,333,433 arriving passengers for a total of 10,620,798 and 703,067 metric tons tranported with cargo flights, passenger and air cargo traffic increased... more
AirlinesUS AIRWAYS EXPRESS TO BEGIN SERVICE BETWEEN MEMPHIS AND PITTSBURGH
USA, Customers traveling between Memphis, Tenn., and Pittsburgh will be able to fly nonstop on US Airways Express' popular 50-seat Embraer-145 Regional Jet aircraft beginning April 6, 2001. The new nonstop... more
AirlinesSAIRGROUP COULD LEAVE ''SABENA AFFAIR''
ZURICH, SAirGroup holdings CEO, Eric Honegger, declared that, in medium term, there are possibilities for its company to leave all of "Sabena Affair". SairGroup holds 49,5 of Belgian national airline Sabena,... more
AirlinesDELTA TO INVEST IN NEW ROUTE TO ARGENTINA
BUENOS AIRES, The U.S. carrier is to invest more than $150 million to begin daily service between Atlanta and Buenos Aires. Christophe Didier, regional manager for South America for Delta, said the airline... more
Science and technologyCARGO MOVEMENTS UP 17.8% AT MALAYSIA AIRPORTS
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd. reported in a statement that its airports handled 17.8% more cargo in 2000 than in 1999. The airports handled a total of 773,891 metric tons of cargo last... more
IndustryAIRBUS STARTED HAMBURG FACTORY'S EXTENSION
HAMBURG, According to AIRwise Airbus Industrie started preparing the ground for an extension to its Hamburg factory today, two days after a court in the city threw out a blocking order that had been imposed... more
CuriositiesGERMAN EX-WWII PILOTS CLAIMS FIRST SOUND BARRIER SURPASSING
BERLIN, GERMANY, A former WWII German pilot, Hans Mutke, now 79, is claiming to be the first man to overcome the sound barrier, while he is piloting a Messerschmitt 262 jet fighter in the last days of... more
AirlinesBA REPORTED NOT TO BE INTERESTED IN A380 SUPER JUMBO
SEATTLE, BA has decided to give up ordering Airbus A380 super jumbo, the Seattle Post reported. The jet wouldn't make economic sense for the carrier's fleet. Dick Wyatt, head of fleet planning for British... more
Science and technologyAUCKLAND AIRPORT: HALF PROFIT ENDED DEC 31, 2000
AUCKLAND, NEW ZELAND, The New Zeland's largest airport, Auckland International Airport, that is a transit point for 70 percent of all tourists to island, said profit in the six months ended Dec. 31, rose... more
AirlinesNIGERIA AIRWAYS TO RESUME LAGOS-NEW YORK SERVICE
LAGOS, NIGERIA, The african carrier yesterday resumed flights on that route thanks to a joint venture agreement with South African Airways. The service was suspended in 1993 after the FAA imposed a ban... more
SecurityU.S. AIRCRAFTS ATTACK A IRAQI RADAR SITE
IRAQ, U.S. fighters attacked near Mosul, in no-fly zone, a radar and anti-aircraft Iraqi site, which have targeted it. Is the second attack in the last days. An Iraqi spokesman denied the attack, which... more
DefenseAFTER GREENVILLE SUBMARINE ACCIDENT, NO MORE CIVILIANS AT CONTROL POSTS
WASHINGTON D.C., After the accident caused by USS Grenville submarine, which caused wrecking of a Japanese fishing boat used as shoolship with several guys on board, U.S. Defense Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld,... more
IndustryMIG TO MODERNISE INDIA FIGHTER-BOMBERS
MOSCOW, Itar-Tass reported today that the Russian MiG aircraft-making corporation has drawn up a project to modernise the MiG-27M Bahadur fighter-bombers which are in service with the Indian Air Force:... more
AirlinesLARGE JOB CUTS FOR QANTAS
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, According to Geoff Dixon, CEO of austalian flag carrier Qantas, in order to follow an extensive improvement plan, airline will cut 1,470 jobs, will close several no-profit routes, and... more
IndustryROLLS-ROYCE SIGNED 180USDM CONTRACT WITH UNITED
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, British industries Rolls-Royce signed a contract with U.,S. airline United Airlines to supply its V2500 turbofan engines for 44 new Airbus A-320 jetliner in deliver starting 2002.... more
DefenseGREECE SIGNS CONTRACT TO BUY 60 EUROFIGHTER AIRCRAFTS
FRANKFURT, GERMANY, The Greek government signed a EUR 5bn contract with Eurofighter consortium to buy 60 of its new combat aircraft. The contract includes options for supplementary 30 aircrafts. Eurofighter... more
AccidentsCONTROL TOWER SHOT MISTAKENLY: NO PEOPLE INJURED
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, A dutch control tower of a military airport near a range employed for air-to-ground fire exercises has been hit by seven 27-mm round fired mistakenly probably by a German Tornado... more
DefenseSADDAM PLEDGES TO IMPROVE ANTI AIRCRAFT DEFENCE
IRAQ, The new was reported by Iraqi newspapers. Saddam promised officals to boost air defence after the air strikes over Baghdad of last week. Saddam the other day examined ways of improving anti-aircraft... more
DefenseSPACE SHIELD: FOR ''WASHINGTON POST'' FAR TO BE REALIZED
USA, According to "Washington Post" newspaper, the so paraded "Space Shield" promoted before by Clinton administration and after by current Bush administration, would have excessive costs, either budgetary,... more
AccidentsNAVY PLANE CRASHES IN USA (2): SPECIFICATIONS
ROME, BAe/McDonnel Douglas T45A Goshawk: Type: carrier-borne advanced trainer Accomodation: two pilots in tandem Lenght: 35 ft 9 in Wingspan: 30 ft 9 in Height: 13 ft 4 in Empty weight: 9834... more
AccidentsNAVY JET CRASHES IN USA
JACKSONVILLE, USA, A Navy T-45A Goshawk crashed into the Atlantic yesterday off Florida coast. The plane took off from Naval Air Station in Jacksonville. Gregory Fulco, an instructor pilot based in Kingsville,... more