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PeopleSystem requirements decree has been approved
Rome, Italy - Government sources have revealed it coming from Palazzo Chigi
Italian Council of Ministers approved the air transport system requirements decree. Now it needs to value the financial cover together with the Ministry of Economy. more
PeopleDamascus-Baghdad route to restart
Damascus, Syria - Connections between Syria and Iraq were interrupted after US invasion
After about 3 years, flights between Syria and Baghdad will be resumed on next October 8: Syrian airline landed in Iraq for the last time before the American invasion on March 2003. An airplane headed... more
PeopleSystem requirements decree: "If the measure regards all the sector, European rules on competition are not violated"
Brussels, Belgium - Stefaan de Rynck's statement, spokesman of EU Commissioner for Transport Jacques Barrot
"EU Commission has not details about the rule that Italian Government intends to consider regarding system requirements, but if it concerns measures to improve the effectiveness of all the airport sector... more
PeopleGeneral strike in France: hundreds of flights have been cancelled
Paris, France - Black Tuesday for French air transport
The French Civil Aviation Authority, informed that 387 commercial flights would have been cancelled at the two main Paris airports today because of the strike called by major labour unions to protest against... more
PeopleENAV to stand in awe of the passing of system requirements decree
Rome, Italy - This may be the reason of measure passing's delay
ENAV’s CEO said Italian premiership that despite the passing of the decree has favourable effects for Italian airlines, it will have a very heavy impact over ENAV’s accounts. ENAV’s sources would claim... more
PeopleAirbus A-350: official launch to occur on October 6
Toulouse, France - Representatives from EADS and BAe should meet just to officialize the beginning of the aircraft production
Representatives from EADS and BAe (as the companies which own Airbus) should meet on Thursday October 6 for the final decision on the official launch of the A-350 programme, related to a new medium-long... more
PeopleRussia reopened skies to IL-96/300 planes
Moscow, Russia - But presidential aircraft remained to the ground
Russian authorities have authorized the resumption of flights operated by Ilyushin 96-300 planes: the operations had been suspended last August 22 for safety reasons (see for details AVIONEWS). The measure... more
PeopleAirbus: "Turkish carriers to need more than 260 airplanes by the next 20 years"
Ankara, Turkey - The European maker hopes to keep on at least a 50% stake in the market also thanks to industrial cooperations
Turkish airlines will need more than 260 commercial airplanes by the next 20 years, according to Airbus, and the EADS/BAe-owned aerospace company is taking into consideration the economic growth of such... more
PeopleUS efforts to improve air transport safety in Ukraine
Kiev, Ukraine - An USD 625,000 worth fund to supply technical assistance
United States Ambassador to Ukraine, John Herbst, and Deputy Chairman of the Aviation Safety Oversight, Anatoliy Kolesnyk, have signed a grant deal to improve air transport safety in Ukraine. United States... more
PeopleBulgaria close to restore direct flights towards the USA
Sofia, Bulgaria - Bulgarian carriers could fly in America again thanks to the observance of requirements indicated by FAA's experts
Experts from the Federal Aviation Administration are going to assess Bulgarian airline’s aircraft in order to encourage the restoration of flights from Bulgaria to the United States. US authorities decided t... more
PeopleEurocontrol to launch new Air-Ground Communications Safety Action Plan
Brussels, Belgium - The workshop held 30 September in Brussels with 200 participants
EUROCONTROL, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, together with stakeholders from across the aviation industry has agreed on the outlines of a new air-ground safety action plan to... more
PeopleThales "To entertain" Dreamliner's passengers
Washington, USA – Boeing selected the French group for the provision of entertainment services aboard by a wireless solution
The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner medium-long haul airliner will be provided with passenger entertainment solutions produced by French Thales. The purpose is the one of ensuring wireless services which can... more
PeopleAirbus: the A-380 took delivery of the first Engine Alliance GP-7200 engines
Toulouse, France - Such a powerplant solution meets a 50% stake in the orders related to the big commercial airplane
Airbus took delivery of the first four GP-7200 engines for the A-380 555-840 seats long haul airliner. The 50%-50% joint-venture named Engine Alliance and consisting of two US leading companies specialized... more
PeopleMost important news of the week: Alitalia facing unions' disappointment while debate about French cheeses offer for its customers rose
Rome, Italy - And Airbus is meanwhile forecasting a need for about 140 new short-medium haul aircraft for the Italian carriers
Airlines appear to be the major protagonists in civil aviation this week (September 26-October 2) but newness is also relevant in the industrial field. Airlines - Unions still prove disappointed about... more
PeopleCastellanza's "Carlo Cattaneo" University dedicated a conference to ground and air intermodality
Varese, Italy - Liberalization and promotion of air and intermodal transport in the new Europe
The 2-day conference organized by Castellanza’s "Carlo Cattaneo" University (Italy) is about to be completed today. Conference has been focused on liberalization and promotion of air and intermodal transport i... more
PeopleSupersonic flight: a debate started in Japan on the new programme
Tokyo, Japan - It could be certainly be produced from a technical point of view but doubts about the high costs to be afforded remain
A debate on the civil supersonic flight usefulness started in Japan. Japanese Space Agency and Mitsubishi are cooperating with Airbus to develop a new commercial airplane which can follow the path traced... more
PeopleAirbus: "Italian carriers need 140 new short haul airplanes in the medium term"
Rome, Italy - European group's analysts stated it while Alitalia thinks about its future and evaluates the 787, the A-350 and the A-380
At least 140 new short-medium range commercial airplanes i the medium term: Airbus forecasts that the Italian air transport market is going to need it or carriers such as Alitalia, Air One and Meridiana... more
PeopleTravelandia tour operator chose Air Italy carrier as partner for Brazil
Rome, Italy - Milan, Rome and Verona linked with Brazil two times a week
Flights operated by Air Italy will be sold off by Travelandia tour operator. They will start on next December 19 and will be operative until April 29, 2006 with biweekly frequency, on Saturday and Monday,... more
PeopleCAA announces formal proposals for NATS' price controls
London, UK - They have been published today
Formal proposals for the regulatory price controls of National Air Traffic Services (NATS) have today been published by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The proposed price caps cover NATS (En route)... more
PeopleIndia and Pakistan failed agreement on increasing flights between the two countries
Rawalpindi, Pakistan - Talks to continue in the future
Talks between India and Pakistan have concluded at Rawalpindi without an accord: they have not agreed on increasing passenger flights between the two neighboring countries. The meeting was aimed to amend... more
PeopleICAO: symposium on standard MRTDs and Biometric Enhancement
Montreal, Canada - Today and tomorrow in Montreal
The world’s leading experts in machine readable travel document (MRTD) development and biometric technology will converge at ICAO headquarters on 29 and 30 September for a comprehensive, two-day symposium t... more
PeopleEU proposed a common air space to Ukraine
Brussels, Belgium - Proposal have been advanced by EU commissioner, Jacques Barrot
Vice-President and Commissioner for Transport, Jacques Barrot, proposed to Ukraine to open talks over a common airspace. The proposal would be part of the cooperation areas included in the "EU-Ukraine... more
PeopleUSA: "Airlines merges and acquisitions? Alliances and reorganization strategies prove better"
Washington, USA – Several air transport analysts would believe it in the United States
Air transport analysts in the United States warned operators in this sector about prospects of merge ot acquisition of airlines. The resort to such kind of measures to save companies or reinforce one’s r... more
PeopleSmall and regional: these are the airplanes which will dominate the "Great China"
Beijing, China - Experts forecasted requests for at least 800 regional jets by 2025, one third of the country's civil fleet to operate in 250 airports
From 137 to 250 airports within 20 years. This is the growth trend of Chinese air stations forecasted by experts of the air transport sector, according to whom the country will need bout 800 regional jets... more
PeopleEU: airlines about to access to polluting emissions share
Brussels, Belgium - EU Commission intends so to include the air transport in the environment ruling based on the Kyoto Protocol
Airlines could be included among the companies involved by the polluting emissions trading, as scheduled form other sectors by European Union with reference to the Kyoto Protocol, in 2008. Firms which... more
PeopleA-350: Rolls Royce ready to offer the Trent 1000 turbofan
London, UK - The sign of a memorandum of understanding with Airbus is forecasted to occur in October
Airbus and Rolls Royce are likely to sign a memorandum of understanding by October for the provision of engines devoted to the new EADS/BAE-owned European group’s medium-long range airliner, the A-350. A... more
People787 Dreamliner: the dream "shapes up"
Washington, Usa – Structural aspects, powerplant and systems decided are to date the final ones and will shape the vehicles produced and delivered to customers
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner gets its final shape: structure, powerplant (General Electric GenX e Rolls Royce Trent 1000) and systems will be the ones scheduled during the initial development stage, that... more
PeopleTaiwan and Guatemala signed an agreement over air and maritime transport
Taipei, Taiwan - To constitute a free trade's area
Guatemala signed an important agreement of free trade and a deal over air and maritime transport with Taiwan while the 12 day-visit of President Chen Shui-Bian in Central America. He will go to Dominican... more
PeopleMS-21: the Russian answer to the 737 and the A-320
Moscow, Russia - Tupolev, Yakovlev and Ilyushin try to involve Chinese AVIC II to produce the new short-medium haul commercial airplane
After the regional segment there is a close stage to get towards the typical short range by 150 seats commercial airplanes for Russian aviation industry. If Sukhoi relies upon the RRJ, Tupolev, Yakovlev... more
PeopleChina: the first home-made commercial flight to take off in 2006
Beijing, China - China Aviation Industry' (AVIC I) Chairman Huang Qiang reported it
China will begin trial production within this year of its first commercial aircraft (see for details AVIONEWS) the ARJ-21 jet (Advanced Regional Jet for the 21st Century) and the first maiden flight is... more
PeopleATR aims to a 50% stake in the Chinese regional turboprop market
Beijing, China - The main strategic target in Asia by the next 20 years for the European aerospace group
Chinese aerospace company AVIC 1 thinks that the national market of regional civil aircraft (50-70 seats airplanes) will significantly grow by the forthcoming 20 years and the European group ATR intends... more
PeopleAirbus: 1000 new commercial planes in the Middle East and Northern Africa by 2023
Dubai, UAE - Estimates by the European company with reference to the region's carriers exigencies
More than 1000 new commercial airplanes by 2023: this is the Airbus’ forecast about the related market in the Middle East and Northern Africa. About two thirds of the considered aircraft will be used f... more
PeopleChina: civil airplane market lead starts by relying on the ARJ-21
Beijing, China - Chinese company AVIC 1 aims to compete all square with the major foreign aeronautical firms within 20-30 years
It is known that market related to air transport in China is the faster growing one but usually some national problems in such a field are not sufficiently highlighted. Chinese aerospace company AVIC 1... more
PeopleSukhoi RRJ: a regional jet "on a carrier scale"
Moscow, Russia - Contribution by several airlines has been requested for the development of the new airplane; they could so become the first operators
Russian aviation industry intends to double orders for its aircraft within ten years, increasing commercial aircraft purchases from current 30% up to a 45%. Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (as the civil division... more
PeopleHong Kong and Cathay Pacific awarded as the best airport and best airline in the world
London, United Kingdom - Skytrax's prizes have been delivered in London
12 million passengers from 94 different nations have established the winner of Skytrax survey whose prize has been delivered in London. Sandro Melis, Sales Executive for Cathay Pacific in Italy, said that... more
PeopleThe first international flight has landed at Arbil Airport
Arbil, Kurdistan - Also London, Stockholm and Amsterdam to be linked in a short time
The flight was operated by Lufthansa and came from Frankfurt. Aboard there were 40 passengers welcomed by a representative of Iraqi Kurdistan’s Ministry of Transport and Telecommunication, Haydar Fili. A... more
PeopleUK: air traffic system glitch delayed flights
London, United Kingdom - THe problem has been solved in 35 minutes
A technical fault to air traffic control system caused a lot of problems in Great Britain early today. For over half an hour, many flights have been delayed: the glitch would have been found at 8:20am... more
PeopleA-380: compensations worth EUR 90m have been forecasted
Toulouse, France - They are likely to be destined to the first Airbus' customers due to delays in deliveries
Compensations worth about GBP 60m (around EUR 89m). This is what would have been forecasted by Airbus due to delays in delivering the A-380 long haul 555-840 seats airliners to the first customers (from... more
PeopleBoeing-Airbus: less orders if the US carriers are not saved
Beijing, China - A risk underlined by analysts while Boeing took delivery of orders for 8 Dreamliner from Hainan Airlines and thinks about a new 787 version
The importance of cargo sector and the expansion of air transport in China and India are major factors for the growth of civil aircraft orders, with remarkable advantages for both Boeing and Airbus. However,... more
PeopleCell phones onboard TAP and BMI within the end of the year
London, United Kingdom - OnAir new system to be tested on the A-321 and A-320s
Two European airlines, Tap Air Portugal and BMI, at the end of the year will allow passengers to use cell phone on commercial flights through Europe. Both have made an agreement with OnAir, supplier of... more
PeopleShenzhen housed a forum on regional airport cooperation
Shenzhen, Hong Kong - The most urgent problem is air traffic control
A regional conference on the aviation cooperation has been held last Saturday at Shenzhen that was attended by the Pearl River Delta area and the regions of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. The event attracted... more
PeopleAir transport. rising fuel cost: carriers to suffer for effects for additional two years
New York, USA - It was stated by Fitch Ratings rating agency
The fuel cost covering strategy by some airlines had been carried out some 12 or 18 months ago, when fuel price was remarkably lower than the current one; covering contracts that airlines are signing today... more
PeopleChile and Brazil joined France and Great Britain: to tax air tickets
New York, USA - It has been announced at UN General Assembly yesterday
Presidents of Brazil and Chile, at UN General Assembly in New York, have stated that both intend to adopt a small tax on air tickets to support fight against hungry and poverty in the world. Chile’s P... more
PeopleWorld Tourism Day: "Travel and Transport: from the imagination of Jules Verne to 21st century reality" the event's theme
Doha, Qatar - The event has been supported by the World Trade Organization
It is the first time that such event, supported by the World Trade Organization, occurs in a Middle-Eastern country. THe opening day will be on September 27 and Qatar’s choice is an opportunity to open t... more
PeopleBoeing Business Jet: first Chinese customer for the 737 VIP
Beijing, China - The US maker intends now to achieve 100 orders for this airplane by the end of this year
Although Boeing did not reveal who is the first Chinese purchaser of its BBJ (Boeing Business Jet), the US maker proves satisfied about this result, just putting in to evidence to date that the Chinese... more
PeopleIATA. Bisignani: airlines to run up USD 7.4bn worth losses in 2005
Washington, USA - "Oil prevent carrier from getting out of the red"
It seems that high-oil effects are about to cancel the possible revenues of IATA (International Air Transport Association) member airlines. The association General Director and CEO, Giovanni Bisignani,... more
PeopleIndia: the purchase of 43 Airbus planes for Indian Airlines has been confirmed
Paris, France - Also six Scorpene-class submarines have been bought
The UK had announced the sale of 43 Airbus commercial airplanes belonging to the A-320 family to the India carrier Indian Airlines during the diplomatic visit by Premier Tony Blair within the European-Indian... more
PeopleENAC: an analysis of air transport after the end of Summer season
Rome, Italy - A meeting with the major subjects of the sector to occur on next September 15
Italian National Civil Aviation Agency (ENAC) will gather together with the major subjects in the air transport sector on next Thursday, September 15, to analyse the situation following the end of Summer... more
PeopleIndia: Airbus thinks about a pilot training centre
New Dheli, India - The project is likely to be started by the end of this month
Airbus intends to build a pilot training centre in India and it has already sent some experts to the Asian country, in order to appraise which site can prove the best one for its construction. Also a structure... more
PeopleLondon to give the green light to air ticket tax
London, United Kingdom - Great Britain to back France
French Finance Minister, Thierry Breton, at ECOFIN’s preliminary encounter, said to have gained Great Britain’s support over his project to tax air tickets to finance the fight against poverty in underdeveloped cou... more