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SecurityFAA AD on Boeing model 747 airplanes (2007-26-17)
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct accidental drilling damage of the longeron extension fittings, which could lead to cracking of the longeron extension fittings and result in rapid decompression of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: January 7, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 4)] [Page 1046-1048] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation... more
AirlineseasyJet: passenger statistics for December 2007
Milan, Italy - The airline transported a total of over 2,8 million people
"easyJet communicates that last December 2007 transported a total of 2,899,349 passengers, compared to 2,638,279 ones in the same month of 2006, with an annual change equal to 9.9% . In addition, the... more
IndustryGallois: "No delay for the first flight of the A-400M aircraft"
Paris, France - EADS' CEO denies what published by a German press organ
Even the CEO of the Airbus-controlling EADS company, Louis Gallois, intervened to deny rumours spread by a German information organ in regard to probable delays in the delivering of the A-400M, the long-range... more
MiscellaneousThe AVIONEWS statistics for the month of December 2007 and the entire past year
Rome, Italy - Over 30 million accesses in 2007
In the month of December 2007, the AVIONEWS website has registered 2.524.289 accesses with 432.032 visited pages and an occupied band of 4,59 GB. In the entire past year of 2007, 30.407.450 accesses... more
ReportUS Air Force plane saves trawler in breakdown
Wellington, New Zealand - Operating as "Flying garage"
For once, the US Air Force managed to carry out that role that, idealistically, we would like it to have everytime: the one of the good air cavalry which saves the heroes in danger, without harming nobody.... more
AccidentsVenezuela (3): also oceanographic ship employed for finding the disappeared airplane
Caracas, Venezuela - Still no trace of the plane
The Venezuelan network "Globalvision" unveils the latest declarations by the director of the local civil protection Antonio Rivero, according to which in the researches for the airplane disappeared last... more
CuriositiesAeronautic terminology in dribs and drabs... A as "Airship"
Rome, Italy - There are three types
It is called an airship any balloon whose direction can be controlled through aerodynamic surface and/or aerodynamical thrust. There are three different types of airship: Rigid airships The rigid... more
AirportsCuneo-Levaldigi obtains the "Airport certification" by ENAC
Cuneo, Italy - The future of the "Olimpica" airport has been the theme of discussion
The future "Olimpica" airport in Cuneo-Levaldigi has been the subject of discussion that took place near the Cuneo Province's Room; the General Manager of ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Authority), Cap.... more
AccidentsAirplane crashes in the Gulf of Alaska, 6 dead 4 survivors
Anchorage, USA - Tragedy in a Christian-Orthodox community
A serious incident has hit the small community of the Russian Orthodox Old Believers, a sect of about 1500 Orthodox-Christians who live in Alaska, mostly far from civilization. An airplane with 9 young... more
ReportHeavy snow storm in Iran, air traffic going haywire
Tehran, Iran - All international and domestic flights cancelled
Tehran as well as many other Iranian cities lay at more than 1,000 meters above the sea level, and the inhabitants are thus used to inclement winters. Yet a snowfall as the one which since yesterday has... more
AirlinesLivingston. "No bookings, just cancellations": reduced the flights to Kenya
Rome, Italy - The normal links will resume in all probability next February
"We will reduce the operations to Kenya by 30-40% for three weeks. We think it all will be resumed in early February. The last week we have worked with 1.2 passengers on the airplanes. For the moment we... more
Sport aviationThe 20th edition of the "International Balloon Meeting" in Mondovì
Cuneo, Italy - The show has just been ended
The 20th "International Balloon Meeting" in Mondovì, the most important national show that opens the new aerostatics season, has just been ended. Forty pilots from Italy, England, Germany, Switzerland,... more
AirlinesL'Avion: 34 thousand passengers transported in 2007
Paris, France - On the route Paris-New York
2007, opening year for the French carrier L'Avion (January 3rd) has given very good results on the route Paris-New York, with 34 thousand passengers transported aboard a B-757/200 airplane, with a punctuality... more
AirlinesAlitalia, Italian pro-North partisans for Malpensa
Milan, Italy - Formigoni and Bossi imagine after-sell sceneries
The supporters of Malpensa's role as intercontinental hub don't give up. After the choice of the government and Alitalia directors' board has fallen on Air France as partner for the national airline's... more
Press releaseANSV about the air accident in Venezuela
Rome, Italy - The Italian agency in contact with the local competent authority
"With reference to the accident occurred in Venezuela last January 4th to a Let 410-UVP airplane (code YV-2081), ANSV (Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo - Italian Air Safety Board) informs that... more
AirlinesDelta Air Lines chary about the cession of Comair
Atlanta, USA - Contacts with JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch and Greenhill
Delta Air Lines, American carrier, is chary about the purchase process regarding its regional subsidiary Comair, as reported the past days by the "Financial Times", which states "Delta is waiting to assess... more
ReportThe odyssey of the Italians trapped in Kenya and at the Maldives is ending
Mombasa, Kenya - Today the return after days of wait
It has been a week-end of serious discomforts for many Italians who have chosen to spend some days of vacation in exotic locations of Kenya and the Maldives islands, during the Christmas holidays. In the... more
IndustryBoeing sets third consecutive record for commercial airplane orders in 2007
Seattle, Usa - 1,413 net orders surpasses 1,044 net orders reached in 2006
"The Boeing Company recorded 1,413 net commercial airplane orders during 2007, reaching more than 1,000 orders for an unprecedented third consecutive year, and setting a Boeing record for total orders... more
OccurrencesVenezuela, new accident verged on
Caracas, Venezuela - Aircraft forced to emergency landing
While several families are still under shock for the disappearance, in the northern sea of Venezuela, of a twin-engine airplane on which 14 people were travelling, with 8 Italian tourists among them (see... more
AccidentsVenezuela (2), still no results in the search for the lost airplane
Caracas , Venezuela - Also means of the Netherlands Antilles engaged
The search in the Caribbean Sea of signs of the plane disappeared last Friday with 14 persons on board, among which 8 Italians (see AVIONEWS), goes on. For the moment though, the efforts of the rescue... more
ReportA passenger small aircraft with 14 on board disappeared in Venezuela
Caracas, Venezuela - Eight Italian people among passengers
According to Venezuelan civil aviation authority manager, it seems that a small passenger aircraft, operated by regional airline Transaven, crashed in the sea with 14 people on board. The aircraft, a... more
Science and technologyELECTRA, the electric-powered aircraft in flight over the Alps
Aspres Sur Buëch, France - 50 km in 48 minutes
The last extraordinary project of APAME, the French Association promoting electric-powered engine airships, was the flight over the Alps on December 23rd, 2007, with an electric airplane. ELECTRA F-WMDJ... more
ReportRipped tanker off Seoul: anti-pollution interventions were massive and providential
Seoul, South Korea - Sent 200,000 people, 13 airplanes, 17 helicopters and 327 ships
An environmental disaster of huge proportions was risked when the tanker "Hebei Spirit" was rammed and ripped a 100 kilometres off the coast of Seoul last December 7th by a barge transporting some cranes. Luckily... more
Press releaseChamber of Commerce of Varese: less flights in Malpensa
Varese, Italy - First repercussions from April
"Without taking part in the political debate in progress relative to the decisions of Government, Alitalia and Air France, the Chamber of Commerce of Varese cannot but pointing out the feeling of significant... more
AirportsRomanian airports closed due to bad weather conditions
Bucharest , Romania - There are heavy snow precipitations
Romanian capital city Bucharest's international airports Henri Coanda and Baneasa have been closed by authorities due to heavy snow precipitations, and several flights, including those to Italian cities... more
Civil aviationAir Passenger Rights: consumer complaints 2006
Brussels, Belgium - A summary and analysis of consumer complaints reported to the European Consumer Centre Network
The second Report on the "Air Passenger Rights" of the European Consumer Centre (ECC) Network - based in 27 Countries - has been presented on December 6th, 2007, in Brussels. Since Regulation (EC) No... more
SecurityFAA AD on Pratt & Whitney (PW) PW-4164, PW-4168, and PW-4168A turbofan engines (2007-26-20)
Washington, Usa - To prevent an uncontained engine failure due to low-cycle fatigue (LCF), which could result in damage to the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: January 3, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 2)] [Page 394-395] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation... more
SecurityFAA (Correction) AD on DG Flugzeugbau GmbH model DG-500MB gliders (2007-26-15)
Washington, Usa - To require actions to correct the unsafe condition on aviation products
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: January 3, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 2)] [Page 400-402] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation... more
SecurityFAA AD on Robinson Helicopter Company models R-22, R-22 Alpha, R-22 Beta, R-22 Mariner, R-44 and R-44 II helicopters (2007-26-12)
Washington, Usa - To detect blade skin debond and to prevent blade failure and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: January 3, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 2)] [Page 397-400] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation... more
CuriositiesUK: flying lessons at RAF for Prince William
Cranwell, United Kingdom - Following the prints of uncle Andrew
He must be following the prints of his uncle Andrew, Duke of York (who is a helicopter pilot): William, Prince of Wales, already officer and second in line of succession to the throne of England after... more
AirlinesVarig launches daily flight Sao Paulo- Santiago de Chile
Sao Paulo, Brazil - The connection is operated with Boeing 767/300 airplanes
Varig, Brazilian airline, announces its new flight between Sao Paulo and Santiago de Chile. The connection, operated with Boeing 767/300 airplanes in two-class configuration, is active everyday from... more
Military aviationBoeing submits final KC-767 advanced tanker proposal to Usaf
St.Louis, USA - In US Air Force KC-135 tanker replacement program
The Boeing Company submitted its final KC-767 Advanced Tanker (AT) proposal for the U.S. Air Force's KC-135 Tanker Replacement Program. Boeing's tanker will carry three times more cargo and passengers... more
SecurityFAA AD on Cessna model 680 airplanes (2007-26-16)
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct wire chafing which could lead to electrical arcing and a hydraulic leak and could result in a potential source of ignition and consequent fire
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: January 3, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 2)] [Page 395-397] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation... more
MuseumsThematic Park and aviation museum in Rimini
Rimini, Italy - It extends over an area of 80,000 square metres
Rimini hosts the thematic Park of the aviation which extends over an area of about 80 thousand square metres and on a pathways of over two kilometres. It offers a rare exhibition of post-war airplanes,... more
AirportsThe airport of Brescia-Montichiari introduces an experimental project on safety
Brescia, Italy - The meeting will be held on January 10th at 12:00
"Fog and safety: a possible couple" is the new experimental project for the airport safety management in poor conditions of visibility, that will be presented to the Institutions and press on Thursday... more
Civil aviationIATA: traffic results for November 2007
Geneva, Switzerland - For passenger and freight
"The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released traffic results for November 2007. The highlights are: Passenger Traffic - Year-on-year international passenger demand rose 9.3% in November—the f... more
Civil aviationENAC, satisfaction for the results on the safety in 2007
Rome, Italy - Europe is the safest continent
After the announcement of the data on the safety of the global civil aviation in 2007 provided by the ACRO - Aircraft Crashes Record Office, Vito Riggio, the president of ENAC, Italian Civil Aviation Authority,... more
IndustryThe ambitious plan of China to reach Airbus and Boeing
Beijing, China - Next March the merger between two main Chinese aircraft manufacturers
Beijing is getting ready to merger the activities of two main aircraft manufacturers in the civil aviation sector, AVIC-1 and AVIC-2. This industrial approach should be effective next March. Among the... more
IndustryBoeing, DAE Capital concluded 100-airplane order
Seattle, Usa - Dubai Aerospace Enterprise purchased 70 737s, 15 787s, 10 777-300ERs and five 747-8 Freighters
"Boeing and Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) on Monday concluded all contractual obligations for the purchase of 100 airplanes valued at USD 10.9 billion at average list prices. DAE, a global aerospace,... more
AirlinesAir Astana orders six Airbus and three Boeing aircraft
Paris, France - Deliveries starting from 2012
The Kazakh airline Air Astana has recently announced an order of six Airbus A-320 and three Boeing 787/800 Dreamliner aircraft, with an option for other three airplanes of each type. New airplanes,... more
IndustryBoeing finalized 787 order with Vietnam Airlines and Vietnam Aircraft Leasing
Seattle, Usa - It pushes 787 order totals beyond 800
"The Boeing Company announced that Vietnam Airlines and Vietnam Aircraft Leasing Co. (VALC) have finalized an order for a total of 12 Boeing 787-8s with a list value of approximately USD 2 billion. Vietnam... more
Finance and economyStock Exchanges: yesterday the Air France stock on decline, today Alitalia on the fall
Milan, Italy - The shares seem to be suffering from the oil's quotations
In the Paris Stock Exchange, the Air France-KLM stocks shed 1.52% to 23.80 Euro yesterday. Today the Alitalia stocks are on the fall in Piazza Affari, where they lost 0.67% to 0.7805 Euro. The shares... more
Finance and economyAir Berlin, the investment fund Vatas is the new majority shareholder
Frankfurt, Germany - Yesterday the stock increases 10.23%
The new majority shareholder of Air Berlin, with a 15.4% share and with voting right, is the investment fund Vatas, led by Lars Windhorst. The financial operation has been carried out by Haarlem One,... more
AirportsBAA, employees call off the strikes
London, United Kingdom - The flights will be regular on January 7th, 14th and 17th
The BAA - British Airports Authority employees have called off the strikes announced in the last month of December following the agreement reached yesterday between the company and the workers. The... more
IndustryBoeing announced GOL Airlines order for 40 Next Generation 737s
Seattle, Usa - The airplanes will be included in Boeing's 2007 order total
"Boeing and Brazil's GOL Linhas Aéreas S.A., the parent company of Brazil's low-cost airlines GOL Transportes Aéreos S.A. and VRG Linhas Aéreas S.A., announced the airline has ordered an additional 40... more
IndustryBoeing announces deliveries for the 4th quarter of 2007
Chicago, Usa - Across commercial and defense operations
The Boeing Company yesterday announced deliveries across commercial and defense operations for the fourth quarter of 2007. Major program deliveries during the fourth quarter were as follows more
Press releaseUP: Eurofly risks crisis?
Rome, Italy - The Association points out the problem with worry
"Unione Piloti points out with worry that to date the airline Eurofly, controlled by Meridiana, has not paid its pilots the salaries and year-end bonuses due for the month of December 2007. Meridiana,... more
AirlinesThe time factor crucial in the choice of a partner for Alitalia (2)
Rome, Italy - Alitalia and Air France come from a common past. What about AirOne?
We must remember that Alitalia and Air France come from a common past. They have been knowing each other for many years now, they have share swaps and in their respective boards were members of both until... more
ReportRussia, Bulgarian cargo ship sinks: 11 lives are being risked
Moscow, Russia - On some lifeboats in the stormy sea
Eleven men (ten Bulgarians and one Ukrainian) making up the crew of a cargo ship flying the Bulgarian flag, sunk a few hours ago off the coasts of Russia, are now at the mercy of the stormy sea and strong... more
AirlinesBritish Airways and the new brand for the all-business connections
London, United Kingdom - The activities should start in mid-year
The details of the British Airways new brand for the sector of the all-business connections, that should start in mid-year, will probably be disclosed by next week. According to the BA CEO, Willie Walsh,... more