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Military aviationBoeing Awarded F-16 Training Center Contract
St. Lous, USA - The US Air Force awarded to the company the management of training structure
The Boeing Company has been awarded a USD 19 million U.S. Air Force contract to provide Mission Training Center (MTC) services for F-16 pilots. Each F-16 MTC provides four high fidelity F-16 simulators... more
HelicoptersEurocopter: first flight of NH-90 for Oman
Marignane, France - Ordered in 2004
Eurocopter continues its schedule of milestones in the NH-90 program and has successfully performed the maiden flight of the first NH-90 Tactical Transport Helicopter (TTH) for the Sultanate of Oman at... more
Military aviation"Eurofighter media tour 2007" at 4th Wing of Grosseto (2): what happened
Grosseto, Italy - An unmissable day for the journalists on site
In the "Eurofighter media tour 2007" day, after an introduction on Wing activities by Colonel Nuzzo and Operation Office Chief, Major Mario Martorano, journalists could listen to "Typhoon"-related stories... more
Military aviation"Eurofighter media tour 2007" at 4th Wing of Grosseto: a cooperation between Consorzio Eurofighter, Alenia Aeronautica and AMI
Grosseto, Italy - 60 journalists from the whole Europe in Tuscany
On May 8th, Tuesday, the 4th Wing of Grosseto hosted the "Eurofighter media tour 2007", an informative event promoted by Consorzio Eurofighter and Alenia Aeronautica, in cooperation with Italian Air Force... more
Civil aviationAustrian Airlines will equip Boeing 767 aircraft with winglets
Vienna, Austria - The air company presumes to save up to 1000 tonnes of kerosene per aircraft/year
Austrian expects the new development will save around 1,000 tonnes of kerosene per 767 aircraft per year whilst simultaneously extending the range of the aircraft by around 670 km. In addition to this,... more
AirlinesUnited Airlines: April 2007 results
Chicago, USA - Load factor equal to 84.1%
United Airlines has announced traffic results as to April 30th, 2007, reporting a high load factor equal to 84.1% and a revenue passenger miles (RPM) increase by 0.8% compared with the same period of... more
IndustryEADS: the first quarter 2007 results
Amsterdam, Holland - Losses for the Power8 programme
In the first quarter of 2007, EADS - European Aeronautical Defense&Space produced an EBIT of EUR 89 million, including an Airbus restructuring provision with regard to the Power8 Transformation programme.... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): possible entry of Monte dei Paschi in AirOne concert-party
Rome, Italy - Availability but but still no formal agreement
Also Monti dei Paschi (MpS) Bank could join of AirOne concert-party, together with Banca Intesa-Sanpaolo, as new financial party, for the acquisition of Alitalia. According to financial sources, MpS... more
UAS-DronesFirst UAV to receive Israeli Civil Aviation Authority certification
Haifa, Israel - The Hermes 450 manufactured by Elbit Systems
The Hermes 450, manufactured by the Israeli industry Elbit Systems, is the first UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) to receive the certification by Israeli Civil Aviation Authority. The Hermes 450, currently... more
AirportsAn Italian citizen stopped at the airport of Manila
Manila, Philippines - The declared to have a bomb, just for fun
Yesterday, an Italian citizen ready to take a plane bound to Hong Kong was stopped at the international airport "Ninoy Aquino" of Manila, Philippines. The inconvenience, occurred at 05:55 p.m. local... more
AirlinesAer Lingus launches the daily Milan-Dublin route
Dublin, Ireland - Among the new measures the increase of the fuel surcharge
By June, Aer Lingus will launch a new daily service from Milan-Malpensa to Dublin. Irish carrier has decided to increase the fuel surcharge on the long-range flights. The measure is valid by May 9th... more
Civil aviationIATA calls China to order
Beijing, China - It is necessary a reorganization of the routes
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has identified five challenges China will face in building a cost-efficient, safe and competitive industry, efficient air traffic management; environmental... more
DefenseSouth Korea ready to purchase F-22 Raptor or F-35 Joint Strike Fighter planes from USA
Seoul, South Korea - To compete with Japan
According to reliable sources, South Korea is evaluating the purchase from USA of F-22 Raptor or F-35 Joint Strike Fighter planes manufactured by the leader industry Lockheed Martin. This intention... more
ReportBlair era is running out
London, United Kingdom - Today the official announcement of the resignation
Tony Blair today formally told his Cabinet he would announce his plans to step down as Labour leader and Prime Minister in a speech in his constituency today, Downing Street confirmed. He announces... more
Fair and shows"Delta Day 2007" in the airfield of Terni
Terni, Italy - On May 19th and 20th
On May 19th and 20th, the airfield “Alvaro Leonardi” in Terni is hosting the "Delta Day 2007", an event promoted by FIVU (Italian federation for ultralight flight), ADM (Association of microlights) and... more
Science and technologyWhen the information technology links to aerospace solutions
Washington, USA - An interesting innovation
VictorSystems, an American company specialized in the aerospace and military sector, has produced a new Mac mini using the technologies applied to aeronautic sector. The computer, in fact, is equipped... more
Airlines60 new planes for Saudi Arabian Airlines
Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates - Expected 14 new weekly flights to Dubai
Saudi Arabian Airlines has announced it is going to order up to 60 new aircraft, in order to modernize its fleet and inaugurate new weekly flights to Dubai. According to the newspaper "Gulf News", the... more
Aerospace"Space Economy 2007": statements by Giorgio Zappa
Rome, Italy - Public funds requested
On the occasion of the "Space Economy 2007" meeting yesterday held in Rome (see AVIONEWS 1 and 2), Giorgio Zappa, Director General of Finmeccanica, showed his disappointment with the scarce Italian government... more
SecurityFAA Emergency AD on MD Helicopters (2007-09-51)
Washington, Usa - To prevent the loss of a tail rotor blade and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 Directorate Identifier 2007-SW-18-AD;... more
SecurityFAA AD on Learjet model 45 airplanes (2007-09-03)
Washington, Usa - To prevent fuel leaking from the fuel shutoff valve of the APU, which could result in an uncontrollable fire and adversely affect the airplane's continued safe flight and landing
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Page 20716-20718] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. FAA-2007-27980;... more
SecurityFAA AD on REIMS AVIATION S.A. model F-406 airplanes (2007-09-02)
Washington, Usa - To identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Page 20718-20720] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. FAA-2006-26690... more
SecurityFAA AD on Short Brothers model SD3-60 SHERPA, SD3-SHERPA, SD3-30, and SD3-60 airplanes (2007-08-09)
Washington, Usa - To identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Page 20030-20034] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. FAA-2007-27866;... more
AirlinesJet Airways nominates a new General Manager for Europe
New Delhi, India - Brussels will be the new European hub
Jet Airways has announced the election of Emmanuel N. Menu as General Manager for Europe. He replaces Abraham Joseph, now in Toronto to follow the expansion of the Indian carrier in Canada. Menu will... more
AirlinesAlitalia: the Board's meeting next May 15
Rome, Italy - With on agenda the approval of the three month report on March 31, 2007
"It informs that the Board of Directors' meeting of Alitalia with on agenda the approval of the three month report on March 31, 2007 will take place next May 15, instead of May 14, according to that communicated... more
Military aviationLockheed Martin delivers 150th C-130J Super Hercules
Marietta, USA - California Air National Guard receives milestone aircraft
Lockheed Martin has delivered the 150th C-130J Super Hercules built to date. The milestone aircraft is the eighth and final C-130J assigned to the 146th Airlift Wing, the California Air National Guard... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on May 10th
Rome, Italy - Voyage in the history
The events and anniversaries: Report: 1924 - J. Edgar Hoover is appointed the Director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, and remains so until his death in 1972. Report: 1940 - World War... more
Defense"Giuseppe Garibaldi" aircraft carrier in La Maddalena archipelago
Rome, Italy - Green-light for the "Open Sea 2007"
For the first time "Giuseppe Garibaldi" aircraft carrier berthed at Santo Stefano Island, in La Maddalena archipelago, after to have left the port of Civitavecchia. Italian ship, manufactured in the... more
IndustryRockwell Collins Inc. awarded of a 6 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For five C-130 aircraft
Rockwell Collins Inc., Government Systems, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded a $ 6,500,000 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract action provides for five C-130 avionics Group "B" kits for the Pakistan... more
IndustryGeneral Atomics awarded of a near 59 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For four Predator aircraft
General Atomics, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $ 58,976,370 firm-fixed-price contract.This effort is for the manufacture, test and delivery of four Predator B Reaper MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicles... more
AerospaceQueen Elizabeth visiting NASA
Washington, USA - "The United States and the United Kingdom have a strong partnership in space"
Yesterday, during the sixth and last day of her journey in the USA, Queen Elizabeth together with Prince Philip visited the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, having the chance to speak with... more
SecurityFAA AD on MD Helicopters Inc. (MDHI) model MD-600N helicopters (2007-05-51)
Washington, Usa - To detect a crack in the mixer link, which could result in failure of the mixer link and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Page 19788-19790] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. FAA-2007-27343;... more
SecurityFAA AD on Raytheon Aircraft Company many model of airplanes (2007-08-08)
Washington, Usa - To decrease the possibility of gear-up landings caused by seizure of the uplock rollers
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Page 19785-19788] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No.... more
AirportsOlbia Airport and the Maritime Port authority will team to develop the sea cruise traffic
Olbia, Italy - The two parts signed an agreement to increment the touristic offer
6,5 million of passengers used the Olbia airport in order to reach the Golfo Aranci Sea Port, a great resource for the region that recognize as useful the integration of the two structures. The Golfo... more
AirlinesChina Southern Airlines chooses Interplanet GSA for the Italian market
Milan, Italy - It will provide for the support to the carrier in the sales&marketing activities
China Southern Airlines has chosen Interplanet GSA as agent for the Italian market. The Chinese carrier has improved an agreement with Interplanet GSA to join in "Iata Bsp Consolidator System" (IBCS).... more
Airports"The role played by infrastructures like airports and harbours for touristic products internationalization: the Brindisi case"
Brindisi, Italy - To discuss the delicate case of the Puglia centre
The Italian city of Brindisi is today hosting "The role played by infrastructures like airports and harbours for touristic products internationalization: the Brindisi case" meeting, aimed to discuss the... more
DefenseThe US Air Force will patrol the cyberspace
Washington, USA - Michael W. Wynn, Secretary of the Air Force, in an open letter support the project
The Cyberspace and the net will become soon a real battleground, the ability to receive and to send information is necessary for the normal procedures of civil life and even the military and most of these... more
Aerospace"Space Economy 2007" (2): statements by Alberto Tripi
Rome, Italy - "A strategic key for Italy modernization"
Alberto Tripi, president of General Confederation of Italian Industry - Innovative and Technological Services, took part to the today "Space Economy 2007" meeting looking very optimistic about aerospace... more
AirlinesEurofly (2): business plan by June 30th
Milan, Italy - Extended the duration of the audit assignment to Deloitte & Touche
During the assembly of yesterday, the directors of Eurofly communicated that the business plan 2007-2009 will be defined by June 30th (see AVIONEWS). "It will be a reorganization plan for the financial... more
DefenseThe 2007 Turin book fair
Turin, Italy - The Italian Defence Ministry will be present at the fair from the 10 to the 14 of May
The Italian Ministry of Defence press will have its own exhibition area where there will be represented the General Staff of Defence and the four Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force and Carabinieri) with... more
IndustryNomad risks retirement
Sydney, Australia - Announced by ASTA
The twin turboprop Nomad plane manufactured by Government Aircraft Factories (now Aerospace Technologies of Australia - ASTA, owned by Boeing) will be dismissed in case no companies will apply to buy manufacturer... more
AirportsAdR: a mediator for the solution
Rome, Italy - By May 14th the possibility to send a request to start the mediation's phase
Still no found solution for Aeroporti di Roma (AdR), Rome Airport Management Society (see AVIONEWS). "For the solution, the parties will avail themselves of the mediation's procedure trusted in a third-party". Macquarie... more
IndustryGripen agreement in Norway
Oslo, Norway - Norway and Saab, through Gripen International, have signed a Letter of Agreement regarding the future development of the Gripen fighter
The Norwegian Defence Minister Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen and the Swedish Defence Minister Mikael Odenberg, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on co-operation in development work on the future versions... more
Military aviationBoeing awarded F-16 Mission Training Center Contract
St. Louis, USA - With U.S. Air Force
The Boeing Company has been awarded a $ 19 million U.S. Air Force contract to provide Mission Training Center (MTC) services for F-16 aircraft pilots at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina; Misawa Air... more
SecurityFAA AD on Boeing model 777 airplanes (2007-07-05R1)
Washington, Usa - To prevent an ASCPC failure that could stop airflow into the airplane, inhibit the cabin altitude warning message, and cause an incorrect display of cabin altitude
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Page 19380-19382] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No.... more
SecurityFAA AD on Turbomeca SA Arriel 2B turboshaft engines (2005-13-25R1)
Washington, Usa - To prevent loss of control of engine fuel flow in manual control mode or mixed control mode, which can lead to engine overspeed, and in-flight engine shutdown resulting in a forced autorotation landing
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Page 19110-19112] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. FAA-2005-21624;... more
SecurityFAA AD on Rolls-Royce plc RB-211 series turbofan engines (2006-11-05R1)
Washington, Usa - To prevent corrosion-induced uncontained disc assembly failure, resulting in damage to the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Page 18862-18865] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. FAA-2007-27824;... more
ReportA zero cost holiday for Sarkozy
Valletta, Republic of Malta - The president boarded on a Falcon 900 bound to the Mediterranean isle
As already announced, just after his election, Nicolas Sarkozy decided to spend a deserved relaxing period. Last Monday morning, in fact, the French neo-president took a private Falcon 900 plane bound... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Carlo Toto talks about the necessity of an Italian choice
Rome, Italy - Spokesman of a common opinion
"We want to do Alitalia the forth airline of Europe. It is necessary to reorganize by one year the international and intercontinental network, to recover efficiency and change the aircraft". Carlo Toto,... more
AirportsAirport of Grosseto: investments on the carriers that will operate the scheduled flights
Grosseto, Italy - Particular interest for North Europe
The city of Grosseto bets to development its airport activities. SEAM, Grosseto Airport Management Society, offers about EUR 927 thousand to the carriers that will want to invest on the scheduled flights... more
AirlinesThe Finnair first quarter is positive
Vantaa, Finland - The Finnish company growths
With a sales proceed increasing by 10% per year, with profits of round 6 millions Euro and an operative result that grows by 10 millions Euro the Finnair projects to reach and outclass the 70 millions... more