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DefenseUSA want a missile base in Europe
Washington, USA - A technical commission is in the old continent to find an appropriate place to complete the antimissile shield
A US missile experts commission’s mission started yesterday to visit several European countries and find an appropriate place for the installation of an antimissile defense system that will be integrated w... more
MiscellaneousRussia constraints about the sending of blue helmet in Lebanon
Moscow, Russia - In Russian Minister of Defense Ivanov's opinion there are not the appropriate conditions
It seems that there is a new stop in the efforts of the international diplomacy to find to stop Israeli attack against Lebanon. During the last G8 summit, which took place in Saint Petersbourg last week-end,... more
Weather forecastsFarnborough Air Show 2006 (14): Rolls-Royce stand
Farnborough, United Kingdom - Engines for commercial and military aircraft, plus JSF F-136
Rolls-Royce stand at "FIA2006" exhibits a Trent 900, one of the four engines that powered the first flight of the A-380 in April 2005; this model covers 50% of the wide-bodied airliner market. Also a mock-up... more
HelicoptersAgustaWestland: Portuguese Air Force receives 12th and final EH-101
Cascina Costa di Samarate, Italy - Orders for 146 models have been placed to date by customers around the world
AgustaWestland announces that the 12th and final EH-101 Merlin helicopter for the Portuguese Air Force was delivered to Portugal this week, flying from Vergiate in Italy to Montijo, near Lisbon in Portugal.... more
Latest newsUSA will yield 66 F-16C/D to Taiwan
Taiwan, Republic of China - Contrasting programme of the Chinese military development
According to journalistic sources, the United States would have given their assent for the merchandising of 66 F-16C/D Block 52 to Taiwan to contrast the programmes of military development of People’s R... more
Science and technologyItalian taxies have the highest rates in all Europe for the transport to airports
Rome, Italy - An average of 45,62 Euros against the 28,12 Euros of the rest of Europe
A search from Adoc (Italian Association for the defence and the orientation of consumers) has shown the remarkable difference between the average Italian rates for the taxi transport from and to airports... more
AerospaceMetOp satellite's launch was postponed to today
Rome, Italy - A series of technical problems obliged to delay the new tool's put in orbit
It doesn’t seem to sturt under good wishes the work of the weather prediction satellite MetOp (see for details AVIONEWS). The satellite had to be put in orbit on last Monday by Russian base in Baikonur, K... more
Weather forecastsFarnborough Air Show (13): Gallois: we want the 100% of MBDA
Farnborough, United Kingdom - The final decision is in the hands of Finmeccanica and Bae according to Louis Gallois
"We have talked in the past and still see benefits to have 100% of the Mbda for a better management of society. We consider that a clear leadership of Eads was a good thing, but is in the hands of other... more
Weather forecastsFarnborough Show 2006 (11): within the month of September the partners for A-350 project will be decided
Farnborough, United Kingdom - The new co-managing director of Eads, Louis Gallois, makes know he have spoken on this argument with Guarguaglini
"A day as protagonist, yesterday, for the new co-managing director of Eads, the French Louis Gallois. During several meetings and visits to Aeronautic Show of Farnborough stands, Gallois had made known... more
Weather forecastsFarnborough air show 2006 (12): the cooperation with Finmeccanica will be improved in September
Farnborough, UK - The announcement has been made known during a press conference of EADS' two Co-CEOs Thomas Enders and Louis Gallois
During a press conference, convoked by the two co-CEOs of EADS, German Thomas Enders and French Louis Gallois, they made some declaration concerning the cooperation with Finmeccanica. By these declarations... more
Weather forecastsFarnborough Air Show 2006 (10): Selex and Northrop sign a strategic understanding in infrared system production and sale
Farnborough, United Kingdom - The announcement was made by the two companies during the Air Show
Selex Sensors and Airborne Systems and Northrop Grumman made known they managed an agreement to strenghten their cooperation in production and sale of infrared protection system on DIRCM (Directional Infrared... more
Weather forecastsFarnborough Show 2006 (9): presented the new model of A-350 XWB
Farnborough, United Kingdom - The Finmeccanica General Director, Giorgio Zappa, confirms the industrial cooperation but not the financial one
Using the occasion of the presentation, from Airbus President, Christian Streiff, of the new model of A-350XWB, Xtra Wide Body, the General Director of Finmeccanica, Giorgio Zappa, has reasserted the will... more
Weather forecastsFarnborough air show 2006 (8). Guarguaglini: we cannot win everytime
Farnborough, UK - Finmeccanica President's answers to a journalist question concerning the race for the supply of helicopters
Finmeccanica President and CEO, using the occasion of the visit of the US Defense undersecretary, Ken Krieg, to Finmeccanica’s booth, commented the result of the recent race to supply helicopter to US G... more
MiscellaneousIsraeli Air Force's new massacre in Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon - There are 50 victims after last night raids
It is very heavy the balance of the victims caused by last night Israel Air Force’s bombings on Lebanon (see for details AVIONEWS). About 50 people have been killed by Tel Aviv’s bombs. Among the more hit... more
Weather forecastsFarnborough Air Show (6). Blue Panorama: signed a deal with Pegasus and Boeing
Farnborough, United Kingdom - Released six orders to purchase of B-787 to Pegasus and take in leasing from Seattle Society
A press release of Blue Panorama Airlines announces from Farnborough Air Show, that the Society has just concluded a deal with American Society Pegasus, and Boeing with regard to assignment of six orders... more
Weather forecastsFarnborough Air Show 2006 (7): Airbus is our priority
Farnborough, United Kingdom - Press conference between two Administrators of EADS, Louis Gallois and Thomas Enders
Gallois and Enders, during the press conference, have ranged on all argues of discussion finding fully in agreement. Among the argues treated also the collaboration with Finmeccanica. Objects of discussion... more
Weather forecastsFarnborough air show 2006 (5): an excellence center also in Mississippi for the C-27 of Alenia
Farnborough, UK - The aircraft will be assembled at the Cecil Commerce Center of Jacksonville, Florida
More details have been made known about the decision taken by Italia-US joint-venture that will realize and produce the C-27, an aircraft proposed by Alenia Aeronautica with L-3 Communications and Boeing... more
Science and technologyTurin airport: strike of 24 hours of the employees next July 26
Turin, Italy - Protest called by the Provincial and Regional secretaries
After the four hours strike acted the last June 6, the employees of the Sagat Group, the society that manages the Turin-Caselle airport, will abstain from work for 24 hours next Wednesday July 26. The... more
Science and technologyBudapest Airport: last June the passenger increased respect the same month of the 2005
Budapest, Hungary - It has been made known by a BAA's statement, the company which manages the Hungarian air station
A statement of BAA, British Airport Authority, the group which controls the management of the Budapest airport, made known that last June the passengers passed for that air station have been 811,554, the... more
Weather forecastsFarnborough Air Show 2006 (4): Pratt & Whitney-Piaggio Aero new agreement for JSF F-135 engine
Farnborough, United Kingdom - Valued USD 17m
A new agreement between Pratt & Whitney and Piaggio Aero Industries has been announced this morning during a press conference at "FIA2006" on the field of the F-135 engine program, propellor of the new... more
Weather forecastsFarnborough Air Show 2006 (3): Avio joins F-136 engine program for the JSF
Farnborough, United Kingdom - Along with General Electric and Rolls-Royce
Avio, General Electric and Rolls-Royce leaders announced at the "FIA2006" the Italian aerospace propulsion company’s entry in the joint program concerning the F-136 engine which will equip the new F-35 L... more
AirlinesNorthwest Airlines: agreement with flight crew
New York, USA - Pilots strike danger has been avoided
The bankruptcy judge controlling the administration of Northwest Airlines validated the agreement between the carrier’s flight crew and management. Agreement details are not known yet but the understanding w... more
AirlinesEmirates purchases two new Boeing thanks to an ex-Im bank financing
Milan, Italy - The value for the lending is USD 261 million
Emirates, air company of United Arabian Emirates, doesn’t receive financial supports from the Government and is currently one of the carriers that gains most in the world. With a quality of offered services v... more
Weather forecastsFarnborough Air Show 2006 (2). Parisi: Italy will honour its commitments
Farnborough, United Kingdom - Despite Defense cuts and backwardness situation
The Italian Defense Minister, Arturo Parisi, on the frame of a visit in Finmeccanica booth at Farnborough Air Show, talked about Armed Forces cuts in the State budget, specifying that "Defense needs have... more
Weather forecastsFarnborough Air Show 2006: Emirates purchases 10 B-747/8F cargo planes
Farnborough, United Kingdom - Valued USD 3.3bn
A preliminary understanding was signed in the second day of the "Farnborough International Air Show 2006", near London, between the Dubai-based airline, Emirates, and the American giant, Boeing, for the... more
SecuritySudanese Falcon 50 was flying without authorizations: intercepted by a F-16
Rome, Italy - Escorted until the territorial water limit
The Italian Air Force has announced that an airplane Falcon 50 of the Sudanese civil aviation has been intercepted and escorted until the territorial water limit by an F-16 of the Cervia 5th Wing. It’s h... more
PeopleMore transparency on airlines' fares
Brussels, Belgium - New measure of European Commission
Open war of European Union against the illusory advertising of the air carriers. The European Commissioner for Transport, French Jaques Barrot, presented today to Brussels Commission a measure that will... more
Science and technologyBoom of traffic for low-cost Italian air terminals in 2005
Rome, Italy - Ever more travellers choose to depart with low-cost flights
The 2005 has made register in increase on passengers traffic of 5,6% compared with 2004, with an overall number of 112.981.117 people passed on Italian airports. Despite of the most crowded airports are... more
AirlinesAir France: hundreds of jobs at sea
Paris, France - It was made known by the unions of the carrier's workers
The unions of the Air France’s workers expressed their anxiety for the new 2006-2008 job contract. It in fact could bring to the stifing of hundred of jobs expecially among the booking and cargo personnel. T... more
PeopleTomorrow will be the launch of the commercial flights across Taiwan's strait
Shanghai, China - New economic and commercial relationship between China and Taiwan
Tomorrow morning, a Boeing 747-400 cargo of Taiwan’s company, China Airlines, will launch cargo charter’s line between Taiwan and China continental. The aircraft will take off from Taoyuan Airport in... more
IndustryAgreement between Boeing and UGS
Milan, Italy - Italian industry will supply program for the data management to the US colossus
Boeing achieved an agreement with the UGS of Milan, Italy, for the supply of Teamcenter, a solution system for the management of the life loop of the products (PLM). Seattle industry will use the PLM to... more
DefenseBosnia-Erzegovina: distribution of humanitarian aids
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Erzegovina - Italian Detail as guarantor for medical care
Yesterday it completed the distribution of the humanitarian aids that, from July 14 to 17, the unit CIMIC (Civil and Military Cooperation) of the Italian National Detail’s S5 unit, with Association "Servi d... more
MiscellaneousMaltese citizen transports explosive material for fireworks in a flight Bulgaria-Malta
Palermo, Italy – He justified himself saying that he didn’t know was forbidden to carry explosives on board
Has been arrested by airport police of La Valletta airport (Malta) the Maltese citizen that carried with him explosive fit for the confection of fireworks. The material that is strictly forbidden to transport... more
Military aviationAgustaWestland: Italian Civil Protection orders an AW-139 helicopter
Cascina Costa di Samarate, Italy - The model will add to an A-109 Power already in service with the Department
AgustaWestland announces that the Italian Civil Protection has signed a contract for an AW-139 medium-twin helicopter. The AW-139 will act as an airborne command post to support and supplement disaster... more
HelicoptersAgustaWestland: Bowman's radio system in the RAF EH-101 and Chinook helicopters
Cascina Costa di Samarate, Italy - It will be introduced to both aircraft types progressively through 2007
AgustaWestland is completing its Trial Installation testing of the Bowman radio system in the Royal Air Force’s EH-101 Merlin HC Mk.3 and Chinook HC Mk.2/2A helicopters under a contract from BOWMAN prime c... more
DefenseIsrael-Lebanon (5): evacuation of American citizens
Beirut, Lebanon - The "Orient Queen" leased for transfer of civilian
Is predicted for today the arrival in the Lebanese waters of the cruise ship "Orient Queen" that government of United States has leased for transfer American citizens from Beirut to Cyprus’s island in t... more
Weather forecastsFarnborough Air Show 2006 (12): Global Maintenance Agreement between ATR and Kingfisher Airlines
Farnborough, United Kingdom - For 35 ATR-72/500s ordered by the Indian carrier
ATR, the Toulouse-based avio-manufacturer which is EADS and Alenia Aeronautica (Finmeccanica Group) partner, signed a Global Maintenance Agreement (GMA) with Indian Kingfisher Airlines today at Farnborough... more
Weather forecastsFarnborough Air Show 2006 (12): agreement among JAS-39 Gripen user Countries
Farnborough, United Kingdom - A cooperation forum among Sweden, Hungary and South African Republic
The Nations currently operating the Swedish fighter aircraft JAS-39 Gripen are, besides Sweden, the Czech Republic and Hungary, while the South African Republic recently received its first aircraft and... more
Weather forecastsFarnborough Air Show 2006 (10): EADS and LAP will make a maintenance centre in Tripoli
Farnborough, United Kingdom - And a series of specialistic training activities
A memorandum of agreement between EADS and Libya Africa Portfolio for Investment (LAP) was signed today at Farnborough Air Show to establish an aeronautical maintenance centre, an air academy and a calibration... more
SecurityIndonesia (2): the provisional assessment records 379 dead
Jakarta, Indonesia - The survivors to the tsunami invoke help
Are still in progress the frenetic researches of the survivors in Java’s island destroyed yesterday from tsunami. 1500 first-aiders, among Army and Police, are engaged to localize victims and wounds i... more
Weather forecastsFarnborough Air Show 2006 (9): Embraer announces orders portfolio
Farnborough, United Kingdom - USD 1.25bn as of June
The Embraer President and CEO, Mauricio Botelho, today announced orders portfolio of the Brazilian avionic manufacturer during a press conference at "FIA2006". As of June 30, 2006, executive jet firm orders... more
Press releaseEurofly: tomorrow flight attendants' strike
Milan, Italy - New 24 hours protest after the July 5 one
"The umpteenth provocatively attitude kept by the company during the 24 hours strike on last July 5, is the confirm that Eurofly considers flight attendants as puppets that have to be managed according... more
MiscellaneousPinochet ordered to drop the bodies of 5 opponents in the Pacific Ocean
Santiago, Chile - It was reported to newspaper "La Nacion" by an official of the Chilean Army
Chilean newspaper "La Nacion" made known yesterday that an official of the Chilean Army, and helicopters’ pilot, reported to have dropped, in 1987, in Pacific Ocean, from his helicopter, the bodies of 5... more
CuriositiesMarines distracted by Kate Hudson in bikini: an helicopter plunges in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Usa – The chopper was flying over a movie set, no consequences for the militaries
It could seem a comic movie storyline and instead the incident has really happened in Los Angeles. An helicopter of American Marines Corp was flying over the zone that hosts the set of the movie "You,... more
Latest newsGreece will purchase other thirty F-16
Athens, Greece – At assessment the possibility to buy further fighters
Greek Minister of Defence, Meimarakis Evangelos, has made known the decision to purchase other thirty American fighter F-16, whose deliver will occur in 2009. The deal has a value equal to EUR 196 million... more
Weather forecastsFarnborough Air Show 2006 (8): new orders for A-319, A-320 and A-330
Farnborough, United Kingdom - By GoAir, Afriqiyah Airways and Air Caraibes
Three airlines made new orders of Airbus models at Farnborough Show. GoAir, Mumbai-based Indian carrier, signed an agreement for the purchase of 10 A-320s, with the option of 10 more; all the aircraft... more
IndustryFarnborough Air Show 2006 (7): EADS and Finmeccanica will discuss the A-350 program in September
Farnborough, United Kingdom - For an eventual entry of the Italian Aerospace and Defense Group
Louis Gallois, co-CEO of EADS, said at "FIA2006" that he will meet the President of Finmeccanica, Pierfrancesco Guarguaglini, to talk about eventual further partnerships. The European Aerospace Group currently... more
AccidentsTwo aircraft plunged this mourning in Venice and in Parma: one dead and two serious injured
Venice, Italy - The victim was at the command of the aircraft that crashed in S. Maria di Sala
Two different incidents involved this mourning two aircraft, plunged for still unknown reasons in two different Northern Italy sites. The first, the only one that made register a victim happened at about... more
MiscellaneousTenth anniversary of Flight 800 TWA’s crash
New York, USA – Yesterday ceremony in Smith Point
Yesterday, has been celebrated the brass service in remembrance of 230 victims of Flight 800 TWA’s crash, departed from JFK Airport in the direction of Paris, that in the July 17, 1996 exploded after v... more
AccidentsBulgarian plane plunged into Serbia’s mountains: four deads
Belgrade, Serbia – They were athletes that were going to a manifestation in Croatia
A Bulgarian airplane that was carrying a sporty delegation has fallen yesterday in Serbia, in the zone of Krivi Vir. That’s what the Serbian police made known following the finding of aircraft’s wreaks and... more