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AccidentsNorthwest Airlines aircraft meets strong turbulences in its landing
Washington, USA - Three passengers were injured
Three passengers were injured yesterday because of the "Particular" landing of a Northwest Airlines A-320 taken off from Detroit and headed to Washington. The turbulences on the city’s airport were so s... more
AirlinesTransat AT makes net profit but loses revenue
Ottawa, Canada - Strong Canadian dollar offset losses for Wilma hurricane
Canadian company Transat AT, owner of Air Transat, announced that its net profit in the quarter ended January 31 is USD 4.3m, a good result if compared with USD 1.6m loss a year earlier. Though "Wilma"... more
PeopleEurocontrol: global safety effort gathers pace
Athens, Greece - The 18th Annual European Aviation Safety Seminar held on 13-15 March with over 200 participants
EUROCONTROL (European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation), together with stakeholders from across the aviation industry, has identified key initiatives to improve safety in the main risk areas... more
AirlinesUnited Airlines will decrease the number of workers in Australia
Los Angeles, USA - There are scheduled cuts for 100 jobs
United Airlines announced yesterday its decision to cut 100 jobs in Australia to streamline its operations. The carrier specified that between May and June customer services, ground handling and reservation... more
Press releaseAlcatel Alenia Space signed a contract with the Korean society KARI for the development of a radar
Paris, France - The company press release
Alcatel Alenia Space signed a contract with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), the Republic of South Korea Space Agency, to provide a SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) payload system for KOMPSAT-5,... more
AirlinesNorthwest asks for confidentially agreement with Labour Department
Minneapolis, USA - After receiving a subpoena for bankruptcy, the airline tries to protect itself
Northern Airlines will cooperate with American Labor Department investigators on underfunded pension plan of the bankrupt airline since September. At least under certain conditions. Pension Benefit Guaranty... more
Press releaseLockheed Martin Awards Contract to Parvus Corporation for F-22 Aircraft Electronics Power Management Module
Salt Lake City, Usa - Subsystem to satisfy power management needs for F-22’s evolving mission profile
Parvus Corporation today announced it has been awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics (Fort Worth, TX) to develop and produce a new electronics power management module for the F/A-22 Raptor... more
Science and technologyGreen light to the enlargement of Berlin-Schoenefeld airport
Berlin, Germany - The works will finish in 2011
German Federal Court yesterday gave green light to the enlargement of Berlin-Schoenefeld airport. Thanks to this decision now the German Capital will be provided of a worthy hub for its re-found importance... more
AirlinesAlitalia. Marrazzo: the carrier has to re-think Fiumicino's role
Rome, Italy - Piero Marrazzo, President of Lazio Region, declared it
Yesterday afternoon the President of Lazio Region, Piero Marrazzo, chimed in the fourth provincial congress of Rome and Lazio Uil (an Italian Trade Union). During his speech he made some declaration about... more
Science and technology5 kg of cocaine seized at Rome-Fiumicino airport
Rome, Italy - The drug localized by Financial Police's dog
Today at Rome-Fiumicino airport a Peruvian man, coming from Zurich, was arrested because he has 5 kg of pure cocaine. The drug, transformed in a very thin wrap easy to transport, was easily localized by... more
Sport aviation"Rieti Fai World Gliding": technic organizational committee of 2007-2008 Sailplaning World Championships renewed
Rieti, Italy - The managerial board of the sport association announces that in a release
Next 2007-2008 Sailplaning World Championships have its technic organizational committee. The managerial board of "Rieti Fai World Gliding", Rieti’s local agencies association which will manage and organize n... more
IndustryPart of SAS Component acquired by Singapore Technologies Engineering
Copenhagen, Denmark - 67% of SAS Group components operator sold
SAS Group, which Scandinavian Airlines is part of, completed the previous agreement announced last December to sell 67% of SAS Component to Singapore Technologies Engineering (see AVIONEWS for details).... more
Civil aviationNuclear matter: USA ready for "Preventing attacks" against Iran
Washington, USA - Until now no UN agreement on new warning to Iran
There is no agreement yet among the five Countries with veto right of UN Security Council on the new measurs to take against Iranian uranium enrichment plan. USA, France and Great Britain want the matter... more
AirlinesVietnam Airlines wants to increase its fleet
Hanoi, Vietnam - Investments for USD 1.2 billion
Yesterday Vietnam Airlines made known its intention to increase the number of its fleet’s aircraft to 56 ones by 2010 from 39 now. Board Chairman Nguyen Sy Hung added that to find the necessary funds t... more
AirlinesBritish Airways will cut 400 jobs
London, UK - Savings to face the raise of fuel's cost
British Airways announced the cut of 400 jobs by its travel agent business and by the call center in Belfast, to concentrates itself on on-line booking. This decision is including in the plan presented... more
AirlinesJetBlue Airways announced two new routes
New York, Usa - The carrier aims to the short-medium haul flights
JetBlue Airways announced yesterday its intention to open soon the routes for two new destinations. The carrier, which is in loss by two years and has seen its shares loose the 35% of their value, will... more
Civil aviationDi Paola in visit in Finland
Helsinki, Finland - Italian Defence Chief of Staff speaks of security "Without borders"
During a visit to Finnish National Defence College cadets, Italian Defence Chief of Staff, Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola, met his counterpart Pauli Juhani Kaskeala and Finland’s Defense Ministry, Seppo K... more
AirlinesAir Europa launched special fares for the flights between Italy and Spain
Majorca, Spain - The initiative will be stopped in June
Spanish carrier Air Europa launched on the Italian market an offer to fly to Madrid from Rome-Fiumicino and Milan-Malpensa airports starting by EUR 10 to 55. The special fare of the airline -which is enacting... more
PeopleICAO released preliminary safety and security statistics for air carrier operations in 2005
Montreal, Canada - A conference will be convened from 20 to 22 March 2006
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has completed its analysis of the preliminary information available on aviation safety and aviation security for 2005. Regarding safety in 2005, there... more
Science and technologySigonella base's radar closed for works
Catania, Italy - The enclosure will have after-effects on Catania and Reggio Calabria airports
Yesterday a meeting of Antisom 41st Wing Command of Italian military aviation, including delegates of ENAC (Italian National Civil Aviation Authority), ENAV (National Flight Assistance Authority) and SAC,... more
Science and technologyAirOne will remain at Fiumicino's Terminal A
Rome, Italy - The Civil Court of Rome decided so
Civil Court of Rome has accepted AirOne’s appeal against the decision of "Aeroporti di Roma" (AdR), the company which manages Italian Capital’s air stations, which wanted to remove the carrier from the... more
AirlinesPakistan International Airlines prolonged the contract with Sabre
Islamabad, Pakistan - The agreement will guarantee more benefits also for the travel agencies
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) prolonged for further 5 years the distribution contract with Sabre Travel Network. In this way there will be more benefits for the agencies which will be able to consult... more
AirlinesNorthwest charges for aisle seats
Minneapolis, USA - USD 15 more also for emergency-exit rows
Rising fuel prices and pressing low-fare competition force world airlines to invent new ways to cut costs and in the meantime increase profits. To this purpose, the classic expedients involve free services... more
IndustryMeeting Scajola-Khristenko about the partnership between Finmeccanica and Sukhoi
Moscow, Russia - The interview before the G8 Energy Ministers' summit
Yesterday Italian Minister for Productive Activities, Claudio Scajola, who was in Moscow to partecipate in G8 Energy Ministers’ summit, after an interview with his Russian counterpart Viktor Khristenko, r... more
DefenseUK could abandon the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter project
Washington, USA - The British representative's speech at US Senate
Yesterday, during an hearing at the US Senate’s Defence Commission, convoked by Republican Senator John Warner, Lord Peter Drayson, British Minister for Military Procurement, made known that his country c... more
Press releaseAviation blacklist agreed by Committee of national experts
Brussels, Belgium - The list will be updated as often as is necessary and at least every three months
"The Aviation Safety Committee, responsible for helping the European Commission to draw up the list of airlines banned in the European Union, completed its work yesterday afternoon. The Committee’s unanimous o... more
Latest newsNATO Italian delegation's meeting on air transport
Brussels, Belgium - C-27J military transport airplane will be presented
Today a meeting, organized by permanent Italian delegation at NATO and Alenia Aeronautica (Finmeccanica Group), has been taking place at Brussels’ Atlantic Alliance seat: the theme is "Air transport a... more
AirlinesJazz is thinking of alliance with USA
Ottawa, Canada - Next targets: US expansion and charter business empowerment
Jazz, Air Canada’s regional subsidiary, 79.7% owned by ACE Aviation (Airline Charter Enterprices) and 20.3% owned by Jazz Air Income Fund, is in talks with USA in order to increase and facilitate trans-border s... more
IndustryBoeing and JAL signed deal on end-to-end supply-chain solution
Seattle, Usa - To reduce the carrier's operating costs
Boeing and Japan Airlines (JAL) have signed an agreement that will reduce JAL’s operating costs by having Boeing manage a majority of the airline’s spare parts inventory. Boeing and JAL signed a previous agr... more
AirlinesBritish Airways aims to Internet booking
London, United Kingdom - 17 travel shops and a call center enclosures announced
Today’s news, announced by British Airways PLC’s commercial direction, of the enclosure of 17 BA travel shops across UK will likely cost 300 jobs. It’s a choice taken following the constant growth of on... more
Finance and economyEU attacked USA about the helps to Boeing
Geneva, Switzerland - Article 5 of WTO's treaty appealed
Yesterday European Union, during a meeting of the 149 countries of World Trade Organization (WTO), accused US Government to hide the information concerning the report about the funding given to the aircraft... more
SecurityCoup d'etat avoided in Ciad
N'Djamena, Ciad - Minister of Communication declared it
Ciad’s Minister of Communication, Hourmadji Moussa Doumgor, made known today that there was a plan to kill the President of the Republic Idriss Deby. Ciad’s authorities localized and arrested some peo... more
MiscellaneousMilosevic's corpse translated to Belgrade
Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro - It has arrived by a Jat airplane
The corpse of Jugoslavian ex-President, Slobodan Milosevic, died by heart attack in Scheveningen prison in Holland, has been transfered to Belgrade, Serbia, on board of a Jat plane which has taken off... more
SecurityDam's downfall in the Hawaii island
Honolulu, USA - One person dead and seven people missing
Yesterday, because of the strong rain that from days are falling on Hawaii, USA, on Kauai island the Kaloko dam collapsed flooding the beneath valley, sweeping houses and a part of the coast road, the... more
AirlinesAeroflot: the carrier's joining SkyTeam alliance expected on April 14
Moscow, Russia - The entrance is only expected but there is nothing official
Press office of Aeroflot, Russia’s flag airline, already among the greatest world carriers for owned aircraft and carried passengers, said that it should approximately join SkyTeam skies alliance, in w... more
People2005 ACI account: 4 billion passengers in world airports
Geneva, Switzerland - The report on world air transport registers a 6% growth
Yesterday Geneva-based ACI (Airports Council International) published several numbers on air transport. Passengers passing through world air stations were totally about 4 billion, 6% up on 2004. Travellers... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Eurocopter France model EC-155B and B1 helicopters
Washington, Usa - To prevent interference of the wiring with the structure resulting in an electrical short circuit, failure of the landing gear to extend, and an emergency landing
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: March 14, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 49)] [Page 12998-13000] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
IndustryAirbus is considering whether to transfer the construction of some planes in China
Toulouse, France - The decision will be not taken until the Summer
Airbus made know to be considering the hypothesis to build some aircraft in China. "Asia is the biggest growth area", Tom Enders, CEO of EADS the company that owns the 80% of the European consortium, "Anyway... more
PeopleUsa-Venezuela air transport dispute
Caracas, Venezuela - FAA replies to INAC's threats
Venezuela’s civil aviation authority, INAC, last month had threatened to restrict or totally deny the access to its national air stations for American carriers, if United States had not lifted decade-old l... more
AccidentsAmerican F-16 fighter crashed into Korean waters
Seoul, South Korea - Safe pilot, unknown dynamics
A U.S. Force F-16 fighter jet crashed yesterday morning at 9:30 (local time) off the West coast of the Korean Peninsula. The pilot, ejected from the aircraft, fell into the sea and was rescued by South... more
AirlinesVirgin Express: since next March 27 the connections with Brussels will start
Bari, Italy - The flights were presented yesterday during a press conference
Virgin Express will connect Bari to Brussels, since next March 27, three times for week, on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. The flights were presented during a press conference organized at Bari-Palese... more
HelicoptersUK's Metropolitan Police selected Skyquest mission displays
London, UK - For new EC-145 helicopter fleet
Skyquest Aviation, the UK manufacturer of specialist airborne surveillance equipment, yesterday announced that the UK’s Metropolitan Police have selected their Video Management System for installation i... more
HelicoptersA training course for Alpine helicopter rescue health operators
Aosta, Italy - An Italian experimental project to export abroad
The ASL (Local Health Company) of Valle d’Aosta Region and the Regional Health Authority have allocated EUR 92,600 for a project called "Helicopter use in Alpine environment: modular training integrated p... more
AirlinesAirOne: Volare's matter is not closed
Rome, Italy - The Italian private carrier's press release
"The legal affair between Alitalia and AirOne for the purchase of Volare Group, is not closed and AirOne doesn’t intend to renounce to denounce what represented in other judicial seats. The reasons, o... more
MiscellaneousJapanese state planes' communication systems will be upgraded
Tokyo, Japan - It is scheduled a cost of yen 5 billion
The two Boeing 747-400 currently in service for the travel necessities of Japanese authorities will be provided of new sophisticated tools. In future the Prime Minister, the members of the Government and... more
AccidentsA Russian SU-24M bomber crashed
Moscow, Russia - Both pilots survive
A Russian military jet, SU-24M bomber, has crashed today, during a training mission, into a field in Voronezh region about 450 kilometers South of Moscow. Defence Ministry has made known that both pilots... more
Latest newsGreece renounced to the option on 10 F-16
Athens, Greece - Mistery about the real value of the deal
Today the Greek government made known that it will not make use of the option, included in the agreement signed last year for the purchase of 30 F-16 of Lockheed Martin, for the delivery of 10 further... more
Government actsEuropean Parliament: question on lower air fares for the Highlands and Islands of Scotland
Strasbourg, France - By Alyn Smith (Verts/ALE)
"Written question E-0737/06 by Alyn Smith (Verts/ALE) to the Commission Subject: lower air fares for the Highlands and Islands of Scotland The Scottish Executive announced on 13 February 2006 a... more
Government actsEuropean Parliament: question on air travel departure tax in Malta/discrimination between different types of transport
Strasbourg, France - By Simon Busuttil (PPE-DE)
"Written question E-0336/06 by Simon Busuttil (PPE-DE) to the Commission Subject: air travel departure tax in Malta/discrimination between different types of transport On 1 August 2005 the Government... more
Government actsEuropean Parliament: question on air safety information and passengers' rights MK2
Strasbourg, France - By Ashley Mote (NI)
"Written question E-0360/06 by Ashley Mote (NI) to the Commission Subject: air safety information and passengers’ rights MK2 If Mr Barrot’s answer to my question of 23 November 2005 (E-4534/05) agr... more