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Science and technologyStratellite: the unmanned airship for broad band transmissions
Washington, USA - It will be able to fly at an high-altitude for providing a stationary platform for various types of wireless communications
Wisconsin Sanswire Communication Corporation is working on a prototype of an unmanned airship, 75-meters long powered by solar powered electrical engines able to fly in the stratosphere 21 Km to the Earth... more
DefenseAmsterdam: Italian Undersecretary Berselli expected to visit the UDT today
Amsterdam, Netherlands - European conference about undersea military technology
The Netherlands’ Capital will host starting from today up to June 23, the Conference "Undersea Defence Technology (UDT) Europe 2005", the 18th edition of the international exhibition of undersea military t... more
AirlinesAir France-KLM's stocks were oil price-sensitive
Paris, France - Also BA went down 2.3%
Air France-KLM Group are suffering for an heavy drop in share prices because of the renewed concern for oil price raising which has been recently noted. The black gold has achieved even USD 60 a barrel... more
Defense"Folgore" paratroopers in Sudan for "Nile" operation
Khartoum, Sudan - The peacekeeping mission asked by the UN
Italy’s first paratroopers for the 183rd Regiment "Nembo" of "Folgore" Brigade based in Pistoia, arrived at Khartoum International Airport to operate the peacekeeping mission asked by the UN, named UNMIS (... more
DefenseAfghanistan: Colonel Vinaccia gives way to Colonel Restaino
Kabul, Afghanistan - Spell at the head of Italian contingent at Kabul
Italian soldiers of Italfor 10 contingent are about for returning home after four months spent in Afghanistan. The handing over cerimony has been held yesterday: Colonel Luigi Vinaccia gave way to Colonel... more
Science and technologyFlying informed at Fiumicino and Ciampino airports
Rome, Italy - Two daily newscast about air traffic, check-in procedures, parking facilities throughout the Summer
From June 18 until the first days of September, every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with two radio connections (8:00-9:00am and 4:00-5:00pm), Fiumicino and Ciampino airports provide live information to... more
ReportOsprey: maritime operational re-deployment for eight military tilt-rotors
Washington, USA - The most important evaluation ever performed on the vehicle is being carried out in the Atlantic Ocean in these days
US USS Bataan air-carrier is currently far from the US Eastern coasts in the Atlantic Ocean, with several aircraft on board among which some eight MV-22 Ospreys, as the version of the well known tilt-rotor... more
AerospaceMolise Region turns a geospatial centre
Campobasso, Italy - It will develop EU initiatives in this sector
Telespazio has introduced the GEO-DataBase project which provides for installing in Molise Region an excellent national and European centre for spread in the net geospatial products and services. The Centre... more
DefenseItalian Navy: "Sorbet Royal 2005", the Nato's SAR exercise for submarines in trouble
Taranto, Italy - An international force composed by the naval units and submarines
"An international force composed by the naval units and conventional submarines participates to the Nato’s Sar exercise of submarines; all this is ’Sorbet Royal 2005’ (Soro-05). At the international pract... more
DefenseItalian Navy: "Sorbet Royal 2005", the Nato's SAR exercise for submarines in trouble (2)
Taranto, Italy - Italian, English and American aircraft involved
"The conventional submarines of Italy (Primo Longobardo), Holland (Dolfijn), Russia (Shaktyor), Spain (Siroco) and Turkey (Preveze) lay down on the sea floor with all the crew on board. The SAR team with... more
Government actsQuestion Time: supposed "military operation" by Morocco's Police affecting Western Sahara's population
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Dario Rivolta (FI)
Italian Deputy Rivolta intended to understand, by asking it to Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, if Morocco’s Police has been recently attacking population in Western Sahara by military operations a... more
Government actsQuestion Time: presence of nuclear submarines in Cagliari harbour
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Mauro Bulgarelli (Verdi)
Italian Deputy Hon. Bulgarelli asked Italian Minister of Defence for making clear about the condition of Sardinia’s Cagliari harbour as it seems that nuclear submarines are allowed to stay there. It i... more
Weather forecastsAir shows and exhibitions in the third week of June
Rome, Italy - From today, June 21 to next Sunday 26
Tuesday 21 - Possible launch of a Volna converted ballistic missile. To carry the Cosmos 1 solar sail experiment into Earth orbit for The Planetary Society. Russian Navy Submarine, Barents Sea above... more
PeopleChirac reintroduces a solidarity tax on air tickets
Paris, France - But US carriers show their disappointment
French President, Jacques Chirac, restarted pressuring richest nations for putting on a tax on air tickets in order to finance the fight against AIDS and poverty in African countries. France and Germany... more
Civil aviationFAA (Correction) AD on The Lancair Company model LC41-550FG Airplanes
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct cracks in the elevator torque tube assembly, which could result in failure of the elevator torque tube assembly and subsequent loss of control of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: June 20, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 117)] [Page 35370-35372] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
HelicoptersPoland: first A-109 Power to LPR
Warsaw, Poland - The Polish company specialized in Emergency Medical Service operates all over the country with some 16 bases
Polish company LPR, which provides Emergency Medical Service in the country, has taken delivery of its first AgustaWestland A-109 Power light twin helicopter in a special dedicated version. such aircraft... more
PeopleAirbus: prices upward for its airplanes
Toulouse, France - Increases included between two and ten million Dollars each aircraft depending on the type
Airbus-made commercial aircraft’s price proves more expensive. The EADS/BAe-owned European aerospace company decided to modify the cost of each airplane for some among the types produced, both concerning a... more
AirlinesAlitalia: booking service employees supported by SULT union to go on strike on June 24
Rome, Italy - Meanwhile, the carrier is about to launch an important promotional campaign for intercontinental and Eastern European flights
Alitalia’s booking service employees represented by Italian SULT trade union are going on strike on next June 24. It has been unveiled by the union which aims to a 24 h demonstration, in order to lead t... more
Press releaseRome Alitalia booking service: as Alitalia did not answer, the 24 h strike scheduled on June 24 has been confirmed
Rome, Italy - SULT press release
Italian SULT trade union intends to make Alitalia understand that temporary jobs must be properly faced after the transfer of the call centre in Alitalia Service. This must be clear, according to the union,... more
IndustryGeneral Electric Transportation Aircraft Engines awarded of a over 5 USDM contract
Washington, Usa - For the F-18 aircraft
General Electric Transportation Aircraft Engines (GETAE), Lynn, Mass., is being awarded a $5,044,441 order against a previously awarded basic ordering agreement (FA8104-05-G-003 GC30) for the purchase... more
DefenseItalian Navy: "Nauras 2005", the bilateral Italy-Libya exercise
Rome, Italy - From tomorrow, June 21 to July 6
"The fourth edition of the ’Nauras’, the bilateral exercise between the Italian and Libyan Navies, will take place in the Central Mediterranean waters during the period starting from tomorrow, June 21... more
AirportsZeppelin NT: a dirigible at the service of security
Paris, France - The French Sofema's solution for territorial security against crime and environmental disasters
French company Sofema firmly believes in the dirigible’s capabilities to warrant territorial security by several operational implementations. This trust was even expressed during the Le Bourget Air S... more
HelicoptersSri Lanka: law enforcement units seized helicopter components destined to Tamil Tigers
Colombo, Sri Lanka - A Police's and an Air Force's investigation have been started in the Asian country
Sri Lanka’s armed forces and Police would have intercepted two suspicious lorries bound for a not-clarified area where the Tamil Tigers movement is able to exert a certain influence. Such vehicles were c... more
Latest newsA-400M: first test for the military cargo's powerplant to occur in July
Turin, Italy - Preparatives go on while Avio accomplishes the production of part of its power unit
Works aimed to accomplish all the components destined to the TP-400 engine of the new EADS-Airbus A-400M tactical military airlifter go on regularly while waiting for the first test on the four-engine... more
HelicoptersNew Zealand: a new light helicopter for the transition to the NH-90 and the SH-2G
Wellington, New Zealand - Government is waiting for taking delivery of the first signs by the competent firms with concrete proposals on the new trainer aircraft
New Zealand armed forces need a new light helicopter for training and utility activities. Defence Ministry has not started an official tender yet, but has already requested the helicopter companies for... more
HelicoptersCalgary: helicopters rescued 50 flooded campers
Calgary, Alberta Province, Canada - Due to heavy rain, city's authorities called for a natural disaster condition
The city located in the South of the Canadian Province was affected by heavy rains during the last two weeks which caused rivers and torrents overflows, to an extent that the evacuation of thousands people... more
Press releaseMyAir.com: airports' valorization programme in the South
Milan, Italy - The carrier's maiden flight takes off tomorrow morning at 10
"The MyAir.com’s maiden flight will take off tomorrow morning at 10am. The routes are the following: Verona-Bari, Bari-Palermo, and Palermo-Verona. The President of the carrier, Carlo Bernini, announced p... more
Press releaseMyAir.com: airports' valorization programme in the South
Milan, Italy - The carrier's maiden flight takes off tomorrow morning at 10
"The MyAir.com’s maiden flight will take off tomorrow morning at 10am. The routes are the following: Verona-Bari, Bari-Palermo, and Palermo-Verona. The President of the carrier, Carlo Bernini, announced p... more
Science and technologyA black week-end for London's airports
London, UK - Particularly hit by the Heathrow hub's delays
English airports resumed regular work after hardships occurred last week-end (and which caused several delays) only this morning: violent storms affecting the Queen’s air stations together with failures f... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): strikes shelved on June 26 and July 7
Rome, Italy - In the meantime, the one scheduled on tomorrow and which should have involved airport services personnel has been cancelled
The Italian trade unions have decided to suspend the resort to strikes in the air transport sector scheduled on June 26 (Alitalia’s pilots) and July 7 (Italian National Air Traffic Management Authority’s and... more
DefenseMartino: "Multinational forces in Afghanistan maybe for additional ten years"
Rome, Italy - Italian Minister of Defence takes such a possibility into consideration as it has been already expressed by NATO's officers
Italian Defence Minister Antonio Martino commented recently on the presence of a multinational contingent and the Italian troops in the Afghan territory, underlining that the coalition forces are quite... more
AccidentsAirplane with Honduras President forced to an emergency landing
Grand Caiman, Caiman Islands - Honduras Chief of State was travelling together with his wife
Passengers got scared and two persons only emerged lightly wounded after the Captain of an American Airlines flight, carrying on board the President of Honduras, Ricardo Maduro with his wife, has been... more
Government actsQuestion Time: disabled persons and Italian air transport
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Giorgio Pasetto (Margherita)
Italian Deputy Hon. Pasetto asked Italian Minister of Infrastructures and Transport for making clear in which cases ENAC (Italian National Civil Aviation Authority) can act to make the airlines honour... more
AccidentsNorthwest Airlines flight forced to land due to hold's problems
Teheran, Iran - After repairs the plane continued its trip
An airplane by Northwest Airlines en route from Bombay to Amsterdam has had to resort to an emergency landing on the runway at Teheran "Mehrabad" Airport yesterday. The DC-10 aircraft was travelling 255... more
Government actsQuestion Time: SOGIN Spa board and role played for dismantling the Russian nuclear submarines
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Erminio Angelo Quartiani (DS)
Italian Deputy Hon. Quartiani asked various Italian ministries for explaining which kind of measures Italian Government intends to resort to in oder to avoid the presence of improper personnel in the board... more
MiscellaneousItalian aid worth USD 52,000 flew to Darfur
Nyala, Sudan - A special flight has been set up by Farnesina last Saturday
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs organized a special flight, which left Saturday, carrying humanitarian aid -supplied by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Directorate General for Development Cooperation, t... more
Weather forecasts"AirPower05" in Zeltweg: Austria’s big airshow takes off on 24 and 25 June
Zeltweg, Austria - Over 250,000 visitors are expected
"World-famous aerobatics teams, aircraft from the great eras of aviation, the incomparable ’Red Bull Air Race’ – on 24 and 25 June, ’AirPower05’ takes wing over Zeltweg. Over 250,000 visitors are expec... more
Sport aviationL'Aquila's Flying Club: Italian Glider Championship, standard class
L'Aquila, Italy - It will take place from June 25 to July 3 near the Parchi di Preturo Airport
"L’Aquila Flying Club has obtained the organization of the Italian Glider championship’s final, standard class. The event will take place near the Parchi di Preturo Airport, from June 25 to July 3 wit... more
AirlinesUnited Arlines to recoup a discriminated Arab passenger
Washington, USA - He was thrown out of a plane because the crew wasn't comfortable
Shortly after al Qaeda’s 9/11 attacks, an US citizens with Arab origin was the protagonist of a sad episode: he settled down on an United Airlines plane departing from the State of California for flying t... more
Latest newsOpen Skies: Russian recce airplane in flight over the United States
Moscow, Russia - A TU-154 to perform a mission flying for 4250 km over the American homeland taking images to be provided to Pentagon as well
A Russian Tupolev Tu-154 starts today monitoring part of US territory within the "Open Skies" agreements, which schedule overflights over sensitive areas in order to verify the observance of a series of... more
IndustryHAI: Eurofighter has a new partner
Athens, Greece - An agreement between the Greek company and EADS on the aircraft programme though the country is simply still thinking about it for its Air Force
A new important cooperation agreement has been recently signed between EADS and HAI (Hellenic Aerospace Industry) which furtherly favours the creation of industrial synergies in the aerospace and defence... more
Fair and showsContinental Airlines named Senior Vice President Human Resources and Labor Relations
Houston, Usa - He's Mike Bonds, 43 years old
Continental Airlines has named Mike Bonds senior vice president human resources and labor relations, replacing Michael H. Campbell who retired at the end of 2004. In this position, Bonds, 43, will be responsible... more
AccidentsMalaysia: copter with Shell's workers fell into the sea
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - No victim has been reported thanks to the life jackets
A helicopter Super Puma EC-225 with on board 11 workers for Shell and two crew members, crashed into the water of the South China Sea last Saturday. The 13 occupants survived and emerged with light injuries... more
CuriositiesUSA: a 14-year-old boy lifted a tourism plane
Washington, USA - He intended flying for a stroll only
A 14-year-old boy without fliyng experience, got into an unlocked Cessna tourism airplane left on the runway in a Fort Payne (Alabama) airport late in the evening and put at the controls for made a flight... more
IndustrySubsidies to aerospace industry: still hope for Euro-American dialogue
Brussels, Belgium - Despite the US appeal to the WTO is under way, the USA and EU prove willing to encourage the resume of negotiations
European Union and the United States would prove willing to carry on talks regarding subsidies to aerospace industry, despite the US appeal to the WTO (World Trade Organization) and the similar EU’s a... more
AccidentsCessna crash caused two victims in Switzerland
Basel, Switzerland - Pilot would have decided against landing while it was approaching the air station
A man and a woman, the pilot and his wife according to the local sources, were killed yesterday aboard their Cessna 172 RG left from Basel bound for Dittingen’s airfield. The tourism aircraft would b... more
IndustryDenel: possible partnerships or acquisitions by EADS, Eurocopter and SAAB
Pretoria, South Africa - The South African group could perform its restructuring in this manner
South African aerospace company Denel Board of Directors will assess a series of hypotheses to start a serious restructuring process, and then try to relaunch the group also considering its potentialities... more
Weather forecastsLe Bourget Air Show: Europe leads the aerospace sector worldwide growth
Paris, France - An amazing success for Airbus and Finmeccanica both at a commercial and promotional level
An absolute and partially unexpected media success as well as for the growth of the entire aerospace sector. This was the 46th edition of the Paris-Le Bourget International Air Show, which ended yesterday... more
AirlinesAlitalia: strikes about to affect the airline and Italian air transport
Rome, Italy - Carrier's pilots and flight assistants. ENAV's and airport operators' personnel as the protagonists of protests till July 18
Alitalia and the Italian air transport sector are about to face a series of strikes starting at the end of this month until the period following mid July. While the Italian trade unions ask the Italian... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Bombardier model DHC-8-400 series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct cross connection of the fire extinguisher bottles, which could result in failure of the fire bottles to discharge and consequent inability to extinguish a fire in the affected areas
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: June 17, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 116)] [Page 35172-35174] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more