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IndustryThales Alenia Space: Turkey’s Göktürk-1 satellite shipped to Ankara to environmental tests
Rome, Italy - The industry has built the satellite and has developed the integration and test center in Turkey
Thales Alenia Space, Telespazio and SSM, announced that the Göktürk-1 observation satellite for the Turkish Ministry of Defense has been shipped yesterday to Ankara AIT center to start environmental t... more
ReportPakistan: talibans claim MI-17 helicopter shooting down with ambassadors (2): the victims are 8 (VIDEO)
Islamabad, Pakistan - The premier Nawaz Sharif real target of the attack? But the authorities deny in favour of a technical failure
New elements added on the crash occurred this morning at an MIL MI-17 helicopter of the Pakistanian Army, crashed with 17 people on board (11 foreign and 6 Pakistani) in the Naltar valley, in Gilgit in... more
PeopleATR appoints new Head of Communications: Palmira Rotolo
Toulouse, France - She will be in charge of coordinating activities in the fields of events, brand image, and both internal and external communications
Palmira Rotolo has been appointed as new Head of Communications of world's leading turboprop manufacturer ATR. In her new position, she will be in charge of coordinating activities in the fields of Events,... more
AirportsAeroporti di Roma: Terminal 3 of Fiumicino airport reopend, after the fire of yesterday
Rome, Italy - Team of 300 employeers have worked all-night to make it in service in the early morning
The Terminal 3, interested by a fire of yesterday at the "Leonardo da Vinci" airport in Fiumicino, has been reopened in the early morning of today. Teams of 300 employeers of Aeroporti di Roma between... more
AccidentsMI-17 helicopter crashes in Pakistan: the Philippines and Norway ambassadors killed (VIDEO)
Islamabad, Pakistan - Also the wives of the emissaries of Malaysia and Indonesia dead. Currently six victims out of 17
Sorrow in the diplomatic offices following to the crash to a MIL MI-17 helicopter of the Pakistan Army with 17 people on board, happened this morning. According to the causes still unknown, the aircraft... more
AerospaceNASA. Progress fails dock ISS and crashes on the Earth: disintegrated at the reenter in the atmosphere
Houston, Usa - The pieces of the Russian cargo fell at 10:04pm EDT over the central Pacific Ocean
The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) reports the Progress 59 cargo craft reentered the Earth’s atmosphere at 10:04 pm EDT over the central Pacific Ocean. The spacecraft was not carrying any s... more
AirportsAirplanes and transport. Aci Europe: EU airports report strong Q1 passenger traffic results
Brussels, Belgium - Freight traffic across the European airport network fell by -0.4%
European airport trade body, ACI EUROPE today released its traffic report for March and Q1. The report is the only air transport report which includes all types of civil aviation passenger flights: full... more
AirlinesFire at Fiumicino (5). All Alitalia check-in operations will be carried out at Terminal 1
Rome, Italy - The carrier activated two internal task-forces in order to assist passengers departing or transiting at this airport
Due to the fact that Terminal 3 has been condemned for airport operations, Alitalia informs that the check-in operations for all domestic, international and intercontinental flights of the company will... more
AirlinesFire at Fiumicino airport (8). Alitalia: gradual restart of its flights
Rome, Italy - The first flight took off to Amsterdam
With the reopening of Rome-Fiumicino airport, Alitalia immediately restarted to gradually operate its flights. The first flight which took off was AZ 110 to Amsterdam. The carrier has also set up two... more
AirlinesFlames at Fiumicino airport (6). Air France will use a B-777 airplane to simplify arrival and departure of passengers
Rome, Italy - The take-off in the afternoon and after two hours the landing at "Leonardo da Vinci"
Air France will use a B-777 airplane to facilitate the arrival of passengers to Fiumicino and the departure of passengers who are at the Roman airport. The departure of the aircraft, with a total of... more
AirportsFlames at Fiumicino airport (7). Aeroporti di Roma: "Leonardo da Vinci" in service
Rome, Italy - Task-force of nearly 400 people
Aeroporti di Roma communicates that the flight operations at the "Leonardo da Vinci" airport in Fiumicino are restarting gradually. The first airplanes took off: a flight served by Delta Airlines to... more
IndustryAirplanes and transfers. Alenia Aermacchi, May 11: an eight hour strike for each work shift announced by FIOM union
Naples, Italy - A debate requested with Bagnato and Finmeccanica against the sale of the company branch to Atitech
It is necessary urgently to begin "An appropriate debate with the new CEO of Alenia Aermacchi, and with the Finmeccancia leadership to clarify the overall context of the strategies for the support and... more
IndustryFinmeccanica and Fincantieri will renew the Italian Navy's fleet
Rome, Italy - The first contracts for the construction of seven naval units have been signed with OCCAR
Fincantieri, one of the world’s largest shipbuilding groups and reference player in the naval shipbuilding industry, and Finmeccanica, Italy’s reference manufacturer in the high technology sector, wil... more
ReportAirplanes. Fire at Rome-Fiumicino Airport, under control after seven hours: delays and cancellations are also expected from other airports
Rome, Italy - Alitalia invites all passengers not to reach the airport until it will be reopened
A fire broke out at Terminal 3 of the Rome-Fiumicino airport. For the disposal of the Aviation Authorities, the Airport is closed to all departures until noon and it is opened only for the arrival of intercontinental... more
Press releaseItalian ENAC on fire at Fiumicino (2): the Authority invites passengers to not go to the Roman airport
Rome, Italy - The "Leonardo da Vinci" is closed from 8am to 12:00 italian time
"With reference to the fire of last night at the Terminal 3 of the Rome-Fiumicino airport, ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Authority) invites passengers to not arrive at the airport and to contact the reference... more
AirportsFire at Fiumicino airport (3). Aeroporti di Roma: first departing airplanes from noon
Rome, Italy - The restart will be gradual
The airport authorities operational round table meeting, held today at ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Authority) site, have decided to restart the first flights (and airplanes) departing from noon on the... more
AirlinesFire at Fiumicino (4). Alitalia: first flights after the reopening of Rome airport
Rome, Italy - The list of the links
Following the reopening of Rome-Fiumicino airport, Alitalia informs that the departure of flights will restart from 2 pm in compliance with the communication of the aeronautical authorities. In the m... more
IndustryAirbus: Avianca firms up order for 100 A-320neo Family aircraft
Toulouse, France - Following a MoU announcement in February
Following a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) announcement in February, Avianca has signed a purchase agreement for 100 A-320neo Family aircraft, the largest single order ever made in Latin America’s a... more
CargoIATA: air freight resumes modest growth trend
Geneva, Switzerland - A 1.6% rise in volumes in March
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets, showing a modest 1.6% rise in volumes in March compared to a year ago, measured in Freight Tonne Kilometers... more
AirlinesAirplanes and mergers. The Lufthansa's reorganisation declared the end of the Germanwings' brand
Cologne, Germany - The airline will flow into Eurowings, but rumours are about the reasons of the wipe of the slate clean on the brand
The impact of the aircraft crash of last March 24, 2015 -when an A-320 crashed on the mountains of the Haute Provence killing 150 people- has only poorly influenced the balance sheet of Germanwings, according... more
PeopleAirbus Group appoints digitalisation programme director
Toulouse, France - Frédéric Sutter, 48, with immediate effect
Airbus Group has appointed Frédéric Sutter, 48, as its Digitalisation Programme Director with immediate effect. In this newly created post, he will report directly to Chief Technical Officer Jean Botti, w... more
Civil aviationAircraft and transport. IATA: March passenger demand remains robust, buoyed by Lunar New Year
Geneva, Switzerland - The international and domestic markets
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for March 2015 showing demand (revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose 7.4% compared to March 2014. This... more
Civil aviationAirplanes. Strikes in Italy: tomorrow will be a difficult day for the air transport
Rome, Italy - It advises to inform about the flight status before arriving at airport
Tomorrow, on Thursday May 7, will be a difficult day for the users who want travel by airplane in Italy. The protests are in detail: - Filt-Cgil/Fit-CislL/Uilt-Uil/Ugl Trasporto aereo, staff of... more
AirlinesAir Transat launches the Summer season from Rome and Venice
Rome, Italy - The no-stop flights to Montreal and Toronto started
Air Transat, a Canadian airline, confirms all no-stop links to Canada from Rome-Fiumicino airport and "Marco Polo" in Venice, offering a total capacity from Italy of 94,686 seats. The carrier further... more
AirportsDubai International Airport: passenger traffic at DXB climbs 7.2 per cent in March 2015
Dubai, UAE - It experienced solid growth across all major markets
Dubai International experienced solid growth across all major markets in March 2015, lifting passenger traffic 7.2 per cent from the same month last year, according to the latest traffic report issued... more
PeopleATR appoints new Senior VP Commercial and Customer Support
Toulouse, France - The same industry named also a new Head of Quality
ATR announced the appointment of Tom Anderson as new Senior Vice President, Commercial and Customer Support. In his new role, he will be responsible for developing global growth strategies in ATR's... more
AirportsAirplanes. Pisa (Italy): the direct link to Riga (Latvia) takes off from June 13
Pisa, Italy - A weekly flight by Air Baltic on a B-737 from 114 seats
The Latvian flag carrier launches the new weekly connection between Tuscany and the Baltic countries. Air Baltic will fly once a week as of next June 13 from Pisa to Riga, by a B-737 airplane with 114... more
AirportsBusiness airplanes. Comiso Airport in Sicily (Italy): Province sends EU tender to routes encouragement
Ragusa, Italy - The airlines have time until July 3 to present their requests
The Ragusa Province closed the iter after that the Sicilian Region has activated the SANI1 system for the pre-notification of the tender to EU, a mandatory procedure, considered that the contribution to... more
ReportAirplanes and hardships. Europe in a chaos: strike by Tap Portugal's pilots grounded passengers
Rome, Italy - Ten days of union protest and thousands cancelled flights until now block the airports
Despite the efforts by Tap Portugal to alleviate effects of the heavy strike announced by the pilots' union from May 1st to 10, the airline seems incapable in front of the numerous hardships occurring... more
SecurityAirplanes and transport. IATA-EASA: move to reduce risk of loss of control accidents
Geneva, Switzerland - Both authorities announced the publication of new training requirements for airline pilots
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the publication of new training requirements for airline pilots to prevent loss of control situations. The... more
AirlinesBoeing and Air Tahiti Nui finalize order for two 787/9 Dreamliner airplanes
Tahiti, French Polynesia - The new aircraft key in airline's growth
Boeing and Air Tahiti Nui have finalized an order for two 787/9 Dreamliner airplanes, valued at $514 million at current list prices. The flag carrier for French Polynesia, a new 787 customer, has also... more
AirportsDubai-Al Maktoum Airport: passenger terminal to be expanded to accommodate 26 million passengers by 2017
Dubai, UAE - The project is a precursor to the $32bn expansion project announced last September
Dubai Airports today confirmed that construction is expected to begin later this year on the expansion of "Al Maktoum International" at Dubai World Central’s (DWC’s) existing passenger terminal which wil... more
IndustryAirbus Foundation and Humedica coordinate relief flight to Nepal with an A-320 aircraft
Hamburg, Germany - Eight medics, more than 5 tonnes of relief goods and medical equipment sent
The Airbus Foundation, the German Non-Governmental Organisation humedica e.V., and Nepal Airlines have used the delivery flight of a Nepal Airlines A-320 airplane from Hamburg to Kathmandu to transport... more
MiscellaneousAVIONEWS: new telephone number of the editorial office
Rome, Italy - All the email addresses remain unchanged
AVIONEWS communicates to everybody that the telephone number of the editorial office has changed. The new one of our Agency is: 0039-06-87860151, from 9am to 6pm (GMT). We apologize with those who... more
AirlinesAirplanes and finance. Royal Jordanian: capital increase approved in three phases to compensate for losses
Amman, Jordan - During the ordinary and extraordinary general meeting
The Royal Jordanian airline has approved an increase of its own capital of 200 million dinars (290 million dollars) to attempt to avoid bankruptcy, according to announced in a press-release by the same... more
AirlinesAirplanes. Alitalia returns to China and announces the new Milan-Shanghai route
Milan, Italy - Milan-Malpensa/Tokyo flight frequencies increased
The Chairman of Alitalia, Luca di Montezemolo, and the Chief Executive Officer, Silvano Cassano, today introduced the new intercontinental non-stop service Milano-Malpensa/Shanghai, which marks the return... more
Science and technologyAirbus Group to build E-Fan electric aircraft assembly line in Pau
Bordeaux, France - To invest € 20 million in the E-Fan 2.0 project, in addition to efforts of its partners
Airbus Group has agreed with the Aquitaine region to build the Final Assembly Line (FAL) for the E-Fan 2.0 all-electric aircraft in Pau, southwest France. The decision was announced by Airbus Group Chief... more
Military aviationDassault accomplishes sale of 24 Rafale fighter aircraft to Qatar (VIDEO)
Doha, Qatar - The agreement signed today in front of the Emir and the French President Hollande
Dassault Aviation had announced last Thursday the conclusion of the negotiations with Qatar Emirate for the purchase of 24 units of the Rafale fighter airplanes destined to the fleet of the Emirate Air... more
ReportAgitated man announced bomb onboard: Air Arabia's airplane landed in emergency
Dubai, UAE - The aircraft landed on a military base; he arrested by the authorities
The passenger-airplane took off yesterday evening from Kuwait was close to the destination airport in Sharjab, UA, when an agitated man announced a bomb to burst. Panic on board, the captain of the... more
Fair and shows"IDEF 2015", the event will take place from May 5-8
Ankara, Turkey - The "International Defence Industry Fair" has been held once in every odd year since 1993
"IDEF'15", 12th International Defence Industry Fair will take place between May 5-8, 2015 in Istanbul. The International Defence Industry Fair has been held once in every odd year since 1993. It is... more
AirlinesDelta increases flights from Italy to USA: seasonal links from Rome, Milan, Venice and Pisa to the hub in NY, Atlanta and Detroit
Rome, Italy - For the next Summer season, between May and June
Delta Air Lines further increases its own offer to the passengers who will fly from Italy to USA next Summer. The US carrier will restart from May and June 2015 to operate numerous seasonal connections... more
MiscellaneousAVIONEWS wishes a Happy Labor day to everybody
Rome, Italy - The agency will open next Monday, May 4, after the long week-end
AVIONEWS communicates to its subscribers, reporters, readers and fans of social network that will be closed tomorrow, on Friday May 1, in the occasion of the Labor day. The diffusion of the news will... more
ReportAirplanes. List of strikes in Italy in May
Rome, Italy - Also other sectors interested
The list of the strikes fixed in May in Italy: 7/5: - Filt-Cgil/Fit-CislL/Uilt-Uil/Ugl Trasporto aereo, staff of the Bologna airport (SAB and Marconi Handling, Aviation Services, Aviapartner), from... more
AirlinesEmirates cabin crew now 20,000 strong
Dubai, UAE - Its cabin crew is a group that comprises over 135 nationalities and speak over 55 languages
This month, Emirates celebrates a milestone in its employee history, with its cabin crew team now crossing 20,000 staff. Its cabin crew is a group that comprises over 135 nationalities and speak over... more
IndustryAirbus awards TAI with production of A-320 aircraft family’ section 19 panels
Ankara, Turkey - Further reinforcing the cooperation between the two companies
Airbus and TAI signed yesterday another work package deal in their ever growing relationship. The contract was signed Airbus and TAI Executives. Their relationship dates back from nearly 20 years with... more
Fair and showsMilitary-Technical Forum "Army-2015": airplanes, helicopters, UAV on display in Moscow
Moscow, Russia - From June 16-19
Next June (16-19) at the "Patriot" Park, site of the cultural and recreational activities of the Russian Armed Forces (Kubinka township, oblast of Moscow), the Ministry of Defence will host the internationl... more
Finance and economyAirplanes and helicopters. Airbus Group reports robust first quarter 2015 results ("Specials" by AVIONEWS)
Amsterdam, Holland - Airbus received 101 net commercial aircraft orders and AHelicopters 86 orders
Airbus Group reports robust first quarter 2015 results: The highlights are: · Solid operational performance supports EPS and cash flow, further enhanced by divestments · Revenues € 12.1 billion, EBI... more
AirlinesUnited Airlines customers and employees support Nepal with a USD 1 million in one day
Chicago, USA - Surpassed $100,000 in donations within the first 100 minutes of campaign
United Airlines announced that in just one day, customers and employees have generously donated more than $1 million to the airline's disaster relief partners the American Red Cross, AmeriCares, Airlink... more
CargoLufthansa delays the construction of the new cargo centre at least two years
Frankfurt, Germany - Five modern B-777 freighter aircraft already fly for the cargo airline
Lufthansa will be delaying the planned investment by its cargo airline in the new cargo centre (“LCCneo”) at Frankfurter Airport by at least two years. The supervisory board of the Deutsche Lufthansa AG... more
Finance and economyLufthansa (2) welcomes shareholders to general meeting: Chairman of the Executive Board confirms further development of the Group
Milan, Italy - Prioritisation of investment projects
To open the 62nd ordinary general meeting of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Supervisory Board Chairman, Wolfgang Mayrhuber, and Chairman of the Executive Board, Carsten Spohr, paid tribute to the Germanwings aircraft... more