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ReportProtests on a British Airways' airplane
London, United Kingdom - "Exclusive" place for Gordon Brown
Although to give him a seat in business class have been trying to move in economy a woman seven months pregnant, her husband and a doctor of the Red Cross. Officially it was an over-booking that would... more
OccurrencesQantas plane forced to reverse: smoke in cabin
Sydney , Australia - Too many problems for Australian vector
Australian airline Qantas stated in the day of Saturday that the pilot of a Boeing 737 departed from Adelaide, Australia, carrying 124 passengers on board, was forced to reverse course after the smoke... more
Military aviationDecimomannu: arrived the fighter planes of the United Arab Emirates
Decimomannu , Italy - The base now hosts 22 jet for the mission in Libya
Twelve fighter aircraft of the United Arab Emirates arrived last night in the base of Decimomannu in Sardinia, preceded by an UN A-330/200 aircraft, landed at the "Mario Mameli" of Cagliari, which carried... more
HelicoptersVector Aerospace Helicopter Service North America has received STC by FAA
Langley, USA - For ICDS and AHRS for S-61L and S-61N helicopters
Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services North America has recently announced it has received by FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, STC, Supplemental Type Certificate for the installation of IFR, Instrument... more
Military aviation88th anniversary of AMI, Italian Air Force
Rome, Italy - Giuseppe Bernardis laid a wreath at the Sacello del Milite Ignoto in Rome
Today it is the 88th anniversary of AMI, Italian Air Force. It was created on March 28, 1923, by Royal Decree number 645, under the name "Regia Aeronautica" (royal air force) that, as AMI explains in a... more
Civil aviationNew technologies for airports by 2020
Washington , USA - Report by Amadeus: no more hassles at the airport
A new report coming from Amadeus identified new technologies through which with GDS (Global Distribution System) and the technology suppliers would solve most of the problems facing airports. According... more
AirlinesDarwin Airlines announces a new network
Lugano, Switzerland - Positive results and a strong growth
Darwin Airline, one of the most important Switzerland regional airline working operating in the Alpine and sub-alpine area, has strengthened its leadership and economic results passing from a 11.8 million... more
AerospaceCompleted payload integration for second 2011 Ariane 5 launch
Cayenne, French Guyana - That will be held next week
Go on the preparation for second Ariane 5 launch of the year, scheduled for next week. Also the second payload, Yahsat Y1A satellite, after 'Intelsat New Dawn, has been integrated on Arianespace launcher. The... more
AirportsItalian Minister, La Russa: we will gradually reopen the airport of Trapani
Trapani, Italy - Sit-in and demonstrations at Birgi
"From Monday even if only partially and very slowly, it will open the military airport of Trapani also to civilian flights", announced the Italian Minister of Defence, Ignazio La Russa, after days marked... more
ReportTouched tragedy at the Washington Airport (2): controller suspended
Washington , USA - The authorities now investigating on shifts often exhausting
It was suspended the controller who has confessed to the National Transportation Safety Board, Ntsb, to fall asleep Wednesday morning while two passenger planes were landing. (AVIONEWS) The controller,... more
AirlinesBritish Airways suspends flights from London to Tripoli
Tripoli, Libya - With immediate effect and until October 29, 2011
British Airways has just announced the suspension of its flights from London, UK's capital, to Tripoli, the capital of Libya, due the tragic situation persisting in the Country. The interruption of... more
ReportGermany: ok of the parliament to sending 300 soldiers in the AWACS missions in Afghanistan
Berlin, Germany - The intervention will serve to lighten the burdens of the allies involved in Libya
The "Bundestag" (German parliament) has today approved the sending of 300 men to be used for the operation of the AWACS (Airborne Warning And Control System), spy planes of the NATO that monitor the air... more
ReportFukushima: alert rises to level 6
Fukushima, Japan - Naoto Kan: unexpected situation
The Japanese Agency for Nuclear Safety and Industry admits that the situation is perhaps more serious than we thought: the high radioactive level of the reactor 3 of the plant suggests damage to the tank,... more
ReportEgypt, Tunisia, Morocco: anti-government riot signs (2)
El Cairo, Egypt - In Africa also
Here continues our discussion about the anti-government riots spreading in many Arab Countries in the Middle East (see AVIONEWS) and in Africa. Libya, in these days in the fore front, it's just one... more
AirlinesThe staff of the airline British Airways toward a new strike
London, United Kingdom - The company is ready to implement an emergency plan to avoid disruptions
Already since April 4 there could be new strikes among the staff of the air carrier British Airways (BA), in fact, more than 9,800 employees were called to vote to support the agitation against a series... more
ReportLibya, Jordan, Bahrain, Syria, Yemen: anti-government riot signs (1)
Tripoli, Libya - This only in the Arab world. Concerns of the European Council
It 's currently very wide the map of the Arab Nations inflamed with riots and protests. In addition to Libya, in recent days come to the fore all over the world due to the harsh repression made by... more
IndustryBoeing Defense Australia receives contract from Commonwealth
Brisbane, Australia - For support services for Modernised Communications System used by ADF
Boeing Defense Australia has been awarded a SSC, Support Services Contract, by the Commonwealth of Australia for MHFCS, Modernised High Frequency Communications System. The deal, worth 15.5 million... more
CuriositiesA Tu-154 aircraft used as a tourist attraction is back to fly
Moscow, Russia - It had attracted an unprecedented numbers of tourists
A Soviet Tu-154 plane that in September of last year made ??an emergency landing without sustaining casualties in the Russian taiga, is back to fly. The aircraft that was left for six months in a tourist... more
AirportsGESAP, management company of the Italian "Falcone-Borsellino" airport of Palermo, states it is satisfied
Palermo, Italy - Good the response of the air station to the sudden flight increase following Trapani-Birgi's closure
The Italian airport of Palermo is responding the best it can to the sudden flight increase due to the closure, established by the Air Force, of Trapani-Birgi's air station and to the consequent re-routing... more
Press releaseEADS confirms exclusive agreement
Leiden, Holland - EADS and Vector Aerospace Corporation together
In light of recent statements in the press, EADS (EUR:EAD) confirms that it has entered into an exclusivity agreement with Vector Aerospace Corporation (TSX:RNO). Any transaction is subject to the finalization... more
AirlinesRyanair extends Trapani flights switch to Palermo
Milan, Italy - Until March 31
Ryanair advised today that it has extended the duration of its Trapani flights switch to/from Palermo Airport until at least Thursday 31st March (inclusive) as Trapani Airport remains closed due to the... more
DefenseRussia's Angara launcher tests not later than 2013
Moscow, Russia - It was unveiled by a spokesman for Russian Space Forces
According to reports from Russian space agency "RIA Novosti", Alexei Zolotukhin, a spokesman for the Russian Space Forces, would have stated that the launch tests of next-generation Angara rockets will... more
Fair and shows"ILA 2012" dates rescheduled for September (11-16)
Berlin, Germany - Three months later than originally planned
The next "ILA" will take place from 11 to 16 September 2012, three months later than originally planned. This decision was taken at yesterday’s session of the presidium of the German Aerospace Industries A... more
ReportEarthquake in Myanmar
Tachileik, Myanmar - 75 confirmed victims
The victims of the earthquake of magnitude 6.8 occurred yesterday in the border area between Myanmar, Thailand and Laos at moment would be 75, but their number is surely destined to rise because they have... more
DefenseRussia and NATO want to resume joint missile defense drills
Moscow, Russia - At the beginning of 2012, after a four year interruption
Robert Pszczel, the new Head of the NATO information office, during an online conference organized by "RIA Novosti", would have stated that Russia and NATO are going to resume missile defense exercise... more
AirlinesUnited announces non-stop service between San Francisco and Guadalajara, Mexico
Chicago, Usa - It will be operated with a B-737/800 aircraft
United Continental Holdings, Inc. announced daily nonstop service between San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and Guadalajara, Mexico (GDL), beginning June 9, 2011, subject to Mexican government... more
OccurrencesTouched tragedy at "Ronald Reagan" Washington National Airport
Washington, USA - Two planes land themselves, because the controller was sleeping
Scandal at "Ronald Reagan" Washington National Airport: on Wednesday early morning in fact the air traffic is been suspended from Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, due to the landed of two passengers... more
OccurrencesHelicopters in the rescue of people remain blocked on the cableway that connects Aosta to Pila
Aosta, Italy - The engine damaged after a power surge
Two helicopters of civil Defense, with teams of firefighters were involved in Aosta to evacuate 30 people became stuck on the cableway that connects the city with the ski resort of Pila, in Valle d'Aosta... more
Press releaseItalian ANSV and the task force of the Foreign Ministry signed a MoU
Rome, Italy - To ensure an enhanced protection of Italian citizens on the case of plane crashes abroad
The Minister Plenipotentiary, Fabrizio Romano, head of the task-force of the Italian Foreign Affairs (MAE) and extraordinary commissioner of the ANSV (Italian Air Safety Board), Prof. Bruno Franchi, have... more
ReportLibya: ok to the NATO command on the "No-fly zone"
Brussels , Belgium - Secretary- general of NATO speaks on the question
"There will be a command of NATO presiding over operations in Libya", said secretary-general of NATO, Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Thursday March 24th, after the Atlantic council happened in Brussels said... more
Military aviationThe Deputy Commander of NATO Rapid Deployable Corps met VEGA's crews
Rimini, Italy - Official visit at the Italian Rimini's airport of General Beckett
The Deputy Commander of NATO Rapid Deployable Corps, British Army's General Thomas Beckett, accompanied by the Chief of Staff of the same command General Leonardo Di Marco, yesterday morning visited the... more
ReportUnited Arab Emirates, 12 aircraft for Libyan mission
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - They should be 6 Mirages and as many F-16s
The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton welcomed yesterday the decision of the UAE, United Arab Emirates, to take part into the Libyan mission, taking place as an implementation of the UN Security Council... more
Civil aviationIATA: APD freeze is good news for Britain
Geneva, Switzerland - But UK passengers still highest taxed in the world
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer's decision not to increase the Air Passenger Duty (APD), announced in his Budget Statement yesterday. IATA... more
Latest newsTrapani airport: Airgest register 300.000 euro of damage
Trapani, Italy - Who will refund the loss?
On the sidelines of his meeting with the Eanc,Civil Aviation Authority, AVIONEWS interviewed dell'Airgest direction, the management company of Trapani,which told us a few figures as the loss of € 70.000 p... more
Press releaseItalian ENAC. Unchanged the restriction measures about liquids on the airplanes
Rome, Italy - Also in view of the coming into force of the 2010's EU regulation number 297
ENAC, Italian Civil Aviation Board, has announced that as national civil aviation safety authority (as established by the Ministerial Decree of July 21, 2009), intends to keep unchanged the more restrictive... more
AirlinesGermanwings: three new routes in Puglia, Italy
Milan, Italy - From Bari to Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgart and Hanover
With Germanwings, Germany is closer: starting from 27 March 2011, the German low-cost will launch three new air connections from Bari's airport to Cologne/Bonn and Stuttgart, operational four times a week... more
Science and technologyBoeing and EPFL join forces to lower sustainability certification costs
Seattle, Usa - More than 10 projects are currently in development
Boeing and the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) announced the creation of the Sustainable Biomass Consortium, a research initiative focused on increasing collaboration between voluntary... more
Press releaseAirbus Military A-400/M completes low-speed take-off tests
Madrid, Spagin - To determine minimum unstick speed or Vmu.
"The Airbus Military A-400/M has completed a challenging series of tests to determine the lowest speed at which it can take-off – known as minimum unstick speed or Vmu. During the tests, performed at I... more
Civil aviationAircraft owners sued Porsche
Orlando, USA - Layed for fraud and negligence
Several corporations and some aircraft owners decided to sue German car manufacturer Porsche and its American subsidiaries, which manufactured and distributed aircraft engines used in Mooney airplanes,... more
AirlinesThe carrier Aeroflot has sold Nordavia for 7 million dollars
Moscow, Russia - The buyer is the Norilsk Nickel
The newspaper "Kommersant" stated that the carrier Aeroflot has sold its subsidiary Nordavia for 7 million dollars. The value of the Russian company, which is of about 207 million dollars, was reduced... more
Latest newsStrong quake in the border area between Myanmar, Thailand and Laos
Naypyidaw , Myanmar - The area is sparsely populated
A strong quake was felt in eastern Myanmar (Burma), in the area near the border with Thailand and Laos. As declared from the US Geological Survey its intensity the magnitude was 6.8. The earthquake... more
ReportConfindustria Trapani's President: closure of the airport to civil air traffic can cause its public image to be damaged
Trapani, Italy - It should be "Transferred to the Government the urgency and the impossibility to postpone the re-opening" of the air station
The President of Confindustria Trapani Davide Durante invited to "Assess the damages", especially related to the public image, that the airport of Trapani-Birgi is experiencing in these days due to the... more
IndustryCAE, CND 100 million contracts for upgrading of airplanes and helicopters
Montreal, Canada - Some of which with the US Navy and with the government departments, plus subcontracts with Lockheed Martin
Canada's CAE Inc., one of the most important company "In providing simulation and modelling technologies and integrated training solutions for the civil aviation industry and defence forces" has announced... more
ReportMisurata: took the port by the forces of Gaddafi
Misurata , Libya - Foreigners locked while they were evacuated
Loyal forces to the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi took control of the port of Misurata, the only Libyan city west country still in the end of the rebels. News are slow to arrive because the city, despite... more
Civil aviation52 United Airlines 777 airplanes modified with Performance Improvement Package
Seattle, USA - For a greater fuel efficiency and lower emissions
A few days ago, Boeing and United Continental Holdings, Inc, announced that the 777's fleet of United Airlines (Continental Holding's subsidiary), comprising 52 aircraft, will be modified with a Performance... more
Press releaseItalian ENAC about closure of the Trapani-Birgi's airport to civil air traffic
Rome, Italy - Riggio and Quaranta meet Province's President and Airgest's management
Vito Riggio, President of ENAC, Italian civil aviation board, and General-Director Alessio Quaranta received this morning the President of Trapani's Province, Girolamo Turano, and the CEO of Airgest, management... more
CuriositiesCrew members of Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft raise flags of their Nations
Astana, Kazakhstan - At Baikonur's cosmodrome
According to today's reports by Roscosmos, Russian Federal Space Agency, the crew members of the shuttle Soyuz TMA-21, following a tradition, have raised the flags of their Nations at the Baikonur Cosmodrome... more
ReportLibyan plane shot down in the "No-fly zone"of measures?
Tripoli, Libya - French doesn't confirm the news
"We don't comment on ongoing operations" is what said Colonel Thierry Burkhard, on the news that is circulating in these minutes, on a Libyan fighter aircraft, while flying over Misurata was struck down... more
AirportsAutogrill plans to open 120 new Starbucks locations in North America
Milan, Italy - Exclusive agreement in US airports and highways renewed for 10 years
Autogrill Group, through its American subsidiary HMSHost, and Starbucks Corporation (Nasdaq: SBUX) extended their relationship to open and operate Starbucks locations in travel channels where Autogrill... more
Military aviationUS Air Force, contract for 18 KC-46 tanker aircraft
Washington, USA - Worth 3.5 billion dollars
Boeing has announced it has received a 3.5 billion fixed price contract from USAF, US Air Force, for the design, production and delivery of 18 next generation tanker aircraft, to be carried out by 2017. This... more