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DefenseTested the medium-range version of the Indian ballistic missile Agni-I
New Delhi, India - Succesfully
According to reports from the Indian ministry of defence's spokesman Sitanshu Kar, on Thursday, November 25, 2010, at 10:20 am, the Indian Army tested an updated, medium-haul, version of the Agni-I surface-to-surface... more
Civil aviationAir transport. Alitalia: on December 17th another 24-hour-strike
Rome, Italy - Called by Filt Cgil, Ipa and Avia
"Another 24-hour strike of pilots and flight assistants of the Alitalia-Cai (Italian airline) Group has been called, for Friday 17 December, by the professional associations Ipa and Avia. It was unveiled... more
AerospaceCome back to Earth Soyuz TMA-19 spaceflight
Arkalyk, Kazakhstan - After more than five months in space
Soyuz TMA-19 is safely landed on Earth, after more than five months in space. The Russian manned spaceflight, carrying Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and the astronauts Douglas Wheelock and Shannon Walker... more
Weather forecastsBad weather in Italy: snow on the North
Rome, Italy - And rains on the central-southern regions
A wide depression perturbation, as announced in the last days, is present on the Italian Peninsula, will continue to create a phase of bad weather on the Country, bringing cold air and fickleness flows... more
OccurrencesEngland, Boeing airplane skids off the runway while landing
Newcastle, England - No one injured among the 189 passengers
Last evening, a Boeing 737/800 plane belonging to the charter airline Thomsonfly, registration number G-FDZR, skidded off the runway while landing at the airport of Newcastle, England. The aircraft, arrived... more
AirportsAtlantic City airport might be sold or leased to increase air traffic
Atlantic City, USA - There is a bill of the Senate president Steve Sweeney
A fully utilized commercial airport in Atlantic City could taxi tourists directly to the gaming city while generating hundreds of millions in badly needed cash to prop up the troubled casino industry,... more
AirportsMenorca airport simulates an emergency situation
Menorca, Spain - With the participation of the staff of AENA
The management of Menorca airport organized a simulation of an emergency situation this morning. The test was based on the global block of passengers information network of the baggage claim area. The... more
AirlinesEmirates foresees delay in the delivery of the A-350 airplanes ordered
Paris, France - The airline ordered 70 models, and the President expects to start receiving them within a year
Yesterday Tim Clark, president of Emirates airline, on the occasion of a press-conference held in Paris, said he thinks that A-350 airplanes will face a few delays. Airbus, Clark explains, has been having... more
IndustryJetairfly receives B-737 NG plane with new Sky Interior (Video)
Seattle, Usa - First European-based airline to receive the new, passenger-inspired interior
Boeing and Brussels-based Jetairfly yesterday celebrated the delivery of the airline's first Next-Generation 737-800 with the new Sky Interior. Jetairfly, part of TUI Travel PLC, the largest tourism group... more
ReportAn Israeli man with a machine gun's magazine with unexploded bullets stopped at Rome-Fiumicino airport
Rome, Italy - It's the second terrorism alert in few hours in Rome
After the episode of the American man detained in the Rome-Fiumicino airport while trying to board on a plane direct to Washington, USA, with a knife in one of his shoes (see AVIONEWS), another terrorist... more
IndustryRR announces new engine agreements for Emirates airplanes
Rome, Italy - For a worth of USD 1.2 billion
Rolls-Royce (RR), the global power systems company, has concluded new agreements to provide engine services for 50 of Emirates’ existing fleet of 152 wide-bodied aircraft. RR will provide TotalCare l... more
Civil defenseSelection for the management of 19 airplanes of the Italian civil defense's department
Rome, Italy - The service will last one year
"We publish the notice for the entrusting of the operational, technical and maintenance management of the fire-fighting air fleet of the Italian civil Defense's department. The fleet is formed by 19 Canadair... more
AccidentsSiberia, Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes
Moscow, Russia - The death toll is 7; 3 survived
A Mil Mi-8 helicopter with ten people on board crashed today at 12:35 local time, in the Omsk Region, in the southwestern Siberia, Russia. According to the latest death toll, seven people died and three... more
AirlinesDarwin Airline buys the Flybaboo's activities
Lugano, Switzerland - And aims to strengthen itself as a regional airline
Darwin Airline SA ("Darwin") and Flybaboo SA ("Baboo"), the two Swiss regional airlines, announced they have reached an agreement under which Darwin will resume the routes currently operated by Baboo,... more
Civil aviationIATA: passenger demand strengthens
Geneva, Switzerland - Freight at a turning point?
The International Air Transport Association announced international traffic results for October showing a 10.1% year-on-year increase in passenger demand and a 14.4% year-on-year increase for international... more
AirlineseasyJet launches Liverpool to Gibraltar route
Milan, Italy - And another one from Manchester to Palma
easyJet, the UK airline, has today launched a brand new route to Gibraltar from Liverpool "John Lennon Airport". The low-fares airline is now offering a three-times-weekly service from Liverpool to... more
Press releaseBoeing Initiates Changes to 787 Power Panel, Updates to Software
Seattle, USA - Following the occurrence in Texas
"Boeing is developing minor design changes to power distribution panels on the 787 and updates to the systems software that manages and protects power distribution on the airplane. These changes come as... more
AccidentsCargo airplane of the Mexican Air Force crashes
Monterrey, Mexico - All dead the five people on board
The Department of Defense of Mexico has announced that yesterday, at 2:36 pm, a Russian twin-engine cargo airplane, Antonov 32B model, belonging to 301 Squadron of the Fuerza Aérea Mexicana (Mexican Air... more
ReportTerrorism alert at Rome-Fiumicino airport
Rome, Italy - Stopped a man with a knife in one of his shoes, whom should have embarked on an airplane to the US
Yesterday at the airport of Rome-Fiumicino was stopped an American man, Peter S., whom was going to embark on a United Airlines' plane to Washington, United States, with a knife between the sole and heel... more
IndustryVirgin Blue equips its Boeing airplanes with Rockwell Collins systems
Brisbane, Australia - For communication, navigation and surveillance
Virgin Blue Airlines has decided to equip its new Boeing 737 NG airplanes with a full suite of communication, navigation and surveillance system developed by Rockwell Collins, consisting of an “Avionics p... more
HelicoptersRheinmetall and Sikorsky, naval multi-role helicopter CH-148 for the German Navy
Berlin, Germany - To compete in the tender called by the German Navy to replace its Sea Kings
Rheinmetall and Sikorsky have joined their forces to produce new multi-role naval helicopters to take part in the tender called by the German Navy for the purchase of thirty new aircraft to replace as... more
PeopleFinmeccanica statement
Rome, Italy - Eventual resignations of Guarguaglini are devoid of any foundation
"With reference to the news published today, Finmeccanica declares that every rumor about eventual resignations of Pier Francesco Guarguaglini as Chairman and CEO of Finmeccanica are devoid of any... more
Civil aviationBoeing investigates on the in-flight electrical fire on its 787
Seattle, USA - A source assumes that is due to a "Foreign object" left behind by a mechanic
Boeing investigators are looking into a theory the in-flight electrical fire two weeks ago that has grounded the 787 Dreamliner test fleet may have been caused by material a worker inadvertently left inside... more
AirportsFrom June 15, Milan-Malpensa and Beijing will be connected by a direct flight
Milan, Italy - It will be operated by Air China
Milan-Malpensa airport will be connected with Shanghai by a direct flight starting from June 15. The service will be operated by Air China 3 times a week, Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. The carrier... more
IndustrySaab receives FMV Gripen aircraft order for Thailand
Linkoping, Sweden - The order is worth approximately 2,2 billion SEK
Defence and security company Saab has received an order from FMV (Swedish Defence Material Administration) for six Gripen aircraft intended for the Royal Thai Air Force. The order is worth approximately... more
ReportKorean crisis: starting on Sunday the USA/South Korea military exercises with airplanes and boats
Washington, USA - "George Washington" aircraft carrier toward the Yellow Sea
During a telephone conversation, US President Barack Obama and the South-Korean President Lee Myung-Backs have established that, starting from Sunday, November 28, 2010, the two Countries will join in... more
AirportsVirgin and American Airlines will occupy the new Terminal 2 at San Francisco airport
San Francisco, USA - It will open in mid 2011
Virgin is bringing its fresh take on all thing aeronautical to San Francisco Airport with the opening of the SFO's new Terminal 2 (T2). It will serve as a hub for Virgin America (which is headquartered... more
IndustryBoeing proposes partnership with EMBRAER for the production of F/A-18 Super Hornet airplanes
Seattle, USA - To make compete in the bid for 36 fighter jets called by Brazilian Air Force
The newspaper "Valor Econômico" on Monday reported that Boeing, through its chairman for Israel, Europe and America, Joseph T. McAndrew, had revealed it had proposed to EMBRAER, Empresa Brasileira de... more
CuriositiesFirst flight F-27 airplane today 55 years ago
Nieuw Vennep, The Netherlands - The model was delivered in 1958 to Aer Lingus
Today 55 years ago on November 24th 1955, the first prototype of the F-27 plane with registration PH-NIV made its maiden flight. A few years later, in November 1958 the first production model, the... more
AirlinesTransavia.com announces the opening of new Milan-Malpensa/Rotterdam route
Milan, Italy - And the hours for the Summer season 2011
The airline announces the opening, for next Summer, of a new route connecting Milan-Malpensa to the airport of Amsterdam-Rotterdam with a frequency of four flights per week (on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday... more
AerospaceFriday's landing of Soyuz TMA-19 controlled by 14 helicopters and 4 airplanes
Arkalyk, Kazakhstan - And 7 search and rescue vehicles
On Friday, November 26, will return to Earth the manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-19, launched in June from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying the American Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock, the mission's... more
IndustrySSJ-100 airplane, SN95004, has successfully passed HIRF testing in Italy
Turin, Italy - Those regarding the High Intensity Radiated Field Tests
The Sukhoi Superjet 100 airplane, SN 95004, has successfully completed HIRF testing program in Italy. Tests were accomplished in Turin-Caselle airport, at the Alenia Aeronautica facilities. The preliminary... more
Civil aviationItaly, air transport: Matteoli delays Friday's strike
Rome, Italy - Flights will be regular
"With his own decree, the Italian minister of infrastructures and transports Altero Matteoli, implementing the article number 8 of the 146/90 law and further modifications, has delayed the strike called... more
AirlinesRyanair again calls for removal of "Right to strike" for essential Atc services
Milan, Italy - The strike action more disruptive than ash crisis
Ryanair, European airline, once again called for the EU Commission to remove the ‘Right to strike’ from essential services such as ATC after it was forced to cancel another 60 flights due to a 24 hour str... more
ReportToday chaos for air routes to and from Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal - Due to general strike against the austerity measures
Today inconveniences are expected for travelers departing from or returning to Portugal. A general strike organized jointly by the Country's two largest labor unions, UGT and CGTP, against the austerity... more
CuriositiesSeattle airport: woman strips to underwear to protest against the body scanners
Seattle, USA - She makes a video and put in on her blog
A US blogger has stripped to underwear at Seattle airport to protest against the body scanners and the "Deep" pat downs which are being in use as alternative to these scanners in American airports. The... more
AerospaceUSA launch the biggest-ever spy satellite
Cape Canaveral, USA - It will be used to listen the communications of potential enemies
From Sunday night, the Americans have the greatest spy satellite ever put into orbit, which the press has defined as "A reconnaissance engine that will be used to listen to the communications of potential... more
HelicoptersBell Helicopter signs contract with Chevron for two helicopters
San Ramon, Usa - Model "429"
Yesterday, Bell Helicopter announced that it has signed a contract with Chevron, one of the leading companies in the integrated energy sector, working in the field of crude oil and natural gas, based in... more
ReportUS Congress doesn't object to the sale of weapons, helicopters and airplanes also, to Saudi Arabia
Washington, USA - It's the biggest contract of this kind signed by America ever
Green light to the more than 60 billion dollar contract for the sale of armaments by the United States to Saudi Arabia: it's ended on November 20th, the period of 30 days in which the US Congress could... more
DefenseRussia leading provider of armaments, helicopters and engines for China's airplanes
Moscow, Russia - A volume of business of 1,3 billion dollars only in the next three years, according to the director of "Global Trade Analysis"
According to Igor Korotchenko, director of "Global Trade Analysis" (Russian Centre for the analysis of the armaments' global trade), Russia is currently the leading supplier in China, developing a business... more
Military aviationFlight tests of the fighter aircraft Sukhoi T-50's second prototype
Moscow, Russia - Before the end of the year
Mikhail Pogosyan, CEO of the Russian Sukhoi, said yesterday that before the end of the year will begin the test flights of the single-seat multi-role fifth-generation fighter airplane T-50. The flight... more
Civil aviationGaruda Indonesia Joins SkyTeam
Jakarta, Indonesia - Alliance expands its reach in Southeast Asia and Australia
Garuda Indonesia, the flag carrier of Indonesia, today signed an agreement to join the SkyTeam (ST) airline alliance in 2012. Garuda will expand ST’s presence in Southeast Asia, adding 30 new destinations t... more
ReportAfghan airlines in the European Commission's black-list
Brussels, Belgium - Because the Country can't ensure the safety of flight operations
On 5 November, the international press reported that a source inside the European Commission had notified its intention to ban all the airlines registered in Afghanistan from the airspace of the continent,... more
IndustryLatin America: first flight test TAM Airlines and Airbus by airplane powered with biofuel
Toulouse, France - Carbon reduced by up to 80 percent
TAM Airlines together with Airbus have conducted the first Jatropha-based biofuel flight in Latin America, using an A-320 plane. The biofuel, processed by UOP LLC, a Honeywell group, was a 50 percent blend... more
ReportQantas will make A-380 airplanes resume operations
Sydney, Australia - Gradually, starting from next week-end
On Tuesday, Qantas announced on its website that it wants to resume gradually the operations of its Airbus airplanes. Two of its six A-380s will re-enter service during the next weekend: on Saturday, November... more
AirlinesUnited Airlines announced schedule for service to Lagos, Nigeria
Chicago, Usa - Beginning Dec. 12, 2010
United Airlines announced the schedule for the airline's new service between Washington and Lagos, Nigeria, United's second destination on the African continent, beginning Dec. 12, 2010. At its hub... more
Civil aviationACI EUROPE calls for “Normalisation” of EU-Russia aviation relations
Moscow, Russia - On the occasion of the 10th DME Connections Forum
On the occasion of the "10th DME Connections Forum" taking place in Moscow today, organised by Moscow Domodedovo airport with the support of ACI EUROPE, the European airport trade body called for closer... more
ReportPyongyand attacks South Korea: from Seoul F-16 fighter airplanes on Yeonpyeong Island
Seoul, South Korea - Two dead and several wounded, including civilians
Today the international media report that North Korea this morning opened fire with heavy artillery from the Pyongyang island of North Korea against the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong. Two South... more
IndustryA-350XWB plane longest fuselage panel successfully manufactured
Blagnac, France - In the coming weeks, it will undergo trimming, drilling and non-destructive inspection
Airbus partner, Spirit AeroSystems, has completed the curing of one of the panels that make up the longest section of the A-350 XWB’s airplane all carbon fibre fuselage. The 19.7 metre long, 77 square m... more
Press releaseItalian Enac joins Albanian civil aviation in the implementation of the European regulation about safety
Rome, Italy - The introduction conference took place last week in Tirane
"On 17 November, in Tirane, the Director General Alessio Quaranta and the Director of Central standardization and safety Benedetto Marasà took part in the conference of presentation and launch of the... more