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OccurrencesSmell of smoke on board B-737 airplane of Malev to Amsterdam
Budapest, Hungary - Aircraft returned to airport, but inspection found no faults
Forced return to flight MA660 Budapest-Amsterdam yesterday, operated with a B-737 by Hungarian Malev Airlines because of a suspicious fire, turned out to be just a false alarm. A Boeing 737/700 aircraft,... more
Press releaseStrikes by Italian FILT CGIL: aircraft, trains, buses and ferries stopped on June 25th
Rome, Italy - Pilots, flight and ground attendants in the airport stopped for four hours, from 10am to 2pm
"During the general strike organized by CGIL (one of the larger Italian labour unions) all the transports are going to be stopped on Friday June 25th. The manifestation was organized 'To protest versus... more
MiscellaneousAVIONEWS: our first ten years of activity
Rome, Italy - Global happenings of the sector in the last decade. People, technologies, events and history in the report of our news
Ten years are already passed since the first news published at the beginning of aeronautical and space press agency AVIONEWS activity. A large number of arguments were treated (airports, helicopters,... more
Science and technology"Cri-Cri", the all-electric aircraft in Le Bourget
Paris, France - During the "Green Aviation Show" from June 18-22
Innovation and eco-efficiency are the buzzwords at EADS. Following the flight of an aircraft powered by algae-based fuel, EADS is now tackling the new challenge of a zero-emission propellant. Partnered... more
Civil aviationMinister Matteoli: liberalization of airport services is basic condition for increasing mobility
Milan, Italy - Italy minister of Infrastructures speaks at ACI Europe convention
Minister Altero Matteoli hopes for liberalization of airport services, considering it the "Basic condition for increasing the mobility of European citizens". The statement issued to 400 operators at 2010... more
Finance and economyThe cost of the "Caste": in 2010 grows funding for State flights by 31.4%, but not the number of missions
Rome, Italy - And the same extent funds are reduced for worker trains
More money for the fund to State flights, which pass from 28 mln in 2009 to 36.8 mln in 2010, less for commuters: here, more or less, a fall in resources of some 30%. This from a release of data from... more
UAS-DronesGermany to decide EADS Talarion drone airplane Project Funding after budget OK
Berlin, Germany - Draft budget will be put to the cabinet July 7
The German government will make a decision about the funding for European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. Talarion unmanned aerial vehicle project after its 2011 draft budget has been finalized, a defense... more
DiscussionsAir transport of corpses: cultural traditions, burocreatic files, high prices
Rome, Italy - It could be a difficult moment, beside the sorrow for the lost
The strange happening that involves the transport of the corpse of Don Padovese offers the cue for a consideration. The apostolic vicar from Antolia, leader of Turkish Church, stubbed in Iskenderun, extreme... more
Weather forecastsBad weather in Italy: week-end with storms on the North and on the Middle
Rome, Italy - From tomorrow and for the next 24-36 hours
The break for bad weather on North of Italy has been short. A new perturbation will be present tomorrow, on Saturday June 19, on central Mediterranean basin, bringing conditions of strong fickleness still... more
OccurrencesEthiopian jet suffers fault in Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon - Plane was forced to return to Beirut airport 20 minutes after take-off
An Ethiopian Airlines plane was forced to return to Beirut airport 20 minutes after taking off on Thursday due to a technical failure, the second incident involving the airline in Lebanon this year. In... more
IndustryRR celebrates first run of Trent XWB engine
Rome, Italy - It's the latest member of the family
Rolls-Royce (RR), the global power systems company, has celebrated the first run of the Trent XWB, the latest member of its Trent® aero engine family. With more than 1,000 ordered, the new propulsion... more
AirlinesAlitalia will ask for public money? Again?
Rome, Italy - The accounts for 2010 do not improve: risk of using the national deposits and loans fund if the shareholders won't capitalize
Alitalia is at risk of recourse to Italian deposits and loans fund in 2011, but not before Ryanair snatching the crown of first passenger airline in Italy. Among many suitors for the favors of deposits... more
ReportFiumicino Airport: 125k Euro fines on fake taxi drivers
Rome, Italy - Foreign tourists preferred prey of illegal drivers: their rates twice the standard
Carabinieri of the Airports Company blitz on illegal taxi drivers in Fiumicino “Leonardo Da Vinci”. The harvest of the operation found 173 violations and 17 high road traffic contraventions, a total of... more
ReportAirplane with dozens of human skulls stopped in Arkansas
Little Rock, USA - The load was directed to a research center in Texas, but the authority investigates
A load of human body parts - 4 complete skulls and 40 parietal bones and sound blocks - discovered yesterday on board of a Southwest Airlines' airplane. The usual investigation procedure has started and... more
Science and technologySpanish minister at the Indra center of aeronautic simulation
San Fernando de Hena, Spain - Indra center announced a new contract with the Chinese company Hainan
Spain's Minister of Science and Innovation, Cristina Garmendia, was introduced on Thursday to the A-320 simulator during her visit to Indra’s Centre of Excellence of Aeronautics Simulation in San Fernando d... more
PeopleRutten re-elected ACI EUROPE President
Milan, Italy - For a second term
The Annual Assembly of European airport trade body ACI EUROPE took place in Milan yesterday, as part of the 20th ACI EUROPE Annual Assembly, Congress and Exhibition entitled “A 20 year vision of the a... more
AirportsBrussels Airport: three new destinations in Winter
Brussels, Belgium - Göteborg, Lappeenranta (Finland) and Verona
Brussels South Charleroi, the most accessible airport in Belgium, announces the opening of 3 new destinations for this winter: Göteborg, Lappeenranta (Finland) and Verona. These routes will be operational... more
IndustryAVIO: Genx engine makes its first flight on B-787 Dreamliner airplane
Turin, Italy - Italian company produces 12% of the technological advanced propellant
Italy has an important role in the engine for the Dreamliner airplane. Avio, the Italian Company, in aerospace propulsion, produces 12% of the GEnx engine, which carried out its first flight installed... more
UAS-DronesStarts the Sky-Y Unmanned Aerial System fourth flight campaign Alenia Aeronautica
Rome, Italy - At the Italian Air Force's air base in Sardinia
The Sky-Y, Alenia Aeronautica (AA)’s UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) technological demonstrator, has successfully accomplished - at the Italian Air Force’s air base in Decimomannu, Sardinia - its first fli... more
Civil aviationIATA: expected profits for the civil aviation sector
Montreal, Canada - The economic recovery seems more quickly than could have been anticipated
Three months after IATA said its members would post a USD 2.8 billion loss this year, the association is now forecasting a collective profit of USD 2.5 billion on revenues of USD 545 billion. “The g... more
Civil aviation"Best Airport Award 2010": announced winners
Milan, Italy - Four categories of air station
The 6th Annual ACI EUROPE Best Airport Awards were announced last night in Milan during the gala dinner of the 20th ACI EUROPE Annual Congress. It was the conclusion to a day of intensive exchanges and... more
AirlinesNew American Airlines' early boarding service
Forth Worth, Usa - It will allow passengers also to have a discount if they make change to their flights
According to the reports, American Airlines is going to be offering early boarding, for a charge. American Airlines ids hoping to increase its revenue by selling early boarding privileges to passengers. This... more
Civil aviationBlanco evaluates Aena's sale
Madrid, Spain - The Ministry of Development will propose shortly a project planning more private capital to the European Parliament
The Spanish Government seems to be open to evaluate operations regarding Aena's transfer to private capital, the company managing the Spain's airport and navigation network. "We are favorably disposed... more
AirportsViterbo will absorb Ciampino air traffic: green light to the realization
Rome, Italy - Lazio airport network is a priority, this is pointed out by the directive of the infrastructure minister sent to Riggio
The Italian Infrastructure Minister, Altero Matteoli, has given the go-ahead to the Viterbo airport: a ministerial directive addressed to the Enac (Italian Civil Aviation Authority) president Vito Riggio... more
OccurrencesUSA FAA launched an investigation into Alitalia-AirOne Boston-Rome flight 615 failure
Boston, USA - Safety inquiry focuses on engine that forced plane back to Logan last Tuesday
The Federal Aviation Administration turned over its investigation of Alitalia flight 615 to the National Transportation Safety Board because engine failure is “Quite unusual", said NTSB spokesman, Peter K... more
AirportsAVIONEWS interviews Ivan Maravigna, Soaco CEO of Comiso airport
Comiso, Italia - The signature of the agreement for the passage from the military property to the regional was expected for today but has been postponed to July
It has been delayed to July the 1st the protocol approval for the passage from the military to the civil jurisdiction for the area of "Magliocco" in Comiso. The signature was expected for today in the... more
Civil aviationJankovec (ACI Europe): "European airports have no choice but to offer competitive rates"
Milan , Italy - Business transformation and industry challenges from here to 2030
Difficult circumstances are testing all aviation industry stakeholders, they are also showing that airports in Europe have become businesses in their own right. This business transformation has allowed... more
IndustryEads-Eurocopter will produce biocombustible for airplanes and helicopters in Brazil
Munich, Germany - Signed agreement between European Group, its subsidiary and an Argentine society specialized in green combustible and oils
The creation of an aviation biofuel production facility in Brazil will be evaluated by EADS, Eurocopter and BioCombustibles del Chubut under terms of a cooperative agreement signed at this month’s "ILA B... more
SecurityAci Europe on the use of security scanners
Brussels, Belgium - It has welcomed to the EC communication
European airport trade Body ACI EUROPE welcomes the European Commission Communication to the Council and European Parliament on the use of security scanners at EU airports as an objective and balanced... more
ReportFlight attendant at aircraft's controls for the landing
Chicago, Usa - The co-pilot fell suddenly sick and was worthily
A flight attendant who has a pilot's license replaced an ill first officer during at O'Hare Chicago's International Airport this week. Officials said the co-pilot of an American Airlines plane that... more
Civil aviationCanadian air pilot's association ask for more security against terrorism
Ottawa , Canada - By a white paper addressed to the government
Canada's largest pilot group, Air Canada Pilots, realized a white paper on aviation security last days, commending the government for the progress it has made since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, but at the... more
Civil aviationSwedish air pilots' strike: 25 thousands persons on the ground
Oslo, Sweden - Industrial action's reason was the hiring politics
The Swedish pilots' strike called yesterday, Wednesday 16th of June, by Swedish air transport industry employers association caused delete of about 500 flights. According to the reports, about 25 thousands... more
HelicoptersTurkey demand quickly for nine new attack helicopters from AgustaWestland
Paris, France - There is a large chance that they are going to be used against PKK
Turkey will start soon the purchase negotiations of 9 attack helicopters T-129, these machines designed and built by the Italian-English group AgustaWestland are going to be added to its fleet. The... more
IndustryBoeing completes first flight of GE-powered 787 airplane
Washington, Usa - For a 3 hour and 48 minute flight
The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner with General Electric (GE) engines, the airplane referred to as ZA005, completed its first flight at 6:29 p.m. (Pacific time) yesterday, following a 3-hour-and-48-minute... more
Civil aviationAirport Carbon Accreditation celebrates one year since launch
Milan, Italy - Cumulative CO2 reductions of over 400,000 tonnes
At its 20th Annual Congress in Milan this week, European airport trade body ACI EUROPE marked the one year anniversary of the launch of Airport Carbon Accreditation, giving an update on the programme. The... more
Civil aviationAir transport in Italy: here the announced strikes
Rome, Italy - The complete calendar
The calendar of the strike for the air transport during the summer period until July Friday 9th have been announced. The complete list of the manifestations, susceptible to be withdraw, follows: 07/06... more
AirportsRyanair to leave Brescia and aims for Verona
Brescia, Italy - Montichiari at risk to become a "Cargo only" airport
Brescia airport surrounded by the sound of tumbleweeds, more and more every day passing. Ryanair also goes away, aiming to do the best synergy with its routes on Verona. On this side there is the internal... more
Civil aviationACI Europe: economic outlook of air traffic
Milan, Italy - Lost 100 million passengers in 2009, nearly €300 million due to volcano
After losing 100 million passengers in 2009, European airports have been heavily affected by the volcanic ash crisis. Passenger traffic had started to steadily recover with +5.2% growth over the first... more
AirportsMalpensa: in June 2010 +12% passengers
Milan, Italy - Bonomi: "Without volcano we would have had +10% with respect to the previous year"
Golden hypothesis: if there was not eruption in Iceland, Malpensa would have had a growth in the passenger number of about 10% on annual basis and of about 40% on cargo. These are the last estimations... more
Airlines50 years of Thai Airways
Copenhagen, Denmark - Birthday party yesterday at Copenhagen airport
Thai Airways celebrated on 16 June the airline's 50th birthday with a party in Copenhagen for 230 travel agents. Its first destination in Europe was Copenhagen – a route which was opened in 1972. Today, t... more
AirportsMunich Airport voted number one in Europe for the fifth time at the World Airport Awards 2010
Munich, Germany - Singapore tops Seoul in world ranking
Official ceremony today on the occasion of the World Airport Awards 2010 at Munich Airport to celebrate Munich's selection as the "European champion" in the World Airport Awards 2010. The London-based... more
IndustryEmbraer view about one-pilot commercial airplanes
San José dos Campos, Brazil - The Brazilian design turmoil is continuing
During the event "ILA Berlin" 2010, we have left Embraer, the third world aircraft builder, with the opportunity of an alliance with Airbus, the industry controlled by the European giant EADS Group, and... more
AirportsACI Europe: "Within 2030 the passengers in European airports will double"
Milan, Italy - A traffic of 2.8 billions is foreseen in 20 years
The demand in air traffic is increasing and the European airfield must be prepared to the growth. "In 2030 the European airport will double the number of passengers, that nowadays is about 1.4 billions... more
AirportsACI Europe chooses Milan for its twentieth edition
Milan, Italy - 2010-2030: how airport are changing
SEA, Milan airports company, hosts in the city for the first time on history the 20th annual conference ACI Europe, the association that represents more than 400 European airports in 46 countries. The... more
Civil aviationiPad for everybody on Jetstar flights
Canberra, Australia - The Australian air company launches a new service on its airplanes
In the last three months the most wanted accessory to bring on board during the flight seems to be iPad, or, at least, this is what is believed in the head quarter of Jetstar. The Australian airline announced... more
Weather forecastsBad weather in Italy: strong thunderstorms on the north of Peninsula
Rome, Italy - An additional notice for adverse conditions issued
Still unstable weather on northern Italy interested from 48 hours by diffused precipitations. Today the perturbation, coming from southern France, will continue to have its effects with strong storms on... more
SecurityFAA AD on Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Sikorsky) model S-92A helicopters (2010-10-03)
Washington, Usa - To prevent failure of the MGB filter bowl assembly due to failure of the mounting studs or the filter bowl, loss of oil from the MGB, failure of the MGB, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Federal Register [Page 27409-27411] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part... more
Civil aviationItalian ENAC: passenger rights, penalties collected for 10%
Rome, Italy - AVIONEWS interviews president Riggio and director Quaranta
About 5 million of penalties imposed by ENAC (Italian national civil aviation authority), but only 10% has been collected to date. "We do not have the attitude of the censor, however", says ENAC director... more
SecurityFAA AD on Turbomeca Arriel 1B, 1D, 1D1, and 1S1 turboshaft engines (2010-10-09)
Washington, Usa - To prevent the failure of 2nd stage turbine blades, which could result in an uncommanded in- flight engine shutdown, and a subsequent forced autorotation landing or accident
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Federal Register: [Page 27411-27414] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part... more
SecurityFAA AD on Boeing Company model 747/100, 747/100B, 747/100B SUD, 747/200B, 747/300, 747SR, and 747SP series airplanes (2010-10-05)
Washington, Usa - To prevent fatigue cracking in certain lap joints, which could result in rapid depressurization of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Federal Register [Page 27424-27427] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part... more