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SecurityFAA AD on Bombardier model CL-600-2B19 airplanes (2008-26-09)
Washington, Usa - To identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. FAA-2008-0977; Directorate... more
AccidentsAn A-320 forced to an emergency landing on water few minutes after take off from New York
New York, Usa - A bird-strike caused the incident. All the 150 persons on board are alive
A US Airways Airbus 320 forced to an emergency land few minutes after take off from New York's "La Guardia" airport. A bird-strike is likely to be the reason of the incident, after striking the two engines.... more
AirportsIATA welcomes UK Government decision on third runway at Heathrow
Geneva, Switzerland - The declaration by Giovanni Bisignani, Association's CEO and DG
"Following the announcement of the UK Government decision to add a third runway at London-Heathrow, International Air Transport Association Director General and CEO Giovanni Bisignani issued the following... more
AirlinesVueling, today the official presentation of the new airline after the mewrger with Clickair
Barcelona, Spain - It will be operational starting from June
The official presentation of the new Vueling, born after the merger with Clickair, took place today in Barcelona at the presence of the President Josep Piqué and the Clickair CEO Alex Cruz. The new... more
AerospaceThe Astronomy International Year is starting
Rome, Italy - The inaugural ceremony took place today in Paris
The Astronomy International Year started in the December 31th's Midnight, but the inaugural ceremony took place today in Paris and will continue tomorrow January 16th at the UNESCO headquarters. Nobel... more
AirlinesAir France, Delta and KLM introduce joint sales contracts across Europe
Milan, Italy - Effective this month, for travel agencies and partner societies
Delta Air Lines, its joint-venture partner Air France and KLM have introduced joint sales contracts for trade and corporate partners across Europe effective this month. These contracts will ensure commercial... more
AirportsOn July 3rd, Ryanair opens the new flight Rimini-Bristol
Rimini, Italy - It will be operated twice a week
From July 3rd, the Italian city of Rimini and the English Bristol will be served twice a week by a Ryanair flight, whose target is to carry 30 thousand passengers in one year. This year is about to... more
AirlinesSkyEurope: drastic fleet's cut
Bratislava, Slovakia - From 15 to five B-737 airplanes for European low-cost
Drastic fleet's cut for European low-cost airline, Sky Europe, that reduces to five airplanes its fleet composed of 15 B-737. The last and recent one, a week ago, has been the restitution of six aircraft... more
Civil aviationItalian Air Transport Strike Controller: on January 19th, conciliation or resuption of the work
Rome, Italy - The agitation will concern the AirOne and Alitalia's personnel
"President Antonio Martone informed that as regards the strikes announced on January 19th, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, by AirOne and Alitalia's personnel, the Commission decided to ask for Unions the repetition... more
HelicoptersAgustaWestland: the third VH-71A Kestrel helicopter in flight
Yeovil, United Kingdom - Flight carried out on January 13th
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, carried out at the Yeovil facilities the first flight of the third VH-71A Kestrel, the US presidential helicopter of which are planned seven specimen. The flight... more
AirportsHeathrow. Two BA ground staff damage a jet and say nothing about it
London, United Kingdom - The event occurred at T5 of British Airways
Two British Airways ground staff were arrested after a plane was damaged as it prepared for take off from the Terminal 5 of London's Heathrow Airport. The two men held last Friday morning after damage... more
AirportsLondon: go-ahead for the third runway of Heathrow
London, United Kingdom - Announced today by the Transport Secretary, Geoff Hoon
The transport secretary, Geoff Hoon, gave the go-ahead to a third runway and sixth terminal at Heathrow Airport today. Hoon brushed off concerns over the environmental impact of the decision to announce... more
IndustrySingapore Airlines near to its one millionth passenger on A-380
Singapore, Singapore Republic - It will be celebrated with a series of initiatives
"Another exciting milestone has been set by Singapore Airlines’ Airbus A-380. The airline is expecting to fly its one millionth A-380 customer in February 2009, less than four months after it celebrated i... more
IndustryBoeing completes 1st aerial refuelings of 737 for Australia's wedgetail AEW&C program
Seattle, USA - With an USAF KC-135 tanker
The Boeing Company today announced it has completed the first aerial refuelings of a 737 platform. The historic flights were conducted for Project Wedgetail, Australia's airborne early warning and control... more
AerospaceThe Italian astrophysics of records
Rome, Italy - ASI in the front line
2008, year of record for the Italian Space Agency (ASI). In the list of the most important results of the physics for 2008, reported in the No 879 of the "American Institute of Physic Bullettin of Research... more
IndustryAir Austral selects A-380 in single-class configuration for future growth
Toulouse, France - Firm orders for the aircraft stand at 198 from 16 customers
"Air Austral, the airline based in Saint Denis, La Reunion, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Airbus for the purchase of two A-380 airplanes in a single-class configuration (840 passengers).... more
ReportGaza (3): Israel hits the UNRWA's head quarters
Gaza, Gaza Strip - The indignation of Ban Ki-Moon
The main UN compound in Gaza was in flames today after being struck by Israeli artillery fire, and a spokesman said that the building had been hit by shells containing the incendiary agent white phosphorus.... more
IndustryAirbus 2008 commercial results: delivery record
Toulouse, France - With 483 aircraft
"In 2008 Airbus delivered a new record number of 483 aircraft, 30 more than in 2007. This number is made up of 386 A-320 Family aircraft, 85 A-330/A-340 and 12 A-380s. The order intake in a difficult... more
HelicoptersHelicopter Flight Training Services inaugurates world's first NH-90 full-mission simulator
Bückeburg, Germany - The consortium is owned by Eurocopter, Cae, Thales and Rheinmetall defence electronics
Helicopter Flight Training Services (HFTS), a consortium owned equally by Cae, Eurocopter, Thales and Rheinmetall defence electronics, today officially inaugurated the world’s first NH-90 full-mission s... more
ReportGaza (2): 1,038 victims and 4,850 wounded from the beginning of the operation "Cast Lead"
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Israeli senior envoy arrived in Cairo
The last provisional assessment of the Palestinian First Aid Serviced evaluated 1,038 people have been killed in the Hamas-run territory while a further 4,850 people have been wounded since the December... more
ReportGaza: tankers and helicopters on Tal Al-Hawa district in the night
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Blocked the ship "Spirit of Humanity"
Israeli tankers and helicopters on Tal Al-Hawa district last night, Palestinian sources reported, and added that the Palestinian militants use anti-tank rockets and mortars. Armoured vehicles' strikes... more
Civil aviationJapan: tens of flights at ground due to the snow
Tokyo, Japan - All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines cancelled yesterday 41 flights
All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines cancelled yesterday 41 flights in total, due to the snowfall in the Northern of Japan. The ANA's cancellations have left at ground about 2,200 passengers,... more
AirportsLondon Airports: decreasing the passengers' number
London, United Kingdom - For the first time since 2001
The number of people using London's airports has dropped over the year as a whole for the first time since 2001. According to the British daily "Evening Standard", Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted all... more
AirportsOslo airport increases the number of passengers
Oslo, Norway - In 2008, transits have reached the number of 19,3 million (+1.6% on 2007)
A total of 19,344,459 passengers travelled through the Norwegian airport in 2008, with an increase of 1.6% compared to 2007. The number of domestic passengers showed a +0.8% while international travellers... more
Conferences"Aviation CO2 workshop"
Budapest, Hungary - It will take place on February 24-25, 2009 in Budapest
"The event (February 24-25 2009, Budapest, Hungary), which will be hosted by Dr. Sándor Fülöp, Parliamentary Commissioner for Future Generations, will focus on the current developments of aviation emissions re... more
Airlines"Die Welt" points its finger at Alitalia
Berlin, Germany - "New airline but always old problems"
"The price of the flag". New airline, old problems. This is the charge by the German daily "Die Welt", according to which Alitalia "Will reserve its passengers the same failings of the old carrier. Particularly,... more
ReportItalian youth died in flight from Madrid to Santiago
Asunciòn , Paraguay - Hit by a heart attack. Unhelpful the emergency landing in Paraguay
A sudden and unexpected event casted in grief an Italian family. Fabio Musso, 33, comes from Confreria (Cuneo), died yesterday due to a heart attack on an Iberia flight took off from Madrid bound to Santiago,... more
AccidentsRussian Mil helicopter crashed on Altai:
Moscow, Russia - The sentence on the daily "Kommersant" pages
The incident has something of the grotesque about it: the Russian daily "Kommersant" reported today the passengers of the Mil Mi-171 helicopter crashed on January 9th in Altai were probably engaged in... more
AirlinesAlitalia (9): cuts in Genoa Airport and the
Rome, Italy - The statements by the Mayor Marta Vincenzi
"If to the promises do not follow the fact", the Genoa Mayor, Marta Vincenzi, said, is ready an appeal with which the town administration asks for a sentence of the State for violation of the community... more
SecurityIcao will host its first workshop for alternative fuels for aviation
Paris, France - The event will be in Monreal, Canada, from 10 to 12 February 2009
Icao - the International Civil Aviation Organization - will host its first global workshop on alternative fuels for aviation. The event is designed as preparatory to the major conference in November 2009,... more
AirportsIreland-West airport knock announces new route to Alicante
Charlestown, Ireland - The airport in the western part of the country now serves 24 Uk and European flight destinations
Ireland-West airport knock (Iwak) announced its first ever scheduled European flight as Ryanair is set to commence a twice weekly service direct to Alicante, Spain. The service will begin on 5th June 2009... more
AirlinesMeridiana offers low-cost flights until January 22ns
Milan, Italy - On 10 domestic connections
Novelties for Meridiana: the airliner launches a low-cost promotion, until January 22nd it will sell 10,000 tickets at 42 Euros on 10 domestic connections. The fares regard only one-way tickets (taxes... more
AirportsMalpensa: Lombardia Region intends to create a regional carrier
Milan, Italy - The common opinion of the North politicians
All institutions of Lombardia Region give the go-ahead to an emergency plan to soften problems of Malpensa Airport after the start-up of the new Alitalia. "Don't touch Linate", Lombard politicians said,... more
IndustryAirbus builds eco-efficient A-350XWB final assembly line
Toulouse, France - The airplane to enter service in 2013
Today, Airbus starts construction work on the final assembly line for the A-350XWB, the new highly efficient wide-body aircraft scheduled to enter service in 2013. The 74,000 m2 factory will house... more
AirportsBergamo-Orio al Serio: new routes towards Bacau and Prague
Bergamo, Italy - Served by Blue Air and by WizzAir, respectively
"Blue Air announces a new route, Bergamo-Orio al Serio/Bacau, starting from March 29, 2009, in coincidence with the Summer timetable. The link will be three times per week on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday... more
Civil aviationUS: airlines closed 2008 with a net drop of passengers
Atlanta, USA - Only two carriers recorded positive results
The first data of the statistics for the US airlines' air traffic reported a net drop equal to 3.1%. As regards passengers transported of the first ten US airlines, only two carriers closed 2008 with... more
AirlinesAlitalia (7): changes in the Frequent Flyer's system
Rome, Italy - After the entry of AirOne
With the start-up of the new Alitalia, in which converged AirOne, the Frequent Flyer's programme follow a new logic of the points' exchange and amass. So the Miles&More's members (or Eurobonus, Aeroplan,... more
Airlines“Le Figaro” applauds the alliance between Alitalia and Air France
Paris, France - “A necessary cooperation”
“The French-Dutch will invest 320 million Euros to take over the 25% of the Alitalia’s capital, and will have three members in the Board of Directors”, “Le Figaro” reported. According to the prestigio... more
AirportsBrussels-Charleroi: passenger growth of 20% to almost 3 million passengers
Brussels, Belgium - Raising of load factor, route enlargement and start up of Jetairfly are the main reasons of the figures
Brussels-South Charleroi airport (Bsca) has reached a new passenger record for 2008: 2,957,026 transits have been registered, with an increase of 20% on 2007. These figures are due to the excellent... more
AirlineseasyJet criticizes the new Alitalia
Milan, Italy - Andy Harrison invites to the free competition
“A leopard can't change its spots! Alitalia flies with the same brand, same uniforms, same monopolies, but to make grow Italy and Malpensa Airport we have to learn from mistakes of the past”. These are... more
AirportsAssoclearance: Europe must decide on slots or no one else
Rome, Italy - The statements by Carlo Griselli
Slots are a talking-point and on the liberalization Carlo Griselli, Assoclearance President, disclosed his opinion: “Europe must decide on slots or no one else”. The President of Assoclearence (Italian Age... more
AirlinesWizz Air starts flights between Prague and Brussels-Charleroi
Brussels, Belgium - They will be operated three times a week
Starting from 19th February, Wizz Air will be flying between Brussels-South Charleroi Airport and Prague, three times a week with fares available from € 9.99 including tax for a one-way flight. In t... more
IndustryGB: airport modernisation needed not to loose jobs in aviation
Liverpool, England - FlyingMatters, a broad coalition of organisations in aviation, underlines the importance of investments
FlyingMatters - a broad coalition of organisations that support sustainable growth in aviation - told that thousands of jobs in the north west of England could be exported without world class international... more
AirlinesAlitalia (6): Berlusconi defends the alliance with Air France-KLM
Rome, Italy - “Lufthansa wanted the majority”
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi defends the agreement signed between Alitalia and Air France-KLM. “We have solved a problem, it is a good agreement”, Berlusconi said, and added: “Lufthansa always wante... more
AirlinesAlitalia (5): hired 12,500 people
Rome, Italy - The statement by Roberto Colaninno
“The new Alitalia hired about 12,500 employees, while the allied industries occupy further 10,000 people. One of our goal –President Roberto Colaninno said- is to reinstate temporary workers and temporary lay... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): Linate and Malpensa returned to normality
Milan, Italy - Protests and delays in the debut’s day
The normality returned in the airports of Linate and Malpensa after yesterday morning protests. In the first case, the protest lasted from 7:00 am to 10:00 am and provoked the stop of the flights. As... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Spinetta confirms the problem of Linate
Milan, Italy - Lega Party will not renounce to the airport
Air France-KLM Jean Cyril Spinetta, during the yesterday presentation’s agreement of the alliance with Alitalia, stressed the problem represented by Linate Airport, taking on the statements by Lega Party t... more
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Rome, Italy - Techical problems
Due to a coincidence of software failures occurred on Monday afternoon, caused by external problems, the insertion of news has been interrupted. News will be on-line again starting from today, with a little... more
AirlinesEurofly: the new Alitalia does not guarrantee the competition
Milan, Italy - Russo: “We don’t feel protected”
“The new asset of Alitalia will not assure the competition. It is the market that makes the competition”, Giuseppe Russo Eurofly commercial executive vice-president said yesterday. The airline of the... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): Lufthansa announces battle for the domestic slots
Rome, Italy - “We will ask for an explanation”
Lufthansa does not give in and announces battle on the concession of the slots for the domestic traffic, Claudia Lange LH spokeswoman said. To the question if to solve the situation have to be the Italian... more