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PeopleSaab and Sas renew their agreements concerning training activity
Stockholm, Sweden - They have been extended for ten years further
Cooperation between Sas carrier and Saab is strengthening by the nth extension of the agreements for pilot training related to aircraft which have been produced by such important Swedish aerospace group.... more
PeopleThe first Bombardier CRJ-700 has been delivered to US Airways
Toronto, Canada - Further 24 to follow
US Airways has taken delivery of its first among 25 Bombardier CRJ-700 70 seats regional airplanes in its 701 version. This carrier has got already in service aircraft belonging to the CRJ-200 series but... more
People24-hour delay for Milan Malpensa-Sharm el Sheikh flight
Milan, Italy - The departure was postponed six times
An exhausting wait for the 170 passengers leaving last Sunday from Milan-Malpensa to Sharm el Sheikh on the flight GJ-1968 of the carrier Eurofly. The takeoff of the Airbus 320 was scheduled at 9.30pm... more
PeopleAircraft returns to Olbia for engine breakdown
Olbia, Italy - The engine turned out ot be seriously damaged
An MD-80 leaving from Olbia to Milan-Linate was taking off when the pilot declared the state of emergency for an engine breakdown and returned to the Sardinian airport. Following checks, the engine turned... more
PeopleUSA: psychic "sees" bomb onboard, flight cancelled
Washington, USA - Authorities say: "We cannot ignore anything"
Mass hysteria rages in the US. An American Airlines airplane scheduled to depart yesterday from Fort Myers, Florida, to Dallas, Texas was cancelled because a psychic called the police saying that he had... more
PeopleSerbia and Montenegro became Eurocontrol members
Brussels, Belgium - Last Friday the important step
Serbia and Montenegro last Friday took an important step towards becoming a Member of Eurocontrol. At the Organisation's headquarters, the country's Ambassador to Belgium, Mrs Milica Pejanovic Djurisic,... more
PeopleHamilton Sundstrand increases its own participation for the 7E7
Everett, USA - It will provide the entire power management system for such new airliner
Boeing had chosen in February to cooperate with Hamilton Sundstrand company in order to carry on the 7E7 Dreamliner programme concerning relevant components such as those related to environmental management... more
PeopleAlitalia Express: airplane returned to airport after take-off
Milan, Italy - Because of an anomalous temperature increase in a motor
The pilot of an Alitalia Express MD-80 departed yesterday from Milan-Malpensa to Berlin decided to return to the take-off airport after the temperature of a motor had and anomalous increase. After the... more
PeopleOrder short air delays to reduce the risk of longer ones
Herndon (Virginia), USA - New idea of the Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration declared to have intention to adopt a new action-line to face the risk of congestion of the skies which is the main cause of various delays mainly in the summer time.... more
PeopleMilan-Malpensa: Air France airplane lands for suspect baggage onboard
Milan, Italy - It was a false alarm
An Air France aircraft departed from Pisa to Geneva landed this morning at Milan-Malpensa for a suspect piece of baggage onboard. After landing, the plane was evacuated and checks were carried out, but... more
PeopleFilippo Lombardi new chairman of Aspasi
Lugano, Switzerland – "More attention to the airport of Lugano-Agno"
Yesterday evening took place the crowded shareholders' meeting of Aspasi, Italian Switzerland air passengers Association that has more than 500 active members, to the presence of various hosts among which... more
PeopleIata welcomes Canadian security charge reduction
Montreal, Canada - Further cost reduction efforts essential
Iata welcomes the Canadian federal government's decision to reduce the Air Travellers Security Charge in its budget statement on 23 March. "Iata has long called on Governments to take responsibility for... more
PeopleFinancial Times: British Airways against possible public aids to Alitalia
Rome, Italy – "Anti-aid campaign" of the chief executive of the British air company
The Financial Times recently published a letter of the Chief Executive of British Airways, Rod Eddington, directed to the British Minister of the Transports, in which he expresses great worry for the Alitalia... more
PeopleAir transport: in decrease the incidents in 2003
Ottawa, Canada – It’s the lower number since 1945
The International Civil Aviation Organization (Icao), organism of the United Nations that defines the norms in matter of air safety, with its headquarters in Montreal, Canada, has found that in 2003 the... more
PeopleTassone: "To Alitalia the UE compensations for 11th September"
Rome, Italy - Distinction between national and regional airports
Within a convention of the magazine Air Press about airports and low-cost air companies (see AVIONEWS), the Vice Minister to Infrastructures and Transports, Mario Tassone, confirmed the legitimacy of the... more
PeopleThe US Treasury investigates on loans to airlines
Washington, USA - Out of USD 10bn, only 1.5 have been paid out
The US Treasury has started an inquiry on the Air Transportation Stabilization Board, a commission created after 11 September 2001 to support American carriers economically. The commission seems to have... more
PeopleSafety: flight decks armoured on the Italian skies
Rome, Italy - Within March 31
Gen. Leonardo Tricarico, military advisor of the Premier, during a convention organized by Ceas (Center of high studies for the fight against terrorism )(see AVIONEWS), confirmed that within March 31,... more
PeopleNew Japanese partners for the A-380 programme
Toulouse, France - The number of the involved Japanese companies rises to 18
The number of Japanese companies participating to the production of the new A-380 airliner rises to 18. Matsushita, Koito, Jamco and Sumitomo have recently joined. Components which are mainly going to... more
PeopleUsa: pilots armored
Washington, Usa - The measure regards also pilots of the foreign carriers
They will have rigorously armored the doors of access to the cockpit of the airliners that will interest the connections from and for the United States. The Tsa (Transportation Security Administration,... more
PeopleAir transport: strikes of 21 and 22 March postponed
Rome, Italy - It's a Lunardi decision
The two-day protest previewed for next Sunday and Monday, 21 and 22 March, has been postponed to an another date from the Minister of Infrastructures and the Transports, Pietro Lunardi, because it's contemporary... more
PeopleReactions of the UP to the elevation of the pensionable age of the airline pilots
Rome, Italy - It's too early to estimate it
The Italian Airline and Civil Pilots Associations (UP) carried out some declarations about the non-approval of the Enac Board of Directors of the norm on the employment limit of the navigating staff, limit... more
PeopleCut and thrust between Enac and Anpac about the problem of the limit of employment of the navigating staff
Rome, Italy - Called for next Thursday, March 25 all the representative union organizations of the pilots
Continues the cut and thrust between Enac and Anpac relative to the non-approval of the Enac Board of Directors of the norm on the employment limit of the navigating staff, limit that has been raised over... more
PeopleEmergency landing risk at Bergamo Airport
Bergamo, Italy - It was due to a problem affecting its gear then solved before landing
Warning at "Orio al Serio" Airport (Bergamo) this morning. An Airbus A-300 while arriving from UK would have recognized problems for its gear during flight, so forcing air station staff to lock up the... more
PeopleFit-Cisl appears worried about the management of the north-east air space in the country
Venice, Italy - Its control could be granted to Vienna
Francesco Persi, chief of Fit-Cisl for Enav, has recently proven clearly worried concerning next Infrastructure Minister Lunardi's mission to Brussels. This Minister would in fact indicate Italy's opinion... more
PeopleIata discloses statistics on air traffic in January
Rome, Italy - Both passenger and freight traffic increased
Iata has disclosed the statistics on air traffic for January 2004. International traffic increased by 5.9% for passengers and by 7.2% for freight compared to the same month of 2003. In the Middle East... more
PeopleAir transport KO during the 4 months following 11th September
Brussels, Belgium - According to a Eurostat research
During the period September-December following Al Qaeda's terroristic attacks on 11th September 2001 there were huge losses for airlines in the EU in terms of passengers and, as a consequence, in terms... more
PeopleAirplane to Lampedusa: it did not leave today
Lampedusa, Italy - The subsidies due in case of insufficient passengers were not paid
The 11.45 am Palermo-Lampedusa flight did not leave today. On the route - left uncovered following the suspension of the Greek airline Bee Gee Air, winner in the tender for the allotment of the social... more
PeopleEmergency landing in Rimini because of smoke in cabin
Rimini, Italy - It occurred because of a seepage of anti-ice liquid
A Boeing 737 of the carrier Blue Panorama departed from Bologna last Saturday toward Lanzarote and Tenerife, made an emergency landing at Rimini airport at 9.15am because of smoke in the cabin. On board... more
PeoplePassengers' weight should be checked more carefully
New York, USA - It results from the investigation on a air disaster in North Carolina
Ntsb (National Transportation Safety Board) reaffirms the need for checks not only on the weight of luggage, but also on that of passengers who board aircraft. It emerges after the end of the investigation... more
PeopleEurocontrol: 100 aircraft equipped for Link 2000+
Brussels, Belgium - In January, three new airlines, Air Europa, FedEx Europe and Hapag Lloyd joined the programme
100 aircraft owned by 6 airlines have now signed up to become pioneers for Link 2000+, Eurocontrol's controller-pilot data link (CPDLC) implementation programme. In January, three new airlines, Air Europa,... more
PeoplePetition versus Olympic Airlines
Washington, USA - Supreme Court gave green light for the 1988 accident in which an American doctor died
American Supreme Court gave green light for a petition versus Olympic Airlines charged of causing indirectly the death of one of its passengers. In January 1988, on a flight between Athens and San Francisco,... more
PeopleAirbus takes delivery of the first Trent 900 engine for the A-380 by Rolls Royce
London, UK - Programme technicians exalt its quality
Airbus has taken delivery of the first Trent 900 engine for the new A-380 airliner. This Rolls Royce's product is exalted by company's technicians regarding its low noisiness and low consumption levels... more
PeopleAlitalia affair (2): Mengozzi has decided to leave its mandate
Rome, Italy - He should resign tomorrow
Alitalia CEO, Francesco Mengozzi, has decided to resign. He is going to leave this role as he disagrees the change for the reconstruction plan provided by this carrier: a plan which, in his opinion, is... more
PeopleJet fuel cost rise in Asia
Singapore - Demand raise push up prices
This year is awaited a raise of the jet fuel demand. In Singapore market, the cost of a jet fuel barrel is about USD 38,00 these days. Liu Jih-Shang, general manager in the fuel administration department... more
PeopleFaa certification for Liberty XL2
Washington, USA - First all-new two-place aircraft fully certified in the United States since 30 years
Federal Aviation Administration has granted FAR Part 23 type certification for the two-place, single-engine Liberty XL2. This is the first all-new two-place aircraft fully certified in the United States... more
PeopleThe Lazio regional administrative court reaffirms Enac's competence
Naples, Italy - Through an order regarding Naples airport
The Lazio region Tar (regional administrative court) has recently pronounced for Enac (Italian civil aviation authority), confirming its competence on the subject of airport management. The sentence follows... more
PeopleAnsv (2): 2001 Milan-Linate airport’s incident causes
Rome, Italy - Ansv final report entered into details with attached the collision video simulation
AVIONEWS posted yesterday the first part of this news. Ansv final report, including 182 pages, has been released in both Italian and English version and includes a CD with the incident’s computer g... more
PeopleBoeing 777-200LR designing is well ahead
Everett, USA - Half airplane designing stage has already been achieved
The accomplishment of the first Boeing 777-200LR long range airliner is scheduled for October. In the meantime, the designing activity is quickly carrying on as a half has been so far completed. This aircraft... more
PeopleEmergency landing on the Forlì-Palermo flight
Palermo, Italy - For a Boeing 737 at the "Falcone-Borsellino" airport
Yesterday evening at about 9 pm a Boeing 737 operated by Wind Jet flying from Forlì to Palermo, was forced into an emergency landing at the Palermo airport because a red indicator light went on, meaning... more
PeopleAnsv: released today the final report for the Milan- Linate accident of October 8th 2001
Rome, Italy - Italian Air Safety Board (ANSV) press conference in Rome
During the press conference Italian Air Safety Board (ANSV) presented the final report about the Milan- Linate accident of October 8th 2001, in which 182 pages and hundreds of enclosures explain causes... more
PeopleIcao wants to limit or reduce aircraft' noises and engine emissions
Montreal, Canada - Organization recommendations to reduce the enviromental impact of aircraft noise and engine exhaust emissions
The Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (Caep) of the International Civil Aviation Organization (Icao) has made recommendations to reduce the environmental impact of aircraft noise and engine... more
PeopleUK-Argentina talks about flights to the Falklands
London, UK - Freedom to fly to the islands
The UK Foreign Office Minister, Bill Rammell, expressed his hopes to reach an agreement between the United Kingdom and Argentina regarding the freedom to operate flights to and from the Falkland islands,... more
PeopleBy the end of March armour-plated flight decks on all the airplanes flying in Italy
Rome, Italy - Only few foreign airlines wait to be ready
By the end of March all the airplanes flying in Italy will have armour-plated flight decks. All companies have to attend this regulation and only four or five foreign air companies will have an additional... more
PeopleAmerican domestic flights respect timetables
New York, USA - More domestic flights are on time
Air Travel Consumer Report bu the U.S. Department of Transportation reported tha about 82% of U.S. domestic flights arrived on time last year, a good goal if compared with the 72.6% value of the 2000.... more
PeopleStrike in Paris: severe hardships at Orly
Paris, France - Volareweb announces schedule of guaranteed flights
The strike called by Parisian flight controllers for 17th, 18th and 19th February has been causing severe hardships, especially at the Paris-Orly airport, where all long-range flights are guaranteed, while... more
PeopleStrike and a sit-in for Alitalia's employees
Rome, Italy - They are folding their arms from 10 am to 6 pm, a sit-in in front of the Treasury
Alitalia's employees are protesting today against the air company reorganization plan with a strike from 10 am to 6pm and a sit-in in front of the Treasury building in via XX Settembre in Rome. The protest,... more
PeopleActivists protest about Nato radar
Budapest, Hungary - Greenpeace and other conservation groups against a radar provided by Alenia
In these days on mount Mecsek on a protected nature reserve in the southern Hungary, Greenpeace and other conservation groups are protesting against a NATO radar. The radar station will be provide by Alenia,... more
PeopleBritish pilots exasperated by security measures
London, UK - They are meeting today in the USA
A delegation of British civil pilots is meeting today in the USA to discuss the hardships caused by the tightening of anti-terrorism safety measures. Pilots are exasperated by the obligations imposed by... more
PeopleBomb on the flight Ancona-Roma: notice of judicial investigation for the two artificers and a physician
Ancona, Italy - The mystery starts to clear up
The investigation into the case of the bomb found onboard an Atr operated by Alitalia leaving from Ancona to Rome, has come to an end. Three people are being investigated: two artificers, Giuseppe Cocci... more
PeopleFAA Commercial Space Office is developing Crew Safety Guidelines for RLVs
Usa - Public safety requires regulations
The FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) is developing crew safety guidelines for Reusable Launch Vehicles (RLVs). Existing regulations meets only minimal requirements such as crew r... more