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AirlinesContinental Airlines and United Airlines announce plan for global cooperation
Chicago, Usa - Continental plans to join Star Alliance
"Continental Airlines and United Airlines yesterday announced a framework agreement to cooperate extensively, linking their networks and services worldwide to the benefit of customers, and creating revenue... more
Press releaseItalian Assaereo on the strike fixed for tomorrow
Rome, Italy - The Association asks for an urgent intervention by Transport Ministry to avoid the negative effects of the strike also in the next days in the airports
"Assaereo informs to have requested an urgent intervention by Italian Transport Ministry to avert the negative effects that could verify in the airports, also in the next days, following to the total stop... more
Latest newsUrgent funding needed for WFP Helicopters to assist in Myanmar
Yangon, Myanmar - WFP is leading the way in moving life-saving supplies to distressed communities
A critical shortage of funds for a helicopter operation providing essential logistical support to nearly 50 aid agencies is threatening the relief effort for 2.4 million survivors of Cyclone Nargis in... more
SecurityFAA AD on Lockheed model L-1011 series airplanes (2008-12-17)
Washington, Usa - To prevent chafing of the fuel level control switch wiring harness, which could cause arcing and result in a fire in the fuel tank
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Federal Register: [Page 34605-34608] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part... more
Military aviation4 U.S. Army helicopter engines disappeared in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - They worth over 13 USD million
Four engines for US Army helicopters are simply disappeared in their transit from the US base of Bagram, in Afghanistan, at 82th squadron of Fort Bragg, in North Carolina. According to Army sources, there... more
AccidentsEmergency landing for an helicopter in Lebanon: two injured
Beirut, Lebanon - It's a Lebanese Army's Gazelle
An helicopter of Lebanese Army engaged in a training mission, an Eurocopter Gazelle, has been forced to carry out an emergency landing for an engine failure. The accident, happened in Bekaa valley, has... more
AirlinesAlitalia: shareholders' assembly
Rome, Italy - It will take place on June 28, 2008
"ALITALIA announces that, with reference to the Shareholders’ Assembly convened for 27 and 28 June 2008 (first and second call respectively) there is every reason to expect, on the basis of the information a... more
AirlinesSpanair sales process abandoned
Stockholm, Sweden - SAS Group to keep Spanair
"As communicated in the SAS Group Strategy plan, Strategy 2011, SAS has been in a process of divesting Spanair. The target for the SAS Group has been to finalize this process before the end of second Quarter... more
ReportItalian ENAC calls Alitalia leadership
Rome, Italy - The meeting is planned for next Wednesday
ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Company) has called a summit with Alitalia's president, Aristide Police, and company's leadership. The meeting has been called by ENAC's president, Vito Riggio, for next... more
AccidentsTen military dead today in a Thailand helicopter crash
Bangkok, Thailand - Is seems the crash cause is an engine failure
A Thai military helicopter has crashed in Yala province, Bannang Sata district, southern Thailand, killing all 10 people on board, eight soldiers, one police officer and one civilian. According to Army... more
CuriositiesAn Unmanned Aerial Vehicle will keep whales under surveillance
Turin, Italy - It's an Italian project to to safeguard the large mammals in North Mediterranean area
As a result of a series of collisions recorded in the north of Mediterranean Sea, the so-called Sanctuary of whales, an 87,000 square km area in which the whales pass, and that have provoked the death... more
AerospaceEnhanced EO satellite UK-DMC-2 passes test readiness
London, Great Britain - Second generation DMC satellites set sights on GMES
SSTL's privately funded UK-DMC-2 has passed its Test Readiness Review (TRR) at its Manufacturing Integration and Test Facilities in Guildford, UK. Scheduled for build completion in September 2008, the... more
Fair and showsLecco, "Air Show" and "Cornizzolo Cup" on July
Lecco, Italy - They will attract thousand people
The programme of the 2 air shows planned above Lecco's skies, in Lombardy, as from July 13th to 26th, has been presented yesterday. The "Air Show" (July, 13th), exhibition of acrobatic squads, and parapenting... more
Civil defenseItalian Civil Defense: international workshop on the new global emergencies
Rome, Italy - Next June 25 in Geneva
"To face on new challenges due to the continous climate changes, to start a closer and continuing relationship between the systems of the Italian Civil Defense and the international organizations, to give... more
AirlineseasyJet: eleventh airplane arrived in Malpensa
Milan, Italy - Five new routes towards Brindisi, Copenhagen, Lamezia Terme, Sofia and Stockholm
"easyJet, the European low-cost carrier, announced yesterday the arrival of the eleventh airplane based in Milan-Malpensa's airport and a further effort by the carrier in Milan's air station. The eleventh... more
DefenseAfghanistan, Italy values the forwarding of four Tornado fighters
Kabul, Afghanistan - No official confirmations yet
The announcement could be officially given in the end of June, when the NATO General Secretary, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, should meet in Rome the Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi. But the forwarding of four... more
ReportThe Italian Financial police seizes an executive airplane
Bergamo , Italy - Following the assessment of Vat tax evasion for 850,000 Euros
At term of a series of complex surveying, the Fiscal Police Group of Italian Financial police (Guardia di finanza, GdF) on disposition of the substitute attorney of Bergamo, Manuela Cantù, seized an airplane... more
IndustrySukhoi Superjet 100, the safest Russian airliner
Moscow, Russia - It will operate medium-haul flights
Russia's new Superjet 100 airplane is ready to become the safest plane in the whole Russian civil aviation. The Superjet 100 project has been developed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau in collaboration with... more
Military aviationGAO sustains Boeing bid protest against EADS (5): the official position of USAF
Washington, USA - It has 60 days to respond to the agency
The Government Accountability Office has recommended the Air Force reopen the bidding process for the service’s aerial refueling aircraft contract. The GAO - the investigative arm of Congress- made t... more
AccidentsCrashed Eufor helicopter in Bosnia (2): all dead the four occupants
Sarajevo, Bosnia - There were two Germans and two Spanish on board
According to sources of the Spanish Defense Ministry, on board the helicopter crashed today in Bosnia, during an Eufor mission, there were two Spanish pilots and two employees of the Bundeswehr, the German... more
AccidentsDuring a flight lesson a helicopter falls for engine failure
Paderno Dugnano, Italy - The instructor emergency maneuver allowed him and his student to exit uninjured by the accident
A Breda Nardi 269C helicopter, taken off from Bresso airport for a flight training activity, has fallen yesterday morning in an abandoned field near Paderno Dugnano (Milan), and only the ability of instructor,... more
Civil aviationAir Transport Association, the US airlines will lose 10 billion dollars in 2008
New York, USA - Other 200 communities could lose the air connections
Air Transport Association has valued the US airlines will lose 10 billion dollars in 2008 due to skyrocketing fuel costs. James May of the Air Transport Association also told a joint U.S. Senate hearing... more
Military aviationGAO sustains Boeing bid protest against EADS (4): USAF officials comment
Washington, USA - "The Air Force will select the best value tanker for our nation's defense"
Earlier yesterday, Government Accountability Office officials announced their findings and sustained portions of the Boeing protest of the KC-45A aerial refuelling tanker competition. The contract,... more
AccidentsSpanish Eufor helicopter crashes in Bosnia
Sarajevo, Bosnia - Occupants' identity and fortune are still uncertain
An incident has occurred to a Spanish allowance helicopter, crashed in North of Travnik, in the middle of the country and North-West from Sarajevo, around midday, Eufor (European Union Force) allowance's... more
Civil aviationIndra to modernise Mongolia's air traffic management systems
Madrid, Spain - The company was also awarded a contract to implement the surface surveillance and control system at Donetsk airport, Ukraine
Indra, the premier IT company in Spain and a leading IT multinational in Europe entered Mongolia's market with a contract to modernise the country's air traffic management and control systems. The company... more
AirportsFlorence-Peretola, Romagnoli asks for practicality
Florence, Italy - Prato's major waits for an AdF project
Marco Romagnoli, Prato's major, has qualified as "Unrealistic", last weeks' projects about future of Florence-Peretola airport. Proposals of the runway's extension at 3km or inter-continental flights... more
ReportAlitalia, Senate approves loan-bridge
Rome, Italy - 300m Euro are coming into airline's cashes
Senato has officially approved Prodi's government decree on 300m Euro loan-bridge destined to Alitalia. Votes in favour were 154, opposing votes were 119, while 7 senators have abstained. The new... more
Military aviationGAO sustains Boeing bid protest against EADS (3): Northrop Grumman's statements
Washington, USA - "We will review the findings"
The following is the statement of Randy Belote, Vice President of Corporate & International Communications for Northrop Grumman Corporation: "We respect the GAO's work in analyzing the Air Force's... more
Military aviationGAO sustains Boeing bid protest against EADS (2), statements of the US aerospace giant
St.Louis, USA - "The ruling fully sustaining the grounds of our protest"
Boeing was informed yesterday that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found in Boeing's favor on a number of issues related to its protest of the U.S. Air Force's award of a $35 billion contract... more
Military aviationGAO sustains Boeing bid protest against EADS for KC-X aerial refueling tankers
St.Louis, USA - The ruling: "Number of significant errors that could have affected the outcome"
Arrived the GAO (Government Accountability Office)'s ruling about the Boeing's protest of the Department of the Air Force’s award of a contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, in partnership w... more
AerospaceProtostar I is fueled for its Ariane 5 launch from the European Spaceport
Kourou, French Guyana - It will be joined by Saudi Arabia's BADR-6 satellite
Satellite preparations have taken center stage at the Spaceport in French Guyana as Arianespace readies its fourth Ariane 5 flight of 2008. As part of this activity, the mission's ProtoStar I payload... more
Civil aviationIATA: IT Solutions needed to battle crisis
Brussels, Belgium - The industry fuel crisis that has plunged airlines back into the red
“IT must deliver solutions to drive down costs, improve passenger convenience and provide enhanced possibilities to maximise revenues. The industry fuel crisis that has plunged airlines back into the r... more
IndustryCaselle: AVIONEWS at first C-27J-Jca take-off
Turin, Italy - The flight has lasted around 40 minutes in spite of bad weather
First Alenia C-27J Jca made for Joint Cargo Aircraft programme destined to US Army had a successfully first flight last Monday, June 16th from Turin-Caselle airport, flown by Enrico Scarabotto and Gianni... more
ReportAntonio Tajani new EU Commissioner of Transport
Strasbourg, France - He will replace Jacques Barrot
Antonio Tajani, EC vice-President (see for details AVIONEWS), has been appointed new EU Commissioner of Transport, with 507 ayes. Among the members of European Parliament, 64 abstained and 53 opposing... more
IndustryJAT Technique will be sold to a foreign company
Belgrade, Serbia - Serbian privatization agency announced
The privatization agency last Monday announced tender for the sale of 70% of the JAT Technique, the flight control agency of JAT Airways, Serbian national-flag airline. The forthcoming privatization... more
IndustryAlenia Aeronautica: errata in the press release sent yesterday by the industry
Rome, Italy - The first JCA aircraft will be delivered to the US Army and not to the USAF
"Alenia Aeronautica communicates that the press release issued yesterday about the first flight of the JCA contains a mistake. The first JCA aircraft will be delivered to the US Army and not to the... more
DefenseSyria, maybe a nuclear reactor in Al Kibar
Rome, Italy - It could be the reason of last September 6th Israeli's attack according to IAEA
According to IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), last September 6th's Israeli attack to Syria by a raid in Al Kibar (see for details AVIONEWS), should have been caused by the placement of a nuclear... more
AirlinesOpenSkies, the first flight takes off on the routes between Paris and New York
Paris, France - Willie Walsh: "It will be really competitive"
OpenSkies, the new British Airways subsidiary airline, launched today the first commercial flight from the airport of Paris-Orly at 10:55, and will land on the "JFK"-New York airport at 1:25 pm. The... more
Press releaseItalian ENAV: 4 hour strike by air-traffic controllers next Saturday June 21st
Rome, Italy - Brindisi ACC will abstain for 8 hours
"ENAV (Italian Flight Assistance Society) informs that a strike by air-traffic controllers is expected on June 21th from 12:00am to 04:00pm. Air-traffic controllers at Brindisi's ACC will strike from... more
Press releaseAmnesty International on China: the Organization asks information about the over one thousand protesters detained during the protests last March
Rome, Italy - The torch travelling through Tibet is now reported to be on Saturday 21 June
"As the Olympic torch relay travels to Lhasa, Amnesty International yesterday urged the Chinese government to provide information about the over 1,000 people detained during the protests last March and... more
Civil aviationIATA welcomes EC VP Tajani’s confirmation
Geneva, Switzerland - The "Single European Sky" a priority
"The International Air Transport Association (IATA) congratulated Antonio Tajani on his confirmation as Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Transport. 'Vice President Tajani... more
Military aviationKyrgyzstan: US official to discuss about the military airbase expansion
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan - Tomorrow the arrival of the US assistant secretary for South and Central Asian affairs
The expansion of a U.S. military airbase in Kyrgyzstan is expected to top the agenda of a visit by the U.S. assistant secretary for South and Central Asian affairs to the former Soviet Republic. George... more
HelicoptersEurocopter delivers the first EC-135 helicopter to the Spanish Army Disaster Response Unit (UME)
Madrid, Spain - For the rapid interventions and to ensure the safety and well-being of citizens all over the Spanish territory
The Spanish Army Disaster Response Unit (Unidad Militar de Emergencias - UME) has just taken delivery of its first EC-135 helicopter. This is an important milestone in the program to equip the UME, a new... more
AirportsCiampino, flights' reduction is expected soon
Ciampino, Italy - After approval of Viterbo airport by minister Matteoli
After approval by minister Matteoli to the realization of Viterbo airport to move flights from Ciampino airport (see for details AVIONEWS), a call for a services' conference is expected soon to explain... more
DefenseUS missile defense system: another alternative base in Lithuania?
Washington, USA - The denial by Washington and Vilnius Governments
The United States and Lithuania denied reports they were formally discussing deploying elements of the U.S. missile shield in the ex-Soviet Baltic state if talks with Poland failed. Poland's deputy... more
IndustryAlenia Aeronautica (2): C-27J Spartan - Joint Cargo Aircraft successfully completes first flight in Italy
Turin, Italy - The delivery of the first aircraft to the U.S. Air Force is foreseen by September 25, 2008
"The first C-27J airplane for the U.S. Armed Forces has made its maiden flight in Turin-Caselle, at Alenia Aeronautica’s Flight Test Centre. The first US C-27J will be engaged in a test campaign, e... more
Science and technologyiPod and iPhone on TAP Portugal flights
Lisbon, Portugal - Service available on Airbus A-330 airplanes
Multi-media devices iPod and iPhone will be available on long-haul flights operated by Portuguese national-flag airline TAP Portugal, after United Airlines launched the same service last days (see for... more
IndustryBoeing supports and celebrates growth in the Turkish aviation market
Istanbul, Turkey - Following to the "Airex Air Show" took place last week in the Turkish capital
"Marlin Dailey, vice-president of Sales for Europe, Russia, and Central Asia, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, yesterday met with media in Istanbul to review recent Boeing activities and to comment on the... more
AirlinesClickair lands in Malpensa
Milan, Italy - 2008 objective: one million passengers from Italy to Spain and back
"Barcelona's airline, Clickair, announces its presence in Italy is increasing with the new flight from Milan to Barcelona: two daily flights link Malpensa to El Prat airports adding to the 6 Italian destinations... more
AirportsFiumicino, Italian ENAC asks for higher productivity
Rome, Italy - 27m Euro have been invested to renew services and technologies
ENAC (Italiana Civil Aviation Authority) president, Vito Riggio, has interfered about Fiumicino's airport situation in view of the coming Summer season, asking the management companies (AdR) and handler... more