AerospaceHover test for the American spaceship "Starhopper"

On July 16 another step forward to get to Mars

AirlinesNew Alitalia: there are offers. Atlantia favourite

Di Maio: "Railways choose the most ambitious and not the most conservative"

HelicoptersAirbus Helicopters develops its presence in Italy

With a dedicated customer centre

ReportTurkey, S-400 delivery commenced

The components will continue to arrive in the coming days

Finance and economyDelta Air Lines announces June quarter 2019 profit

And its outlook for the September

AerospaceESA carrier Vega failed launch (2)

The rocket sank two minutes later - VIDEO

The mission of the European carrier Vega ended two minutes after the launch started in the night by the Kourou base in French Guyana (see AVIONEWS). The European Space Agency (ESA) rocket was supposed... more

IndustryAirplanes-Helicopters-Space. Boeing reports 2Q deliveries

In the civil and military sectors

The Boeing Company announced yesterday deliveries across its commercial and defense operations for the second quarter of 2019.Major program deliveries during the second quarter, including deliveries under... more

Press releaseFS Italiane: Atlantia operational partner for Alitalia

Toto, Efromovich, and Lotito excluded

The Board of Directors of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, having assessed the confirmations of interest received, has today identified Atlantia as the partner to work alongside Delta Air Lines and the Ministry... more

IndustryUpdate ENAV equipment to manage Italian airspace

A five-year agreement between Leonardo and Northop Grumman

Leonardo, through its subsidiary Vitrociset, has been awarded a radio replacement contract by ENAV, the Italian air navigation services provider. The agreement is a 5-year contract to replace ground-to-air... more

PeopleFrance fears possible conflict between Iran and the USA

Jean-Yves Le Drian worried at the parade after attacks on drone and oil tankers - VIDEO

On July 14th, during the parade in Paris, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said: "Regarding the risk of a wider war in the Middle East, the situation is serious. The increase in tensions could... more

AirportsNew Alitalia (2): repurchase of the Heathrow slots

Project of return to London airport for Ferrovie dello Stato with Delta

According to the "final business plan" of the "Az project" by Ferrovie dello Stato with Delta, New Alitalia could buy back next year the slots of Heathrow that were sold to Etihad in 2016 for 60 million... more

AerospaceOne of these female astronauts will go to the Moon

NASA has promised that this time a woman will set foot on the lunar surface

Twelve Americans walked on the moon 50 years ago, but they were all men. In 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman in space. According to NASA, only 49 in 347 Americans who flew into space... more

AerospaceRussia: the Spektr-RG telescope launched

X-ray images to study the universe - VIDEO

The new telescope was successfully launched last Saturday, July 13 at 2.31 pm Italian time, with a "Proton-M" rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhistan into the orbit."Spektr-RG" will have the... more

Civil aviationFS Italiane Group evaluates the letters confirming the interest for the...

The BoD is scheduled for today

Four letters of interest arrived in due time on July 14th 2019 and are going to be submitted to the FS’ Board of Directors on July 15th 2019, according to a short note issued yesterday by FS. more

IndustryPortugal announces firm order for the KC-390 aircraft

Deliveries are scheduled to start in 2023

The Portuguese Government announced a firm order of five multi-mission airlifters Embraer KC-390 as part of the process to modernize Portuguese Air Force capacities to support national Armed Forces operations... more

HelicoptersWJZ-CBS Baltimore receives R-66 Newscopter

After R-44 Newscopter

Television station WJZ of Baltimore, Maryland took delivery in the last days of a new Robinson R-66 Newscopter. Owned and operated by CBS, WJZ services the 2.8 million residents in the Baltimore metropolitan... more

Aerospace"Cosmic Girl": an airplane as a launch pad for satellites

Positive the Virgin Orbit droptest

California, on July 10th. After several months of preparations, Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit satellite launch company, launched its first major droptest using a modified Boeing 747/400 aircraft called... more

ReportTurkey receives S-400 and concerns the allies (2)

Russian sources said third expedition with over 120 missiles will arrive by the end of summer

NATO allies are worried about the Turkish defense ministry officially announced that first batch of Russian S-400 air defense missiles has been delivered this morning (see AVIONEWS). "We are concerned... more

PeopleAirbus Helicopters (2) makes changes to its Executive Committee

Six new assignments since September 1st

Airbus Helicopters is implementing a new Executive Committee on 1 September 2019 with the goal of simplifying and strengthening cross-function collaboration within the company.<br><br>The changes to be... more

Accidents35 wounded on Air Canada airplane to Australia

Emergency landing due to a heavy turbulence

An Air Canada's B-777/200LR airplane was forced into an emergency landing due to a heavy turbulence that shoved passengers up against the wall. Departed from Vancouver was on its way to Sydney, but the... more

UAS-Drones"Drone Champions League" happens in Turin

Today and tomorrow the best UAV pilots will challenge each other

"Drone Champions League" will be happen in Turin today and tomorrow. This is the championship for drone aircraft professionals. Pilots will challenge each other by speeding the unmanned aircraft along... more

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