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Military aviationIraq: precision air attacks supporting the operation "Phantom Phoenix"
Baghdad, Iraq - Hit more than 40 alleged rebel refuges
The offensive against the Iraqi rebels affiliated to Al Qaeda was launched today at dawn with the help of two B-1 bombers, followed by four F-16 fighters: every B-1 made two passages, "Followed by the... more
AirportsFiumicino, changes in sight after Alitalia's take-over by Air France-Klm
Rome, Italy - As sole hub a growth in traffic is forecast already in 2008
Many things are going to change for the airport of Rome-Fiumicino, when the divestment of Alitalia to Air France-Klm will completed. The "Leonardo da Vinci" will get back to be, after the period began... more
AirlinesBritish Airways to launch new airline "OpenSkies"
New York, USA - The operations will start next June
British Airways is lending weight but not its name to a startup airline that will compete for well-heeled travelers traveling directly between New York and the European mainland. The new airline, named... more
IndustryEmbraer sells an ERJ-145 jet to Petroecuador
São José dos Campos, Brazil - The Ecuadorian company will use the aircraft for internal operations
"Embraer has signed Petroecuador, Empresa Estatal Petroleos del Ecuador, to one ERJ-145 jet. The contract also includes a significant logistical package for supplying replacement parts, technical support... more
AirportsDoha airport to receive a new runway debris detection system
Doha, Qatar - Tarsier will detect foreign object debris
Doha international airport in the State of Qatar is to install Tarsier, a new runway debris detection system developed by international defence and security technology company QinetiQ. Tarsier will... more
AirlinesFinnair, the traffic grew the 16.2% in 2007
Milan, Italy - 8.6 million passengers transported in the last year
Finnair total traffic, measured in passenger kilometers, grew 16.2% in 2007. The total number of passengers transported by Finnair Group airlines was over 8.6 million, which is 5.3% more than the comparable... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): the Air France-KLM plan
Rome, Italy - "The goal is to build a great European champion"
"Air France and KLM do not intend to take over Alitalia, just as Air France did not take over KLM in 2004. The goal is to build a great European champion", there was the statement of the Air France-KLM... more
HelicoptersBeeline Helicopters, Inc. has purchased an Enstrom 480B helicopter
Michigan, Usa - To support the marketing and operations of aircraft in the Philippines
"Enstrom Helicopter Corp. announced a new member of its worldwide dealership network. Beeline Helicopters, Inc. (BHI), a new enterprise under the BMG group of companies, has purchased an Enstrom 480B turbine... more
AirportsAlitalia (3): a simulation to verify the next future of Malpensa Airport
Milan, Italy - Less than eight million passengers, 793 cancelled flights and 43 suspended routes
The scenario that the Lombardia region could see in the next future, following the consequences that will affect the airport of Milan-Malpensa about the Alitalia's situation, would be less than eight million... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Prato moderately satisfied of meeting with Spinetta
Rome, Italy - While the unions itch
Alitalia's President Maurizio Prato has been quite elusive toward the journalists' questions who were asking about the meeting yesterday between him and Air France President Spinetta, defined by Prato... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): the meeting between Government and Unions is postponed till next week
Rome, Italy - Troubles by CISL and CGIL
The meeting between Government and Unions, about the Alitalia situation, is postponed till next week. "The matter continues to present great criticality". CGIL, CISL and UIL move in open order. "I do... more
CuriositiesThe Germans' party flights
Frankfurt, Germany - Everybody to Palma de Mallorca for the week-end
The Germans are a hard-working people who, justly, like to party in their spare time. One of the possibilities they're having in the last years, are the party flights organized by various low-fares carriers... more
Discussions"Fighter airplane" or "Attacker airplane"?
Rome, Italy - When the difference makes history
The terms "Fighter airplane" and "Attack airplane" are often used indistinctly, regardless of their suitability. The fighter or fighter airplane is an aircraft whose role is barring the airspace to... more
AirportsChangi International Airport, inaugurated the Terminal 3
Singapore, Republic of Singapore - The expansion of the SIA operations
The new Terminal 3 of the Changi International Airport, with which Singapore Airlines (SIA) will expand its operations, has been inaugurated today. SIA will fly both from this Terminal and Terminal... more
IndustryEmbraer sets a record with the delivery of 169 jets in 2007
Sao José dos Campos, Brazil - Firm order backlog now totals USD 18.8 billion
Embraer delivered 61 jets to the Commercial Aviation, Executive Aviation, and Defense and Government segments during the fourth quarter of 2007, meeting its goal of delivering 165 to 170 aircraft in 2007.... more
AirportsMalpensa (2): a professor of the "Sacro Cuore" University addressed on the matter
Milan, Italy - The airport should aim at developing the point-to-point connections
About the matter of Malpensa the professor of Political Economics of the "Sacro Cuore" University of Milan, Andrea Boitani, has been addressed. According to Boitani's statements released to the national... more
Civil aviationUninhibited the behaviour of ENAC's general manager?
Rome, Italy - ENAC's Board should clarify
How many blue cars are running in Italy? 54,000 like in Germany? Maybe 65,000 in like France? Or 73,000 like in the United States? No answer is correct. 574,215 blue cars are running in Italy, a bad... more
Science and technologyA hope for Campania and Alitalia? Voilà the garbage-fuelled airplane
London, United Kingdom - The experiment of two English eco-adventurers
And what if the garbage would suddenly transform itself into a valuable energy-supply source? Italy, which in these months looks with horror at its Region Campania flooded by uncollected waste, would discover... more
IndustryAWAS orders 75 Airbus A-320 family aircraft
Toulouse, France - The first order announced by the industry this year
"The Dublin based lessor AWAS has signed a firm contract for 75 A-320 Family aircraft bringing their Airbus portfolio to a total of 145, comprising single aisle and long-range aircraft. This is the... more
AirportsMalpensa: freezing of the Alitalia routes for one year
Milan, Italy - The possible proposal by the Economics Minister
A very important day for Alitalia and everything that gravitates around it, including the case of Malpensa. In the today's meeting between the Air France-KLM President, Jean Cyril Spinetta, and the Italian... more
AirportsSchiphol Airport, the new environmental tax will block passenger traffic's growth
Amsterdam, Netherlands - It will be introduced on July 1st, 2008
The new environmental tax against the damages of the air traffic, decided by the Dutch Government, will hang over the accounts of the Schiphol Airport. This tax, equal to 11.25 Euro for EU flights and... more
HelicoptersPresented the three proposals for the US Air Force CSAR
Washington, USA - Boeing, Lockheed Martin (AgustaWestland) and Sikorsky as candidates
Monday the deadline passed for the presentation of the bids for the tender for the supply of a new Combat Search And Rescue (CSAR) helicopter to the US Air Force, now the candidates are again Boeing, Lockheed... more
AirlinesAlitalia (6): the meeting between Padoa Schioppa and Spinetta ended without statements
Rome, Italy - The first official work meeting
The meeting between the Italian Economics Minister, Tommaso Padoa Schioppa, and the Air France-KLM CEO, Jean Cyril Spinetta, which took place in the FINTECNA headquarters, lasted about one hour. The... more
AirlinesAlitalia (5): today the airline president meets the Lega party
Milan, Italy - Prato in conference with Maroni and Calderoli
The Alitalia CEO, Maurizio Prato, has met this morning the President of Lega Nord party deputies, Roberto Maroni, and the Senate Vice-President, Roberto Calderoli. "We will ask President Prato about... more
AirlinesStock exchange doesn't approve China Eastern stockholders' choice
Shanghai , China - And their manager neither
The decision of the shareholders of China Eastern, major Chinese airline, to reject the offer presented by Singapore Airlines to buy a 24%-share of the share parcel, has not met the favour of the stock... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): the additional losses on the accounts of the 2008
Rome, Italy - The projection is a deficit equal to 600 million Euro
The negative trend of Alitalia also continues on the accounts of the 2008 which forecast at least 200 million Euro of losses due to the high oil prices. Already in the data submitted to Air France-KLM... more
Military aviationMany US Air Force F-15s facing early retirement
Washington, USA - After the technical defection cases
Last November, the US Air Force grounded its entire fleet of air-superiority F-15 fighter aircraft, around 700 planes in total, because one of them had crashed to the ground during an exercise in Missouri,... more
Finance and economyParis Stock Exchange, on the fall the Air France-KLM stock
Paris, France - Today Spinetta in Italy for the Alitalia privatization
In the day when Jean Cyril Spinetta has started his exclusive negotiations with the Italian Institutions for the sale of Alitalia, in the Stock Exchange the Air France stock has recorded a net drop. This... more
HelicoptersAgustaWestland: Italian Army's Aviation Unit took delivery of its first NH-90 helicopter
Cascina Costa, Italy - The Armed Force has ordered 60 models
"AgustaWestland announced that the Italian Army’s Aviation Unit has taken delivery of its first NH-90 multi-purpose helicopter late December, 2007. The Italian Army has ordered 60 NH-90 TTH helicopters w... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): today the meeting between the Italian Institutions and the Air France-KLM President
Rome, Italy - "The plan forecasts the accounting equation in 2010 and the return to the profits in 2011"
The meeting between the Italian Institutions - among which the Economics Minister Tommaso Padoa Schioppa and the Alitalia President Maurizio Prato - and the Air France-KLM President, Jean Cyril Spinetta,... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): tit-for-tat between AirOne and Air France-KLM
Rome, Italy - The reply of the French carrier
"The destiny of Alitalia has not been defined yet. We have little information about the Air France-KLM plan, and press indiscretions report that only 15 pages of plan have been presented". This is the... more
AirportsDi Paola: "The tariffs need to be reviewed"
Rome, Italy - The President of Assaeroporti on the reorganization of the airport system
Domenico Di Paola, President of Assaeroporti (Association that brings together the managers of the civilian airports in Italy) and sole administrator of Aeroporti di Puglia SpA, aligns himself with the... more
CuriositiesAeronautic terminology in dribs and drabs... B as "BAI"
Rome, Italy - The Battlefield Air Interdiction
BAI - Battlefield Air Interdiction is an Air Force task within the framework of the AI mission. The AI attacks conducted against hostile land forces that are not in close proximity to friendly forces are... more
AirlinesAP Holding: statement from a spokesman
Rome, Italy - "The fate of Alitalia has not been defined at all"
"'The fate of Alitalia has not been defined at all. We seem to know very little about the Air France-KLM offer: press leaks report that only fifteen pages have been presented as a supplement to Prato’s s... more
CuriositiesAeronautic terminology in dribs and drabs... "F as Fighter (aircraft)"
Rome, Italy - Multi-role, interceptor, nightfighter, air-superiority, attack and all-weather
Multi-role fighter Nowadays fighter aircraft do not carry out only one task, but are able to carry out many of them: this because unit cost and maintenance costs are so high that such an expense would... more
IndustryIn Puglia a part of the A-350 aircraft will be produced
Brindisi , Italy - To Alenia-Aermacchi the Airbus contract
The Italian Finmeccanica-controlled aeronautic industry Alenia-Aermacchi has reportedly managed to receive the contract for the realization of a part of the fuselage of the new Airbus A-350 plane. The... more
AirportsVenice, airport "Nicelli": the plans of president Trevisan
Venice, Italy - The target is reaching 35 thousands movements a year
The Venetian airport "Giovanni Nicelli" of San Nicolà al Lido has a new board of directors installed yesterday which will be in charge for the next three years. Ruggero Poli was elected as CEO of the... more
SecurityFAA (Revision) AD on Boeing model 747-100, 747-100B, 747- 100B SUD, 747-200B, 747-200C, 747-200F, 747-300, 747-400, 747-400D, 747-400F, 747SR, and 747SP series airplanes (2004-07-22 R1)
Washington, Usa - To ensure the continued structural integrity of all these aircraft
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: January 7, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 4)] [Page 1052-1055] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation... more
AirportsSAB: 4,3 million passengers surpassed in 2007
Bologna, Italy - New record for the "Guglielmo Marconi" airport, with a growth equal to 9%
"The Bologna's airport closed 2007 with a new traffic record in the air station's history: the overall passengers have been 4,361,951, with a growth of 9% compared to 2006. In particular, the scheduled... more
AirlinesVueling has transported over 6.2 million passengers with a 73% load factor
Barcelona, Spain - 77.2% more with regard to 2006
"Vueling, the next generation airline, has transported in all 6,219,605 passengers in 2007, recording an increase of 77.2% with regard to 2006. The annual medium load factor percentage was of 73%, 3.61... more
AerospaceAstrium to build new-generation KA-band satellite for Eutelsat
Paris, France - It is the first European multi-beam satellite to operate exclusively in the KA-band
Astrium has been selected by Eutelsat Communications, one of the world's leading satellite operators, to deliver a satellite, currently designated as KA-Sat, the first European multi-beam satellite to... more
SecurityFAA AD on Viking Air Limited model (Caribou) DHC-4 and (Caribou) DHC-4A airplanes (2008-01-02)
Washington, Usa - To identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: January 8, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 5)] [Page 1269-1271] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation... more
HelicoptersGreater Manchester Police takes delivery of a new MD Explorer
Mesa, USA - The aircraft's interior is mission flexible to carry stretchers for ambulance work
MD Helicopters announced the delivery of a new MD Explorer helicopter to the Greater Manchester Police (Gmp). The delivery marks a return to grace for MD Helicopters in the eyes of the police force and... more
AirlinesTurkish Airlines and Lufthansa Systems signed a contract for code-share management solution
Ankara, Turkey - IT solution will become operational in the first quarter of 2008
Turkish Airlines opts for code-share management solution from Lufthansa Systems with signature of a contract to implement the IT provider's code-share management solution SchedConnect. The IT solution... more
IndustryThai Airways International has selected the Trent 700
Bangkok, Thailand - Thai was the launch customer for the Trent 800
Rolls-Royce announced that Thai Airways International has selected the Trent 700 to power a new fleet of eight Airbus A-330/300 aircraft, in a deal worth around 300 USD million at engine list prices. The... more
DefenseItalian Navy: Russian and Italian sailors training in the Ionian Sea
Rome, Italy - Naval units sail today from Taranto
"From the Mar Grande naval Station of Taranto will set sail today two naval units of the Russian Federation, the destroyer 'Admiral Chabnenko' and the ocean-going tug 'Nickolay Chiker' that together with... more
AirlinesSkyEurope: 268,867 passengers transported in December 2007
Bratislava , Slovakia - An increase of 39.8% with regard to the same month of 2006
"SkyEurope Airlines has transported a total of 268,867 passengers in December 2007, an increase of 39.8% with regard to the same month of last year. SkyEurope reports a load factor of approximately 68%... more
AirlinesChina Southern inaugurated new Urumqi-Ashgabat service
Beijing, China - The carrier is the newest member of SkyTeam
"China Southern Airlines, the newest member of SkyTeam, announced new service from Urumqi to Ashgabat. The new China Southern service between Urumqi and Ashgabat marks the successful completion of launching... more
Military aviationItalian AMX grounded by power of attorney order
Cagliari , Italy - There are about 70 aircraft grounded at Istrana and Amendola airports
There are about 70 Italian AMX "Ghibli" fighter-bombers grounded in the military airports of Istrana (Treviso) and Amendola (Foggia), after a power of attorney order, due to a possible defect in the canopy,... more
HelicoptersNew proposal for Boeing's HH-47 submitted to US Air Force
St. Louis , USA - The US-based industry: "We are confident"
Boeing's military means division, the Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, has submitted to the US Air Force its new proposal for the HH-47 Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) helicopter, in the tender for the... more