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AirlinesAer Lingus appeals to the European Court against Ryanair
Dublin, Ireland - In hopes of forcing Ryanair to sell its shares in Aer Lingus
Aer Lingus Group PLC filed a lawsuit Monday in the European Union's second-highest court in hopes of forcing its main rival, budget airline Ryanair, to sell its shares in Aer Lingus. The Irish national... more
ReportStrong winds raise fears of new wildfires in California
Los Angeles , United States - Four US-Army, fire-fighting C-130 airplanes sent over to the West Coast
While the United States prepares to celebrate Thanksgiving Day, the resurgence in Southern California of strong and dry winds, the same that fed the massive wildfires in the last weeks, have prompted the... more
AirportsAirport charges raise for Heathrow and Gatwick
London, UK - The announcement by the Civil Aviation Authority
Britain's Civil Aviation Authority has given its green light to increases of airport fees for the 2008/2009 period for carriers flying on London's airports of Heathrow and Gatwick. They are boosts by 15,6%... more
Civil aviation2006 air traffic, high growth for the Asian continent
Rome, Italy - Stagnation in North America, light increase of 0.7%
In 2006 Asia obtained an extraordinary result in the air transport, with a growth of 9.7%. India (+32%) and China (+15%) drawn the increase. The international arrivals, which are connected to the tourism,... more
CuriositiesAerospace terminology in dribs and drabs... <b>G as "Galileo"<b>
Rome, Italy - The Europe's major programme for satellite navigation
Galileo is the Europe's major programme for satellite navigation, providing a highly accurate, guaranteed global positioning service under civilian control with multi-mode coverage. The first experimental... more
Military aviationWales, World War II Plane extracted from the sand
Cardiff, Wales - It is a Lockheed P-38 Lightning twin-engine fighter
Sensational find in Northern Wales. A Lockheed P-38 Lightning twin-engine fighter plane resurfaced after about 65 years. It is an aircraft crashed during a WW2 mission. It remained buried under the sand... more
AirportsItalian entrepreneurs defend Malpensa's role
Milan, Italy - "A resource for the Italian economy"
As the talks on Alitalia's status carry on (see AVIONEWS), the Italian entrepreneurs' association, Confindustria, takes position in regard to the airport of Malpensa, whose destiny is uncertain as well... more
AirlinesAlitalia about the privatization: Aeroflot not to take part in the project
Rome, Italy - The decision by the management communicated to the Italian airline
"Alitalia announces that a communication has just been received from Aeroflot stating that the management of the company has decided not to take part in the project regarding the privatization of A... more
HelicoptersFinmeccanica: an A-119 Koala helicopter for the Ugandan Police
Kampala, Uganda - A deal worth 5 million dollars
The Ugandan Police has signed with Finmeccanica an agreement for a value of 5 million dollars for the purchase of an AgustaWestland A-119 Koala helicopter. With this contract, that follows those of SELEX... more
AirlinesMeridiana, the low-cost flight Sardinia-New York is ready
Olbia , Italy - The carrier's first flight from Rome to the "Big Apple" took off on Friday
After the first flight, operated with an Airbus A-330 plane of 282 seats in code-share with Eurofly, between Rome and New York, the Italian airline Meridiana is creating a link from Sardinia to the United... more
HelicoptersThe White House demand over 800 changes to the "Marine One" presidential helicopter
Washington, USA - For an "Oval Office in the sky"
It seems the Americans have changed their mind. The "Marine One" presidential helicopter of the Lockheed Martin-AgustaWestland consortium, that in 2005 won the tender for the production of 23 specimens... more
AirlineseasyJet: presentation of the annual results 2007
Milan, Italy - To be held tomorrow morning
easyJet PLC, European low-cost airline, informs that tomorrow, Tuesday November 20th, 2007, h 11:00, at the Sheraton Diana Majestic Hotel - room Giardino Viale Piave 42, Milan - will take place the presentation... more
PeopleLars Lindgren new Executive Chairman of Spanair
Stockholm, Sweden - Lars Sandahl Sørensen new CEO of SAS International
"SAS Internationals' CEO Lars Lindgren has been appointed Executive Chairman of Spanair, a member of the SAS Group. Lars Lindgren has strong background of international airline operations and has... more
AirportsSEA: shareholders meeting to elect the new councillors
Milan, Italy - Giuseppe Bonomi confirmed president and CEO
"Today has been held the meeting of SEA SpA (Milan airports management company) shareholders. The meeting has decided in extraordinary session, according to the law 296/2006, for the modification of... more
AirportsGenoa, international tender for relaunching the air station
Genoa, Italy - Giovanni Novi, president of the port Authority, hopes for a joint management of "Cristoforo Colombo"
This morning, the president of the port Authority, Giovanni Novi, has communicated the opening of an international public tender aiming to decide who will support the current shareholders of Aeroporto... more
Civil aviationAutotutela denounces the Ryanair spokesman
Turin, Italy - Due to slanders against the travel agents
"It doesn't matter what people are saying as long as they talk about you". This should seem to be the current Ryanair slogan that adds to the host of prosecutions a criminal one by Autotutela, an Italian... more
AirportsUK: Heathrow and Gatwick the worst records for delayed departing flights
London, United Kingdom - Data provided for the Association of European Airlines
London's Gatwick and Heathrow airports had the worst records for delayed departing flights of all Europe's leading airports in the three months through September, the "Financial Times" reported. Gatwick... more
AirlinesPossible merger between Delta Air Lines and UAL?
Atlanta, USA - Gordon Bethune has proposed the idea
Gordon Bethune, the advisor of to Pardus Capital Management, said he has told shareholders of Delta Air Lines and UAL, the parent of United Airlines, that there would be no losers in a combination of the... more
AirportsFrosinone, the pro-airport committee asks for two new airports
Frosinone , Italy - One must be built in the South, the other in the North of Rome
While Alessandro Bianchi, the Italian Minister of Transport, announces that the work of the technical commission on the third airport of Lazio is going to end, Stefano Venditti, the president of Frosinone... more
AirlinesBA could have to pay millions compensation for cancelled flights
London, UK - Legal case started for violation of EU-rules
British Airways risks to be involved in a series of law-suits that could cost the air-company millions. Dutch firm EUclaim aims namely at sueing the British carrier for having tried to hide a confidential... more
AirportsThe European Union to elaborate a decongestion plan for the regional airports
Brussels, Belgium - The forecasts of ECAC and EUROCONTROL
A forecast of ECAC - European Civil Aviation Conference and EUROCONTROL has estimated that within 2025 there will be over 9 billion passengers worldwide, and Asia will be the main market. According... more
Government actsQuestion about the "Dal Molin" airport of Vicenza
Rome, Italy - Presented by senator Luigi Ramponi (AN) and many others
Senator Luigi Ramponi (AN) and many others ask the Italian premier to know: whether there is the intention to safeguard the functionality and potentialities of the current airport of Vicenza, respecting... more
Civil aviationEurocontrol-Euromed joint seminar for the Meda Countries
Brussels, Belgium - On pan-European ATM functions
"In the framework of the Euro-Mediterranean Transport Forum intended for the benefit of the MEDA countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, Syria, Tunisia and... more
AirlinesThree new Air China flights towards North Korea
Beijing, China - Sign of détente between the two Countries
After the agreement signed for the renounce to its nuclear programme, the relations between North Korea and the rest of the world are improving. Sign of this new détente are e.g. the three new flights... more
Civil aviationUS: for Thanksgiving Day military airspaces open to civilian traffic
Washington, USA - Decision made by President Bush
Thanksgiving Day is one of the most celebrated events in the United States: this year it falls on November 22nd, and an air-passenger movement of 27 millions is awaited, outnumbering the last year's movement... more
SecurityFAA (Correction) AD on Airbus model A-330/200, A-330/300, A-340/200, A-340/300, A-340/500, and A-340/600 series airplanes (2007-22-10)
Washington, Usa - To identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: November 16, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 221)] [Page 64532] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation... more
ConferencesAir-traffic controllers' General Assembly starts today
Ostia, Italy - At the Hotel Satellite in Ostia, near Rome
Organized by the Italian Flight Safety Association, the 37th edition of the General Assembly of the World Federation of Air-Traffic Controllers (IFATSEA) begins today, meaning of all those technicians... more
Civil aviationAfter the drug-test-decree, the doubts by the sector's operators
Rome, Italy - The unions: "Workers being picked on"
After Italy's Unified Conference of State, Regions and municipalities, finally reached an agreement on the categories of workers to undergo to the new norms on drug-tests (see AVIONEWS in this regard),... more
AirlinesAir Arabia awarded "Low-Cost Carrier of the Year" title
Dubai , UAE - At the Aviation Business Awards in Dubai
Air Arabia, one of the major low-fares carriers of the Middle East and Northern Africa, has gained the title "Low-Cost Carrier of the Year" at the Aviation Business Awards 2007 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates,... more
IndustryBoeing delivered AirBridgeCargo's first 747-400 Freighter on lease from GECAS
Everett, Usa - First Boeing airplane new production freighter delivery to Russian carrier
"Boeing delivered the first Boeing 747-400 Freighter to enter the fleet of AirBridgeCargo, a subsidiary of Volga-Dnepr Group, under lease from GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS). The new airplane... more
IndustryBoeing, transavia.com announced Next Generation 737 order
Seattle, Usa - Worth about USD 523 million
"Boeing and Dutch airline transavia.com have finalized an order for seven 737-800s with conversion rights to other model types. The order is worth approximately USD 523 million at list prices. The airline... more
AirlinesAlitalia: the tender is drawing to an end among several doubts
Rome, Italy - On November 23rd there will be the opening of the bid envelopes
The moment of the truth is drawing near for Alitalia and in few days (probably on November 23rd) the curtain will ring up on the bids of the buyers. Within the end of November the President Maurizio Prato... more
CuriositiesAeronautic terminology in dribs and drabs... <b>F as "FMS"<b>
Rome, Italy - Flight Management System
FMS (Flight Management System) - A computer system that uses a large data base to allow routes to be programmed and fed into the system by means of a data loader. The system is constantly updated with... more
AirlinesAir France-KLM: Alitalia? Only at certain conditions
Paris, France - Those are the words of Pierre-Henri Gourgeon, Dutch-French airline financial director
The French daily "La Tribune", in its on-line edition, announced that during the Parisian show Actionaria, Pierre-Henri Gourgeon, the financial director of Air France-KLM, said the French-Dutch group is... more
IndustryITT Industries awarded of a over 14 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the AN/SPS-48E Radar System
ITT Industries, Van Nuys, Calif., is being awarded a $14,212,378 modification to exercise an option under previously awarded contract N00024-06-C-5204, for the radar obsolescence availability recovery... more
CuriositiesAeronautic terminology in dribs and drabs... <b>A as "Aster"<b>
Rome, Italy - In the field of Franco-Italian FSAF programme
The ASTER family of vertically launched missiles is being developed by MBDA within the Franco-Italian FSAF (Future Surface-to-Air Family) programme. Aster 30 will feature in a family of air defence... more
CuriositiesAeronautic terminology in dribs and drabs... <b>P as "PAR P-2090CM"<b>
Rome, Italy - Particularly useful for emergency applications
P.A.R. 2090C, designed by Galileo Avionica, is an X band, state-of-the-art ground controlled precision approach radar, particularly useful for emergency applications to allow the landing and taking off... more
Military aviationAlenia Aeronautica and Boeing: agreement for research and innovation activities about materials and aerostructures
Rome, Italy - Opening of the new Boeing Research Centre in Campania
Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica company, and The Boeing Company have signed an agreement to develop jointly some research activities about the advanced materials and aerostructures. This agreement... more
AirlinesSN Brussels Airlines: AirDC, a new Congolese airline
Brussels, Belgium - First flights are forecast early 2008
"The new Congolese airline set up by Hewa Bora Airways together with the Brussels Airlines group by means of its Mauritius subsidiary Pan African Airlines, will carry the name 'AirDC'. The first 'airDC'... more
Press releasePedrini on Alpi Eagles: ENAC, what is happening?
Rome, Italy - "The carrier's matter is paroxysmal"
"'The matter of Alpi Eagles is paroxysmal' declares Italian honourable Egidio Pedrini, secretary of the Chamber's Transport Commission, who specifies that 'ENAC (Italian civil Aviation Authority) has power... more
Military aviationThe bilateral air-naval exercise "Aswex 2007" concluded today
Canberra, Australia - Began last November 5
The Australian and New Zealand's Navies involved into the "Aswex 2007" drill that, began last November 5, concluded today. The Australian Navy has participated with Sea Hawk helicopters of the 816th... more
ReportVictim of a helicopter crash, corpse stolen: he was a drug lord
Ensenada, Mexico - Fierce gunfight in the morgue
Francisco Medardo Leon Hinojosa, wanted for being a drug lord financing one of the most important cartels smuggling narcotics between Mexico and the United States, that of Tijuana, led by the Arellano... more
Press release"Europe for Peace": the Czech Republic against the radar, asks a real democracy
Rome, Italy - The protest is supported in all the Continent
"On November 17, 18th anniversary of the Rivoluzione di Velluto, at 4pm Ne zakladnam (The Committee No to bases), students and unions committees will protest in Venceslao Place against the radar installation... more
OccurrencesFrance: an Airbus aircraft against an anti-noise barrier
Toulouse, France - Ten injured
An Airbus A-340/600 airplane crashed against a barrier and rammed into a wall during tests of the plane at the Toulouse-Blagnac airport, in France. The crash has left 10 people injured, three of whom seriously. The... more
CuriositiesAeronautic terminology in dribs and drabs... <b>M as "Mars Express"<b>
Rome, Italy - Thales Alenia Space is responsible for the satellite integration and testing
Mars Express is the European scientific probe to study the atmosphere of Mars and map the geology of its surface. Thales Alenia Space was responsible for the satellite integration and testing, and... more
AirlinesExplosive O'Leary: hostesses calendar
Dublin, Ireland - The earnings will go to charity
"Ryanair's wonderful crew is raising the cabin's temperature with the sexiest calendar of 2008. Starting from tomorrow, passengers will have the chance to take home a dozen flight attendants of Europe's... more
Press releaseANSV: investigator in the inquiry about air crash in Texas
Rome, Italy - The PA-28R-200 airplane took off for a training flight
"ANSV (the Italian air safety board) has elected its own investigator in the technical inquiry led by the US authorities, after the accident occurred yesterday, November 15, near Abilene, Texas, to a Piper... more
PeopleBianchi on the election of Sciacchitano as vice-president of the Eurocontrol assembly
Rome, Italy - The Italian minister of Transport expresses his satisfacion
"The Italian minister of Transport, Alessandro Bianchi, expresses great satisfaction about the election of Salvatore Sciacchitano as vice-president of the assembly of Eurocontrol, the European organization... more
AerospaceFinmeccanica (5). sectors of activity - Space
Rome, Italy - Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio
- Revenues were EUR 593 million, up 14% on the EUR 519 million the previous year, essentially as a result of more production work in the manufacturing segment. Production related principally to: planning... more
IndustryFinmeccanica (4): sectors of activity - Aeronautics
Rome, Italy - Alenia Aeronautica, Alenia Aeronavali, Alenia Aermacchi, Gie Atr, Alenia Sia
- Revenues were EUR 1,496 million, up 13% from EUR 1,329 million for the first nine months of 2006 thanks to a greater contribution by the civilian segment, in particular from work on ATR aircraft and... more