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PeopleFAA ORDERS TO HALT PRO AIR FLIGHTS
DETROIT, FAA ordered to halt all Pro Air flights because of serious aircraft safety problems. But at the same time, Pro Air, american airline, said it had appealed the FAA's action, saying the agency's... more
PeopleENAC: EUROPEAN FLIGHT CREW LICENSES' WORKSHOP
ROME, Today in Rome at Sala Convegno Archivio Generale dello Stato, the 22 in Milan, Sala formazione Malpensa Milan's airport, the 25 in Reggio Calabria at Grand Hotel Excelsior, from 9 am to 17... more
PeopleTRUCKERS PROTEST AGAINST FUEL PRICE: NO RISK FOR AIR TRAFFIC
OSLO, Norwegian truckers are on the warpath to protest again fuel price. Eight refineries in the south of the country have been stopped for protest demonstrations and appeals have been launched to... more
People18 YEARS OLD STUDENT IS THE FIRST FEMALE PILOT OF QATAR
DUBAI, Female emancipation is gaining ground even in midwest countries. Munira al-Dosari, a 18 years old student, was the first female of Qatar to get pilot's license for charters. That will be the first... more
PeopleETEB STUDIES ON 737 RUDDERS REVEALS OTHER TROUBLES
USA, The Engineering Test and Evaluation Board (ETEB) that has extensively worked on two 737 aircraft accident cases, in which 157 people died , has found that the rudder hydraulic powered control system... more
PeopleALPA CONSIDERS ATA IS DELAYING MOVING FORWARD ON FAA REGULATIONS
USA, ALPA, the Air Line Pilots Association which represents 58.000 pilots, said it considers ATA's initiative a tactic to delay moving forward on FAA regulations governing fatigue and flight time limits.... more
PeopleIRAQ AND RUSSIA WILL SOON RESUME FLIGHTS
MOSCOW, Pavil Piryatku, regional director of the Russian official airline, Aeroflot, said flights with Iraq will be resumed next month. The announcement was also reported by the government iraqui newspaper... more
PeopleFAA TO ORDER CHANGE TO 737 BOEING
USA, Boeing 737, the worldwide most used jetliner, of which the Seattle industry delivered about 3800 units since it took service in 1967, will have to change the rudder, as FAA ordered. Investigating... more
PeopleITALIANS FLIES INTO A RAGE WITH AIR FRANCE: 96 HOURS TO BACK HOME FROM POLYNESIA
ROME, Thirthy italians went through a real odissey to back from Polynesia: four days to back home after flying from Papeete to Los Angeles via Honolulu to return to Paris where they were finally boarded... more
PeopleRAINS FALLING DOWN ON ILLINOIS: OVERCROWDED CHICAGO AIRPORT LOUNGES
NEW YORK, After escaping danger of Florence hurricane over pacific ocean, beacause it is expected to whip up Bermudas, United States went through bad moments for thunderstorms flooding Illinois. Bad weather... more
PeopleJAPAN: OKINAWA FLIGHTS DELAYED AFTER SAOMAI TYPHOON PASSED BY
TOKYO, Japan is actually whipped up by Saomai typhoon, who is affecting transports and even 11 Toyota's plants. Five killed, 4 missing persons and about 30 injured people. this is the stock of the... more
PeopleGREEK CIVIL AVIATION: 48 HOURS STRIKE CALLED FOR SEPTEMBER 15 AND 16
ATHENS, Ypa, the greek Civil Aviation, called a strike for next September 15 and 16. The air traffic controllers took this drastic measure to request a service restructuring and the recruitment of qualified... more
PeopleRUSSIA OPPOSES TO ECAC'S PROJECT
VERONA, "One sky" project proposed by Ecac's President Alfredo Roma is facing obstacles around Europe. Spain is the less convinced country with the project. Russia, by itself, refuses to join the Conference,... more
PeopleALFREDO ROMA (ECAC): "ONLY ONE AUTHORITY TO MANAGE EUROPEAN SKY"
VERONA, Alfredo Roma, Ecac's President, ended Verona meeting saying "only one central authority for flight management, ready to urge security interventions, passengers' rights, environment, harmonization... more
PeopleALFREDO ROMA (ECAC): "AN IMMEDIATE EUROPEAN AUTHORITY FOR CIVIL AVIATION"
ROME, "We need a real european Authority for Civil Aviation". This was the proposal of Enac and Ecac's President, Alfredo Roma. This proposal replies to the one made by the european commissioner for Transport... more
PeopleFAA ORDERS INSPECTIONS OF BOEING 767
WASHINGTON, The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration ordered an inspection of Boeing 767 elevator mechanisms to see if any shear rivets had broken. These rivets are designed... more
PeopleUK AND FRANCE REPRESENTATIVES PUSHES CONCORDE IN FLIGHT AGAIN
PARIS, The officials from England and French, that includes representative of industries of Concorde makers, are determined to get the supersonic aircraft back in the air, though they admit having only... more
PeopleINDIA: AIR TRAFFIC INCREASES
NEW DELHI, After four years of scarcity, air traffic rose up in India. The director of indian department for civil aviation, H.S. Khola, said it is expected a 10% increase within the end of the year. Regional... more
PeopleAMERICAN SURVEY ABOUT RADIO PROCEDURES
USA, An american magazine specialized in aeronautical stuff has recently asked to their readers about pilots ability of using proper aircraft radio procedures. Among the over 1000 responses it came out... more
PeopleMORE SPACE FOR OVERSIZED PASSENGERS
USA, People often travelling by plane, mostly in Usa, could have been through the unpleasant adventure of being sandwiched sitting between two oversized passengers. Continental, the american airline, is... more
PeopleAIRCRAFT COMMANDER REFUS TO EMBARK STOWAWAY FOR SAFETY REASON
FLORENCE, About fifty stowaways have been expelled after they were found out sleeping in some wagons of Leopolda and Cascine railway stations in Florence. Two romanians, who were taken to Peretola airport... more
PeopleDENIED TO GREEK PRIME MINISTER THE PERMISSION TO ENTER YUGOSLAVIAN AIR SPACE
ATHENS, A diplomatic incident occurred in the sky of Athens. The aircraft carrying the greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis was flying to the United States for Millennium Summit but it was denied the... more
PeopleTRAFFIC JAMS IN THE SKY AND AIRCRAFT TO SCRAP: SECURITY EMERGENCY IS ON
ROME, The efficiency and working of means of many airlines could give a wrong idea of security for people travelling. The alarm was given by Alfredo Roma, president of Enac and Ecac from last June. Ecac... more
PeopleUNDERSECRETARY DANESE REPLIES TO KLM: NO POLITICAL INSTABILITY
ROME, There is no italian political "instability" behind the divorce between Alitalia and Klm. That's what Luca Danese, undersecretary of Transport, said commenting the words of Coen Oort, chairman... more
PeopleALITALIA PILOTS STRIKE WAS SUSPENDED
ROME, Regular flights on september 8th, day in which was scheduled a 24 hours strike of Alitalia's pilots. The unrest was suspended thanks to the intervention of Uiltrasporti Italian Federation of pilots,... more
PeopleAEROSTATIC MAIL
MILANO, An important collector of Milan, Zanaria, offers to lovers special rarities which represents the first case of air mail. It is the corrispondence, composed of documents, private letters and postcards,... more
PeopleFAA INAUGURATES FLIGHT INFORMATION SERVICE DATA LINK
USA, The Flight Information Service Data Link (FISDL) began operations in late July during Oshkosh Air Venture. Its aim is to provide weather information to general aviation operators via data link. Some... more
PeopleFAA ORDERS INSPECTIONS OF BOEING 767 ELEVATORS
USA, FAA ordered airlines to inspect the elevator assemblies on Boeing 767 airliners. The decision was taken after receiving reprts of failed shear rivets being found in the tail elevator assemblies of... more
PeopleFAA CREATES MAINTENANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
USA, FAA, complying with directives it received from Congress, plans to establish an advisory committee on the use and supervision of aircraft and aviation component repair facilities, both within and... more
PeopleIATA EXPECTING AIR FARES INCREASE TO COUNTERBALANCE OIL RISE
ROME, According to Iata, the International Air Transport Association gathering more than 200 airlines all around the world, oil rise will provoke an increase of ticket's price. Many carriers tried to find... more
PeopleAIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER SUSPENDED OVER LANDING MIX-UP
HONG KONG, An air traffic controller and a supervisor of Hong Kong's Check Lap Kok airport have been suspended after giving wrong instructions to two planes. They cleared a Cathay Pacific cargo plane to... more
PeopleNEW FORMAT FOR IAP CHARTS FROM FAA
USA, FAA's Office of Aeronautical Charting and Cartography, has presented a new format for Instrument Approach Procedure charts. The new graphics is more quick and easy to read and understand, and this... more
PeopleAIR CRASHES LEAK OF NEWS
PARIS, Ifalpa said the leak of news during the inquiry about the reasons of Concorde's crash was definitely alarming. Also the disaster of EgyptAir occurred last year in New York, was affected by the a... more
People36 HOURS DELAY FOR AIR INDIA FLIGHT
JAPAN, An Air India flight to Japan had a 36 hours delay. After six hours of flight the plane was turned back to the airport when their pilot was refused permission to fly over China. It seems it was denied... more
PeoplePARLIAMENTARY QUESTION OF SENATOR DOLAZZA ABOUT ADR COSTS FOR PASSENGERS
ROME, Senator Dolazza, of Lega Nord, sent a parliamentary question to italian government asking for explanations about the tribute of $1,5 each leaving passenger requested by Aeroporti di Roma for the... more
PeopleFAA PRPOSED $1.24M FINE AGAINST BOEING
USA, FAA proposed yesterday to fine Boeing $1.24 million. The american industry would be guilty for control violations and failing to report cracks on 737s. Boeing said safety was never compromised. more
PeopleUKRAINA PLANS TO MODERNISE TU-144 AND YAK-42
KIEV, Ukraine plans to modernise hundreds of Soviet-made Tupolev Tu-134 and Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger planes. The aircrafts will be equipped with ukrainian-made aviation engines. more
PeopleILFC SELECTS PW 4168A ENGINES FOR A330S
EAST HARTFORD, CUNNECTICUT, International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) has selected PW 4168A engines to power eight Airbus A330 aircraft. Deliveries will begin in 2002. The value of the sale is... more
PeopleTHIS WEEK CELEBRATIONS FOR AMY JOHNSON
LONDON, Will be celebrated this week the 70th annyversary of the historic flight of Amy johnson, the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia in 1930. Commemorations will take place in Croydon,... more
PeopleAGREEMENT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND EGYPT FOR AIR CORRIDOR TO GAZA
EL CAIRO, Egypt and Israel signed the agreement on air corridor to Gaza. The aircrafts will fly through a corridor placed 15 miles north of El Arich, in the north of Sinai. The agreement will become effective... more
PeopleAIRBUS IS LEADING THE BATTLE OF ORDERS
FARNBOROUGH, According to the President of Airbus Industrie, Noel Forgeard, the company collected, during Farnborough 2000 exhibition, "firm orders" for at all 230 aircrafts, included 22 new A3XX planned... more
PeopleMOBILE PHONES SOON CLEAR TO BE USED SAFELY ON AIRCRAFTS
LONDRA, Passengers will soon be able to use safely their own mobile phones on airline flights. The aerospace company BAE Systems is developing a revolutionary passenger telecommunication system called... more
PeopleALSIM FLIGHT SIMULATOR FIRST IN EUROPE TO RECEIVE FNPT2 CERTIFICATION
PARIS, ALSIM was the first european company to receive, at the beginning of 2000, FNTP and FNTP2 MCC certification for 200 MCC training flight simulator. This new range of simulators is destined to professional... more
PeopleENGLISH MAN CHARGED OVER BOMB HOAX
LONDON, English police arrested a 61 aged man, of no fixed abode, for spreading a bommb hoax on a flight of British Airways coming from Zurich. Manson is due to appear at magistrate to refute the accusations... more
PeopleBELL IS PLANNING FOUR-ROTOR VERTICAL-LIFT TRANSPORT
USA, Bell helicopters Textron has started designing a new four-rotor, C 130 size tiltrotor aircraft. It will be able to take off vertically in a few hundred feet and land, as the smaller V-22, vertically... more
PeopleJORDAN INDUSTRIALISTS ASK GOVERNMENT TO TAKE AGAIN AIR TRAFFIC TO IRAQ
AMMAN, Jordan industrialists asked their government yesterday to take again air traffic to Iraq, adducing the benefits that would bring to national economy and to iraqui people overwhelmed by embargo.... more
PeopleSIGHT FIRES FROM THE SKY IN FRANCE
PARIS, French dept. of Toulouse is achieving excellent results in fire prevention using a Cessna and two fire-men. Flying at 1000 metres of height, according to firemen squads is possible to sight a growing... more
PeopleDE PALACIO BACKS TO DEAL WITH FRENCH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS
BRUXELLES, European Commissioner to Transports, Ignacia Loyola De Palacio, declared that she is going to take back deals with unions'leaders of french air traffic controllers about the project of one european... more
PeopleAUSTRALIA: LAPSES OF REASON AND PROCEDURAL SHORTCUTS MAIN CULPRITS IN MAINTENANCE ERRORS FOR ATSB
AUSTRALIA, According to a survey developed by ATSB, Australian Transport Safety Bureau, lapses of memory and procedural shortcuts would be the main culprits in aircrafts maintenance errors. The survey,... more
PeopleFORMED COALITION TO REDUCE AIRCRAFT NOISE
BRUXELLES, Some of the world's most prominent international aviation organizations have formed a coalition to support the development of lower jet aircraft noise standards. The organization is named Coalition... more