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MiscellaneousEmergency landing in Belgrade for an Alitalia flight
Rome, Italy – Smoke in the cockpit made start the alarm last Friday on the aircraft directed to Sofia
Last Friday an Alitalia plane flying from Rome to Sofia (Bulgaria) was forced to make an emergency landing in Belgrade, because of smoke in the cockpit for unknown reasons. The commandant of the flight... more
IndustryEADS confirms VTB entry in its capital
Moscow, Russia - 5% purchase at EUR 885m
Vneshtorgbank (VTB), a bank owned by the Russian state, has agreed to buy a portion of the stock of EADS. This announcement by the Russian financial press was confirmed over the week-end to press agencies... more
AerospaceAtlantis has lifted; no damages to the thermic shield
Washington, Usa - At the moment of take-off pieces of ice or of foam hit the shuttle
After many problems and delays Atlantis finally has departed. Saturday at 11:15am the space shuttle lifted from Kennedy Space Center of Cape Canaveral in Florida, toward its 11 day mission at the International... more
IndustryATR: Air Deccan has taken delivery the 700th model manufactured
Toulouse, France - This represents the 6th ATR-72/500 aircraft already delivered to the Indian low-cost carrier
ATR and Air Deccan, the first Indian low-cost airline, celebrated the delivery of the 700th ATR aircraft manufactured last Friday. The delivery ceremony has been held in Toulouse in the presence of Captain... more
DefenseSeptember 11 (2): today the fighters are ready to shot down the hijacked planes
Washington, Usa - Since then the US defense is different
"If the terrorists in any way would manage to take the control of a plane, is very difficult that they can make it fly to the target". These are the words of Paul McHale, US undersecretary of Defense,... more
MiscellaneousMilan-Malpensa airport: cocaine inside berimbaus
Milan, Italy - A Brazilian man was arrested
A 34-year-old Brazilian man was arrested on international drugs trafficking charges after he was found with cocaine by the Financial Police at Milan-Malpensa airport. The man, who arrived from Rio de Janeiro,... more
MiscellaneousSeptember 11: America five years later
Washington, Usa - The American people feel vulnerable and fear a new attack
Today America is silent. People remember the victims of that tragic September 11th of five years ago, when together with the Twin Towers fell the faith of an entire nation about US invulnerability, and... more
MiscellaneousBA plane lands in emergency at Brussels for a false bomb alert
Brusselles, Belgium - A warning light signalled the presence of a fire aboard
Last night a British Airways plane made an emergency landing at Brussels airport after a fire alert began. The flight had departed from London to Frankfurt with 143 passengers onboard; after a warning... more
AirlinesAlitalia: union meetings against externalizations
Rome, Italy – Mobilizations in Rome and Naples
New agitations in Alitalia after the official communication of Alitalia Servizi’s intention to cede some administrative and information activities, as the European Commission asked to authorize the last c... more
IndustryBoeing delivered Bavaria International's first Next-Generation 737-800
Seattle, Usa - New Delhi, India-based Air Sahara will operate the airplane
The Boeing Company and Bavaria International Aircraft Leasing announced the delivery of the company’s first Next-Generation 737-800. New Delhi, India-based Air Sahara will operate the airplane. Bavaria, b... more
Civil aviationMenaces by the new Al-Qaeda in Iraq's new leader
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - "Kill at least one American within a period not exceeding 15 days"
At the same time of the video that showed the images of bin Laden and two kamikaze that have participated to the September 11’s attempts, on an Islamic fundamentalistic web site has reached the audio t... more
AirlinesJet2.com: on sale from last Wednesday the flights from Pisa to Leeds-Bradford and Manchester
Milan, Italy - From next Summer
"Starting from last Wednesday, is possible to book, on the English carrier’s website (www.jet2.com), the flights from Pisa to Leeds-Bradford and Manchester for next Summer with a base tariff of EUR 21 p... more
DefenseRumsfeld confirms: Usa is going away from Maddalena within October 2007
Rome, Italy - It's been communicated by the Italian Defence Minister, Arturo Parisi
The US Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, has confirmed that United States will leave the Maddalena base (Sardinia) within October 2007. The Italian Minister of Defence, Arturo Parisi, has announced that... more
Latest newsOSCE observers will know the new Russian armaments
Moscow, Russia - A disposition of the Vienna Agreement signed in 1999
A delegation of military observers of the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) has visited at the end of this week to the Training Center for pilots of the Russia Air Force in Lipetsk.... more
AerospaceMalaysia makes known the name of the its first astronaut
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - He will realize experiment on board of the ISS about neurophysiology, cardiovascular activities, microbiology and botany
The Premier of Malaysia, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, few days ago has revealed the name of the first Malay astronaut that will participate to the space mission predicted for next October 2007, Sheikh Muszaphar... more
Latest newsMIG-31B: key aircraft of the Russian Air Force
Moscow, Russia - It detects to great distance the aircraft that fly also at very low altitude
Last Tuesday, during a visit of a OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) delegation in the Training Center for pilots in Liptesk, the Chief of the Russian Air Force, General Vladimir... more
Science and technologyRFID tracking at San Francisco airport
San Francisco, USA - Based on automatic luggage-passenger coupling
San Francisco airport will use, starting from next Spring, a tracking and automatic luggage-passenger coupling RFID system that should replace current system based on bar codes. The system should improve... more
AirlinesTap is discussing with Brazil to fly to Amazzonia
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Currently the Portuguese airline already operates 47 flights to Brazil
The Portuguese air company Tap, after having launched weekly flights to Caracas, Miami and Panama, has started the with the Brazilian Tourism Minister, Walfrido dos Mares Guia, to establish links with... more
MiscellaneousChina pro a pacific solution for Korean and Iran cases
Beijing, China - "It needs to act with caution and abstain to actions that could make worse the situation"
During an interview granted to the European press about the nuclear problem of the Korean peninsula and about the programme for the Uranium enrichment in Iran, the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has stated... more
AirlinesOcean Airlines prepares itself for expansion
Brescia, Italy - 4 new airplanes, debut on the Stock Exchange, new CEO
Ocean Airlines elected Rossano De Luca, already President of Opensky Service, as new CEO in a moment of strong expansion and future projects: in fact the cargo carriers is about to debut on the Stock Exchange... more
AirlinesNew flight Perugia-London by Ryanair
Perugia, Italy - The connection between Sant'Egidio airport and London-Stanstead will start next December 20
"With big joy we announce this new route and also a new Italian terminal, the 20th, served by Ryanair", with these words the Vice-President Marketing for Italy of the low-cost carrier Ryanair, has announced... more
Science and technologyESA asks for proposals to enterprises
Paris, France - On the field of Leading-Edge Technology program
The European Space Agency (ESA) has advanced a request for innovative technological developments on the field of the Leading-Edge Technology program (LET) to small and average enterprises of the Agency’s M... more
AirlinesAir France-KLM:+4,8% passengers traffic in August
Paris, France - The French-Dutch group has transported 6,3 million of passengers last month
Air France-KLM has transported 6,3 million of passengers in August, that is an increase of 4,8% compared with the same month of last year. And also a raising on the cargo transport has been registered... more
AirlinesAlitalia adopts Worldspan Interchange
Rome, Italy - For e-ticketing system
Alitalia has chosen Worldspan Interchange, the Interline electronic ticketing (IET) product allowing interline e-ticket to all airlines joining the system, which are more than 55 worldwide. Wolrdspan allowed... more
AirlinesSummer 2006: boom for low-cost flights and booking on-line
Rome, Italy - Travellers ever more often use web sites of the air companies to book their flights
This Summer the flights and the holidays low-cost and last minute have made register a real boom on bookings. Italian and foreign tourists are ever more attracted by the travel packages of the on-lin agencies... more
IndustryThe last A-380 test flight with passengers is taking place
Toulouse, France - It will last 15 hours
The A-380 series number MSN2 lifted off this morning at 7 am from Toulouse-Blagnac airport for its fourth and last test flight with passengers on board, lasting 15 hours. These tests aim to get a realistic... more
IndustryLockheed Martin won't produce Proton launchers
Washington, USA - It runs out of joint-venture ILS
Lockheed Martin will cede its shares in Lockheed Khrunichev Energia International (LKEI), the joint-venture between the American company and Russian Khrunichev and Energia, which has produced Proton rocket... more
Civil aviationAgreement on the denuclearized zone in the Central Asia
Astana, Kazakhistan - It is allowed the use of the atomic energy for pacific purposes
The chancellors of the Center-Asian Republics of Kazakhistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tagikistan and Uzbekistan have signed in Semipalatinsk (Kazakhistan) an agreement on the creation of a denuclearized... more
AccidentsThe copilot of the Comair jet fallen in Kentucky has come out of a coma
Washington, Usa - The man is the lone survivor to the terrible crash that killed 49 people
The copilot of the Comair aircraft that August 27 plunged in Kentucky, causing the death of 49 persons, has come out of a coma. It’s been communicated by hospital sources that clarified that James Polehinke, t... more
MiscellaneousThe temporary memorial of September 11 has been inaugurated in New York
New York, Usa - The monument is provisional waiting for the definitive one to be complete
Waiting for the space-monument in honour of the victims of September 11 -that will be located where before there were the Twin Towers- to be completed, yesterday it has been inaugurated in Ground Zero... more
AccidentsChina: penalized four military Officers liables of a air crash
Beijing, China - Assessment of about 40 victims
Four High Officers of the Chinese Popular Liberation Army have been punished for an air crash. Last June 3, a military air cargo has thrown down in the East district of Anhui, provoking the death of 40... more
IndustryEADS: Gallois denies difficulties in Airbus programs
Paris, France – After rumors about BAE departure
EADS co-CEO, Louis Gallois, denied rumors on presumed Airbus difficulties not only in A-380 program but also on other projects such as A-350 and A-400. Everything goes on according to plans, Gallois assured,... more
HelicoptersThe German Army’s EC-135 training helicopter fleet reached the 30,000-hour mark
Marignane, France - At the German Army Air Corps School in Bückeburg at the end of August 2006
The German Army’s EC-135 training helicopter fleet at the German Army Air Corps School in Bückeburg reached the 30,000-hour mark at the end of August 2006. The German Army has been operating 14 EC-135 st... more
DefenseLebanon (5): Indonesia will send one thousand Blue Helmets
Jakarta, Indonesia - A group of twelve militaries of the logistic service will prepare the arrive of the detail
Indonesian official governmental sources have announced last Tuesday the send in Lebanon of a detail of one thousand units, which deployment operations will start at the end of September. Within a few... more
MiscellaneousCocaine in the cockpit at Malpensa
Milan, Italy - The finding in an Alitalia aircraft came from Caracas
A package containing 2 kilograms of pure cocaine was found yesterday inside the cockpit of an airplane of Alitalia due to lift for Chicago. The fact has happened at Milan-Malpensa airport, where the plane,... more
DefenseJoint naval training between Russia and United States
Helsinki, Norway – One of the main goals was the prevention to the terrorism
Russia and USA conclude today the joint naval training "Eagle of the North", endured three days in front of the Norway’s coasts. The Soviet military attaché at the Russian Embassy in Helsinki has informed th... more
AccidentsC-130 fallen in Piacenza: today the corpse of the crew will be repatriated
Piacenza, Italy - In the mean time the investigations about the crash are going on
After almost a month the Piacenza’s magistracy has given green light to repatriate the bodies of the three crew members of the Algerian C-130 Hercules plunged near Piacenza last August 13. The mortal r... more
DefenseDeclaration by NATO and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Washington, USA - An agreement of stability that supplies solid relationships with the International community
On 6 September 2006, in the presence of the North Atlantic Council-NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan signed the "Declaration by NATO and the Islamic... more
AirlinesLebanon (4): Emirates and Lufthansa resume flights to Beirut
Milan, Italy - The two air companies announced the restarting of connections since Saturday
The German airline, Lufthansa, and the Arab Emirates have announced they are going to resume the connections with Beirut airport, that was freed yesterday from the air block of Israel. The spokesman of... more
MiscellaneousRed Cross will visit the prisoners in Guantanamo
Geneva, Switzerland - In next days a delegation of the humanitarian agency will go to the US jail to verify the conditions of prisoners
After the admittance by the US President, George W. Bush, about the existence of secret prisons, and about the "Hard" methods used by CIA officers during the interrogations of the suspect terrorists (see... more
DefenseAfghanistan: a device explodes against Italian mean
Kabul, Afghanistan - Four soldiers remained wounded
This morning round about at 9:00 a.m. local (6:30 a.m. Italian hour), an improvised explosive device is burst along the border of a street during the transit of an Italian military mean in activity at... more
AerospaceToday it will take off the shuttle Atlantis
Washington, USA - A technical difficulty had blocked the launch
NASA has scheduled the take off of shuttle Atlantis today at 11:41 a.m. local from Kennedy Space Center of Cape Canaveral, in Florida, after that a technical difficulty had blocked the launch predicted... more
DefenseLebanon (3): stopped the naval block, but Israel doesn't confirm
Beirut, Lebanon - The Italian ships are patrolling the coasts of Beirut
Sources of the Lebanese Government, followed by the Italian Defence Minister, Arturo Parisi, have announced that the naval block imposed by Israel on Beirut’s port has been removed. Israel neither confirm n... more
MiscellaneousLebanon (2): from Turin an humanitarian flight to Beirut
Turin, Italy - An Antonov 124 has brought 8 tons of goods to the children victim of the war
Yesterday at 11:30am from Turin airport an aircraft Antonov 124 has taken-off with 8 tons of humanitarian aids for the children of Beirut, victims of 34-day war between Hezbollah and Israel. Despite at... more
MiscellaneousIran nuclear matter: Larijani-Prodi meeting today
Rome, Italy - USA demands sanctions soon
USA ask an urgent meeting of UN Security Council so that it gives the green light to a resolution containing sanctions against Iran, which is guilty of not wanting to give up its uranium enrichment program.... more
HelicoptersElitaxi service "Avionord" at Monza Grand Prix
Monza, Italy - It starts today in coincidence with the Grand Prix competition
On the occasion of the 77th Italy Grand Prix, that will take place in Monza starting from today, Avionord has activated the elitaxi service, that will allow to pilots, technicians, guests and teams managers,... more
MiscellaneousTerrorism in UK: more two incriminated men
London, United Kingdom - Total 17 people have been considered guilty
On the field of the inquiry on presumed thwarted attack against airplanes flying between UK and USA, more two men have been formally charged with murder conspiracy and preparation of terrorist acts. 25... more
PeoplePolemics on the suspension of the flight Bari-Tirana
Tirana, Albania - The opposition is sure that behind this decision there're politic pression manoeuvres
Yesterday an Albanian newspaper retailed the news about a telephone conversation between the president of airline Albatros and a top officer of the Albanian civil aviation, where it was mentioned the "Sollaku... more
DefenseAfghanistan: false alarm on a C-130 with Tricarico on board
Kabul, Afghanistan - The automatic anti-missile system started
General Leonardo Tricarico, who is leaving his charge as Italian Air Force Chief of Staff on next September 19, ended traditional parting visits at several Divisions in Italy and started a series of meetings... more
Airports"Al Jazeera" shows a video with bin Laden and two kamikaze of the attempts of September 11, 2001
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Document about the daily life of the Al Qaeda's fighters
At three days by the anniversary of the September 11 2001’s attempts against the USA, the "Al Jazeera" television yesterday evening showed the images of bin Laden and two kamikaze. The video said the p... more