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AirlinesThe "Union of pilots" threats the "Bed battle"
Rome, Italy - Pilots on the point to star a war if Alitalia would eliminate the bed for third pilot from the planes that cover international routes
New agitations are coming for Alitalia. After the 24-hours strike called by pilots, flight attendants and ground personel delegations for September 7, the "Union of pilots" (Up) has threatened to do a... more
Latest newsAfghanistan: more than 40 flights with AB-212s of the AMI 51st Wing
Kabul, Afghanistan - Reconnaissance, territory control and staff and emergency transport missions
The detached division of the 51st Wing of the Italian Air Force makes known that, during its presence in Kabul, made more than 40 flights with its AB-212 helicopters in ICO version, specifically modified... more
MiscellaneousUs plane returned to Amsterdam (2): it should leave to Mumbay today
Amsterdam, Netherlands - There won't be the 12 arrested people on board, held back in Holland for interrogatories
It should leave within today, destination Bombay (India), the DC-10 returned yesterday at Amsterdam-Schiphol airport from where it had took-off, after that 12 of the 149 passengers on board had kept behaviour... more
IndustryEADS denies delays in A-400M program
Paris, France - After news on "La Tribune"
After an article on French newspaper "La Tribune" talked about possible delays, from one year to two, in the delivery of A-400M military airplanes, EADS denies: the program, which schedules the first test... more
DefenseIsrael-Lebanon (3). UN orders the enlistment rules
New York, USA - First: "Do not disarm Hezbollah"
The Lebanese issue has created in the international community, since the cease-fire ofthe last August 14, uncertainly and confusion. In these ten days, among thundering announce, mobilized Armies and ready... more
IndustryLockheed Martin Co. receives a contract for the value of beyond USD 6 millions
Washington, USA - For the F-16C/D
Lockheed Martin Co., Ft. Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $6,324,425 firm fixed price contract modification. This contract provides for provisioned items order modification, which will procure the spare... more
IndustryLockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. receives a contract for the value of beyond USD 14 millions
Washington, USA - For the development of hypersonic technology vehicle
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., in Palmdale, California, is being awarded a $14,620,922 modification exercising options to a previously awarded other transaction for prototypes agreement to continue development... more
Science and technologyMalaysia: visa at the airport for tourist
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - To promote arrivals from 23 Countries in the world
After the 2006 reprise of tourism in Malaysia, with arrivals comeback of 5.4% in the first 5 months (7.2 millions), Tourism Malaysia, the Government Agency that regulates and promotes tourist flows in... more
AirlinesAlitalia: market reacts positively to rumors
Rome, Italy - After indiscretions about a possible alliance with Lufthansa and services fragmentation
Italian flag airline’s shares gained 1.67% at 0.93 Euros yesterday, thanks to oil price decrease (USD 72.75 per barrel on New York’s Nymex) and most of all thanks to the words of the Secretary of Senate Pub... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Israeli officers from now on will fly with the Italian carrier
Rome, Italy - An agreement between the Italian air company and Tel Aviv Government will allow the officers to buy tickets on easy terms
Alitalia has communicated that following a deal with Israeli Government, every Israeli public officier will fly from now on with the Italian carrier during the mission abroad. The agreement reached with... more
DefenseIsrael-Lebanon (2): Agreement on the necessity to send an European detail of 9000 soldiers
Rome, Italy - Today meeting between D'Alema and the Israeli Foreign MInister Tzipi Livni
Yesterday, during the meeting of European Political and Security Committee, the States that have participated reached an agreement on the necessity to send a detail of 9000 soldiers, looking forward to... more
Press releaseEnav about the incident at Fiumicino: no collision, only contact
Rome, Italy - In the phase when the incident occurred the planes' engines were still off
"This morning, at about 9:30am, two Alitalia planes (Md 80 Az 156 to Brusselles and MD 80 Az 1413 to Turin) that were moving trough tractors from the parking on the square at Fiumicino airport touched... more
Press releaseAnsv about the incident at Fiumicino of this morning
Rome, Italy - Press release of the Italia agency for flight security
"The Italian national agency for flight security (ANSV) informs a technical enquiry has been opened about the incident occurred this morning at about 9:30am at Rome Fiumicino airport. The event has involved... more
IndustryChina Airlines will use Boeing's Maintenance Performance Toolbox
Taipei, Taiwan - In conjunction with the Maintenance and Engineering Management
China Airlines announced it will use Maintenance Performance Toolbox, the Boeing’s maintenance software. The carrier will be the first in the world to apply this system in conjunction with another Boeing p... more
HelicoptersMissingAlbanian helicopter : found a fragment of the lift gate
Taranto, Italy - Remain to understand as this wreckage were arrived so out-route respect to place of impact in Adriatico
A fragment of the left lift gate of Albanian military helicopter Bell 222 fallen in Adriatic, in the international waters, in the last July 16, has been found by a Carabinieri guard ship about a mile offing... more
IndustryBoeing: the first RARO II system for KC-767 tanker has been delivered
Seattle, USA - The Remote Aerial Refueling Operator is produced by DRS Laurel Technologies
DRS Laurel Technologies has recently delivered the first production unit of RARO II consolle (Remote Aerial Refueling Operator) to Boeing for KC-767 tankers. This kind of equipment will be also installed... more
AirlinesAMC Airlines receives its second B-737/800
Cairo, Egypt - It has ordered three more units of it
Egyptian AMC Airlines has announced yesterday it received its second Boeing 737/800. The carrier will totally acquire four aircraft of this model through GECAS (GE Capital Aviation Services), on the field... more
DefenseIsrael-Lebanon: in doubt the sending of troops by the side of Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden - Limited resources
Yesterday the Sweden Foreign Minister Jan Eliasson stated in press conference that his State is ready to aid Lebanon in the operations of mines’exhuming, in the rebuilding of the streets and the electric n... more
AccidentsFiumicino: crash between two planes on runway
Rome, Italy - Two Alitalia aircraft collided during towing operation before taking-iff, unhurt the passengers
Only a big fear and some damages to the wings for the two aircraft, but fortunately no-one have been injured on the crash of this morning in a runway of Fiumicino airport "Leonardo da Vinci" (Rome). As... more
Latest newsAustralian P-3 Orions patrol Pacific islands
Canberra, Australia - To discourage illegal fishing
On the field of a cooperation program with the small Nations of Pacific Ocean islands which started in 1983, some RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force) P-3 Orion aircraft have just ended a series of patrol... more
MiscellaneousUS air raid in Afghanistan kills 7 civilians
Kabul, Afghanistan - At the first light of the day the US aviation hit a building in Kunar province
Local sources retail that at the first light f today 7 civilians have been killed in Afghanistan following a bombing by US aviation in the Eastern province of Kunar, at the boundary with Pakistan, The... more
Latest newsIsrael-Lebanon (4): an Italian Air Force P-180 in Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon - With Civil Defense staff on board
A Piaggio P-180 Avanti of the Italian Air Force 14th Wing landed yesterday for the first time at "Rafic Hariri" International Airport in Beirut, though its two runways were half-usable because of Israeli... more
Civil aviationUS plane returned to Amsterdam: 12 persons arrested for "Suspect behavior"
Amsterdam, Netherlands - They would have used the mobile phones on board, interrogated by Dutch Police
12 people have been arrested by Dutch Police following the alert of yesterday in a flight Amsterdam-Bombay (India) of the US air company NOrthwest Airlines, that shortly after the take-off came back to... more
AirlinesNew flights of Helvetic Airways from South Italy
Zurich, Switzerland - Since September 12 new flights will be active from Reggio Calabria and Bari to Zurich
Helvetic Airways goes on in its enlargement strategy of the connection of South Italy with Switzerland, announcing the launch for next September 12 of links between Reggio Calabria and Zurich and between... more
Fair and showsAlitalia (3): Ilaria Bramezza will be the new Director of Institutional Relationships and Corporate Identity
Rome, Italy - She will replace Rosa Maria Gullotta in mid September
Rosa Maria Gullotta, Director of Institutional Relationships and Corporate Identity in Alitalia, will be replaced in mid September by Ilaria Bramezza, the "Tatcher of the lagoon", as she was called in... more
Civil aviationUS physicist launches an alarm for terrorist nuclear attacks
Erice, Italy - According to Richard Garwin within next 10 years it's possible to launch a nuclear terroristic attack in Occident
The terrible prevision has came Monday at the end of the 36th session of the "International Seminar about World Emergency" at Erice (Sicily). The author of the worrying hypothesis is the Us scientist Richard... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas Corp., receives a contract for a value of USD 23 millions
Washington, USA - For the controls surfaces of KC-135 Stratotanker
McDonnell Douglas Corp., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $23,289,862 firm-fixed price requirements contract. This contract is for remanufacture of KC-135 Stratotanker flight control surfaces. At this... more
AccidentsDecorations to the crew of C-130 fallen in Piacenza
Piacenza, Italy - The city's mayor has sent a letter to the relatives of the three victims
It’s been surely the heroic manoeuvre of the crew members to avoid a bigger tragedy in the incident of the Algerian cargo Hercules C-130 plunged in Piacenza last August 31 (see for details AVIONEWS). F... more
AirlinesDelta seeks bids for 143 regional jets
Atlanta, USA - To replace its current contracts
Delta Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy protection last September, has announced it needs to cut costs and increase revenues up to USD 2bn annually to survive. To this purpose, the Atlanta-based carrier... more
Civil aviationSecurity on flights: Us and Ue study more severe rules
Washington, usa - The US proposal to control also the previous flights and the personal informations of passengers causes polemics
The proposal by the Us Secretary of National Security Department Michael Chertoff, for the security measures to take regarding the international flights after the failed terroristic attacks of last August... more
Press releasePlane fallen in Ukraine (2): tragedy of flight 612 of the Pulkovo Avia
Kiev, Ukraine - "The aircraft was flying through or near an area with a thunderstorm and severe turbulence"
"The Pulkovo flight 612 departed Anapa (AAQ) for St. Petersburg (LED) at 15:05. En route, at an altitude of FL360 the pilot reportedly issued a mayday call. Another call was received when the plane was... more
DefenseTerrorism: Task Force 152 at Italian guide in the "Fire Fox" operation in Persian Gulf
Rome, Italy - One of the most important activity of anti-terrorism control of the merchant traffic
485 vessels have been controlled by Task Force 152, the multi-national naval group at Italian guide that is participating to Enduring Freedom, the war to international terrorism, during the "Fire Fox"... more
Science and technologyPositive summer for Cuneo airport
Cuneo, Italy - Good results for the flight to Bucarest, since September it will be the operative air terminal of "Emergency"
The flights Cuneo-Bucarest and Cuneo-Olbia have played an important role on the reaching of the good level of confluence since the beginning of this summer until now at Cuneo-Levaldigi airport. And particularly... more
DefenseIsrael-Lebanon (6): China is evaluating the sending of troops
Beijing, China - The responsible for Middle East retailed that Beijing still has to study the UN resolution
"The Chinese part still needs to study the resolution" Sun Bigan, Chinese responsible in Middle East, has stated referring to Un resolution number 1701 that establish the sending tin Lebanon of a peace... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2). "CUB Trasporti": the Italian Government must retreat the airline split plan
Rome, Italy - And it must give up the "Franco-Ditch diktat"
Despite news about possible alliances, the Italian Government still seems willing to go on with the application of Cimoli’s plan as for the split of Alitalia ground sector, too. At the moment, the new c... more
AirlinesAlitalia. Brutti: an alliance with Lufthansa is better than with Air France
Rome, Italy - Rumors on possible future agreements of the Italian airline
Last week French press talked about a possible alliance between Alitalia and Air France-KLM, in exchange of ENEL’s renunciation on Suez. Other rumors in Italian economic newspapers confirmed that. The r... more
Science and technologyBAA strengthen staff next week-end
London, United Kingdom - It intends to prevent flight cancellations this way
BAA, the management company of London’s Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted air stations and of four more British airports, announced it is putting additional resources in place in order to face increased s... more
AirlinesAir Canada launches a new flight Edmonton-Heathrow
Montreal, Canada - It will be operative since next October 31
The Canada flag air company Air Canada has announced today that it’s going to launch a new no-stop connection between Edmonton (in the Canadian province of Alberta) and London-Heathrow. The flight will i... more
Latest newsBulgaria: the Gripen has been presented to Defense Ministry
Sofia, Bulgaria - A package including 16 fighters
Gripen International, the Swedish company that is responsable for marketing and selling the Gripen multi-role fighter, has presented a package including 16 new generation Gripen C/D aircraft (12 single... more
AirlinesLufthansa does not resume flights to Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon - KLM does the same
German flag carrier Lufthansa made known that its five weekly flights from Germany to Beirut will not be able to be re-activated today, as it announced yesterday (see AVIONEWS for details). Not having... more
MiscellaneousGreece keeps burning, anti-fire planes in action
Athen, Greece - Since Monday a 4000-hectare-area on risk, thousand of tourists evacuated
It’s still not under controll the situation in greece, where a large fire is burning since Monday on the Polychrono zone, threatening thousand of hectares of forest. The flames, burned up along a 30-kilometers f... more
DefenseUS Army training centre in Amman
Amman, Jordania - Nearly USD 70m contract
The American Army will build a training centre for special operations entitled to King Abdullah II in Amman, the Capital of Jordania. According to the USD 69,728,000 contract between Winchester US Army... more
Civil aviationPolemics about security on Russian skies: too old planes
Moscow, Russia - The Tupolev 154 aircraft are the most used planes for domestic flights in Russia, but they have too many flight hours
After the air tragedy of Tupolev 154 with 170 deads, the first polemics are rising about the Tupolev reliability and about the risks for safety coming from the privatization process of air companies in... more
MiscellaneousAn Excel Airways B-747/300 lands with engine on fire
Sharm el Sheik, Egypt - No injured people
The flight XLA-2260 made by Excel Airways Boeing 747/300, which took off yesterday at Manchester headed to Sharm el Sheik, landed on the Egyptian airport with an engine on fire because of a short circuit.... more
Civil aviationUS plane comes back to Amsterdam after an alarm on board
Amsterdam, Netherlands - It has been escorted by two Dutch fighters, some pasengers interrogated
A plane of the Us air company NOrthwest Airlines, departed from the airport of Amsterdam-Schiphol and directed to India, is come back this morning to the Dutch air station escorted by two F-16 fighters... more
AirlinesRoyal Air Maroc acquires 51% of Air Mauritanie
Rabat, Morocco - After taking over on Air Senegal and Air Gabon
Morocco flag airline, Royal Air Maroc, has started to control Air Mauritanie, after Air Senegal and Air Gabon. According to "Aujourd’hui Le Maroc" newspaper, the agreement on share participation was d... more
AerospaceNASA: "Orion" is the secret name of the shuttle that will take again the man on the Moon
Washington, USA - It is the astronaut Jeff Williams to disclose it in connection from International Space Station (ISS)
For months it has been kept hidden the secret, to the NASA, looking forward to announce planned for August 31, but an astronaut has disclosed the name of next shuttle that will take again on the Moon.... more
DefenseIsrael-Lebanon (5): officially defined the Greek detail
Athens, Greece - Unconditional no for the sending of ground troops
The Greek government yesterday, after a meeting of Governmental Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense, presided by the Premier Costas Karamanlis, announced the conditions with which will take part to... more
DefenseIsrael-Lebanon (4): today in Beirut the conjoint delegation Farnesina-Defense
Rome, Italy - Sent also a mission for the cooperation to development
On dispositions of the Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D’Alema and of Italian MInister of Defense Arturo Parisi for today is predicted the departure of a conjoint delegation at high level guided by D... more
Civil aviationIsrael-Lebanon (3): Israeli bombing at Lebanese boundary
Beirut, Lebanon - Truce at risk between the two States
It’s ever more at risk the truce between Israel and Lebanon reached 10 days ago. After that the Lebanese press agency "Nnà" reported the news about Israeli fighters flying over the south-west zone of Be... more