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Civil aviationFalse bomb-alarm on flight Guangzhou -Sydney: Australian man arrested
Sydney, Australia - The man had written a note with threats, maybe for a love delusion
According to what retailed by Chinese media, an Australian citizen born in Hong KOng has been arrested by Chinese police for the false bombe-alert of last Monday in a plane of China Southern Airlines flying... more
AirlinesKorean Air asks Boeing for compensation
Seattle, USA - For the suspension of Connexion service
After Boeing exit from in-flight wideband connection sector (see AVIONEWS for details), Korean Airlines announced it is going to ask the US manufacturer a refund of USD 12m as a compensation of costs that... more
IndustryBoeing redelivers a 747/400 BCF to Korean Air
Seattle, USA - It is the fourth 747 passenger airplane to be modified into cargo
The conversion of the first B-747/400 freighter for Korean Air has been completed by Boeing. It is the fourth cargo aircraft of this kind to be redelivered to a cargo operator by the Seattle’s giant, w... more
PeopleSicurezza: IATA-China agreement
Beijing, China - Also in traffic management, training, services and technology
IATA, International Air Transport Association, and Chinese Civil Aviation Authority have signed an agreement for a safer, more efficient and sustainable development of air transport in China. The agreement... more
IndustryEADS aims at India
New Delhi, India - Enders goes there to present new investment projects
Tom Enders, co-Director General of EADS, will fly to India next week with German Economy Minister, Michael Glos. The tour will be a chance to present new investment projects of the European Aerospace and... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing Model 777-200, -300, and -300ER Series Airplanes
Washington, USA - To prevent arcing or sparking during a lightning strike at the interface between the bulkhead fittings of the engine fuel feed tube and the front spar inside the fuel tank
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 21, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 161)] [Page 48466] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFalse bomb-alarm at Luton airport yesterday
London, United Kingdom - A suspect message has been found yesterday on board during cleaning
Yesterday a suspect message has been found in an aircraft at London-Luton airport making start the alarm, one of the many of last days. At the moment of retrieval, as related by an airport source, there... more
DefenseNuclear matter. North Korea: more US anti-missile systems
Pyongyang, North Korea - China stands against North-Korean nuclear armament development
According to Japanes press agency "Kyodo", USA intend to strengthen precautional strategic measures against North Korea through the installation of another modern radar system, after the one which was... more
DefenseIsrael-Lebanon (2): Prodi calls up the Russian President Putin
Rome, Italy - Russia confirms the support to a possible Italian command
yesterday, the Italian President of Council Romano Prodi had a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Two leaders talked about Lebanon situation and in the main about the Middle-East... more
DefenseIsrael-Lebanon: Amnesty INternational accuses Tel Aviv of war crimes
Beirut, Lebanon - "Deliberate and non-strategic attacks with no distinction between civil and military targets"
In a report to be published in the next hours, Amnesty International says that Israeli attacks to Lebanese civil people were made with the deliberate intention to arouse people against Hezbollah. Amnesty... more
AccidentsPlane fallen in Ukraine: all dead the 160 passengers. Terrorism excluded, maybe the cause has been the bad weather
Kiev, Ukraine - Investigation about the reason, dissenting opinion by Russian and Ukraine authorities
After the crash of yesterday in Ukraine of the Tupolev 154 of the Russian air company Pulkovo, there are very few certainties about the events dynamics. It’s known that the commandant had 9000 flight h... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Aerospatiale Model ATR-42/500 Airplanes and Model ATR-72/212A Airplanes
Washington, USA - To prevent interference between the upper closing rib and the rudder, which could result in a rudder jam and consequent reduced controllability of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 21, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 161)] [Page 48466-48470] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
IndustryBoeing: six Dreamliners order by Monarch Airlines
Seattle, USA - An option for four more 787s
London-Luton based charter carrier has announced an order to Seattle’s giant, Boeing, of six B-787 Dreamliners and an option for four more planes of the same kind: the contract is worth USD 916m, options e... more
DefenseUS Air Force will have its profile on MySpace.com
Washington, Usa - The initiative is aimed to facilitate the recruitment of young people by US aviation
Since this week the web sailors that will connect to the web site www.MySpace.com will be able to see the new profile of US Air Force, that will show to them aspects of the military aeronautic life of... more
AirlinesCzech Airlines increases passengers and losses
Prague, Czech Republic - In the first six months of this year
Czech Airlines have announced today that its losses in the first six months of 2006 reached EUR 27.5m compared to EUR 18.9m in the same period of last year. According to Radomir Lasak, chief executive... more
AirlinesLufthansa CityLine presents its first CRJ-900
Berlin, Germany - There will be 12 units within the end of the year
Lufthansa CityLine presented its first Bombardier CRJ-900 today at Munich airport, where the aircraft was named like the Bavarian city of Pfaffenhofen. The plane had already made its inaugural flight on... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Sandel Avionics Incorporated Model ST3400 Terrain Awareness Warning System/Radio Magnetic Indicator (TAWS/ RMI) Units Approved Under Technical Standard Order(s) C113, C151a, or C151b; Installed on Various Small and Transport Category Airplanes
Washington, USA - To prevent a bearing error, which could lead to an airplane departing from its scheduled flight path, which could result in a reduction in separation from, and a possible collision with, other aircraft or terrain.
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 21, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 161)] [Page 48461-48463] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
AirlinesLufthansa flyes again to Beirut
Berlin, Germany - Since tomorrow the German carrier will link again Germany to Lebanon
The German air company Lufthansa has announced yesterday that since tomorrow it will start again to fly toward Lebanon’s Capital Beirut, after beeing obliged -as all the others- to stop connections last J... more
MiscellaneousThe Dalai Lama visits Mongolia: China stops the flights
Beijing, China - The Chinese Government is contrary to the space given by Mongolia to the buddhist leader
The chief of Tibet Buddhism, the Dalai Lama, arrived yesterday evening at "Gengis Khan" airport of the Mongolia Capital Ulaanbaatar, with a flight coming from Japan, for an 8-days-visit of the Asian State.... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Model EMB-135BJ, -135ER, -135KE, -135KL, and -135LR Airplanes; and Model EMB-145, -145ER, -145MR, -145LR, -145XR, -145MP, and -145EP Airplanes
Washington, USA - To prevent improper torque of those screws, which in the case of a hard landing or a high deceleration impact condition could result in damage to the seat and possible subsequent injury to the passenger.
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 21, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 161)] [Page 48463-48465] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
AirlinesA crew leasing company for ANA Group
Tokyo, Japan - It will provide pilots to airlines
All Nippon Airways, together with Hawaii Aviation Contract Services and Japan’s Sojitz, has created a crew leasing company. Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Crew Resources Worldwide will provide pilots t... more
DefenseIran (2): the reply on nuclear matter has been delivered
Teheran, Iran - The document text is not known yet
As "Alam" TV had already announced, Teheran delivered a written reply to the incentives offer that was made by the six members of UN Security Council concerning Iranian nuclear program. The Secretary of... more
AccidentsUkraine (3). also 6 children among the victims of the fallen plane
Kiev, Ukraine - Eye witnesses talk of lightning that would have hit the plane causing the fire
The unsuccessful researches of survivors of the Tupolev Tu-154 plunged this afternoon 45 kilometers north from Donetsk, in Ukraine, are going on. The helicopters sent by the Russian minister for Emergency... more
Civil aviationDoes Israel impose the stop over in Amman for the flights directed to Beirut?
Beirut, Lebanon - The hypothesis has been made by the Arab press agency "Arab Monitor"
The Arab press agency "Arab Monitor" has retailed yesterday the news, set out by a source of an Italian press agency, according which Israel imposes to avery flight, also the civilian ones, directed to... more
Science and technologyChina: third expansion of the International Airport of Beijing
Beijing, China - New air aisles to reduce the delays in air traffic
In view of the Olympiad of Beijing 2008, the Chinese Authorities have started the third expansion of the International Airport of the Capital, a new mastodontic structure that will cover 300,000 square... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on the Cessna Aircraft Company Models 172R, 172S, 182T, T182T, 206H, and T206H Airplanes
Washington, USA - To detect and correct any incorrect torque values of the end fittings of flexible fuel hoses in the engine compartment, which could result in the loss of fuel flow and fuel leakage
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 18, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 160)] [Page 47711-47714] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Airbus Model A318, A319, A320, and A321 Airplanes
Washington, USA - To ensure that, in the event of an engine fire, the valve actuator functions properly to block the fuel flow to the engine and prevent an uncontrollable fire.
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 18, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 160)] [Page 47706-47707] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationAD FAA on the General Electric Company (GE) CF6-80 Series Turbofan Engines
Washington, USA - To detect and prevent cracks in the bottoms of the dovetail slots that could propagate to failure of the disk and cause an uncontained engine failure
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 18, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 160)] [Page 47717-47725] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
AccidentsUkraine (2): 30 bodies recovered from the wrecks of the fallen Tupolev
Kiev, Ukraine - The first hypotesis about the disaster: it could has been a fire
Sources of the Russian Civil Protection retail that 30 corpses have been recovered from the burning wrecks of the Russian air company Pulkovo Airlines’s plane plunged in Ukraine. The zone where the incident o... more
DefenseIsrael-Lebanon (4): the hypothetical multi-national detail
Rome, Italy - Tomorrow the meeting of the European Political and Security Committee
In these hours it continues to discuss about the UN multi-national detail’s building for Lebanon, attending on the meeting of tomorrow of the European Political and Security Committee. To this day, t... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Stemme GmbH & Co. KG Models S10, S10-V, and S10-VT Sailplanes
Washington, USA - To prevent a loose bearing in the aileron control lever, which could result in separation of the aileron control system. Separation of the aileron control system could lead to loss of aileron control
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 18, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 160)] [Page 47714-47717] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
AccidentsUkraine: a plane with 160 passengers is fallen
Kiev, Ukraine - The Tupolev of the air company Pulkovo was directed to Saint Petersburg
A Russian plane Tupolev Tu-154 with about 170 people on board (160 passengers and 10 crew members) is fallen in Ukraine, after having launched an sos via radio, while flying over the region of Donetsk... more
Latest newsAustralia has new Hornet simulators
Canberra, Australia - On the field of modernization program of FA-18 support line
A new Hornet Aircrew Training System (HACTS) simulator was installed at Royal Australian Air Force base in Williamtown, New South Wales. It is the first of three systems that were ordered by the Air Force... more
AirlinesNew connection with Virgin Islands of Northwest Airlines
Detroit, Usa - It will be operational since next January 7 and will land at St.Thomas Island
The US air company Northwest Airlines has announced the launch of a new link between Detroit (Michigan) and the St.Thomas Island (Virgin Islands). The new flight, that will be operational since next January... more
DefenseIsrael-Lebanon (3): tomorrow the European Political and Security Committee meets in Brussels
Rome, Italy - A rapid and clear definition of the enlistment rules will need
Tomorrow the European Political and Security Committee meets in Brussels, convoked by the Finnish presidency at the instance of France and Italy, to define the ways and consistence of the participation... more
AirlinesPegasus Airlines offers the flight if the plane delays
Ankara, Turkey - The initiative of the Turkish carrier for who is forced to stand the discomforts of the delay
It will surely be welcomed with enthusiasm by the passengers the initiative of the Turkish low-cost air company Pegasus Airlines to offer a free ticket to those passengers that would suffer from a delays... more
DefenseIsrael-Lebanon (2): Intervention a surprise of Bush to Glass Palace
New York, USA - Right now Blue Helmets in Lebanon
Yesterday, the American President George W.Bush has intervened to Glass Palace while the diplomatics were preparing the new meeting about the creation of detail, in programme for today afternoon. "It... more
PeopleA connection between Taiwan and China
Taipei, Taiwan - Operated by Angkor Airways
Angkor Airways, a Cambodian carrier, will start to operate connections between Taiwan and Chengdu, a South Chinese city, next September 7, using Phnom Penh air station as transit airport. Scheduled passengers... more
Civil aviationIn the night new Israeli air raid to Gaza: hit an house of a refugee camp, two injured
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Incursions by land at the boundary by the Zionist Army, supported by Uavs
The Israeli Air Force has made this night an incursion in the Gaza Strip bombing an house in a refugee camp on the north of the area. This is what has been retailed by local sources. According to Israel... more
People"Open skies" deal between US and Europe: Baa doesn't agree
London, United Kingdom - The "Times" relates a note according which the British airport administrator wouldn't be able to face an increase in the number of air connections
In the daily edition of the "Times" am article relates the doubts that the top management of Baa (British airport administrator) about the possible reaching of an "Open skies" deal between United States... more
Latest newsLuftwaffe will have a command and control mobile centre
Berlin, Germany - For air units command and national airspace control
The German Air Force will have, for the first time, a command and control mobile centre (DCRC, Deployable Control & Reporting Centre) for air units command and national airspace control. The project, which... more
AirlinesCode-share between Air France and Northwest Airlines
Paris, France - For non-stop flights between Detroit and Paris
Air France and Northwest Airlines have signed a code sharing agreement that will be operative starting from next September 2. It was announced yesterday by the French flag airline, which is expert in cooperations,... more
AerospaceNASA: the repairs on Atlantis have been ended
Washington, Usa - The shuttle's launch has predicted for August 27
The tecnicians of the "Kennedy" Space Center have completed the delicate work of repair of the space ferry Atlantis’ launching ramp, for the launch predicted in next August 27. The NASA’s spokeswoman Tra... more
AirlinesSaudi Arabia: six airlines compete in air transport liberalization
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - In the tender for the assignment of two licenses
Arabian newspaper, "Gulf News", writes that six airlines are competing to get the two licenses for commercial flights in Saudi Arabia: they are Al Tayar Airline, Al Watan Airlines, Burj Airlines, National... more
DefenseIran: today the reply about nuclear to United Nations Security Council
Teheran, Iran - Bush: "If Iran had to ignore the Security Council's mandate will be needed any sanctions towards the State"
Today, Iran will be in the center of the attention of the whole world. Last Sunday, the Teheran government have made known that August 22 Tuesday, it should have given its replies about the pack of incentives... more
AerospaceThird Thuraya satellite for United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - It will cover telecommunications in Asia and Australia
United Arab Emirates’ Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company announced that SEA Launch Company will put into orbit its third satellite, a GEM-series Boeing, in January 2007 and transmissions will s... more
MiscellaneousThird day of flights in Congo: Kinshasa's airport has been occupied
Kinshasa, Congo - The troops faithful to President Kabila guard the Capital's terminal, 13 diplomats evacuated
The tension is growing in Congo after the presidential elections that have taken place last July 30, the first democratic voting after 40 years in the African Country (see for details AVIONEWS). After... more
DefenseIsrael-Lebanon: Kofi Annan calls up Prodi
Rome,Italy - "Italy significantly will contribute to the UNIFIL mission
Yesterday, the United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan called up the Italian President of Council Romano Prodi to resume the situation about the unfold of the military forces in South Lebanon and to... more
AerospaceNASA: private supplies for ISS
Washington, USA - The flight of the first Japanese space tourist has been cancelled
NASA is planning to transfer supply services for the International Space Station (ISS) to private companies. The US space agency will be able to focus on future exploration programs this way, including... more
AirlineseasyJet applies surcharge for second luggage
London, United Kingdom - Starting from September 1st
According to new security arrays in European airports, easyJet has changed its luggage policy in check-in procedures. From September 1 the low-cost carrier will apply a surcharge to all travellers carrying... more