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AerospaceNASA-Lockheed Martin contract for "Orion" new shuttle
Washington, USA - The spaceship will take man again to the Moon
Lockheed Martin has won the contract for the design and the building of "Orion", the spaceship through which NASA will re-start exploration activities. Lockheed beat contending Northrop Grumman that was... more
IndustryNew acquisition for SAAB Group
Stockholm, Sweden - Maersk Data Defence and Ericsson Microwave Systems
Danish Justice Ministry approved the acquisition of Maersk Data Defence by SAAB. The Warship Integrated Communication Systems company will be integrated -with a still unknown name- in SAAB Communication... more
PeopleAmadeus: within the end of the year 70% of e-ticket
Rome, Italy - The managment system of the e-ticket gives its prevision
Amadeus has announced that within the end of this year the emission of air tickets in the electronic way will reach 70% of total. While the term set by Iata for the emission of tickets only in e-ticket... more
DefenseKFOR Mission: Italy-Germany handing over
Pristine, Kosovo – General Giuseppe Salotto passes command to General Rolando Kater
The ceremony of command handing over of NATO peace mission in Kosovo has taken place today in Pristina, in the presence of German and Italian Defense Ministries and the Italian Defense Chief of Staff,... more
AirlinesEmirates launches the new flight Dubai-Beijing
Milan, Italy - It starts today the daily link between Arab Emirates and China
Emirates has launched a new daily flight Dubai-Beijing, that is the 18th destination served by the carrier in Pacific Asia. Since today it will be possible to fly from the city of Emirates toward the Chinese... more
AirlinesNo Eurofly-Livingston agreement
Milan, Italy – The Italian leisure carrier won’t buy the charter airline
Negotiations between Eurofly and Livingston on the purchase of the charter carrier belonging to Viaggi del Ventaglio Group ended with no agreement. Negotiations failed because the Italian tourism Group... more
Aerospace"Atlantis" tries again on September 6
Cape Canaveral, USA - NASA announces a new launch date after "Ernesto" cyclone
"Atlantis" Shuttle will be launched on September 6. After several postponements, among lightning and hurricane, NASA has announced a new date to take the spaceship into orbit so that it can re-start the... more
MiscellaneousThe American people fear for new terroristic attacks in New York and Washington
Washington, Usa - It has come out from a survey. After the failed attacks of August 10 the fears are increased
A survey made by Ipsos for the Associated Press has revealed the feelings and the fears of the American people after 5 years from the terroristic attacks against the Twin Towers. More than an half of the... more
DefenseFirst Italian soldiers are already in Lebanon
Rome, Italy - It's been retailed by the Chief of Staff, the landing is scheduled for tomorrow
The Italian Defence Chief of Staff, Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola, has announced that the first Italian militaries have arrived to Tiro, on South East Lebanon, and are waiting to take contacts with the Unifil... more
Civil aviationBeirut: it's necessary a "Political decision" to open again the airport
Beirut, Lebanon - In the mean time the Lebanese press protests against the block imposed by Israel on Lebanon
The Lebanese newspaper "Daily Star" joins its voice to the choir of critics -the strongest one is the one by Kofi Annan- for the air-naval block imposed by Israel on Lebanon. The daily in fact writes that... more
DefenseNew US anti-missile test
Washington, USA - A rocket shooted from California will intercept another one launched from Alaska
United States are making an anti-missile test to evaluate the functioning of a new interception system. A device will be launched from Vandeberg base in California and will try to intercept a missile that... more
Aerospace"Soyuz" will postpone its launch for 4 days
Moscow, Russia - Because of "Atlantis" mission delay
If NASA delays the launch of "Atlantis", Russian Space Agency, Roskosmos, must postpone the departure of "Soyuz" spaceship too, otherwise there would be a holdup on ISS, the International Space Station.... more
AccidentsIran: a plane catch fire during the landing, almost 100 people died
Teheran, Iran - The aircraft coming from the South of the Country was a Tupolev with 147 people on board
The satellite tv station al Jazeera has retailed that today at 1:45pm (local time) a plane of the air company Iran Air Tour with 147 people on board has catch fire during the landing at Mashhad airport,... more
MiscellaneousItaly-Venezuela cooperation in search of the Cessna that disappeared on July 24
Caracas, Venezuela - No traces of the aircraft up to now
There are no news about the Cessna which left on July 24 from Los Roques archipelago, Carribean, and headed to "Arturo Miquelena" Airport in Valencia, that disappeared half an hour before its landing.... more
MiscellaneousQuivers on flight for the Wales national football team
Cardiff, Wales - The aircraft hit by an object was forced to make an emergency landing, only fear and no consequences for the players
Maybe they’ll think about it tomorrow when they’ll be playing the match with Czech Republic for the qualifier at 2008 European Championship, the players of the Wales National Football team that yesterday was... more
Sport aviationFIVL: the Italian hang gliding team won the world title of the stunt
Turin, Italy - The championship has just ended in Switzerland
"The Italian hang gliding team has won the title at the world championships of stunt just concluded in Switzerland. After six manches of competition, Ignazio Bernardi from Brescia and Andrea Iemma from... more
MiscellaneousMiami: the landing gear of a US Airways plane catches fire during the landing
Miami, Usa - All the passengers have been evacuated, no injures
A fire in the landing gear of a Boeing 737 of the Usa air company US Airways has caused panic and alarm yesterday, soon after the 1:35am (local time), among the 113 passengers of the line flight 431, coming... more
AccidentsAfghanistan: a Dutch F-6 falls, the pilot dies
Kabul, Afghanistan - The Minister of Defence of the Netherlands has excluded it was an attack
Sources from Nato and from the Government of the Netherlands has retailed that yesterday a firefighter F-16 of the Dutch Air FOrce fell in Afghanistan, the pilot is dead. The crash has happened in the... more
Science and technologyGander International Airport will soon close down
Gander, Canada - It was one of the key-air stations on September 11
National authorities have decided the imminent closure of Gander International Airport in Canada. The air station, that was born during the Second World War as advanced Atlantic base for planes flying... more
Latest news4 Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16s in Chile
Santiago, Chile - As a part of the purchase of 18 fighters
On the strenght of "Prinsjesdagbrief 2003" measures, which aim at Defense costs reduction, 137 Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16s will decrease to 108 through their sale to foreign Countries. Chile purchased... more
Science and technologySingapore airport keeps growing
Singapore, Republic of Singapore - In the month of July 19,9 million passengers have passed by it
New record for Singapore’s Changi airport. In the first seven months of 2006 the terminal of the South-East Asian Country has reached the number of 19,9 million passenger transported. The international a... more
Airlines6 new Ryanair routes to Pisa
Pisa, Italy - From September 14
An agreement has been signed between Florence Tourism Agency and Ryanair to launch 6 new destinations of the Irish carrier to Pisa airport, which will be activated on September 14. The new scheduled routes... more
DefenseAnnan accuses Israel: it has used cluster bombs on Lebanon
Shuneh, Jordan - "Israel must give the map of mined camps in order to guarantee the civilians protection"
During a press conference in the Jordanian site of Shuneh, the General Secretary of UN Kofi Annan has blamed Israel for having used cluster bombs during its air raid in Lebanon. Annan seems to want to... more
Science and technologyBAA replies to monopoly accuses
London, United Kingdom - A sector fragmentation would not be good for English economy
BAA, the management company of seven airports in the UK, including three London airports of Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted, replied to airlines that complained a monopoly risk in its strong presence in... more
IndustryFour A-380 fly over France
Toulouse, France - Technical flight or communication strategy?
Six days after the first flight of the prototype with Engine Alliance GP-7200 propellors (see AVIONEWS for details) and two days after the failure of another test flight (see AVIONEWS for details), four... more
AirlinesSince today with SkyEurope the seats can be booked
Bratislava, Slovakia - The new service of seats pre-allocation introduced by the low-cost carrier allows to choose the chair
The new proposal of SkyEurope is aimed to guarantee the maximum comfort to its passengers, that often don’t have the possibility to choose their seats in the low-cost flights, and so at the boarding i... more
AirlinesAir France: concentration of the flights to USA at the Terminal E from today
Rome, Italy - All the other ones will be re-distributed towards different terminals of Roissy-CDG2
"Air France communicates that as of today, August 31, all the flights to USA, with exception of Detroit and Cincinnati, will be concentrated at the Terminal E of the Roissy-Charles de Gaulle 2’s air s... more
PeopleEUROCONTROL launches a toolkit for the prevention of airspace infringements
Brussels, Belgium - To identify best practices in the implementation of short-term solutions in this key risk safety area
EUROCONTROL has recently made available to all European civil aviation authorities and air navigation service providers a toolkit to reduce the risk of airspace infringements caused by General Aviation... more
IndustryEmbraer sells 50 ERJ-145 and 50 EMB-190 jets to HNA Group
São José dos Campos, Brazil - Deliveries of both models to begin in 2007
Embraer yesterday announced the sale of 50 ERJ-145s and 50 EMBRAER 190s to HNA Group, the fourth largest airline company in China. The deal marks the first contract involving an E-Jet in mainland China.... more
MiscellaneousTerrorism in GB: five stop extensions and three new arrests
London, United Kingdom - On the field of investigations for presumed terroristic attempts
The stop for five suspected people has been extended to seven days, after they were identified in mid August with the charge of having planned simultaneous attacks on board US planes departing from Great... more
IndustryBombardier announces CRJ production slowdown
Ottawa, Canada - Because of orders decrease
Bombardier could reduce the production rhythm of its regional jets. The slowdown, the company said, could start in the next months, if orders do not increase and keep on descending. The Canadian manufacturer... more
Defense"Ulchi Focus Lens 2006" in South Korea
Seoul, South Korea - A virtual military exercise
The US Combined Forces Command in South Korea and South Korean Armed Forces are conducting a joint exercise, which is called "Ulchi Focus Lens 2006", on the peninsula through September 1st. About 17,000... more
AirlinesRyanair: new flights to celebrate 600,000 passengers from Trieste
Trieste, Italy - On the occasion of this goal the low-cost carrier makes available tickets from 0,60 cents
The air company Ryanair has reached the goal of 600,000 passengers transported from and to Trieste, and has decided to celebrate it by launching new flights that will link Trieste with Frankfurt. Starting... more
PeopleOpen sky deal between Usa and Kuwait
Washington, Usa - It will be the first time the two Countries sign an agreement of this kind
For the first time ever United States and Kuwait has signed an open sky deal, that eliminates all the limits on flights and on airlines operating air connections between the two States. The authorities... more
AccidentsUsa: a Cessna falls during a flight lesson, uninjured both instructor and pupil
Indianapolis, Usa - The aircraft lost power at about 3000 meters of altitude and fell in a field
Yesterday in the United States another incident occurred to a private plane, fortunately this time without consequences for the passengers. At about 6:00pm (local time) a Cessna 150 with a flight instructor... more
Weather forecastsCessna to unveil Citation CJ-4 at NBAA
Wichita, Usa - The 59th annual convention will take place in October 17-19 in Orlando
Cessna Aircraft Company, a unit of Textron Inc., will introduce the CJ-4, the newest member of the CJ family of Citation business jets, at the 59th annual National Business Aviation Association convention... more
AirlinesQatar Airways promotes the meteorology on CNN
Rome, Italy - Already from some weeks
"Qatar Airways from some weeks is the sponsor of the Tv programmes dedicated to the meteorology on the CNN’s international channels. The choice of this kind of TV visibility to great diffusion, answers t... more
Civil aviationUSA: FBI's IDA against terrorism
Washington, USA - A new computer system with 659 million documents
The FBI computer system that has been created to strengthen security in USA contains 659 million documents, included lists of potential terrorists and of air travellers. The system, named Investigative... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) model EMB-145XR airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent overrunning the runway during takeoff
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 30, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 168)] [Page 51465-51467] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
HelicoptersEurocopter delivered the 500th EC-135 helicopter to Austrian ÖAMTC takes over its 25th aircraft
Marignane, France - The concurrence of two "round" numbers is a lucky coindicence after decades of close cooperation between the two companies
Last Tuesday, the 500th EC-135 helicopter built at Eurocopter’s German production facility in Donauwörth was delivered to the Austrian Motorist and Touring Club (ÖAMTC). General Manager of Eurocopter’s Germa... more
AirlinesMyAir.com flies to Marrakech
Milan, Italy - After the opening of the route to Istanbul
"MyAir.com is the airline chose by ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Authority) to operate scheduled flights in Morocco: next December 7 the carrier will inaugurate the connection Milan-Marrakech. The links... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1, -1A, -1B, -7, - 7A, -7B, -9, -9A, -11, -15, -15A, -17, -17A, -17R, -17AR, -209, -217, - 217A, -217C, and -219 turbofan engines
Washington, Usa - To prevent a rupture of an HPC front hub or an HPC disk that could result in an uncontained engine failure and damage to the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 30, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 168)] [Page 51459-51465] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on McDonnell Douglas model DC-9-10, -20, - 30, -40, and -50 series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To ensure that the fuel vent lines are properly bonded to the airplane structure
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 30, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 168)] [Page 51467-51469] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
AirlinesJet2.com: the flights from Fiumicino to Leeds-Bradford and Manchester on sale from today
Milan, Italy - For next Summer
"The flights from Rome-Fiumicino to Leeds-Bradford and Manchester for Summer 2007 can be bookable as of today on the English low-cost carrier’s website (www.jet2.com). The base tariff is EUR 21 per leg, t... more
AccidentsPiacenza incident: the C-130 probable a "Downfall of the structure"
Piacenza, Italy - It's been stated by the chief prosecutor Bardi in visit to the Financial Guard of the Emilian city
The chief prosecutor of Republic in Piacenza, Lucio Bardi, on the occasion of the visit to the Provincial (Piacenza) headquarter of Financial Guard, has stated that the incident of the Algerian C-130 Hercules... more
MiscellaneousFrance: passengers on a plane protest against the deportation of a young Nigerian
Paris, France - Jeff Babatunde was on the flight that had to take him back to Nigeria, a dozen of people refused to seat
About a dozen of passengers of a plane departing from airport "Charles de Gaulle" of Paris have demonstrated yesterday their solidarity to Jeff Babatunde, a 19-year-old Nigerian student, banned from France... more
AirlinesAir France-KLM redoubles its profit in the first quarter
Paris, France - And review its estimates for the rest of the year
Air France-KLM has communicated the data about the operative profit of the first quarter of 2006, that has passed the estimates of the analysts (EUR 220m), redoubling the profit in comparison with the... more
AirlinesRyanair: Oristano airport? No thanks
Oristano, Italy - Net deny by the carrier on the hypothesis of an interest on the Sardinian terminal
The announce had been given by the President of Sogeaer (Oristano airport administrator) Pasquale Onida at the beginning of July: "Ryanair has already shown its interest to operate with its airplanes in... more
AirlinesIsrael: Parliament members in foreign missions must fly with national airlines
Tel Aviv, Israel - It is the invitation of Knesset President
Last week the Israeli Finances Ministry firmed an agreement with Alitalia scheduling discounts and special terms for Tel Aviv public officers who are in foreign missions (see AVIONEWS for details). After... more
Science and technologySpecial maintenance at Osaka airport
Osaka, Japan - Structural intervention to face its worrying gradual sinking
"Kansai" Airport in Osaka keeps on sinking more than it had been foreseen. According to Japanese press, the six steel pillars sustaining three connection freeways have slanted 1.5 degrees, confirming signals... more