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Latest newsBoeing-CAE contract for the C-130 AMP
Seattle, USA - USD 22m value
CAE, a Canadian manufacturer, has received a USD 22m contract by Boeing on the field of USAF C-130 Avionics Modernization Program which concerns the conversion of an existing C-130H Weapon Systems Trainer... more
AirlinesFifteen A-321s for US Airways
Washington, USA - Seven new orders and eight conversions
US Airways has signed an order to purchase seven A-321/200 aircraft and it has contemporaneously converted a previous order of seven A-319s and A-320s into eight A-321, totally 15 new A-321 which will... more
AccidentsAir crash in Kentucky. the air-traffic controller had slept for only two hours
Lexington, Usa - It's been established by the NTSB investigation
It’s been the controller himself to state it to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB): the day of the incident of the Comair jet, when 49 people died, he had slept for only two hours. So the d... more
DefenseIraq: more than 40 thousand ex-military men ask to serve again
Baghdad, Iraq - After Premier Al Maliki's invite
Iraqui Premier Nuri Al Maliki launched an appeal few days ago, asking ex-military men of dismissed national Armed Forces to return to the service. As a reply, more than 40 officials and soldiers, whose... more
AerospaceRussia will have its own space station
Moscow, Russia - Roskosmos agency announced that
Vitali Davydov, vice-President of the Russian space agency, Roskosmos, has announced that Moscow will build an orbiting station of its own starting from 2015, after it completed its ISS (International... more
Latest newsRussia: Minister of Transports launches the alarm for the security of Russian planes
Moscow, Russia - According to Igor Levitin the airplanes in service would be too old and the controls on security deficient
Old airplanes, scarce pilots training and corruption. These are the three key points of the Russian civil aviation underlined yesterday by the Minister of Transports of Moscow, that said he’s "very worried" f... more
MiscellaneousAir Canada pilot found themself closed outside the cockpit after gone to the toilette
Ottawa, Canada - The door blocked and the crew had to knock down it to make him enter
The unusual fact has happened last Saturday on the flight 8475 by Air Canada, in service from Ottawa to Winnipeg, with 50 people on board. The pilot, after having went out from the cockpit to go to the... more
Fair and showsVenice: lost the baggage of master Zubin Metha
Venice, Italy - The master has come to the lagoon Capital to hold a concert and to receive an award
Also the big master has passed trough the boring inconvenient of the missing baggages, that lately is stressing a lot of Italians and foreign travellers. The master Zubin Metha, that arrived yesterday... more
HelicoptersOn occasion of the film festival of Venice "Les Etoiles Executive Helicopter" since yesterday and until September 10
Venice, Italy - It's the exclusive helicopter service that will offer the transfer from Venice terminal to the "Lido" in only seven minutes
"On occasion of the film festival organized by the ’Biennale di Venezia’, ELI2000 has set up for Les Etoiles the exclusive helicopter service, ’Les Etoiles Executive Helicopter’. The service will offer s... more
Civil aviationNuclear matter: Ahmadinejad won't turn back
Teheran, Iran - The Iranian President reasserts the Country's right to develop its own nuclear program, UN sanctions are expected
With the UN ultimatum for the stop of nuclear program due to expire, the Iran President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has reasserted another time that his Country won’t give up the "Right" to develop its own u... more
IndustryAlenia-Aero Vodochody deal for the C-27J Spartan
Prague, Czech Republic - Parts of the military transport airplane will be made by the Czech manufacturer
Alenia Aeronautica (Finmeccanica Group) is about to sign an agreement for the production of a part of the C-27J Spartan tactic transport twin-engine aircraft in the Czech Republic. The signature is expected... more
PeopleNew flights of tour operator Aviomar to Libya
Rome, Italy - It will use two Arab carriers to operate the connections
The tour operator Aviomar has inserted among its offers for 2006/2007 new routes. The itinerary proposed for Libya is based on the connection between nature and culture, including flights operated by the... more
PeopleSpanish air companies could fly to Gibraltar
Madrid, Spain - It's stated by the "Gibraltar Chronicle"
The newspaper "Gibraltar Chronicle" has related yesterday that some airlines that operate in Spain are due to open soon new routes toward Gibraltar. It seems that two airlines have started the preliminary... more
AirlinesVirgin Blue and Malaysia Airlines sign an interline deal
Sydney, Australia - The agreement between the two carriers spurs the opening to international air traffic of Australia
Virgin Blue and Malaysia Airlines has signed an interline deal, that will allow to the passengers of the Asian airline that get to the Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane airports in Australia, to fly toward... more
IndustryLockheed Martin: SBIRS satellite tests have been completed
Washington, USA – It will have antimissile alarm functions thanks to infrared sensors
Lockheed Martin successfully completed a series of tests on the SBIRS (Space-Based Infrared System) geostationary satellite, which has been thought for antimissile and surveillance functions in critic... more
IndustryGoldman Sachs increases its presence in Finmeccanica
Rome, Italy - From 2,007% to 3,282%
Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP has communicated to CONSOB it has taken its participation in Finmeccanica to 3,282%, with an increase of more than half compared to 2,007% that it had since November 2005.... more
AirlinesSky Jet launches a new offer on occasion of the Venice international cinema fair
Rome, Italy - Daily flights to the "Lido" with executive jets
Sky Jet Italia in occasion of the "International Cinema Fair" of Venice, that takes place in the city from August 30 until September 9, has launched a new proposal: to organize air round-trips to Venice... more
AirlinesAir Berlin sells its tickets at supermarket
Berlin, Germany - The initiative will be valid since next September 5 and will include all the flights departing from United Kingdom
Since next Monday on the markets of the hard discount chain "Lidl" present on the United Kingdom it will be possible to buy the air tickets to fly with Air Berlin toward one of the 25 destinations of the... more
Science and technologyCagliari airport: landings will be suspended tomorrow from 3:30 pm to 5 pm
Cagliari, Italy – Take off could be delayed
Sogaer, management company of Cagliari-Elmas airport, makes known that the flying control activities of light visual devices, which are used for aircraft instrument landing, were not made yesterday morning... more
Aerospace"Atlantis" goes back to the launch base
Cape Canaveral, USA - It should leave to the ISS on September 6 or 7
NASA decided yesterday to move space shuttle "Atlantis" from its launch site, in order to take it to its hangar and protect it from "Ernesto" tropical storm in Florida coasts. On half its way to the hangar,... more
CuriositiesUSA: an Iraqui man was forced to change his T-shirt before taking on board
New York, USA – Because of a writing that was considered offensive
An Iraqui architect reported he was forced to change his T-shirt before taking aboard a Jet Blue flight leaving from "JFK" International Airport in New York, because the sweater he was wearing had a writing... more
AirlinesDeal Iberia-Aviapartner for the airport services
Milan, Italy - The agreement will concern the airports of Milan, Rome and Venice
The air company Iberia has signed a three-year-lenght deal with Aviapartner Handling for the supply of services of check-in, assistance at boarding, baggages handling and flight assistance in the airports... more
AirlinesRyanair: new flights Europe-Morocco
Dublin, Ireland - The links with the African Country should start in October
Press sources have retailed that the low-cost carrier Ryanair will begin to operate connections between Morocco and Europe starting from the end of October. Bridget Dowling, Marketing Director for South... more
AirlinesRyanair (2): mobiles on board B-737s from next year
Dublin, Ireland – And new flights from Turin to Brussels and Dublin from December
Ryanair has reached an agreement today with OnAir, the communication joint-venture by Airbus and SITA, that will allow passengers to use their mobile phones on board. According to what the Irish low-cost... more
MiscellaneousShe boards her prosthesis on a BA flight and at the arrival she find out it's been lost
Amsterdam, Netherlands - It's happened at the Amsterdam-Schiphol terminal to the world record-woman Kate Horan
Among the problems followed to the imposition of more severe security rules in the airports it’s very strange the one occurred to the New-Zealander sprinter Kate Horan, handicapped athlete that yesterday l... more
MiscellaneousA Royal Jordan flight takes 10 Lebanese children to Rome
Rome, Italy - Suffering from thalassaemia and leukaemia, they will be cured in Roman hospitals
Ten Lebanese children, who suffer from thalassaemia and leukaemia, arrived at Rome-Fiumicino airport at 1:45 pm today with a Royal Jordan flight to be cured in the city. The IME (Mediterranean Haematology... more
MiscellaneousRome-Fiumicino airport: a suitcase "Done" with cocaine
Rome, Italy - A Bolivian man was arrested
A 40-year-old Bolivian man was arrested yesterday at Rome-Fiumicino airport because the Financial Police found out drugs in his luggage. Well, his suitcase was actually almost empty inside, but it weighted... more
Civil aviationMorocco strengthens security measures in the airports
Rabat, Morocco - The decision has been taken after that the wives of two pilots of RAM were involved into the financing of an Islamic cell
The Morocco press agency "MAP" has retailed that the Interior Minister of Morocco has increased the security measures in the Countries’ airports following the discovery that three women, two of which w... more
AccidentsPlane fallen in Kentucky: there was only one air-traffic controller
Washington, Usa - The aircraft of Comair took the wrong runway and nobody noticed it
No-one would have seen the jet CRJ-200ER of Comair when it took the wrong runway at Lexington-Blue Grass airport in Kentucky. This is what has been demonstrated by the investigation of National Transportation... more
Science and technologyHelsinki airport: expansion works due to begin
Helsinki, Finland - They will start in September and will cost EUR 143m
In the mid September are going to start the expansion works for the international departures terminal at Helsinki-Vantaa airport, that will allow to the Finnish terminal to welcome 15 million passengers... more
MiscellaneousNight at the airport for 160 children waiting to fly
Rome, Italy - The kids of a refugee camp in Algeria have waited for 24 hours their flight at Fiumicino airport
The bad adventure has occurred to 160 children on a refugee camp Saharawi, in South Algeria, that after having spent two months in Italy, hosted by Italian families, Monday had to come back to Algeria.... more
IndustryEADS: TB-30 Epsilon and G-120A to train French Air Force pilots
Paris, France – The supply is assigned to Grob Aerospace and Sogitec Industries
EADS Military Air Systems France assigned to Grob Aerospace and Sogitec Industries the supply of aircraft and equipment for French pilots training, on the field of the five-year agreement between the European... more
PeopleIATA: record high load factors continue
Brussels, Belgium - Slow down in the Middle East
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released traffic results for the first seven months of the year showing growth of 6.4% for passenger traffic and 5.3% for freight over the same period... more
MiscellaneousUsa: a comic fakes an air incident after the air crash in Kentucky, Nbc apologizes
Washington, Usa - It's happened Sunday evening at Emmy Awards ceremony
It’s surely been a lack of style. Especially because it was Nbc, it was Emmy Awards ceremony, and because 13,9 million people watched the show. And the excuses by American channel bosses are not enough: t... more
Civil aviationFAA (Correction) AD on Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. models PC-12 and PC-12/45 airplanes
Washington, Usa - To require actions to correct the unsafe condition
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 25, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 165)] [Page 50506] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Bombardier model DHC-8-100, DHC-8-200, DHC-8-300, and DHC-8-400 series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent shear failure of control column torque tube rivets, which could cause unexpected decoupling of the elevators and large unwanted deflection of the free elevator, and consequent reduced controllability of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 25, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 165)] [Page 50331-50333] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on MD Helicopters, Inc. model MD-900 helicopters
Washington, Usa - To prevent failure of a TT strap, loss of directional control, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 29, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 167)] [Page 51095-51096] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Science and technologyAlmost all the runways of Beirut airport have been repaired
Beirut, Lebanon - They had been destroyed by the Israeli bombings
Yesterday the Lebanese press agency "Nna" retailed that the Beirut airport can dispose again of all its runways, but one. In fact the works for rebuilding of the Lebanese terminal’s strips, devastated b... more
IndustryA-380 test flight fails
Toulouse, France - It turned back after half an hour because of landing gears problems
A test flight of the A-380, which left yesterday at 7 am from Toulouse headed to Tozeur, Southern Tunisia, turned back after about half an hour. Electronic sensors signalled a possible damage in the aircraft’s l... more
DefenseIsrael-Lebanon: Olmert refuses to end the air-naval block in Lebanon
Jerusalem, Israel - It was a request of Kofi Annan during a meeting with Israel Prime Minister
Israel has rejected the appeal by UN, expressed by the General Secretary Kofi Annan, to put an end to the air-naval block that is imposed to Lebanon since six weeks. The Premier Olmert has stated that... more
Science and technologyLuggage mistakes (2). SEA: Milan-Malpensa is among the best European airports
Milan, Italy - After accuses of a trade unionist
Dario Balotta, an Italian trade unionist, attacked SEA, management company of Milan-Malpensa airport, through the data of the Association of European Airlines (AEA), according to which the number of not-delivered... more
Science and technologyLuggage mistakes: AEA publishes a ranking of European airports
Brussels, Belgium - Data of last July
AEA, the Association of European Airlines, published a statistic on airports performances concerning luggage management, with mistakes and discomforts including loss or delayed delivery to passengers.... more
IndustryBoeing will open a centre for MRO facility in Nagpur
Nagpur, India - It will allow Indian airlines to make maintenance and overhaul of their Boeing aircraft
Boeing announced it has chosen the city of Nagpur, in the State of Maharashtra in central India, as the location for its regional centre for MRO (Maintenance Repair and Overhaul) facility. The creation... more
IndustryBell Helicopter Textron awarded of a over 16 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the AH-1W
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $16,450,000 delivery order against a previously awarded basic ordering agreement (N00019-06-G-0001) for 70 painted Marine Corps turned... more
IndustryBell-Boeing Joint Program Office awarded of a over 23 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the MV-22 aircraft
Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $23,046,910 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-04-C-6517) for the Block A/B upgrades required... more
AccidentsPrivate plane fallen in Kentucky: victims identified
Lexington, Usa - No survivors, an entire family destroyed
The victims of the air incident that involved a private plane in Kentucky, fallen in the eastern zone of the Country (see for details AVIONEWS) have been identified. It’s a family composed of the parents J... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on McDonnell Douglas model DC-10-10 and DC-10-10F airplanes; and model MD-10-10F airplanes
Washington, Usa - To ensure that the fuel vent pipes are properly bonded to the airplane structure
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 25, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 165)] [Page 50335-50336] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Fokker model F-28 Mark 0070 and 0100 airplanes
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct corrosion of the wing rear spar lower girder, which could result in reduced structural integrity of the wing rear spar
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 25, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 165)] [Page 50333-50335] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
IndustryCathay Pacific celebrated 100th aircraft delivery when taking another Airbus A-330
Toulouse, France - Further five models are scheduled to join the carrier's fleet in 2007 and 2008
Cathay Pacific Airways celebrated the 100th aircraft to join its fleet by taking delivery of an Airbus A-330/300 at a ceremony at the manufacturer’s base in Toulouse, France. The aircraft was presented i... more
DefenseUS Air Force moves its B-1B from Diego Garcia to Qatar
Washington, Usa - The transfer will make save USAF USD 132m per year
US Air Force has decided to move its bombers B-1B Lancers from the base of the Diego Garcia island in Indian Ocean to the base of Al Udeid in Qatar. The decision was justified by economic reasons. In fact,... more