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DefenseUS Army will recruit 42-year-old soldiers
Washington, USA - In order to meet lack of staff
After enlistment maximum age boost from 35 to 40 years last January, US Army goes further and leads maximum limit to 42 years. The target is to recruit 80,000 new soldiers within the end of 2006: until... more
IndustryBoeing: Cathay Pacific announced B-747/400ER Freighter order
Seattle, Usa - With a total average list price value of USD 1.4 billion
The Boeing Company and Cathay Pacific Airways yesterday announced the Hong Kong-based airline has ordered six Boeing 747-400ER (Extended Range) Freighters. The airplanes, with a total average list price... more
MiscellaneousSicily keeps on burning
Palermo, Italy - Fires in Palermo, Catania and Trapani areas
Extinguishing operations of fires in Sicily, Italy, have been going on this morning. Helicopters and Canadairs by Civil Defence, Navy, Corps of Foresters and Firemen are now engaged to throw big quantities... more
MiscellaneousUstica DC-9 wreck will be carried to Boulogne in the week-end
Boulogne, Italy - During the night between next Saturday and Sunday
The Itavia DC-9 wreck, which fell down off the Sicilian coasts in Ustica on the 27th of June in 1980, will leave the hangar at Italian Air Force base in Pratica di Mare (Rome) tomorrow evening between... more
AccidentsThe helicopter pilot involved in Tyrol accident was condemned
Innsbruck, Austria - 9 Germans died September 5, 2005
The pilot of the helicopter which discharged a 800-kilo concrete bin on a cableway in Soelden, Tyrol, causing death to nine German skiers, was condemned by Innsbruck Court to 15 months with probation.... more
Latest newsUS F-16s land in Serbia
Belgrade, Serbia - On the field of a military cooperation agreement
For the first time American combat aircraft landed in a Serbian military base. It happened yesterday to two F-16 bomber fighters belonging to the US Aviation 55th squadron in Europe, which went to the... more
IndustryLockheed Martin Corp. awarded of a over 6 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the EA-6B aircraft
Lockheed Martin Corp., Manassas, Va., is being awarded a $6,083,588 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of two airborne strategic communication, engineering and test (ASCET) kit builds for the... more
IndustryRaytheon Integrated Defense Services awarded of a 45 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the MH-60R helicopter
Raytheon Integrated Defense Services, Portsmouth, R.I., is being awarded a not to exceed $45,000,000 ceiling-priced order (#5000) against a basic ordering agreement contract (N00383-06-G-011F) for procurement... more
IndustryHoneywell Inc. awarded of a over 5 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the CH-47 helicopter
Honeywell Inc., Defense and Space Electronic Systems, Clearwater, Fla., is being awarded a $5,157,240 firm-fixed-price contract modification. This action is to exercise an option to purchase 66 embedded... more
DefenseUS Navy Commander meets Sigonella base Commander, Antonio Di Fiore
Catania, Italy - He was in the Sicilian base to be present at command exchange of Task-Force 67
"The Commander of US Navy 6th fleet, Admirer Boomer Stufflebeem, was at the base in Sigonella, Sicily, to be present at the command exchange of Task-Force 67 and visited the base Commander, Colonel Pilot... more
HelicoptersFinmeccanica: UK Ministry of Defence and AgustaWestland sign GBP 1 billion order for 70 new Future Lynx helicopter
Rome, Italy - And long-term partnership agreement for future helicopter programmes
The UK Ministry of Defence today signed an agreement worth GBP 1 billion (EUR 1.4 billion) with Finmeccanica company AgustaWestland for the supply of 70 Future Lynx helicopters to the British armed forces.... more
Fair and showsEmbraer named Pedro Ferraz as new Corporate Communications Director in North America
São José dos Campos, Brazil - Executive to be based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Embraer announced that Pedro Ferraz has been named Corporate Communications Director for North America, effective June 1. He has accumulated extensive experience in both communications and marketing, having... more
AerospaceThomas Reiter will remain six months on the ISS
Washington, USA - He will be the first European astronaut to remain for a long period on the International Space Station
The NASA’s mission that will start on July first (see for details AVIONEWS) will be the first in which an European astronaut will remain for a long period on the International Space Station (ISS). The G... more
PeopleNATS wins prestigious Middle East contract
London, United Kingdom - For the Dubai's airport with six runways and an annual capacity of 120 million passengers
NATS, the UK’s leading air traffic management provider, has won its largest-ever overseas airspace design contract at what will be one of the world’s largest international airports in Dubai. The con... more
AerospaceD'Alema and Mussi: the headquarters of "Galileo Project" has to be Rome
Rome, Italy - Satisfaction of the ex-undersecretary of Berlusconi's Government, Gianni Letta
Yesterday the Foreign Minister D’Alema and the University one Mussi confirmed to the Major of Rome Veltroni the intention to support in Europe the request to carry in Rome the headquarters of "Galileo P... more
AirlinesRyanair: 25 thousand "Free" flights for each goal by Italian national football team today
Hamburg, Germany - The initiative on the field of "Germany 2006" World Championships
25 thousand free flights for each goal hit up by Italian national team today versus Czech Republic. That is the promotion invented by Ryanair in order to "Thank Italian fans" of the Irish low-cost airline,... more
AirlinesSwiss will increase the personnel
Bern, Switzerland - The carrier will increase also the fleet
It is a good moment for the Swiss, born in 2002 by Swissair’s remains and controlled by 2005 by Lufthansa. The airline announced in fact the intention to employ 150 people, among pilots and flight attendants. T... more
PeopleEU-New Zealand agreement on air transport
Brussels, Belgium - Open skies between Member States and the archipelago
Brussels and Wellington signed an agreement to allow all airlines belonging to any Member State of the European Union to fly to New Zealand. This understanding puts in line with Community right bilateral... more
MiscellaneousNew polemics between Venezuela and United States
Caracas, Venezuela - The Venezuelan Armed Forces announced the realization of a new missile thrower
The relationships between United States and Venezuela are more and more difficult. After the polemics because of the purchase of Russian fighter (see for details AVIONEWS) by Caracas’ Government, yesterday n... more
MiscellaneousA Yale's student realized a movie on September 11 using the same script of the next Oliver Stone's film
Washington, USA - Paramount Picture asked a compensation
Paramount Picture asked a compensation to a Yale student who realized a movie on September 11, available on-line, using the same script of the film realized by Oliver Stone which will be in the US cinemas... more
AerospaceItaly and France will launch a satellite for Military and Civil Defense
Paris, France - The cooperation project will become real in 2010
The President of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), Sergio Vetrella, and the President of the French Space Researches Centre (CNES), Yannick d’Escatha, signed a cooperation agreement in Paris to launch a... more
Science and technologyAn airport in Jordan territory (in Aqaba) will replace the Israelian Eilat's air station
Amman, Jordan - The Israelian Vice-Premier, Shimon Peres, and Jordan's King, Abdallah II, announced it
The Israelian Vice-Premier, Shimon Peres, and the Jordan’s King, Abdallah, have announced in Petra, on the occasion of the second international conference of Nobel prizes, that near the Jordan’s harbour of... more
AirlinesBritish Airways is investigated by Antitrust
London, United Kingdom - Suspects of price fixing activities
British Airways makes known that it is the object of an inquiry by British and US Antitrust authority for a suspicious price fixing activity concerning ticket price and fuel surcharge. The British flag... more
DefenseVernetti: helicopters sending to Afghanistan is right
Rome, Italy - Today the Italian Foreign Undersecretary is in Kabul
The Italian Foreign Undersecretary, Gianni Vernetti, has gone to Kabul today and, with the occasion, he made some comments about the request of new troop transport helicopters by the Italian military contingent... more
Science and technologyLow-cost traffic grows at Naples-Capodichino airport
Naples, Italy - It represented 17% of total traffic in 2005
Naples-Capodichino international airport registered a strong increase of low-cost passenger traffic in the last years. 777 thousand people chose to travel at discounted fares in 2005, a number which is... more
MiscellaneousEU's vehicles will patrol African coasts
Madrid, Spain - They will help the fight against clandestine immigration
European Union is more and more focalized in the fight against the clandestine immigration. Frontex, European agency for the borderline, clubbed in Madrid, where its 14 members predisposed a plan to control... more
PeopleENAC-EUROCONTROL agreement for information about carriers not regular with the payments of the traffic rights
Rome, Italy - The Italian Authority to be able to interdict the flights to the default airlines
"ENAC, Italian Civil Aviation Authority, unveil that today, in Strasbourg, has been signed a bilateral agreement ENAC-Eurocontrol that authorizes the Italian board to interdict flights to the airlines... more
MiscellaneousBush tour in Budapest: air traffic suspended
Budapest, Hungary - Huge security measures
Huge security measures have been set for today’s Bush tour in Hungary: the whole area around Sandor Palace, seat of the meeting between US President and his Hungarian counterpart, Laszlo Solyom, has b... more
MiscellaneousValentino Rossi felt during the test of the MotoGP
Assen, The Netherlands - The Champion was transported with an helicopter to the hospital
Valentino Rossi has been transported urgently with an helicopter to the hospital of Assen, The Netherlands, being felt during the tests in the near motorbike circuit. The champion was driving in the 7th... more
DefenseItaly could send Predator aircraft in Afghanistan
Washington, USA - It was retailed by US weekly "Defense News"
According to US weekly "Defense News" Italy could send in Afghanistan some Predator aircraft. The decision should be part of the re-definition of our mission in Kabul as consequence of the retreat of the... more
Miscellaneous"Germany 2006": the "Wags" stopped at Cologne airport
Cologne, Germany - Victoria Beckham among them
Little misadventure for some wealthy wives and girlfriends of English national football team, who are in Germany for the World Championships. After England-Sweden match in Cologne, the "Wags" -as they... more
PeopleUSA: airplane fares +5.1%
Washington, USA - Travel Price Index +7,5%
US airlines increased ticket fares of 5.1% compared to last year and of 2.6% compared to a month ago. Travel Price Index, which is calculated by TIA (Travel Industry Association), rose by 7.5% in May.... more
MiscellaneousThe 20th hijacker of September 11 was identified
Washington, USA - The terrorist died in 2004 during a battle with the Saudi police
The IntelCenter, a private company specialized in security which works for US Administration, obtained an Al Qaeda’s video that discovers the identity of the man that should have to partecipate to September 1... more
CuriositiesParis Hilton has an emergency on helicopter
Berlin, Germany - And she lands on the garden of a German farmer
Emergency landings do not always happen because of engine breakdown or gear break. A German farmer saw an helicopter landing on his garden and Paris Hilton getting off, asking for a toilet. The blond protagonist... more
AirlinesSkyEurope: the shareholders' assembly decided an increase of the capital stock
Warsaw, Poland - It is forecast a raise until EUR 40 million
Low-cost carrier SkyEurope, quoted at Vienna and Warsaw Stock Exchanges, decided to proceed to a new stock’s increase of about EUR 20 million, carrying the stock to EUR 40 million. The emission of the n... more
DefenseIran nuclear matter. D'Alema: I don't think they have atomic bomb
Rome, Italy - Italian Foreign Minister's comments after his meeting with Mottaki
"I don’t think they are about to get nuclear weapons", that is what Italian Foreign Minister, Massimo D’Alema, said this morning on TV after having had talks with his Teheran counterpart, Manuchehr Mot... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Pacific Aerospace Corporation Ltd. 750XL airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent wing failure could result with consequent loss of control of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: June 21, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 119)] [Page 35509-35511] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
PeopleAssohandlers, Italian airport handling services operators association, was born
Rome, Italy - The statement of the association
The Italian national airport handling services operators association named Assohandlers has been established, involving Alitalia Airport, Alitrasporti Aerei Ata, Ata Handling, Sav-Servizi aeroportuali... more
IndustryAlenia-Scac agreement. Bertolone: the first aircraft should be come out from the the facilities in 2008
Moscow, Russia - It was declared on Tuesday by Alenia Aeronautica's CEO Giovanni Bertolone
"Competition could be won only with a competitive price. There are still some details to define to which we are working on hoping to solve them soon, as the choice of the supplier of some components of... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Rolls-Royce Corporation 250-B and 250-C series turboprop and turboshaft engines
Washington, Usa - To prevent tie bolt failure that could cause loss of engine power, resulting in a first stage turbine wheel overspeed and an uncontained engine failure
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: June 21, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 119)] [Page 35505-35507] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Airbus model A-300 B2 and A-300B4; A-300 B4-600, B4-600R, and F4-600R, and C4-605R Variant F airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent cracking in the web of nose rib 7, which could result in rupture of the attachment fitting between the inner flap and flap track 2, and consequent reduced structural integrity of the flap
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: June 21, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 119)] [Page 35507-35509] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Models PC-6, PC- 6-H1, PC-6-H2, PC-6/350, PC-6/350-H1, PC-6/350-H2, PC-6/A, PC-6/A-H1, PC-6/A-H2, PC-6/B-H2, PC-6/B1-H2, PC-6/B2-H2, PC-6/B2-H4, PC-6/C-H2, and PC-6/C1-H2 airplanes
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct cracks in the rudder end rib, which could result in failure of the rudder end rib
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: June 21, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 119)] [Page 35502-35505] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
AirlinesSwiss International: two A-330 version 200 arriving from Lufthansa
Zurich, Switzerland - A press release by the carrier unveiled it
According to what declared in a note by the Swiss airline subsidiary from Lufthansa, Swiss International Airlines, are arriving in the carrier’s fleet two A-330 version 200 already in it from six years i... more
MiscellaneousThe Pope will go to holiday with Air Vallée
Aosta, Italy - On board of a Dornier 328 of the Val d'Aosta airline
Pope Benedict XVI will spend his holidays in Les Combes di Introd in Val d’Aosta, Northern Italy, from July 11 to 28. The Italian airline, Air Vallée, has offered a special flight with a Dornier 328, on... more
MiscellaneousPolemics against the sanction of the Italian Antitrust against the oil companies
Rome, Italy - According with Bruno Leoni Institute there are no evidences of an abuse
They were immediate the criticisms against the decision of the Italian Antitrust to sanction 6 oil companies with the charge to have created a cartel against the competition in the supply of jet fuel (see... more
DefenseAmerican anti-missile test
Washington, USA - Off the Hawaii coasts
The Pentagon is making a new test to prove its future anti-missile missile system in Hawaii: a false mid-range missile will be launched from Kauai island and a US military boat will shoot an anti-missile... more
Science and technologyDrug traffic discovered at Malpensa airport
Milan, Italy - Ten people arrested
Yesterday the Financial Guard dismantled a criminal organization devoted to the cocaine traffic between Bolivia and Italy through Malpensa airport. The investigations, coordinated by the Power of Attorney... more
AirlinesVueling announces the new link Milan-Ibiza that will serve during the Summer
Milan, Italy - Next June 29 with a daily frequency
Vueling, the new generation Spanish carrier, inaugurates next June 29 the route Milan-Ibiza, the Balearic island, becoming the fourth destination by the airline made from Malpensa, which is already linked... more
Civil aviationNew anti-crime robot aircraft tested in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Usa - The plane allows to control big areas of the city
It started in Los Angeles the testing of a new robot aircraft that will be able to contribute to the prevention of the crime. The aircraft in fact is equipped with special cameras that allow to patrol... more
Science and technologyCIRA: "Aviocar" project was presented to Caserta Confindustria
Capua, Italy - The car-helicopter will go into production within 10 years
Sergio Vetrella, Director of Capua-based CIRA (Italian Aerospace Research Centre), showed "Aviocar" project to a delegation of Caserta Confindustria. The flying car prototype (see AVIONEWS for details)... more