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MiscellaneousMore than 8 kilos of cocaine at Malpensa airport
Milan, Italy - They were hidden in the false bottom of an African's luggage
8 kilos and 380 grams of cocaine hidden in the false bottom of a passenger’s trolley and hand luggage: this is the assessment of stupefacient quantity found by customs guards in the luggage of a 36-year-old w... more
AirlinesAmerican Airlines will decrease the personnel attendant to aircraft's maintenance
Washington, USA - 600 jobs at sea
American Airlines made known that it might cut 600 jobs among its maintenance workers. The carrier sent warning letters to employees in 23 cities to communicate the possibility of layoffs. The airline... more
AirlineseasyJet's petition to Tar
London, United Kingdom - The impugnment of PSO imposed by Italian authorities upon Milan-Olbia route
As for the petition to Tar presented by easyJet against the decision of Italian Transport Ministry and ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Authority) to block Milan-Olbia route planned for April 21 (see AVIONEWS... more
AirlinesEmergency landing at Malpensa airport
Milan, Italy - Airport's activities stopped for few minutes
Yesterday morning an Alitalia’s aircraft was obliged to an emergency landing at Milan’s airport of Malpensa. During the approach the pilot of the flight AZ-557 coming from Warsaw signaled a technical pro... more
MiscellaneousMaoist attack in Nepal. Military helicopter crashed
Kathmandu, Nepal - At least ten people dead among rebels and law enforcement
At the eve of the strike, proclaimed by the seven most important paries of Nepal against the monarchy, which for the next 4 days will paralyse the country, a group of Maoist rebels attacked some Governmental... more
AirlinesEasyJet presents a petition against ENAC
London, United Kingdom - After the decision to deny Milan-Olbia route
Transport Ministry and ENAC (Italian National Civil Aviation Authority) denied the permission to operate Olbia-Milan service to easyJet, which had planned to start April 21. The English low-cost airline... more
IndustryAlenia Aeronautica will transform three Boeing 767s into KC-767As
Naples, Italy - The first of the three aircraft has arrived to the Aeronavali plants
Three Boeing 767s will be transformed into multisession tankers KC-767As for Italian Air Force by Alenia Aeronautica at Aeronavali plants in Capodichino (Naples). The Global Tanker Team comprehends Boeing,... more
AirlinesRoyal Brunei Airlines will start connections with Vietnam by May
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei - Three flights for week scheduled
Air carrier Royal Brunei Airlines announced today in a statement that by next May it will start to operate connections to Vietnam. The flights will start flying on May 11, three times for week, connecting... more
IndustryAir Europa converted purchase rights into orders for 16 B-737/800
Seattle, USA - It was made known by Boeing
Spanish carrier Air Europa converted today purchase rights into orders for 16 B-737/800. It was made known by Seattle industry in a statement. The deal has a value of about USD one billion and the first... more
MiscellaneousProtesters against the CPE block in France the access to the Paris-Orly's airport
Paris, France - Only delays in consequence of the demonstration
Against the contract of the young first employment, desired by the Prime Minister, Dominique de Villepin, some hundred of young people have demonstrated also today, that have blocked the entry at the Paris-Orly’s a... more
MiscellaneousWho does pay the cost for the release of hostages in foreign countries?
Berlin, Germany - Concerning a sentence by the Court of Berlin
Last Tuesday the Court of Berlin, which takes care about the disputes involving German consulates, decided that a German citizen, who has been hostages in foreign country, and released thanks to diplomatic... more
MiscellaneousPan Am flight 73's passengers, hijacked in 1986, asked a big-compensation to Libya
New York, USA - The Government of Tripoli summoned for USD 10 billion
Today a big-compensation request was presented, to a US Court, by the survivor, and the victims’ relatives, of the Pan Am flight 73 that on September 5, 1986 was hijacked by 5 men belonging to Palestinian t... more
AirlinesDelta Airlines increased tickets' price
Atlanta, USA - Also the other carriers are raising their fares
Delta Airlines announced its decision to increase of USD 50 the fares, on some routes, of the first and economy classes. According to the carrier this raise will have also some benefits for the passengers,... more
Science and technologyOnAir for mobile and computer use on board
Rome, Italy - Ad hoc products to communicate during the flight
OnAir is a company born in 2005 in order to reply to air passengers need to communicate and share information via mobile and computer during the trip. The enterprise is a SITA (World provider of IT solutions... more
Curiosities30 bisons in a plane from Canada to Iakuzia
Moscow, Russia - 9 flight hours to create a reserve in the Siberian region
Environment Safeguard Ministry of Iakuzia (East Siberia) and the Canadian Committee for Bison Rebirth decided together that the Russian region must be repopulated with bisons, as it happened until 3000... more
IndustryBoeing: Icelandair ordered two additional B-787s
Washington, USA - The two airplanes have a value of approximately $ 290 million at list prices
Boeing yesterday announced that the FL Group, on behalf of Icelandair, and Icelandair have exercised purchase rights for two additional firm 787-8 Dreamliners. The airplanes will be delivered in 2012,... more
IndustryFirst engineering drawings of the new B-747-8
Seattle, USA - The aircraft will be ready within the 2009
Boeing published yesterday the first engineering drawings of the new B-747-8 launched last November and already ordered, in its cargo version, by Cargolux and Nippon Cargo Airlines (see for details AVIONEWS).... more
MiscellaneousEmergency practise provokes panic in Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya - False alarm about an air incident
On last Tuesday there was the panic in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, when aviation authorities gave the news that an aircraft coming form Democratic Republic of Congo, with 80 people on board, crashed in t... more
DefenseItalian Admiral Di Paola's visit in Tirana
Tirana, Albania - Meeting with Albanese Ministers and DIE's delegates
Albanese Defense Minister, Fatmir Mediu, Albanese Prime Minister Sali Berisha, Albanese Defense Chief of Staff, General Pellumb Qazimi, the Chief of Italian Experts Delegation (DIE), General Salvatore... more
AerospaceVenus Express is about to reach its destination
Baikonur, Russia - The space probe will enter Venus orbit in 5 days
Launched last November 9 from Baikonur Russian base, ESA (European Space Agency) space probe Venus Express is getting near its destination, Venus: its enter into the orbit of the very hot and enigmatic... more
MiscellaneousItalian Minister of Transports Lunardi: we take note of Tuninter's willingness of cooperation
Rome, Italy - It is possible to read it in a Ministry's statement
Italian Minister of Transport and Infrastructures, Pietro Lunardi, made known, through an official statement of his Ministry, to have taken note of the precise assurances that Tunisian carrier Tuninter... more
Science and technologyEU violation procedure against Italy
Brussels, Belgium - Airports' ground services have to be liberalized
European Commission put into force the second phase of the violation procedure against Italy concerning the free access to the ground services’ market in the airports, such as fuel supply, passengers a... more
AirlinesNew Ancona-Liverpool route for Ryanair
Ancona, Italy - Since October 3 starting from EUR 3.99
Ryanair’s bold commercial policy, which is adding new routes everyday, goes on in dizzy rhythm. After the announcement of Alghero-Pisa and Alghero-Liverpool flights, here is another news launched yesterday: a... more
Science and technology16 new passport control crosses at Rome-Fiumicino
Rome, Italy - They will allow safer and faster controls
Yesterday morning the inaugural tape cut of 16 new passport control cross stations for international flights took place at Rome’s "Leonardo Da Vinci" Airport, at the presence of Fiumicino’s Border Pol... more
AirlinesEasyJet addresses to TAR for the route Milan-Olbia
Milan, Italy - State aids covered up in favour of the Italian airlines
"EasyJet, has made public today to have presented petition against Italian Transport Ministry, ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Authority) and Sardinia Region about the right to operate on the Milan-Olbia... more
AirlinesBritish Airways' passengers increased in March 2006
London, UK - Negotiations between the carrier and unions about the cuts on workers' pensions
British Airways (BA) announced yesterday, during a press conference at London Stock Exchange, that in the month of March of this year the number of its passengers rose of the 1.8% respect the same period... more
Civil aviationFAA (Correction) AD on The Cessna Aircraft Company models 208 and 208B airplanes
Washington, Usa - To assure that the pilot has enough information to prevent loss of control of the airplane while in-flight during icing conditions
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 5, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 65)] [Page 16994] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Turbomeca Makila 1 A2 Turboshaft Engines
Washington, Usa - To prevent overspeed and uncontained failure of the free turbine and damage to the helicopter
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 5, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 65)] [Page 16992-16994] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Thrush Aircraft, Inc. model 600 S2D and S2R (S-2R) series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent lower wing spar cap failure caused by undetected fatigue cracks. Such failure could result in loss of a wing with consequent loss of airplane control
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 4, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 64)] [Page 16691-16696] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 727 airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent the loss of the structural integrity of the forward entry doorway due to cracking of the frame at Body Station 303.9, and consequent cracking of the fuselage skin and rapid decompression of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 3, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 63)] [Page 16477-16481] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
AerospaceImportant discovery of space probe Cassini
Rome, Italy - Saturn's rings mistery probably revealed
Space probe Cassini, which is the result of the cooperation between ASI (Italian Space Agency), ESA (European Space Agency) and of NASA, discovered on Saurn’s A ring million of little moons (see for d... more
MiscellaneousLarge willingness of Tuninter to cooperate to throw light on Capo Gallo's incident
Bari, Italy - Victims' relatives will consider only the fact
Tunisian air carrier Tuninter, protagonist of the air incident on last August 6, when one of its ATR-72, flying from Bari to Djerba, landed on the water offing Palermo provoking the death of 16 people... more
Science and technologyRimini airport passes from military to civil control
Rimini, Italy - Technical meeting called yesterday by Defense Undersecretary
Rimini-San Marino airport will turn from military to civil. In a technical meeting wanted by Filippo Berselli, Italian Defense Undersecretary, executive procedures were defined yesterday concerning the... more
MiscellaneousRudolph Giuliani will witness at the trial of September 11
Alexandria, USA - It was retailed by CNN
CNN, the famous US network, announced that today at the September 11 trial, in which has a sole respondent the French citizen with Moroccan origin Zacarias Moussaoui, one of the first people who will be... more
Science and technologyIATA and SITA in synergy for a faster and safer boarding
Rome, Italy - "Semplifying the Business" is the name of the project
IATA (International Air Transport Association) is promoting some initiatives in the field of automation and consequent costs cutting-down for anything concerning airoport boarding. In particular, these... more
MiscellaneousNo stretchers on ATR
Trapani, Italy - An old woman cannot come back home on board of the aircraft
A 82 years old woman discharged from Trapani’s Sant’Antonio Abate Hospital (Sicily) cannot come back home to Pantelleria Island because the ATR-42 making the line service is not used as stretcher transport. Hos... more
AccidentsMilitary aircraft crashed in China
Hong Kong, China - It was written by "Wen Wei Po" newspaper
Hong Kong’s press made known that, on Tuesday, a Chinese military aircraft should be crashed in the south of the country, about 20 kilometres from the city of Wenchang, on Hainan island. The plane, according w... more
AirlinesIt is probable a rapid solution to pay the wages to Volare's workers
Rome, Italy - Today meeting at Alitalia
It seems to kick over a positive solution the problem about Volare’s workers who by some months don’t receive the wages. Today a meeting should take place in the headquarter of Alitalia, which recently pur... more
Press releaseENAC: Italian Civil Aviation Authority's meeting with carrier Tuninter
Rome, Italy - Effort for the full and immediate compensation to the victims' families and to the survivors
"ENAC, (Italian Civil Aviation Agency) unveiled that during the meeting occurred yesterday in Rome, the Tunisian carrier Tuninter, involved in the crash happened last August 6, 2005, has expressed the... more
CuriositiesHigh-flying wine tasting with Air Italy
Rome, Italy - "Cantina Todini" promotes itself this way in occasion of "Vinitaly"
In occasion of "Vinitaly", the Italian wine saloon which is taking place in Verona from tomorrow April 6 until 10, the Umbrian "Cantina Franco Todini" vineyard decided to promote its Grechetto di Todi... more
AirlinesDelta Airlines still in crisis
Atlanta, USA - Pilots threaten the strike again
Union’s representatives of Delta Airlines’ pilots made known to have authorized a strike whether the carrier, which from last September is in bankruptcy, will proceed with its decision to cut wages and... more
AirlinesMalaysia Airlines: trade unions want to avoid the discharge of 6,500 jobs
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - The carrier is in serious difficulties
Union representatives of Malaysia Airlines’ workers announced yesterday to have begun talks with airline’s officials to avoid that thousands of workers payed the heavy industrial reorganization plan tha... more
AirlinesLivingston's purchase makes Eurofly share raise
Rome, Italy - EUR 50m is the operation value
After Viaggi del Ventaglio board approved acquisition project of Livingston airline, Eurofly registers a 1.4% raising in the exchange. Eurofly obtained sole right to treat the purchase by Viaggi del Ventaglio,... more
AirlinesGood March for Continental
Washington, USA - Carrier's load factor at 81.2%
US air carrier Continental made known that in March 2006 its load factor arrived to the 81.2% respect the same month of the previous year. The good result is due to the growth of the air traffic. 11.2%,... more
AirlinesSkyEurope flies to Prague
Prague, Czech Republic - 7 European destinations will serve the hub
SkyEurope opens its fifth base in Central Europe in Prague, with two Boeing 737/700s Next Generation stationed at Ruzyne Airport and with 7 new routes: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bergamo-Orio al Serio, Naples,... more
Weather forecastsEmbraer presented the Phenom 100 at "Sun 'n Fun Fly-In 2006" of Lakeland in Florida
Miami, Florida - The new aircraft is powered by Pratt & Whitney PW-617F engine
Embraer showed its new Phenom 100 at "Sun ’n Fun Fly-In 2006", an aeronautic show which takes place since April 4 to April 10 at Linder Regional Airport of Lakeland in Florida, USA. Brazilian industry w... more
AirlinesSince October 3 Alghero-Liverpool Ryanair flight
Alghero, Italy - EUR 3.99 to fly to the Beatles city
The sixth destination served by Ryanair from Alghero-Fertilia airport is the direct flight to Liverpool, presented this morning in a press conference from Alessia Viviani, promotion manager for Italy of... more
MiscellaneousVietnamese Transport Minister resigns
Hanoi, Vietnam - Several corruption crimes in the financial scandal
Vietnam’s Transport Minister, Dao Dinh Binh, presented his resign after his involvement in the financial scandal regarding the Ministry Department number 18 for project management. Gambles on foreign f... more
IndustryDaimlerChrysler and Lagardere will decrease their share in EADS
Munich, Germany - There will be a larger liquidity for future investments
DaimlerChrysler e Lagardere, two of the most important EADS’ shareholders, announced their intention to start simultaneous transitions aimed at reducing by 7.5% each their respective stakes in EADS. T... more
AerospaceImportant experiment on the International Space Station ISS
Washington, USA - Two astronauts slept in the decompression room
Yesterday the commandant of the mission 12 on the International Space Station (ISS), Bill McArthur, and the vice- commandant of the mission 13, Jeff Williams, made an important test which could accelerate... more