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DefenseEU consultation for Defense products single market
Brussels, Belgium - Industry Commissioner's spokesman announced that yesterday
The spokesman of European Industry Commissioner, Guenter Verheugen, yesterday announced the launch of a consultation between the 25 Member Countries in order to create a "European Market" in the field... more
IndustrySKF acquires 100% of SNFA
Turin, Italy - The two bearing suppliers join their powers
SKF Group, international supplier for products, solutions and services in the sector of rolling bearings and grip rings, operates in the field of five divisions: Industrial, Automotive, Electrical, Service... more
IndustryCritics against the A-350
Toulouse, France - European consortium doesn't want to change the plan's design
Last week the US based aircraft leasing company ILFC warned Airbus that if it will not change its middle-size A-350 aircraft’s design, it will risk to be beaten by its rival Boeing which commercialized t... more
AirlinesTest direct flight Madrid-Managua operated by Air Madrid
Madrid, Spain - Flight to test the runway of the destination airport
Spanish carrier, Air Madrid, which is in negotiations with Nicaragua’s Government for the opening of a non-stop route Madrid-Managua, made a test flight above all to test the runway of the international a... more
AirlinesPartnership between Scandinavian Airlines and Swiss International goes on
Stockholm, Sweden - Code-share on all the routes between Scandinavia and Switzerland
After the application of code-share on Bangkok-Singapore-Bangkok route (see AVIONEWS for details), the cooperation between Scandinavian Airlines and Swiss International is been going on for April, when... more
Latest newsItalian Minister of Defence Martino: Italy is ready to line up six AMX in Afghanistan
Rome, Italy - We are waiting for Nato's green light
Italian Minister of Defence, Antonio Martino, said yesterday, at margin of the introduction of a book about Italian mission in Afghanistan of Foreign Office undersecretary, Margherita Boniver, that Italy... more
HelicoptersFirst Qualification for NH-90 TTH
Paris, France - The helicopter is the result of the cooperation among AgustaWestland, Eurocopter and Fokker
On last Friday the new NH-90 TTH helicopter, which is the result of the cooperation among AgustaWestland, Eurocopter and Fokker, received first Qualification by NAHEMA, NATO Helicopter Design and Development... more
PeopleTourism: CAA introduces Consumer Protection Charge
London, United Kingdom - It should replace the current bonding system
CAA (Civil Aviation Authority), the British regulator, announced a reform of the complex bonding system, used to refund travellers whose clauses with tour operators were not respected. In United Kingdom... more
IndustryLockheed Martin Corp. awarded of a over 6 USDm increment
Washington, Usa - For the PAC-3 Missile Support Center
Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded on March 29, 2006, a $6,065,335 increment as part of a $36,390,416 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Development and Maintenance of a PAC-3 Missile... more
IndustryMonarch Construction Co. awarded of a near 15 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the construction of a maintenance hangar
Monarch Construction Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, was awarded on March 27, 2006, a $14,927,000 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a C5 scheduled maintenance hangar. Work will be performed at Wright... more
IndustryLockheed Martin Corp. awarded of a over 16 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the Apache AH-64D helicopters
Lockheed Martin Corp., Owego, N.Y., was awarded on March 29, 2006, a $16,122,582 firm-fixed-price contract for radar frequency interferometer systems for the Apache AH-64D Helicopters. Work will be performed... more
Science and technologyUmpteenth grazed incident at Chicago "O' Hare" International airport
Chicago, Usa - FAA investigations are in progress
Federal agents are investigating in Usa about the possible safety violation, which should involve two aircraft, at Chicago "O’Hare"’s International Airport, the third enquiry in less than one week (se... more
PeopleIata: passenger and freight traffic growth continues on pace with forecast promising start to 2006
Geneva, Switzerland - Load factors also improved
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced today that international passenger traffic grew by 6.8% and international freight traffic by 5.4% in February. The year-to-date passenger traffic... more
Civil aviationDespite September 11 US airports are not safe
Washington, USA - Company blamed to have delivered antiquated equipment
US Homelamd Security Department’s General Inspector Richard Skinner blamed Unisys, a company which has a USD 1 billion contract for the delivery of security tools to US airports, to have not delivery t... more
Civil aviationDespite September 11 US airports are not safe
Washington, USA - Company blamed to have delivered antiquated equipment
US Homelamd Security Department’s General Inspector Richard Skinner blamed Unisys, a company which has a USD 1 billion contract for the delivery of security tools to US airports, to have not delivery t... more
Civil aviationOccident threats military intervention and Teheran replies
Teheran, Iran - Launch of new fast silures announced
March 29 UN Security Council appealed Iran to suspend all its activities related to uranium enrichment within 30 days. After the notification publication, Iran confirmed its safeguard attitude of nuclear... more
AirlinesSwissair's management under charge
Zurich, Switzerland - The carrier went in bankruptcy on October 2001
Zurich prosecutor failed charges against the management of the Swissair, Swiss flagship carrier, which went on bankruptcy on October 2001. The entire board of management of the old airline is under charge... more
Science and technologySagat: Condor's first flight to Munich took off
Turin, Italy - Three times per week
"The first A-320 that links Turin to Munich took off at 3:40pm of today three times per week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday). This new route will give a further impulse to the Turin-Caselle’s airport c... more
HelicoptersEurocopter Chile sells an EC-130B4 helicopter to Aero Services during FIDAE 2006
Santiago del Chile, Chile - It will be used for business transport, high-altitude sports, and tourism operations
During FIDAE 2006, on Thursday 30 March, Bernhard Brenner, the Managing Director of Eurocopter Chile S.A. signed a sales contract with Aero Service, represented by the businessman Max Marambio, for an... more
AirlinesA dog dies after an airplane travel: the owner denounces American Airlines
New York, USA - The airline would not have offered appropriate assistance
Terrence Ing, owner of a two-years-old English Bulldog, denounced American Airlines not to have offered appropriate assistance to his dog, died after a flight between New York and San Francisco last August... more
IndustryCAE will build flight simulators for Europe and America
Montreal, Canada - Contracts for USD 32.6 million
CAE made known to have achieved contracts in Europe and in America, for a value of USD 32,6 million, for the manufacture of flight simulators. The industry will build a simulator for the C-295 twin-engine... more
Civil defenseMore UAV in American skies?
Washington, USA - Defense and Aviation Administration seem willing to massive use of remote control airplanes
Though used by US Air Force since 1997, UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) could be employed by the Government in much larger number to patrol national borders, catch criminals, monitor the environment, assist... more
AirlinesHooters Air closes down
Myrtle Beach, USA - The small airline became famous for its sexy hostesses
Hooters Air, American airline born three years ago from an idea of the homonym restaurant chain, is closing down. The winning formula of customer care "Lifted" by hostesses not much dressed but much sexy... more
Science and technologyOrly airport's new hall 2 launched today
Paris, France - The works have been financed totally by Aeroports de Paris
The new Hall 2 of the Paris-Orly’s airport has been launched today, after 13 months of works. The spaces were reorganized to make easier the boarding and the disembark, while the grouping of the security g... more
AccidentsAn American military airplane C-5 Galaxy crashes
Dover, USA - 17 people on board, no details yet
A spokesman of US Air Force said a goods transportation airplane, C-5 Galaxy, crashed onto Dover’s air base in Delaware with 17 people on board. No further details about the accident is available at t... more
DefenseThe 15th Armament Control International Course in Ciampino (Italy)
Ciampino, Italy - Ended after two-weeks conferences, visits and drills
Officers and Noncommissioned Officers of Italian Armed Force and Financial Police, together with delegates of 33 European, Central Asian, Caucasian and Mediterranean Dialogue Contries, joined the 15th... more
Latest newsBelgian Royal Family in visit at the museum of Italian Air Force
Vigna di Valle, Italy - The family saw the "Spad VII" of Ruffo of Calabria, Queen's father
The Belgian Royal family visited the museum of Italian Air Force at Vigna di Valle, near Rome, last Friday. The reigning couple Alberto II and Paola, together with Prince Philippe, military pilot, his... more
IndustryBoeing is confident about the new 747-8
Seattle, Usa - More and more hard the competition with Airbus
Boeing said to be confident that its new 450 seats 747-8 will be able to attract the interest of the European and Asian carriers. Seattle industrie’s Vice-President, Jeff Peace, said that the new aircraft w... more
Civil aviationItalian Minister of Defence, Martino: all the necessary measures to guarantee security during the elections were adopted
Catania, Italy - The declarations during a manifestation in Sicily
Italian Minister of Defence, Antonio Martino, partecipating to an electoral manifestation in Catania, said that the Government took all the necessary measures to conjure the attempts’ risk during the n... more
PeopleICAO and IATA agree to share information from safety audits
Montreal, Canada - To better identify potential safety risks and prevent aircraft accidents
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) have agreed to share safety-related information from their respective audit programmes to better... more
AirlinesSN Brussels-Virgin Express: by 2007 the new carrier, born by the merger of the two airlines will start to fly
Brussels, Belgium - The announcement was made during a press conference
During the press conference, Etienne Devignon, SN AIR Holding President, and Neil Burrows, SN Brussels e Virgin Express CEO, announced that in 2007 the two carriers will present their-selves to the public... more
AirlinesBMED: by April the route London-Ankara will be operative
Ankara, Turkey - It was made known by company's sources
BMED, British Mediterranean Airways Limited, Turkish carrier which operates in franchising with British Airways, should have to start to operate within the end of April a new route. It is the direct connection... more
AirlinesBMED: by April the route London-Ankara will be operative
Ankara, Turkey - It was made known by company's sources
BMED, British Mediterranean Airways Limited, Turkish carrier which operates in franchising with British Airways, should have to start to operate within the end of April a new route. It is the direct connection... more
Science and technologyAeroports de Paris: in the 2005 there was a profit of EUR 179.9 million
Paris, France - By June the privatization phase should have to start
Aeroports de Paris company, which manages the French capital’s airports, made known to have closed the 2005 accounting period with a net profit of EUR 179.9 million, +24.4% respect the 2004. AdP declared m... more
DefenseItalian Minister, Martino, talked about the Defence's cuts
Rome, Italy - The speech in an Armed Forces' forum
Italian Minister of Defence, Antonio Martino, speaking on last Friday at the Armed Forces’ forum "militari.info", talked about the cuts in the allocations for his Ministry. The decrease in the budget i... more
AirlinesLOT has a new chief executive
Warsaw, Poland - His name is Krzysztof Kapis, Marek Grabarek's successor
Polish flag airline, LOT SA, announced the name of of the new chief executive, Krzysztof Kapis, already head of national Civil Aviation Office. The previous chief executive, Marek Grabarek, was dismissed... more
Science and technologyTourists remember Pope Wojtyla at Fiumicino airport
Rome, Italy - Dozen messages left in the air station chapel
In the first anniversary of Karol Wojtyla’s death, several travellers passed at "Leonardo Da Vinci" Airport in Rome-Fiumicino left messages in the prayer book in the chapel allocated in international d... more
Weather forecastsEurofly present at BMT in Naples from April 7 to 9
Milan, Italy - It will be the occasion also to announce the flight Naples-Moscow and the restart of that one to New York
Eurofly, the airline leader in the leisure field, is present also this year at the "Borsa Mediterranea del Turismo" in Naples from April 7 to 9 at the stand 5109, 5110, 5111, pavilion 5. An unique occasion... more
MiscellaneousEmergency landing because of a passenger's heart attack
Pisa, Italy - It happened in an Alitalia Milan-Rome flight
AZ-2045 Alitalia flight, left from Milan-Linate at 11:05 am last Friday and headed to Rome, was forced to an emergency landing at Pisa’s airport because of a sudden illness of a passenger who suffered a... more
Science and technologyThe airplane changing shape on the fly
Washington, USA - The prototype is being studied at MIT
A research made by MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and financed by DARPA, Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency, with the contribution of Swiss Federal Technology Institute of Karlsruhe... more
IndustryATR: Kingfisher Airlines took delivery of its first ATR-72/500 aircraft
Toulouse, France - Following the signature of a contract for twenty new aircraft unveiled in November 2005
Kingfisher Airlines, India’s fastest growing airline took delivery of its first ATR-72/500 aircraft. This aircraft is the first to be delivered following the signature of a contract for twenty new ATR-72/500s u... more
AccidentsAir incident in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 19 people dead
In the night between last Friday and Saturday a Let-410, made in Czech Republic, with 19 people on board, fell down in Serra do Rio Bonito while it was flying from the oil district of Macaé and Rio de... more
AirlinesVueling announces new route Barcelona-Venice
Milan, Italy - After that inaugural in Italy from Madrid to Milan just three months ago
Vueling, new-generation Spanish carrier, after three months of the inauguration of its first route in Italy, Madrid-Milan, announces new link Barcelona-Venice and on the occasion it presents itself on... more
IndustryGECAS purchases 60 B-737s
Seattle, USA - Placed a firm order for USD 4bn
GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS), General Electric’s aircraft leasing and financing unit, announced the order of 30 Boeing 737s, with the option to buy 30 more. The transaction for total 60 airplanes a... more
Weather forecastsAir shows and exhibitions in the first week of April
Rome, Italy - From today, Monday 3 to next Sunday 9
Monday 03 - Gliding - 2006 Italian Nationals. Turin, Italy. + 39 06 36 08 461 www.fivv.it Tuesday 04 - Aerospace Testing Expo 2006 Europe. Hamburg Messe and Congress, Hamburg, Germany. +... more
MiscellaneousUS helicopter shot down in Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq - The action has been claimed by Islamic guerrilla
On last Saturday an US helicopter was shot down in Iraq, in the southern district of Yusufiya where Sunnite guerrilla is still very strong. The action has been claimed by "The lions of Islam of Rashedin’s A... more
AirlinesLloyd Aero Boliviano. Morales: I don't want to pay an hush-money businessman's debts
La Paz, Bolivia - Bolivia's President Evo Morales said it
"In this moment I cannot pay the debts of a hush-money businessman. It is a mistake that I cannot make. The Government could intervene but only to achieve an agreement between the carrier and the workers".... more
AirlinesAlitalia flight attendants' strike revoked
Rome, Italy - Trade unions' requests have been satisfied
Alitalia flight attendants’ 24 hours strike, that tomorrow April 4 should have had to hit all the flights starting from Italy, was revoked (see for details AVIONEWS). CGIL, CISL, UIL and UGL (Italian T... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft Corp. awarded of a over 22 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the MJ-53 helicopter
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $22,385,455 firm fixed priced overhaul/repair contract to provide overhaul/repair of the main gearbox, elastomerticmertic main rotor hub and... more
IndustryRaytheon Space & Airborne Systems awarded of a near 23 USDm order
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18 aircraft
Raytheon Space & Airborne Systems, El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded $22,850,000 for firm-fixed-price order 0007 against a basic ordering agreement (N00383-04-G-001H) for AN/APG-73 radar spares used... more