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AirlinesCub Trasporti: Alitalia's Informatics division in the sights of the multinational
Rome, Italy - The carrier's unbundling plan continues
"Alitalia’s unbundling plan continues, despite of the declarations by unions-society and the meeting before at Palazzo Chigi and then at the Productive Activities Ministry. It’s the time of the Alitalia’s infor... more
PeopleFull-open skies agreement between USA and Camerun
Yaounde, Camerun - No restriction for the carriers of both the countries
The Government of Cameroon and the US one signed a full-open skies agreement which will allow to the carriers of both the country to operate air services between the two nations without restrictions. Satisfaction... more
IndustryThales (2): Finmeccanica will have a role in French company's future
Paris, France - French newspaper "Le Figaro" wrote so
"Finmeccanica could be the real jolly to contrast EADS’ ambitions". French newspaper "Le Figaro" wrote so yesterday about the future of the Frence defence company. The newspaper related also the French c... more
Science and technologySAGA: Pescara's airport will be linked to Timisoara from next April 10
Pescara, Italy - The airport's management society said it in a press release
SAGA, Pescara’s airport management society, announced last Saturday that the private carrier Club Air to link, as of next April 10, the Abruzzo’s airport to Rumanian one of Timisoara. The flight will hav... more
IndustryThales: in progress the purchase of Australian ADI
Sydney, Australia - National newspaper "The Australian" wrote it
Australian newspaper "The Australian" related about the intention of the French military aerospace giant Thales to buy the Australian Defence Industries company. Thales, according with the newspaper, should... more
DefenseDi Paola visits Italian contingents in Afghanistan and Iraq
Rome, Italy - Italian Defense Chief of Staff recommended professionalism and humanity
Italian Defense Chief of Staff, Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola, in his journey to Middle-East in the day before yesterday visited Italian contingent soldiers at Herat and Kabul, Afghanistan. With him Italian... more
Science and technologyPositive 2005 for Save-Venice Airport
Venice, Italy - EUR 11m net profit (+123%)
2005 budget project of Save Group, which manages Marco Polo Airport in Venice, is positive: 7,126,000 passed travellers (+5.3% compared to 2004), net profit equal to EUR 11m (towards 4,9m of previous accounting... more
AirlinesSunExpress: from next March 26 eight new routes for the Turkish Airlines' low-cost carrier
Ankara, Turkey - New flights will be served in collaboration with the Thomas Cook
The low-cost airline, SunExpress, subsidiary by flag carrier Turkish Airlines, in cooperation with tour operator Thomas Cook, announced that as of next March 26 eight new links will inaugurate in its schedule.... more
DefenseFrance and UK will develop together new aircraft-carriers
Innsbruck, Austria - Agreement signed by the two Defence Ministers
Yesterday the Defence Ministers of France and UK Michèle Alliot-Marie and John Reid signed a cooperation agreement to develop new aircraft-carriers. The signature happened at Innsbruck, during the informal... more
Fair and showsNATS appointed new Safety Director
London, UK - Gretchen Burrett, its first woman, will take over on April 1
National Air Traffic Services (NATS), the UK’s leading air traffic services provider, has announced the appointment of its first woman Director of Safety. Gretchen Burrett, who led NATS’ Human Factors tea... more
AirlinesAir France-KLM February 2006' results are good
Paris, France - Big raise of the traffic toward Asia
Air France-KLM group closed positively February. Respect the same period of the previous year, traffic is increased of about 8.5%, while load factor improved by 1.1% to reach 77.7%, the group carried 5... more
PeopleItalian-Indian air transport agreement
Rome, Italy - More weekly flights linking the two Countries
Alitalia and Air India currently operate 24 weekly flights between Italy and India. The two flag airlines have just signed a new bilateral agreement for air transport, which will allow them to activate... more
PeopleAfter IATA, ERA contests "Fly tax" too
Brussels, Belgium - "We oppose the political expedient to impose a tax on an essential industry as ours"
Also ERA (European Regions Airline Association) joins IATA’s (International Air Transport Association) protest (see for details AVIONEWS) against French President Chirac’s initiative, aimed to tax air... more
AirlinesVolare: new postponement, Rome Court's decision expected these days
Rome, Italy - Roman judges have taken two-days decision time on Alitalia's claim
Rome Civil Court will make known its decisions about the petition presented by Alitalia on Volare matter in the next days. Union sources of Via della Magliana’s airline said that. Alitalia claimed to C... more
AirlinesMalev: Lufthansa and LOT interested to the acquire
Budapest, Hungary - Boris Abramovich, who also running for the purchase of the Magyar carrier, said it
The Russian undertaker, Boris Abramovich, running for the purchase of the Hungarian public carrier, Malev, through AirBridge consortium, has faced again the question about the privatization of the airline,... more
Latest newsMission in Afghanistan for 6 AMX of the 132° Group- 51° Wing
Rome, Italy - General Fabrizio Castagnetti, COI's Chief, said it recently
Six aircraft AMX of Italian Air Force with intelligence capability, which could be used to localize the plantation of opium poppy, will be soon deployed in Afghanistan, in the ISAF mission. General Fabrizio... more
IndustrySmiths Aerospace LCC awarded of a over 16 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18 C, D, E, F, and G aircraft
Smiths Aerospace LCC, Customer Services Americas, Clearwater, Fla., is being awarded a $16,543,571 requirements contract to provide performance based logistics in support of the AN-AYK-22 stores management... more
IndustryThe Purdy Corp. awarded of a near 10 USDm order
Washington, Usa - For the AH-64 aircraft
The Purdy Corp., Manchester, Conn., was awarded on Feb. 28, 2006, a delivery order amount of $9,956,400 as part of a $16,941,500 firm-fixed-price contract for Intermediate gear boxes for the AH-64 aircraft. Work... more
AirlinesIran Air plans American airplanes' purchase
Teheran, Iran - But it doesn't specify how it will circumvent embargo imposed since 1979
Since 1979, when diplomatic relations between USA and Iran were definitely cut after an assault to American Embassy in Teheran by Iranian militants, Washington imposed several trade sanctions over the... more
CuriositiesEmirates Airlines will be new sponsor of the Hamburg's Football Team
Hamburg, Germany - The triennial contract foresees EUR 5 million per year
The Arab carrier, Emirates Airlines, with a triennial contract, will be new sponsor of the German football club of Hamburg. The contract with Emirates Airlines will provide for Hamburg a collection of... more
HelicoptersAgustaWestland signed an agreement for 25 years with the British Ministry of Defence
London, Great Britain - The industry will supply support for the EH-101 helicopters
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, has been awarded the Integrated Merlin Operational Support (IMOS) contract which will transform logistics support arrangements for the UK Ministry of defence’s (... more
IndustryNew customer for USD 972 million for the Airbus 350
Toulouse, France - Yemenia-Yemen Airways would buy the long-haul plane of the uropean consortium
European consortium Airbus received a purport statement by Yameni carrier Yemenia-Yemen Airways, for the delivery of 6 new long-haul planes A-350, including a clause for the buy out of 4 further aircraft.... more
IndustryBoeing to acquire Carmen Systems to enhance commercial services business
Seattle, Usa - With this purchase, CS will report to Jeppesen
The Boeing Company last Friday announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Carmen Systems, a leading provider of crew scheduling and disruption management software for the world’s airlines and railroads.... more
Science and technologyHeathrow the worst in Europe for delays
London, UK - It is necessary to update the infrastructures
Europe’s airports are busy with heavy consequences for the flights’ punctuality, about the 20% of the planes have a delay of 15 minutes. Among the several hubs of the old continent the worst is the Lon... more
AirlinesDelta Airlines has to pay millionaire advises
Atlanta, USA - Pilots' protests
Delta Airlines asked to US bankruptcy court to approve a payment of about USD 3.9 million for its advisers’ consultancy. The appeal arrived after the carrier reported USD 300 million loss in January. T... more
Science and technologyIstanbul's Airport fourth European air station in the delays' list
Istanbul, Turkey - AEA, European Airlines Association, said it
Istanbul’s Airport, according to the special list conducted by AEA, the European airlines association, is in the fourth place in an unenviable list of the airports that have recorded major delays in t... more
AirlinesIberia launches fare from EUR 10 upwards for Italian market
Madrid, Spain - For flights linking Madrid with Rome and Milan
Spanish airline, Iberia, has just announced a new strategy to answer several competitors in Italian market, launching fares from EUR 10 upwards for Rome-Madrid and Milan-Madrid routes. The carrier releases... more
IndustryRussia. The Government Head Fradkov proposes Fyodorov as head of the new aeronautical holding
Moscow, Russia - Russian President, Putin, agreed with the proposal
Russian Government has the intention to merge in an only subject all the aeronautical industries of the country, bringing into being in such way a real industrial giant. To lead this "Holding" the Russian... more
Science and technologySagat: SkyEurope from Turin opens to Krakow
Turin, Italy - The link will be served three times per week
The low-cost airline of the Middle Europe, SkyEurope Airlines, has recently announced the opening of the new link from Turin towards Krakow, in the south of Poland. The route will be served three times... more
AirlinesBlue1: new connection Rome-Helsinki inaugurated last Sunday
Rome, Italy - New flight will have a bi-weekly frequency
The Blue1, Finnish airline born from the ashs of Air Botnia and now belonging to SAS Group, Scandinavian Airlines System, from last Sunday links the Romanian airport of Fiumicino to the Finnish capital... more
AccidentsAir incident at Georgetown, Texas: two people dead
Georgetown, USA - Probable an engine's breakdown, investigations in progress
A Cessna 182 fell down, in the last evening of Saturday, after take off from Georgetown’s airport, Texas (United States). About the four men on board two, among whom the pilot, were killed because of t... more
Science and technologyGesac: new links to Prague, Budapest and Krakow from next April
Naples, Italy - The new flights will be operated by low-cost carrier, SkyEurope
During a press conference held last Friday afternoon in Naples, the new flights’ schedule of the low-cost carrier SkyEurope from Naples-Capodichino has been presented. At the conference were present a... more
MiscellaneousInquest opened once again into tourist's death for burns caused by fuel
Canberra, Australia - A helicopter pilot formerly discharged will give testimony
An inquest was opened one again by Alice Springs’ power of attorney, Australia (Northern Territory), into the case of Canadian Cynthia Ching, died in April 2004 after suffering horrific burns while working a... more
Science and technologyChicago could privatize its airport
Chicago, USA - "Chicago Tribune" writes it
The city of Chicago, according to a report of the citizen newspaper "Chicago Tribune", is seriously thinking whether to privatize or not its second air station the Midway Airport. The privatization could... more
IndustryEvergreen Air Center will provide to the maintenance of Bombardier's CRJ
Phoenix, USA - Company's satisfaction for the achieved deal
Evergreen Air Center, one of the most important companies of the world in the field of maintenance, storage and painting for aircraft, announced today to have signed a deal with Bombardier for the assistance... more
Science and technologyRonchi dei Legionari: new flight to Tiran inaugurated last Friday
Trieste, Italy - The route served by Belle Air
Last Friday the MD-82 by Belle Air, Albanian private carrier, coming from Tirana, landed in Trieste, at Ronchi dei Legionari’s airport. So the air links between Friuli and Albania restarted, interrupted a... more
AirlinesMalaysia Airlines reorganizes routes
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Economic difficulties for the carrier
Malaysia Airlines announced the intention to cut some stopover on several long-haul flights to Europe and Australia because of the unhappy economic situation in which it is. The carrier, which has the... more
AirlinesVirgin Express flies on South Italy
Brussels, Belgium - Naples, Bari and Palermo are the new destinations
Low-cost airline Virgin Express already connects Brussels with Catania, Rome and Milan. Starting from the end of March, new services will be operative towards other Italian cities, all of them from South... more
AirlinesVolare: Milan's Court rejected the Air One's claim against Alitalia
Busto Arsizio, Italy - Union's sources declared it
According to some union’s sources declared this morning, Milan’s Court would have rejected the claim presented by Air One against the order by Busto Arsizio’s Court with which was refused the exclusion’s request... more
Civil aviationNuclear Iran (2): Indian Premier Singh comes out for pacific agreement
New Delhi, India - Today he has intervened at the Parliament of his Country
In a public speech at Indian Federal Parliament, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has intervened on the problem of Iranian uranium enrichment plan, just in the day of Vienna’s AIEA (Atomic Energy International A... more
Science and technologyStrike at the airports of Athens and Thessaloniki
Athens, Greece - Airport authority appeal to court
Today problems are forecast for the two main Greece’s air stations, Athens and Thessaloniki airports, because a strike called by baggage screeners. Airport’s authorities made known that they appeal to... more
AirlinesAliTrento Srl: the new aerotaxi carrier inaugurated
Trento, Italy - Officially presented at the "Caproni" Trento's Airport last Thursday
AliTrento Srl, the new aerotaxi carrier, has been presented officially at Caproni Trento’s airport last Thursday. Born from the initiative by a group of undertakers "All coming from Trento" like its P... more
Civil aviationNuclear Iran: the AIEA meeting has started today in Vienna
Vienna, Austria - UN delegates still hope in an agreement, but Iranian president seems inflexible
Ordinary meeting of AIEA’s (Atomic International Energy Authority) Governors Council has started this morning at United Nations seat in Vienna: the main theme on the agenda is the dossier about Iranian n... more
PeopleIndia: about 5,000 plane pilots needed
New Delhi, India - Investment for training by foreign industries
In the next five years India could have serious problems to find pilots for its aircraft. This is the reverse side of the tumultuous growth that aviation sector had in these last years in the sub-continent.... more
IndustryAeronautic pole in Puglia (Italy) will start with a month's delay
Taranto, Italy - Meeting between Alenia Aeronautica and Grottaglie's industrialists
Italian Alenia Aeronautica’ (Finmeccanica) President, Giorgio Zappa, met at Assindustria’s seat (industrialists association) the President of Taranto industrialists, Luigi Sportelli, and a delegation of... more
AirlinesEmirates: new direct connections Milan-Dubai
Milan, Italy - The new three direct flights add to four weekly ones already operative
"Emirates, international carrier based in Dubai, present in Italy since 1992 before in Rome and then in Milan, has inaugurated last Friday, March 3 three new direct connections from Milan-Malpensa to Dubai,... more
AirlinesFinnair amplifies its links to East Europe
Milan, Italy - New connection with Kiev and more frequencies with Poland
"Finnair, Finnish flag carrier, starts, as of March 30, 2006 a new service with the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. New link is operative on Thursday and integrates the in force agreement for connections in... more
DefenseItalian Defence must quit new airplanes
Rome, Italy - Budget cuts blocks acquisition of means and technologies
The last "Additional note to prevision state for Defense in 2006", delivered by Italian Defence Ministry to the Parliament, talks clearly: heavy budget cuts planned for 2006 will block the acquisition... more
AccidentsHelicopter falls down in New Zealand: two people dead
Wellington, New Zealand - The causes of the incident are still unknown
Yesterday a helicopter fell down in Mount Aspiring National Park, New Zealand. There were two men on board who police, Sunday’s latest evening, identified as Canadian Keith Andrew Mackenzie, a trainee p... more
PeopleAlitalia: the wedding with Air France is necessary
Rome, Italy - Doubts about Cimoli's industrial plan
In David Jarach’s opinion, who is a lecturer of marketing and business at Bocconi University of Milan, Alitalia’s future is not full of promise, unless that there was a fusion agreement with Air France-KLM. Wit... more