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IndustryBoeing selected suppliers for 747-8 propulsion systems
Seattle, Usa - They are General Electric, Middle River Aircraft Systems, and Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
The Boeing Company yesterday announced the team of suppliers that will provide propulsion systems for the 747-8 airplane family, which was launched last Nov. 14. The external team includes General Electric... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on American Champion Aircraft Corporation models 7AC, 7ACA, S7AC, 7BCM, 7CCM, S7CCM, 7DC, S7DC, 7EC, S7EC, 7ECA, 7FC, 7GC, 7GCA, 7GCAA, 7GCB, 7GCBA, 7GCBC, 7HC, 7JC, 7KC, 7KCAB, 8KCAB, and 8GCBC planes
Washington, USA - To detect and correct incorrect swaging widths of the flight control cable Nicopress sleeves, which could result in failure of the elevator, rudder, aileron, and flap controls
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: January 9, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 5)] [Page 1390-1392] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Press releaseSult: workers union appeals to Alitalia's passengers
Rome, Italy - 24 hours Alitalia's flight attendants strike goes on until 24:00
"Since 00:00 o’clock of today the Alitalia’s flight attendants strike initiates. At the same time, different kind of disorders are claimed and make by the Union, in spite of the Minister of Transport ord... more
AerospaceGalileo Avionica: Italian technology reaching the margins of the universe
Rome, Italy - The attitude sensors of the industry will guide the NASA mission to Pluto
"Galileo Avionica takes part in the NASA mission to Pluto which is ready for launch at the Kennedy Space Center. The Company is part of the industrial team led by Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft Corp. awarded of a near 18 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the UH-60 Utility Blackhawk helicopters
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on Jan. 13, 2006, a $17,847,284 firm-fixed-price contract for Rotor Hub Assemblies for the UH-60 Utility Blackhawk Helicopters. Work will be performed... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft Corp. awarded of a over 33 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the MH-60S Navy Knight Hawks
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on Jan. 13, 2006, a $ 33,300,000 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for MH-60S Navy Knight Hawks. Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn.,... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft Corp. awarded of a over 37 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the UH-60L and HH-60M Blackhawk helicopters
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on Jan. 13, 2006, a $37,025,000 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for UH-60L and HH-60M Blackhawk Helicopters. Work will be performed in... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft Corp. awarded of a over 341 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the UH-60L and UH-60M Blackhawk helicopters
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on Jan. 13, 2006, a $ 341,302,911 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for UH-60L and UH-60M Blackhawk Helicopters. Work will be performed... more
Science and technologyBelgrade's Airport: a joint-venture with DynCorp constituted
Belgrade, Serbia - The operator's press release said it
The direction of the public society that manages Belgrade’s Airport unveiled to have undersigned, last days, a MoU with the DynCorp for the constitution of a joint-venture for infrastructural and logistic i... more
AirlinesFlights from Brussels to Nice are back
Brussels, Belgium - At the same time there's a new route to Frankfurt
SN Brussels Airlines, the air company from the Belgian capital, announces that on next March 24 its flight to Nice are going to back. The reason is due to enlarge its own turnover around very frequented... more
HelicoptersEurocopter increases its turnover in 2005
Marignane, France - French group undersigned new agreements around the world
Eurocopter, the European civil and military helicopters maker, reported its total amount about 2005. The turnover for the company was estimated around EUR 3,52bn, and the company’s current backlog amounts u... more
IndustryBoeing: Electronic Flight Bag will be installed on two new 777-200s for Aeromexico
Seattle, Usa - Their delivery in the first four months of 2006
Boeing and Aeromexico said the airline is going to install the Boeing Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) on two new 777-200ERs scheduled to be delivered in the first four months of 2006. Aeromexico will become... more
IndustryAVIONEWS at the conference "High technology for development, work and safeness of Italy". Finmeccanica in joint-venture with Sukhoi?
Rome, Italy - Next February the resolution
Finmeccanica is going to wait for next February to decide about joint-venture -a share of 25%- with Sukhoi, the Russian industry, in proportion to the construction of a regional transport aircraft containing... more
PeopleEurocontrol-Aci Europe: the joint press conference this morning in London
London, UK - Air traffic in Europe is increasing steadily every year and is predicted to reach 18 million flights per year by 2020
Air traffic in Europe is increasing steadily every year - and is predicted to reach 18 million flights per year by 2020: · Already there are up to 3,000 planes in the air at any one time, and there are... more
PeopleAir transport. Sbarbati: more rights for disabled passengers
Rome, Italy - Luciana Sbarbati, national secretary for European Republican Movement, claimed that
"The answer that the European Commission gave on my question about the treatment received by a group of disabled directed to Italy by a Ryanair flight, where they were before taken duly aboard with priority... more
Latest newsIraq: one thousand flight hours for Predator
Rome, Italy - It is a very important step that recompenses everyone for the lavish engagement
The Predator, the Italian Air Force remote pilotage aircraft, reached the 1,000 flight hours into Iraqi skies. It was useful many times, first of all to substitute ground patrols and helicopters for vigilance... more
Latest newsScramble for two Dutch F-16 in search for a 737
Leeuwarden, Holland - The airliner had interrupted every contact via radio
The Dutch Defense Ministry has unveiled that this morning two F-16 of the Air Force of the "Tulips country" have taken off to intercept an airliner B-737 of which, after taking off from Berlin-bound Amsterdam,... more
AirlinesAir transport: capacity increased of 3%
Rome, Italy - According to OAG's statistics (the society that writes out the flights' timetable in world)
The air transport’s capacity last year increased of 3% in all world. OAG (the society that writes out the international timetable of air transport in world) unveiled it specifying that in 2005 more 920,000 f... more
AirlinesAlitalia: the Norge bank's share price descended
Milan, Italy - Consob's communications announced it
From yesterday CONSOB’s communications about important shareholdings said that Norges Bank, the Norwegian Central bank, has reduced the shareholding, last January 6, in Alitalia within 2% from 2,037%. T... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines: losses for USD 43m in the fourth quarter 2005
New York, Usa - The causes are in high fuel-cost and the strong competition by low-cost carriers
"The fuel’s price remains on record levels and JetBlue has begun to make us competition from Newark’s airport, in addition Delta is benetting from the protection, obtained thanks to the claim at receivership, to... more
AccidentsTuninter's ATR-72 crash: none of us has to die when is 23 years old, just for lack of fuel
Bari, Italy - The father of one of the dead writes a letter to press to report administrative slowness
"I can’t wait for administrative slowness; I ask to throw light on that disaster, liables must be subjected to an exemplary punishment, and sentences must be passed against who decided to kill 16 young p... more
AirlinesCathay Pacific: the new Marketing Director for Italy will arrive next February 6
Rome, Italy - It deals of Silvia Tagliaferri
Cathay Pacific informs that from next February 6, Silvia Tagliaferri will be new Marketing Director for Italy. She to rest realize and implement the commercial strategy in Italy by Hong Kong’s carrier. B... more
IndustryAirbus Industries is very optimist about the present and future
Toulouse, France - The European consortium is at the head of the world market after its results of the last year
The president and CEO of Airbus Industries, Gustav Humbert, is very optimist about results of latest year. The European industry managed to outperform for the fifth consecutive time Boeing, the American... more
HelicoptersThe last three MI-35 helicopters delivered to Prague
Prague, Czech Republic - They belong to an agreement for the settlement of a debt of former URSS
Czech Republic has received the last three MI-35 helicopters (on a total of 26) that Russia delivered it by way of refund to back to URSS period. A spokesperson of LOM, Prague arsenal, announced it. The... more
Civil aviationSAS' planes flew without have made controls: ENAC has supervised
Rome, Italy - The Scandinavian carrier has been controlled four times in Italy
Regarding the news coming from Stockholm about unsuccessful safety controls to ten Sas’ Airbuses (see for details AVIONEWS), ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Authority) communicates that the carrier’s air... more
PeopleThe French Civil Aviation General Direction has overruled the ban on overflying to LAM
Paris, France - The transalpine Foreign Minister's spokesperson has announced it
The spokesperson of French Foreign Minister, Jean-Baptiste Mattéi, has unveiled yesterday that the DGAC, the French Civil Aviation General Direction, has disposed the recall and cancellation from "Black... more
AirlinesAlitalia specifies about news published today on the Italian press
Rome, Italy - Regarding the budget for 2006
"Concerning news published today on press about the expected result from carrier’s budget for period 2006, Alitalia specifies that every news regarding it must be seen baseless because the budget’s doc... more
Aerospace"Galileo": Giove-A sends first pulses
Rome, Italy - The press release by Alenia Spazio SpA
First Galileo’ s pulse came on Earth. It is an European global satellite navigation system (see for details AVIONEWS). Pulses were flashed from Giove-A, the first satellite of ’Galileo’ program put in to... more
AccidentsFour people dead in crash in France
Paris, France - The wreckage found in a zone 1000 meters high
No way out for four people on board of an American touristic plane disappeared from radars last Monday evening, when it was flying around Low Savoia’s skies after a take-off from Chambery to Paris. At t... more
Civil aviationSas' planes flying with no licence
Stockholm, Sweden - Ten Airbuses of the Scandinavian company omitted safe controls
Planes were safe, but not tested and so they weren’t able to fly. That is all happened to Sas, the air company whom was reproached by Scandinavian authorities. Bertil Ternert, spokesman for STK company, c... more
Science and technologyTraining Center of JP Aerodrom 'Beograd' certified by Civil aviation directorate
Beograd, Serbia - The airport society press release
"Training Center of JP Aerodrom ’Beograd’ is certified by the Civil aviation directorate as capable for training staff performing activities of aircraft, passenger and cargo ground handling at an airport. The... more
AirlinesMalev: new links with Romania and Kazakistan are arriving
Budapest, Hungary - For the magyar carrier to present a 2006 in growth
It will be a 2006 dedicated to growth and opening of new routes that to present for Malev, Hungarian flag carrier. The magyar airline unveiled to have the intention to strenghten links with Romania, opening... more
Science and technologyOstrava's airport: the decision for the construction of a cargo terminal shortly
Prague, Czech Republic - Hunday's decision is waiting for
All depends on the decision that Hunday will make about where set up a new European productive factory. If the town of Nosovice should be chosen, the Letiště Ostrava, Ostrava’s Airport management society, to... more
MiscellaneousTurn about for a Qantas' aircraft due to a fire to an engine
Sydney, Australia - 316 passengers onboard
The Captain of a Qantas’ flight with 316 passengers on board and crew bound Los Angeles has to turn about shortly after the take off from Sydney’s airport. A spokesperson of the same carrier communicates it,... more
Civil defenseNeuron, the project will be presented at the end of week
Paris, France - The starting of the development of an European combat aircraft without pilot
Within the end of this week the search programme Neuron will be launched officially for the realization of an UCAV (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle) all European. The initiative accepted by French Government... more
AirlinesAlitalia cancels 74 flights for the strike of Thursday
Rome, Italy - 26 domestic and 48 international
"Alitalia communicates that next Thursday January 19 will cancel 26 domestic flights and 48 international ones, because of the 24 hour strike announced by flight assistants adherent to SULT union. The... more
IndustryAirbus beats the rival Boeing for the third year in a row
Paris, France - 378 airplanes delivered in 2005
Airbus delivered 378 aircraft in 2005, Boeing 290. These are the figures that confirm, for the third year in a row, the record of European consortium on that American giant of Seattle. Also for that concerning... more
Science and technologyBeijing doubles the airport capacity
Beijing, People Chinese Republic - In view of the Olympics in 2008. SITA will provide the platform for check-in
With the Terminal 3’s opening, the "Beijing Capital International Airport", the Chinese capital’s airport, will have a capacity more than double compared to the current passing from 27 to 68 million of... more
PeopleIBAR: Roberto Antonucci President "Ad interim"
Rome, Italy - Also the Executive Board's Vice-Presidents have been named
"During annual meeting of IBAR (the association that assembles 78 delegates of national and international carriers operating in Italy), its President Ignazio Strano, who holds the appointment of Swiss... more
PeopleEurocontrol: review of progress of ANSP safety management systems
Brussels, Belgium - The 2 day review meeting, (11 and 12 January), looked at how well safety management systems have been implemented
Just one year prior to the European Commission’s deadline for certification of air traffic control services, EUROCONTROL has met with representatives from 8 European air navigation service providers t... more
Aerospace"Galileo": the frequencies will be assigned shortly
Paris, France - ESA's General Director, Jean Jacques Dordain, declared it
During a press conference held yesterday, ESA (European Space Agency) General Director, Jean Jacques Dordain, reported that the communications with Giove-A satellite are working very well and shortly the... more
AccidentsA mechanic dead in USA after has been sucked down by an aircraft's engine
El Paso, Usa - The accident happened in the Texan city's airport with a Continental aircraft
A very severe accident occurred yesterday in the Texan El Paso’s airport. A mechanic was under a Continental Airlines’ B-737, departing from El Paso and bound Houston, when has been sucked down by an... more
AirlinesMalev: EUR 8 m the losses for the financial year 2005
Budapest, Hungary - Its CEO, Janos Gonci, declared it to the newspaper "Magyar Nemzet"
The Malev CEO, Janos Gonci, has been interviewed last week from the Magyar newspaper "Magyar Nemzet". To the Hungarian daily he said that for 2005, Malev will record losses for about EUR 8 million. Greater... more
HelicoptersFinmeccanica and AgustaWestland JV in Libya in the aeronautics and security systems sector
Rome, Italy - EUR 80 million contract signed for ten A-109 Power helicopters
"Finmeccanica, AgustaWestland and the Libyan Company for Aviation Industry have signed an agreement to form a joint venture called the Libyan Italian Advanced Technology Company (LIATEC). LIATEC will be... more
AirlinesMontenegro Airlines: imminent increases on the tariffs
Podgorica, Montenegro - The carrier's spokesperson sustains that the rise is due to the agency rights' cancellation
Montenegro Airlines, the Montenegro flag carrier, said on behalf of its Director, Zoran Djurisic, to have carried out to increase the cost of its own national and international tariffs. On domestic flights... more
AirlinesMiddle East Airlines - Air Liban - wants enter into SkyTeam alliance
Paris, France - Supported by Air France-Klm
The SkyTeam Governing Board announced yesterday that Middle East Airlines, Air Liban (MEA) is initiating the necessary steps to adhere at the alliance. Air France will support MEA during the preliminary... more
CuriositiesMicrosoft announces "Flight Simulator X"
Las Vegas, Usa - Bill Gates announced the new game during a speech
The new flight simulator game by Microsoft will arrive next Christmas. "Flight Simulator X represents the top of almost 25 years of Flight Simulator. It will completely optimized for Windows Vista and... more
Science and technologyZurich-Kloten Airport: 2005 a year of seizures-record for drugs
Zurich, Switzerland - The Cantonal Police unveiled it
Last year was a year of seizures-record for the Zurich’s Airport. In the Swiss airport, the Cantonal police and customs administration jointly said it, have been seized 125 kg of cocaine, 132 kg of kath, 3... more
PeopleThe German Federal Government's fleet to renew
Berlin, Germany - Four new Challenger by Bombardier will be purchased
The German Federal Government has decided to retire six old CL-601 Challenger and replace them with four new airplanes of the same type, produced by Canadian Bombardier, for Ministers’ official trips i... more
AirlinesSwissair could avoid the failure
Berne, Switzerland - The Helvetic carrier's bankruptcy trustee, Karl Wuthrich, declared it
During two interviews, released by the Swissair’s bankruptcy trustee, Karl Wuthrich, to newspapers "SonntagsZeitung" and "BernerZeitung", himself sustained that the carrier can avoid the failure. Karl W... more