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Government actsQuestion time: hypothesis of transforming Lecce-Galatina military airport in a civil one
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Lorenzo Ria (Margherita)
Italian Deputy Hon. Ria asked Italian Minister of Infrastructures and Transport for making clear if Lecce-Galatina military airport is included in the Italian Government’s list of ten new civil air stations i... more
Latest newsChief of the General Staff of the Afghan National Army visited Pozzuoli Air Force Academy
Naples, Italy - General Khan met three young Afghan students
General Bismillah Khan, Chief of the General Staff of the Afghan National Army, has been received at Pozzuoli Italian Air Force Academy by General Giovanni Luigi Domini, Commander of the school where 24... more
IndustryEmbraer delivered first EMB-170 jet to Finnair
São José dos Campos, Brazil - The Finnish airline ordered 12 aircraft of the model
Embraer last week delivered the first of 12 EMBRAER 170s to Helsinki-based Finnair. Embraer expects to deliver four aircraft to Finnair this year and eight in 2006. Finnair has also taken options on eight... more
AirlinesEmirates offers tickets for the World Football Championships Fifa 2006 in Germany
Milan, Italy - For the First and Business Class' passengers
Emirates, international carrier based in Dubai and official sponsor of the Fifa World Cup 2006, offers to the First and Business Class’ passengers who make reservations on line by website (www.emirates.com), t... more
MiscellaneousHurricane "Rita" (2): Air Force One's operational costs in the sights of US press
Washington, USA - While Bush urged austerity, the presidential plane burns over USD 6,000 per hour
It has been strong the impact on the economy caused both from hurricane "Katrina" and "Rita", came one after the other in few weeks: they helped to bring oil price to record highs hitting Americans in... more
MiscellaneousHurricane "Rita": Bush to account damages aboard the Marine One
Washington, USA - "Not come back home until water and power have been restored"
George W. Bush aboard the presidential VH-3D Marine One helicopter yesterday flew over areas of Louisiana hit by hurricane "Rita": the most serious situation affects the city of Cameron where all building... more
HelicoptersFrench military helicopters raid on hijacked ship off Corsica
Bastia, Corsica - The transalpine cargo had been seized from dependents of a navigation company
French military helicopters have recaptured a transalpine cargo ship that had been hijacked yesterday at Marseille port by workers of the state-owned SNCM Corsica to protest against Government’s decision t... more
MiscellaneousGaza: three raids against Palestinian targets in the night
Gaza City, Strip of Gaza - Israeli attacks with planes and helicopters, but victims were not reported
A million Palestinians remained without power because of the air strikes carried out by Israeli aviation over Gaza Strip last night. Military airplanes and Apache helicopter gunships with the star of Davide,... more
AirlinesVolare: dependent's income support has been extended
Milan, Italy - Till December 31, 2005
Italian Minister of Labour, Roberto Maroni, signed yesterday the order of extension of income support for Volare Group’s dependents until December 31, 2005. Meanwhile union trades, after the meeting w... more
IndustryIs EADS going to fire who accused Thales of corruption?
Paris, France - The European holding would be thinking about such a measure while the French group sues Josserand
While Thales decides to sue former officer Michel Josserand when considering his statements as he accused the company of corruption (see for details AVIONEWS), the European aerospace and defence holding... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident: Irish recommendation about fuel indicator was delivered on August 11, 2005
Paris, France - ATR unveiled it putting into evidence that it just was addressed to EASA with reference to another aircraft crew's error in managing fuel
ATR released some explanations with reference to what found by technicians of lawyers of one of the survivors of the ATR-72 Tuninter accident, regarding a recommendation by Irish authorities to EASA (European... more
HelicoptersTurkey: new delay for the purchase of 30 combat helicopters
Ankara, Turkey - Around 20 Cobra aircraft are presently in service
Turkish Government decided to postpone further the date for the beginning of the official bid related to the provision of 30 combat helicopters till next November 8. Turkish Army operates currently around... more
HelicoptersIreland: two EC-135s for the armed forces under delivery
Dublin, Ireland - The first one has already arrived in the country while the second one will be available in October
Irish Air Corps will operate two Eurocopter EC-135 helicopters and has taken delivery of the first vehicle recently, whereas it will have to wait until next month for the arrival of the second one. The... more
AirlinesAlitalia: pilots and technicians to go on strike on November 7
Rome, Italy - Unione Tecnici di Linea asked for being allowed as a proper representative by the firm as a large part of the related trade joined it
Alitalia’s technical personnel joining Unione Tecnici di Linea proves ready to go on strike for 24 h on November 7 in case the company goes on ignoring the union’s representativeness. Workers from suc... more
IndustryKing Aerospace awarded of a 7 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the E-9 aircraft
King Aerospace, Panama City, Fla., is being awarded a $7,000,000 firm fixed price contract modification to provide for Full Contractor Logistics Support for the E-9 aircraft, Exercise of Option V (FY06)... more
IndustryHoneywell International awarded of a over 7 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F-16
Honeywell International, Phoenix, Ariz., is being awarded a $7,320,042 firm fixed price contract to provide for remanufacture of various F-16 Avionics Components. At this time, no funds have been obligated.... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft Corp. awarded of a over 13 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the UH-60 CAT IV Main Rotor Blades
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on Sept. 26, 2005, a $13,249,200 firm-fixed-price contract for the Overhaul and Upgrade of the UH-60 CAT IV Main Rotor Blades. Work will be performed... more
IndustryRolls-Royce Defense Services Inc. awarded of a over 63 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the T-45 F405-RR-401 engines
Rolls-Royce Defense Services Inc., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded a $63,260,398 fixed-price modification to a previously awarded requirements contract (N00019-03-D-0012) to exercise an option for... more
Latest newsIs Boeing bound for designing a KC-777 Tanker?
Washington, USA – The US company's idea in case USAF asks for a tanker aircraft which can prove larger than the KC-767 currently offered
Military analysts would have put into evidence in the USA that the international efforts, activities in Iraq and damages produced by the natural disasters are risking to lower defence spending, hitting... more
AirportsEU scheme against CO2 emissions in air transport
Brussels, Belgium - A sort of exchange of emission's shares
European Commission introduced a scheme against CO2 emissions as damaging environment. Brussels’ program limits CO2 amount, by the creation of a sort of emission share exchange: airlines for the 25 EU s... more
Science and technologyUK: more stopovers for foreign airlines in the regional airports
London, UK - British Government's intention for the future though based on rigid mutual terms
The United Kingdom would intend to encourage the growth of its own regional airports by ensuring for a larger number of foreign airlines to resort to stopovers there, provided that their respective countries... more
AirlinesSky Europe: a good debut at Warsaw's Exchange
Warsaw, Poland - 32 B-737 planes are expected to arrive in 2006
"After the IPO, airline will have EUR 60m worth new capitals and can continue the rapid development of its Central-Eastern Europe’s network. Our recent order for 32 new Boeing 737-700 planes, available s... more
PeopleEU proposed a common air space to Ukraine
Brussels, Belgium - Proposal have been advanced by EU commissioner, Jacques Barrot
Vice-President and Commissioner for Transport, Jacques Barrot, proposed to Ukraine to open talks over a common airspace. The proposal would be part of the cooperation areas included in the "EU-Ukraine... more
AirlinesUs Airways-America West: merge accomplished
New York, USA - The new airline will be called US Airways
The new airline which will enter the stock exchange, see for details AVIONEWS, even starting on today will be called US Airways. The merge between the two carriers was the condition in order to lead competent... more
AirlinesQatar Airways: excellent traffic's results for the Summer season
Rome, Italy - A reinforcement of load factor on all the eight direct weekly flights from Rome and Milan to Doha
Qatar Airways’ General Director for Italy, Manielo Mastrantonio, has commented on the positive trend of the carrier in Summer season, marking a strong reinforcement of load factor on all the eight direct w... more
PeopleUSA: "Airlines merges and acquisitions? Alliances and reorganization strategies prove better"
Washington, USA – Several air transport analysts would believe it in the United States
Air transport analysts in the United States warned operators in this sector about prospects of merge ot acquisition of airlines. The resort to such kind of measures to save companies or reinforce one’s r... more
DefenseInternational Defence Industry Fair (2): Italian Defence Undersecretary, Filippo Berselli, to attend there tomorrow
Ankara, Turkey - "Italian product at a competitive cost"
Italian Defence Minister, Martino, left, see for details AVIONEWS, and Italian Defence Undersecretary competent for Air Force, Filippo Berselli, is going to arrive. Undersecretary arrives to support Italian... more
AirlinesBiman Bangladesh (2): strike has been called off
Dhaka, Bangladesh - It has been achieved an agreement over a 50% pay increase
Pilot and other employees of the Bangladesh airline have stopped the strike after Government announced to have reached the agreement over a 50% pay rise (see for details AVIONEWS). The walkout has paralyzed... more
AccidentsConcorde's accident: former head of Aerospatiale Group has been questioned
Paris, France - He has been placed under investigation for manslaughter
Investigators have questioned for nearly 12 hours, Henry Perrier, the former head of the Concorde program, in connection with the fatal accident involving the supersonic jet at Paris Airport in 2000 (see... more
IndustryFinmeccanica-Sukhoi: the Russian aviation company civil division is under purchase for a 25% stake
Moscow, Russia - Boris Alyoshin, President of Russian Federal Industry Agency, unveiled it
After projects to increase orders for its civil aircraft, orders to which Italian Finmeccanica should have participated as an industrial partner, see for details AVIONEWS, a news released today concerning... more
DefenseInternational Defence Industry Fair: the Typhoon fighter has been exhibited
Ankara, Turkey - Finmeccanica attending there with its owned companies
The promotion of the EF-2000 Typhoon goes on; the seventh edition of the International Defence Industry Fair will be the occasion for a new worldwide show, see for details AVIONEWS. Italian Defence Minister,... more
Latest newsA-400M: a Thales' FLIR for the new tactical airlifter
Paris, France - It will be deployed with bad weather conditions during taxiing, takeoff, approaching and landing stages besides aerial surveillance operations
EADS needs a FLIR (Forward Looking Infra-Red) system for the new A-400M tactical airlifter and decided to rely upon Thales for the provision of a state-of-the-art device. French company will attend to... more
AirlinesSwissair: Swiss flag carrier's relics have been auctioned
Zurich, Switzerland - 400,000 Swiss franc the auction's proceeds
It has been held this week end, on the Internet, the auction of relics, photos, objects and other, which have belonged to the bankrupt Swiss flag airline Swissair. The auction’s proceeds was around the 4... more
HelicoptersPZL and Rolls Royce to cooperate for the SW-4's powerplant
Warsaw, Poland - Polish Air Force has already selected a specific version of the light helicopter for training activities
Polish aerospace group PZL intends to carefully appraise the possibility of developing various versions of the SW-4 single engine light helicopter, and it has recently decided to sign a letter of intent... more
AirlinesSwiss International: 60 pilots "transferred" to China Airlines
Basilea, Switzerland - Deal is the result of the Swiss program of fleet reduction
The news was reported by the German Friburgo’s newspaper, "La Liberté". The agreement signed between Swiss International and China Airlines, provides for transferring 60 Swiss pilots, or better, of th... more
AirlinesHapag-Lloyd Express: first flights from Cagliari to Cologne, Munich and Stuttgart from the next year
Cagliari, Italy - The German low-cost carrier land in Sardinia thanks to a deal with the Region and airport's operator company
Flights should leave about next March to link Cagliari with Stuttgart, Munich and Cologne. Services will be operated by B-737 planes three times a week. The arrival of the German low-cost carrier, Hapag-Lloyd... more
PeopleSmall and regional: these are the airplanes which will dominate the "Great China"
Beijing, China - Experts forecasted requests for at least 800 regional jets by 2025, one third of the country's civil fleet to operate in 250 airports
From 137 to 250 airports within 20 years. This is the growth trend of Chinese air stations forecasted by experts of the air transport sector, according to whom the country will need bout 800 regional jets... more
AccidentsSu-27: Chief of General Staff of Lithuanian Air Force has been dismissed
Vilnius, Lithuania - Defence Minister of the Baltic nation, Gediminas Kirkilas, communicated it
The international dispute about the crash involving a Russian flight jet seems not finding an end (see for details AVIONEWS). The Chief of General Staff of Lithuanian Air Force, Jonas Marcinkus, has been... more
AirlinesBritish Airways: a chink of light in the Gate Gourmet affair
London, United Kingdom - The union would have reached a deal with the catering firm
The union representing catering personnel at Heathrow Airport said to have reached, after intensive talks, an agreement to end the dispute that grounded hundreds of flights of British Airways last month:... more
DefenseBulgaria: "The USA are not allowed to deploy forces on our homeland yet"
Sofia, Bulgaria - It would have been underlined by Bulgarian Defence Minister but there would be a possibility for hosting up to 3000 soldiers in three different bases
Bulgaria, similarly to what already done by Romania, offered to the United States the possibility of deploy troops on its territory but the green light for such an initiative would not have been officialized... more
AirlinesBiman Bangladesh workers on strike
Dhaka, Bangladesh - Hundreds of passengers stranded at the airports
Hundreds of officers and dependents of the state-run Biman Bangladesh airline went on strike today paralyzing flight operations in 3 international airports in the country. Carrier’s personnel asks for a... more
DefensePutin: "We are going to develop a practically invulnerable hypersonic missile"
Moscow, Russia - Russian President announced it recently and experts would think that it deals with a surface-to-air system
A "practically invulnerable" hypersonic missile provided with great precision will enter service with the Russian armed forces at the end of its development currently still on going. Just Russian President,... more
MiscellaneousHurricane "Rita": NASA's Space Center in Houston to reopen today
Washington, USA - Complex suffered for light damages only
Dependents for the "Johnson" Space Center in Houston are breathing sighs of relief afer verifying the light damages suffered by the complex during hurricane "Rita": today the 15,000 employees can return... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Italian politicians moaned about carrier's promotion of French cheese
Roma, Italy - Minister Alemanno proved negatively struck about the lack of made in Italy defence
Ermete Realacci, Margherita Party’s Deputy and President of Legambiente, is going to resort to a question time in the Italian Parliament in order to ask Italian Minister for Agriculture and Forestry P... more
Civil aviationAfghanistan: NATO to train air traffic controllers
Kabul, Afghanistan - The opening cerimony of the course has been held on September 21
NATO-led troops started the first training course for air traffic controllers in Afghanistan last September 21, paving the way for an eventual handover of Kabul air control to Afghan authorities. Currently,... more
Government actsEuropean Parliament: question on use of passengers' mother tongue in international air travel
Strasbourg, France - By Sebastiano Musumeci (UEN)
"Written question P-3140/05 by Sebastiano Musumeci (UEN) to the Commission Subject: use of passengers’ mother tongue in international air travel On 6 August an ATR-42 operated by the Tuninter a... more
Government actsEuropean Parliament: question on findings of Community audit of Athens International Airport project co-financed by the Cohesion Fund
Strasbourg, France - By Dimitrios Papadimoulis (GUE/NGL)
"Written question E-3278/05 by Dimitrios Papadimoulis (GUE/NGL) to the Commission Subject: findings of Community audit of Athens International Airport project co-financed by the Cohesion Fund The... more
Government actsEuropean Parliament: question on second terminal at Dublin Airport complaint
Strasbourg, France - By Proinsias De Rossa (PSE)
"Written question E-3009/05 by Proinsias De Rossa (PSE) to the Commission Subject: second terminal at Dublin Airport complaint In March 2002, the Commission announced (IP/02/440) that it was rejecting... more
Government actsEuropean Parliament: question on air transport safety
Strasbourg, France - By Marie-Noëlle Lienemann (PSE)
"Written question E-3194/05 by Marie-Noëlle Lienemann (PSE) to the Commission Subject: Air transport safety What measures does the Commission intend to take to step up inspections on airplanes... more
Government actsEuropean Parliament: question on suspending Turkey's membership of the European Joint Aviation Authorities
Strasbourg, France - By Mario Borghezio (IND/DEM)
"Written question E-3124/05 by Mario Borghezio (IND/DEM) to the Commission Subject: suspending Turkey’s membership of the European Joint Aviation Authorities Since 2001 Turkey has been a full m... more