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Government actsEuropean Parliament: question on impairment of children's performance at school by aircraft noise, and scope for greatly increasing the distance between conurbations and airports
Strasbourg, France - By Erik Meijer (GUE/NGL) and Kartika Liotard (GUE/NGL)
"Written question E-2155/05 by Erik Meijer (GUE/NGL) and Kartika Liotard (GUE/NGL) to the Commission Subject: Impairment of children’s performance at school by aircraft noise, and scope for greatly i... more
Government actsEuropean Parliament: question on vintage aircraft
Strasbourg, France - By Ashley Mote (NI)
"Written question E-2361/05 by Ashley Mote (NI) to the Commission Subject: Vintage aircraft What plans does the commission have to eliminate vintage aircraft from the effects of EU Regulation 785/2004... more
Government actsEuropean Parliament: question on effects on human health of cosmic radiation when flying
Strasbourg, France - By Michl Ebner (PPE-DE)
"Written question E-2237/05 by Michl Ebner (PPE-DE) to the Commission Subject: Effects on human health of cosmic radiation when flying It is widely known that exposure to radiation at normal cruising... more
PeopleEnav workers called off strike scheduled for July 7
Rome, Italy - 4 hours-strike called by airport personnel has been confirmed
Discomforts expected to occur in air transport sector on Thursday July 7 due to strike called by flight attendants, have been averted after a meeting between unions and Italian Former Minister of Transport,... more
Government actsEuropean Parliament: question on increased insurance requirements with respect to vintage aircraft arising from Regulation (EC) No 785/2004
Strasbourg, France - By Sir Robert Atkins (PPE-DE)
"Written question E-2010/05 by Sir Robert Atkins (PPE-DE) to the Commission Subject: Increased insurance requirements with respect to vintage aircraft arising from Regulation (EC) No 785/2004 What... more
Government actsEuropean Parliament: question on no-fly lists of US authorities/PNR
Strasbourg, France - By Alexander Alvaro and Sophia in 't Veld, on behalf of the ALDE Group
"Oral question with debate O-0075/05 pursuant to Rule 108 of the Rules of Procedure by Alexander Alvaro and Sophia in ’t Veld, on behalf of the ALDE Group to the Commission Subject: No-fly lists o... more
Government actsEuropean Parliament: question on rights of persons with reduced mobility as airline passengers
Strasbourg, France - By Proinsias De Rossa (PSE)
"Written question E-1716/05 by Proinsias De Rossa (PSE) to the Commission Subject: Rights of persons with reduced mobility as airline passengers The proposals adopted by the European Commission... more
Government actsEuropean Parliament: question on purchase by Poland of US aircraft
Strasbourg, France - By Christine De Veyrac (PPE-DE)
"Written question P-1747/05 by Christine De Veyrac (PPE-DE) to the Council Subject: Purchase by Poland of US aircraft Word has it - and this news has caused considerable uproar - that Poland is... more
Science and technologyAnti-terrorism exercise performed at Fiumicino
Rome, Italy - Security and efficiency of police forces have been tested
An anti-terrorism drill took place at 3:00pm yesterday in the area dedicated to US and Middle Eastern carriers by Terminal C hall at Fiumicino "Leonardo da Vinci" International Airport. Five people dressed... more
AirlinesAir France and Lufthansa to increase tariffs
Paris, France - European travelers will pay more expensive tickets
The German airline will raise surcharge from EUR 27 up to EUR 37 per leg on long-haul routes from July 8. European connections will suffer for an EUR 2 increase, from EUR 7 to 9. Lufthansa is not the only... more
HelicoptersSweden: delays in developing avionics systems for the NH-90
Stockholm, Sweden - Maybe due to misunderstandings with SAAB on the project specification
The development cost for the TMS system (Tactical Mission System) devoted to the NH-90 medium helicopters for the Swedish armed forces and produced by SAAB would be more expensive than forecasted. The... more
DefenseGeneral Fraticelli visited Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq - He was received by Italian Contingent Chief, General Pietro Costantino
Chief of General Staff for Italian Army, General Giulio Fraticelli, paid a visit to the Italian Joint Task Force based in Tallil, last Sunday. He intended verifying the results of training activity in... more
Government actsEuropean Parliament: question on European Space Council
Strasbourg, France - By Gerard Batten (IND/DEM)
"Written question E-2229/05 by Gerard Batten (IND/DEM) to the Commission Subject: European Space Council Could the Commission please explain the precise legal base for the activities upon which... more
Government actsEuropean Parliament: question on Use of research findings concerning the construction of a hydrogen-powered aeroplane
Strasbourg, France - By Nikolaos Vakalis (PPE-DE)
"Written question E-1814/05 by Nikolaos Vakalis (PPE-DE) to the Commission Subject: Use of research findings concerning the construction of a hydrogen-powered aeroplane Further to my previous question... more
CuriositiesUltralight landed on a running car and overturned
Berlin, Germany - Porsche was running at high speed on the runway at Bitburg's aerodrome
An ultralight aircraft in landing stage at Bitburg aerodrome -a former US Air Force base in South-West Germany- fell on Porsche’s sun-roof while car was carrying out a test drive at the speed of over 1... more
MiscellaneousIraq: 4 female workers for Baghdad Airport have been killed
Baghdad, Iraq - They were going to the work together by minibus
A group of gunmen in two cars opened fire in Baghdad against a minibus carrying to the work seven airport dependents, this morning around 08:00 local time: four women have been killed and other 3 employees... more
HelicoptersAmerican Eurocopter: a training centre devoted to night flight
Grand Prairie, USA - FAA certification starting with the AS-350 and the EC-120 helicopters
The North American division of Eurocopter was granted recently with the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) certification for its own training centre in Grand Prairie (Texas) with reference to stages... more
AirlinesAlitalia: multi-base operational system starting in August
Milan, Italy - Some 1300 employees being transferred to Malpensa and Linate airports to favour carrier's de-localization
Alitalia is going to formally open the so called multi-base operational system starting on next August 1st, that is to say the increase of the Italian national airlines personnel’s presence at Malpensa a... more
PeopleChina seeking for pilots
Beijing, China - Airlines to risk to stop airplanes
China’s air transport is growing at record level, it increased by 38% in 2004, achieving 120 million passengers flown. 11,000 pilots are short for flying more than 800 aircraft operated by major national c... more
AirlinesAlitalia: EU thinks to an investigation on competition in air transport
Brussels, Belgium - No decision has been considered regarding it yet but an analysis could deal with code-sharing agreements
European Commission commented again on the matter related to code-sharing agreements among the European airlines, a problem recently taken into consideration but presently seen as irrelevant concerning... more
CuriositiesCrossing Atlantic Sea by a wooden-cloth made plane
Dublin, Ireland - A new air adventure for the billionaire Fossett
Steve Fossett with his co-pilot Mark Rebholz landed safely at Clifden, Western Ireland, yesterday: it was the destination of the latest extravagant challenge of the adventure sixty year old man who took... more
CuriositiesRapper P.Diddy chartered a plane to greet Philadelphia's Live8
Philadelphia, USA - The hip-hop icon defaulted the event at last minute
US rapper Sean Combs, known to his fans as P. Diddy, was invited on Philadelphia stage to sing at global concert for changing Africa’s history, but he declined the appeal launched by organizers and the w... more
PeopleEurocontrol: SN Brussels Airlines first to trial Data-Link taxi clearance
Brussels, Belgium - A consortium will conduct D-Taxi at the Brussels Airport in 2006
A consortium of SN Brussels Airlines, Belgocontrol, SITA, the Dutch Nationaal Lucht-en Ruimtevaartlaboratorium, coordinated by Blusky Services, will conduct Data-Link Taxi Clearance (D-TAXI) trials at... more
AccidentsUS Chinook brought down in Afghanistan: one military has been rescued
Kabul, Afghanistan - To be anxious about destiny of the other five soldiers
One of six militaries belonging to the elite "Navy Seals Special Operations", supposed missing when the US Chinook CH-47 helicopter was downed by Talibans in Afghanistan last Tuesday, would have been rescued... more
PeopleEU and China grow aviation cooperation
Beijing, China - One million Chinese tourists go to Europe every year
During the summit held in Beijing last week, the European Union and the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) achieved an agreement signing a common protocol aimed to expand air transport... more
Latest newsAVIONEWS at the Italian Air Force's press conference on "The air show 2005"
Rome, Italy - On the occasion of the celebration of PAN's 45th anniversary
The Italian Air Force’s press conference about "The air show 2005", foresee for next September 3-4 near the base in Rivolto (Udine) took place today in Rome. The event to be held this year in combination w... more
IndustryEmbraer expanded recycling program
São José dos Campos, Brazil - Besides aluminium, plastic and wood, among other materials, program now includes milk cartons
Embraer last Thursday announced it will boost its recycling results by adding a new item to its list of reusable materials: milk cartons. Starting in the second half of the year, cartons of milk consumed... more
AirlinesAir France: the Paris-Detroit flight inaugurated
Rome, Italy - Opened last June 13, served by an A-330/200
Patrick Alexandre, Air France’s Commercial International General Director, has officially inaugurated last Thursday, the new route Paris-Detroit on board of an AF-374 flight towards Michigan’s ecomic cap... more
AirlinesAn exhausting wait for 170 Ryanair's passengers
Alghero, Italy - Bird-strike blocked plane and they have to wait the failure repair for leaving
170 passengers of a Ryanair flight took off well into the night instead of leaving bound for Rome yesterday from Alghero "Riviera del Corallo" Airport. A bird would have hit a turbine of one of Irish plane’s e... more
AirlinesQatar Airways flies also to Delhi
Rome, Italy - From July 15 seven weekly connections via Doha
"Qatar Airways opens a new link to India and flies to Delhi five times per week, starting from July 15. With this new link the destinations served by the carrier in India will be five (Mumbai-Bombay, Cochin,... more
MiscellaneousUS air strike killed 17 civilians in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - USA replied to Apache downing
There would be even women and children among civilians killed by US fighter bomber jets bombarding a Taleban field in Kunar province, Eastern Afghanistan, last Friday. Kunar Province’s governor, Assadullah W... more
AerospaceDeep Impact was very successful
Washington, USA - The space probe departed almost six months ago from Cape Canaveral
NASA’s Deep Impact projectile struck the comet Tempel 1, at a speed of 37,000 Kph, as scheduled this morning. The smash has created a flash observed by telescopes in orbit and on the Earth after sparking a... more
Weather forecastsAir shows and exhibitions in the first week of July
Rome, Italy - From today, on Monday 4 to next Sunday 10
Monday 04 - Gliding - 13th FAI European Gliding Championships. Rayskala, Finland. + 358 400 443 087 www.egc2005.fi - Parachuting - 3rd IPC Anton Malevsky Memorial International Cup and European... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines announced weekly nonstop service between Houston and Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles
Houston, Usa - From December 16
Continental Airlines announced it will begin new weekly nonstop service between Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport and the Caribbean island of Bonaire in the Netherlands Antilles, on Dec. 1... more
Press releaseFinmeccanica and Alcatel finalize creation of new joint-ventures
Rome, Italy - Announced nominations of senior management
"Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA) and Finmeccanica (Milano: SIFI.MI, FNC.IM) last Friday announced the successful creation of two new joint-ventures effective as of July 1st 2005: Alcatel Alenia... more
IndustryGeneral Electric Transportation Aircraft Engines awarded of a near 34 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the CH-46D, H-3, CH-46E, F/A-18, H-1, H-60, H-53, S-3, and A-10 aircraft
General Electric Transportation Aircraft Engines, Lynn, Mass., is being awarded a $33,918,975 firm-fixed-price requirements contract for 36 line items used on a variety of aircraft engines for the CH-46D,... more
Press releaseFinmeccanica: SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems secures EUR 1.25bn Eurofighter order
Rome, Italy - Order brings total value awarded to SELEX S&AS for Eurofighter Tranche 2 to EUR 2.2 bn
"SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems, a Finmeccanica company, has secured an GBP 850 million order (EUR 1.250 bn), to manufacture the EuroDASS Electronic Warfare suite for the second production batch of... more
Civil defenseAre the USA about to stop the transfer of Israeli UAV technology to China?
Tel Aviv, Israel - Israeli Government actually could by about to cancel the project for the provision of an upgrade for 100 remote-controlled aircraft
Israeli Government could cancel the provision of an upgrade for several remote-controlled aircraft sold to China during the 90s. The United States could succeed in convincing Israel about the necessity... more
HelicoptersHal Dhruv: the civil version's success is increasing
New Dheli, India - Orders for VIP transport and offshore operations to be performed in the Indian territory
HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd), as the main Indian aerospace group, is carrying on the promotion of its Dhruv helicopter, for which it hopes to increase the number of orders for the civil version. After... more
IndustryAirbus sells LAN the A-318 and A-319s
Santiago de Chile, Chile - It is close to an agreement with GECAS too
GE Commercial Aviation Services, well-known as GECAS, has signed an intent letter related to an order for acquiring 40 Airbus A-320, both in the 124-seat and 150-seat version. The Airbus A-320 Family... more
MiscellaneousFarnesina sent two humanitarian flights to Isaly Airport for the new Government of Somali
Isaly, Somali - They landed today coinciding with Somali's national feast
Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Gianfranco Fini, has authorized two humanitarian flights carrying EUR 300,000 of supplies to Somalia, in occasion of the official installation of new transitional... more
Accidents"Skidded" landing in Bangladesh
Chittagong, Bangladesh - Fear at Chittagong Airport for a Biman Airline flight today
A DC-10 by Bangladesh carrier Biman Airlines flying from Dubai, skidded on the wet runway at Chittagong Airport while was performing landing in rain today. Aboard there were 215 passengers, including 14... more
AerospaceShuttle to return into the space next July 13
Washington, USA - The first mission after Columbia's tragedy
After 2 years and half, Shuttle Discovery is now about to return into the space, NASA will launch it next July 13. Michael Griffin, the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,... more
DefenseItalian Navy assumes the leadership of the MCC-NRF
Rome, Italy - From today with a cerimony
"The rear-admiral, Andrea Toscano, Com. of the COMITMARFOR will assume today, July 1st 2005, the leadership of the MCC-NRF with a cerimony that will take place in the Northwood port. This important assignment,... more
Press releaseAlitalia: pilots agreement signed yesterday, fundamental step to the reconstruction's way
Rome, Italy - North Italy multi-base arrives, early bases in Milan-Malpensa and Linate and operative in Venice
"Alitalia, the professional associations and pilots’ unions have signed yesterday, on June 30, a contract by which an other important step to the reconstruction’s way has been achieved. Among the newness the... more
AirlinesClub Air flies to Pristina departing from Fiumicino
Rome, Italy - Two flights a week to reach Kosovo
The new Italian Club Air airline has been operating direct flights between Rome-Fiumicino and Pristina since June 18. After Verona, the only link between Italy and Kosovo to date, Club Air lands and takes... more
IndustryFinmeccanica: Guarguaglini holds at the controls
Rome, Italy - And in the meantime, Selex achieved orders for the DASS electronic countermeasures system devoted to the Eurofighter Tranche 2
Pier Francesco Guarguaglini was confirmed at the lead of the Italian aerospace and defence holding Finmeccanica while waiting for the stakeholders assembly to meet on July 11 and 12 for the appointment... more
Latest newsThe B-52 celebrates its 50 years
Washington, USA - And Pentagon schedules to keep it in service at least till 2040
The B-52 will be 85 years old when it retires. The bug Stratofortress strategic bomber has recently achieved its 50 years but Pentagon is scheduling to keep it in operational service at least till 2040,... more
AirlinesAlitalia: EU considers the codesharing with SN Brussels as legal
Brussels, Belgium - No protest by competitors against the agreement between the Italian carrier and the Belgian one
European Commission commented recently about the possibility that some carriers can moan on the presence of illegal practices concerning the codesharing agreements signed by Alitalia together with other... more
Science and technologyRough storms forced Frankfurt Airport to closure
Frankfurt, Germany - Damages and injured people all over Germany
Winds of up to 100 kilometres per hour and rough rains affected all the Germany yesterday causing heavy results on Frankfurt International Airport, which was forced to resort to suspend flight operations.... more