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Press releaseAnsv: the Italian Air Safety Board' investigation on the accident occurred to S-64 F in Fiumicino became international
Rome, Italy - The NTSB has nominated Accredited Representatives in our country
"The ANSV (Italian Air Safety Board) has started the prescribed technical investigation of the accident occurred to an Erickson Skycrane S-64 F helicopter on July 6th at Rome-Fiumicino Airport (LIRF),... more
AerospaceCountdown for Discovery 's launch
Washington, USA - Spending the last two days before leaving, testing landing manoeuvres for return to Earth
It will take off on Wednesday July 13 at the 3:51 local time from the platform 39-B at the "Kennedy" Space Centre of Cape Canaveral (Florida). The mission STS-114 is composed by seven astronauts lead by... more
Weather forecastsAir shows and exhibitions in the second week of July
Rome, Italy - From today, Monday 11 to next Sunday 17
Monday 11 - Aerobatics - 4th FAI European Advanced Championships. Hradec Kralové, Czech Republic. + 420 27 27 61 833 www.aeroklub.cz - Parachuting - Parasummer 2005. Pärnu, Estonia. + 372 51 2... more
Fair and showsPope flies to Valle d'Aosta
Aosta, Italy - Les Combes air space is closed
Pontiff landed at Aosta around 11:40am today with an Air Vallée’s plane from Rome-Ciampino military airport, the flight DO-383: Pope Ratzinger, escorted by more than 200 security agents, will pass his ho... more
Civil aviationAttempt in London (3): an Italian anti-terrorism Attorney?
Rome, Italy - The hypothesis put forward by Italian Minister Pisanu while monitoring for about 13,000 sensitive targets rose
Italian Government set new security measures to properly face terrorist threat that, following real confirmation by Administration itself, appears realistic with reference to the country. Italian Minister... more
Civil aviationAttempt in London (2): artificers act on an unattended luggage at Fiumicino Airport
Rome, Italy - It happened on last Saturday in the morning but fortunately it was a false alarm
That the warning level against the possibility of terroristic attacks is a particularly high one also in Italy can be understood by a large series of factors and aspects these days, even considering the... more
Civil aviationAttempt in London: false alarm in Birmingham and Heathrow last weekend
London, UK - Meanwhile, it is being focused on Islamic terrorism with reference to cells related to Madrid's disaster in 2004
Tension in Great Britain after the 7 July attempt did not lower last weekend. The centre of Birmingham was evacuated on Saturday night following the detection of suspicious packages. Some 20,000 persons... more
AirlinesAlitalia: fuel surcharge more expensive to face the oil cost rise
Rome, Italy - In the meantime, the multi-bases operational system ready to start on August 1st
Alitalia decided to face the increasing fuel cost determined by the never-ending oil price rise by changing tariffs for its tickets both for domestic and international routes. The so called fuel surcharge... more
Sport aviationItalian undertaking on microlight landed at North Cape
Rimini, Italy - They will be in Italy next July 20
After having been flying for shortly less than 4500 km, the two Italians departed from Emilia Romagna Region by microlight across North Europe, reached their destination: Capo North has been achieved... more
IndustryBoeing Co. awarded of a over 2 USDm increment
Washington, Usa - For the X-45C
Boeing Co., McDonnell Douglas Corp., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $2,650,000 increment of a $174,993,367 modification to a previously awarded other transaction for prototypes agreement to conduct... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft Corp. awarded of a near 75 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For various aircraft spare parts for Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Federal Civilian Agencies
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a maximum $74,805,917 firm fixed price requirements type contract for various aircraft spare parts for Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and... more
Civil aviationAttempt in London (4): Italy ready to withdraw 300 soldiers from Iraq in September
Rome, Italy - Italian Premier Berlusconi announced it producing clashing reactions following the terroristic attack in the UK
Italian Premier, Silvio Berlusconi, announced the withdrawal of 300 Italian contingent’s soldiers from Iraq next September, explaining that such a step had been announced since a long time. Clashing r... more
IndustryFinmeccanica: industrial collaboration with Poland is stronger
Warsaw, Poland - A general agreement with Polish aerospace industry
Industrial collaboration in the aerospace and defence sectors between Italy and Poland is increasing. Finmeccanica signed recently a general agreement with Polish industry in this fields (in particular... more
Weather forecastsILA 2006: Airbus A-380 to debut at the air show
Berlin, Germany - It will occur from 16 to 21 May of the next year
The Airbus A-380, the world’s biggest passenger aircraft, will be coming to Berlin for the first time. In May next year it will make its debut before the German public at the ILA-2006 Berlin Air Show. The e... more
AirlinesIberia signed the purchase for 30 single-aisle Airbuses
Milan, Italy - With an option for other 49
Iberia has signed a contract with Airbus for purchasing 30 airplanes of the A-320 Family with a purchase option for further 49, confirming so the promise signed last January. The agreement expects the... more
IndustryAirbus: orders and deliveries in the first six months 2005
Milan, Italy - 276 new airplanes and 189 delivered
In the half-year 2005 Airbus confirmed its own success on the international market receiving orders for 276 new airplanes compared to 104 ones received in the same period 2004 and making 189 deliveries... more
AccidentsS-64 fallen headlong in Fiumicino two days ago: AVIONEWS asks some important questions on the Aircranes of the Italian Forester Corps
Fiumicino, Italy - It is necessary to understand some matters concerning personnel's training, the lack of registration and use of such an important aircraft
The accident occurred on last July 6 and which affected an Erickson S-64 Aircrane helicopter of the Italian Forester Corps at Rome-Fiumicino Airport needs to be deepened due to some both administrative... more
AirportsTo be careful oxygen on long-haul flights
Belfast, Ireland - It can contribute to illness during travel
A study by Belfast University, recently released by journal "Anaesthesia", found that oxygen deficiency would cause health problems for air travellers. Belfast researchers examined the blood value of... more
AirlinesLufthansa is testing biometric tickets
Berlin, Germany - Speeding check-ins without decreasing security
The German airline started to test biometric air tickets last Monday: they are tickets including a code with traveler’s fingerprint. The test will last 14 days and if results will show efficacy and s... more
PeopleCalendar of the next air transport strikes in Italy
Rome, Italy - A complicated return from the holidays is looming
Alitalia’s flight attendants will go on strike on Monday July 18 for 24 hours, while dependents from Brindisi’s control centre of ENAV (Ente nazionale per l’assistenza al volo) will walks out on Tuesd... more
Government actsQuestion time on the role of Italian intelligence in Abu Omar's kidnapping
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Sandro Del Mastro Delle Vedove (AN)
Italian Hon. Delle Vedove asked Italian Minister of Interior for explaining if the statement released by CIA’s agent Robert Baer to the Italian daily paper "La Repubblica" were totally or partially t... more
Government actsQuestion Time: date of Italian contingent withdrawal from Iraq
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Sandro Delmastro Delle Vedove (AN)
Italian Deputy Hon. Delmastro Delle Vedove asked Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs for explaining if one can consider the previously announced Italian contingent withdrawal from Iraq in February 2006... more
Government actsQuestion time on MEP's visit at Lampedusa's reception centre
Rome, Italy - By senator Luigi Malabarba (Misto-Altre componenti del gruppo)
Italian senator Malabarba asked Italian Minister of Interior for making clear for which reasons the officers for Ministry of the Interior present at the visit of the MEP’s delegation at Lampedusa have n... more
Government actsQuestion Time: operational condition of Italian soldiers in Sudan
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Sandro Delmastro Delle Vedove (AN)
Italian Deputy Hon. Delmastro delle Vedove asked Italian Minister of Defence for making clear which is the real operational condition of Italian soldiers redeployed in Sudan as the Solidarietà Diritto... more
AirlinesAir Senegal International added third Next-Generation B-737/700
Seattle, Usa - The airline currently has two 737-700s on lease, as well as a 737-500
Boeing and Air Senegal International yesterday expanded the airline’s capabilities with the delivery of the carrier’s third Boeing Next-Generation 737-700. The new airplane is equipped with winglets, mak... more
MiscellaneousAttempt in London (4): Italian citizen is missing
London, United Kingdom - Meanwhile al Qaeda's revendication was supposed credible
While rescue and identification operations on casualties are continuing in London, Scotland Yard’s latest balance reported 50 victims, Farnesina provided an additional updating about the involved Italian c... more
Military aviationBE-200: there is a new firefighter in the Italian skies
Rome, Italy - An Irkut-Beriev firefighting airplane has been leased and it will be deployed by Italian Civil Defence
Italy decided to lease a Russian-made Irkut Beriev BE-200 airplane, devoted to firefighting and Search and Rescue operations, for the Summer season 2005. The aircraft will be operated by Italian Civil... more
AirlinesAir France-KLM: traffic in June 2005
Paris, France - Also strong improvement in load factor
"Passenger operations Air France-KLM continued to record a buoyant activity and a good level of unit revenue. In June, traffic grew 7.8% on 4.6% higher capacity. The load factor gained 2.4 points to reach... more
IndustryBoeing: Malaysia Airports selected Preston gate allocation system
Melbourne, Australia - The implementation of Airport Solutions at KLIA commenced in February and operative by next September
Preston Aviation Solutions Pty Ltd, a Boeing wholly owned subsidiary, has been commissioned by Malaysia Airports to replace the existing gate-allocation system at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)... more
AirlineseasyJet: Pisa-Bristol route inaugurated yesterday
Milan, Italy - The flight to Paris doubles the frequency
The low-cost carrier, easyJet, inaugurated yesterday, July 7, the new route departing from Pisa towards Bristol. After the recent inaugurations of Pisa/Paris-Orly and for Berlin-Schönefeld, easyJet opens... more
AirlinesQatar Airways: Athens is the 65th network's destination
Rome, Italy - New flights to Nairobi, in Kenya, from November
"Athens, Greece’s capital, is the 65th destination of Qatar Airways’ network, which continues its expansion opening new connections among the touristic and commercial world of Middle East and the main Eur... more
Civil aviationAttempt in London (3): Italy on guard
Rome, Italy - Reinforced checks in transport sectors and military bases
Effects concerning the security and checks increase after the attempt occurred in London were produced also in the other European countries and obviously in Italy. Military bases (such as for example Italian... more
MiscellaneousAttempt in London (2): air transport to suffer for a new crisis?
London, United Kingdom - The results will be on view starting from the touristic season in progress
Airports surrounding the City stayed open yesterday, but people intending boarding have faced the traffic’s stop. Passengers landing at Heathrow suffered for the same discomforts: may persons resorted t... more
Science and technologyBalance of cancelled flights for airport workers' strike
Rome, Italy - The major Italian airports annulled more than 130 services
The strike of dependents of airport service companies, called by the unions Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl, Uiltrasporti and UGL-TA yesterday from 12:30pm up to 4:30pm, caused the cancellation of 78 flight at Fiumicino:... more
DefenseItalian partecipation at international missions got the green light for the Assembly
Rome, Italy - Any change has been introduced
Italian joint committees for Foreign Affairs and Defence at Chamber of Deputies have continued reading bill for turning into law the decree concerning "Urgent dispositions for Italian partecipation at... more
DefenseLaw for Honour Cross to Italian victims of terrorism has been approved
Rome, Italy - They are destined to dead of civil and military actions
The IV Defence Committee of Italian Chamber of Deputies approved yesterday the bill related to Honour Cross for the terrorism’s victims engaged in both civil and military operations during peace missions a... more
HelicoptersPhoenix: Police and Firefighters reward the A-109's operational flexibility
Phoenix, USA - They took delivery of a helicopter for the performance of several kinds of mission
US Phoenix city (Arizona) Police and Fire Departments selected the A-109 Power as the rotor-winged aircraft to deploy for the performance of several missions to support local population in case of emergency.... more
Civil aviationAttempt in London: false alarm in the British capital this morning
London, UK - Two suspicious packages found but all was immediately normalized. There are currently some 37 casualties and around 750 wounded
Fear appeared again in London this morning. A suspicious package has been found nearby Euston railway station and another one has been detected in Liverpool Street. Alarm was anyway immediately considered... more
Government actsAlitalia: denationalization and alliances as essential measures for relaunch
Rome, Italy - Analysts in the related sector prove convinced of it and some would consider a partnership with Lufthansa as more likely to occur
Analysts in the air transport sector prove convinced about the fact that Alitalia can seriously think about its own relaunch only by denationalization and alliances, though it can be expected to happen... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas Corp. awarded of a over 31 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the C-17
McDonnell Douglas Corp., Long Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $31,248,649 firm fixed price contract modification. This negotiation definitizes P00042, an undefinitized contractual action (UCA) for the... more
DefenseExercise "Falzarego 2005": Italian Army's helicopters and 300 soldiers operating on the mountain
Bolzano, Italy - A training stage intended to increase the skill degree in a typical though always difficult environment for Alpines
Italian Army is performing an important exercise on the mountains with its Alpines and named "Falzarego 2005". About 300 soldiers belonging to Taurinense Brigate, Julia Brigate, 4th Alpine Parachutists... more
Fair and showsMB-339's father is dead
Varese, Italy - Bazzocchi, the Italian engineer with the fixed idea of flight
Aviation world is in mourning due to the well-known aviation designer Ermanno Bazzocchi’s death, died at the age of 91 years at home in Tradate (Varese). Eng. Bazzocchi got an ad Honorem Aerospace E... more
SecurityBlasts in London (9): British Airways forced to delay flights
London, United Kingdom - Reaching airports was hard for travellers
Trains to Heathrow and Gatwick airports were halted for much of the day. British Airways cancelled any service but was forced to delay a lot of flights, up to 90 minutes, to meet passengers struggling... more
HelicoptersEurocopter: Heli Invest granted with the EC-120 and EC-130 maintenance in Poland
Warsaw, Poland - A 3 years agreement has been signed also to favour the promotion of the European group's helicopters in such a country
Eurocopter has recently signed an agreement with the Polish company Heli Invest which will enable such a group to perform maintenance operations for civil choppers. The types involved will be in particular... more
IndustryBoeing and Honeywell signed contract for innovative supply-chain solution
Seattle, Usa - It will allow the two companies to significantly reduce an airline's maintenance costs
Boeing recently signed an agreement with Honeywell Aerospace that will allow the two companies to significantly reduce an airline’s maintenance costs. The companies partnered as part of Boeing’s Int... more
Press releaseLondon's attacks (2). Information for the easyJet's passengers from and to London
Milan, Italy - The airline will offer them, that will fly for the next 48 hours, the possibility to modify the reservation without additional costs
"easyJet flights from and to London continue to be served respecting the fixed schedule. Following the events occurred in London today, easyJet offers to the passengers, that will travel in the next 48... more
MiscellaneousSon of the former Bosnia's leader Radovan Karadzic, arrested
Pale, Bosnia - Alexander Karadzic taken to safety site by NATO's chopper
The man was arrested today in Pale, Bosnia, by members of NATO’s troops who boarded him on a helicopter flying to a safety site. Alexander Karadzic, son of the former Bosnia’s leader Radovan Karadzic, gui... more
SecurityBlasts in London (8): Heathrow's Terminal 3 has been evacuated
London, United Kingdom - All international airports to alert
Terminal 3 at Heathrow International Airport has been evacuated and major European cities as well as United States ordered emergency plans: more strict controls in the air stations, railways and underground. Alert... more
Press releaseLondon's attacks. Telefono Blu: are many the Italians present in England on holidays for study
Rome, Italy - The association is sadden for the victims
"The Italians (and not only) present in England and London are many in this period for the traditional holidays for study. They are thousand, if the explosions were occurred last Saturday could be our... more
SecurityBlasts in London (7): two Italians emerged injured
London, United Kingdom - The start may by triggered by cell phone
Farnesina stated that two Italian citizens emerged injured from attacks shaking London. Three railway stations of Victoria, Euston and Paddington have been reopened while St. Pancras, Liverpool Street... more