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DefenseExamination of Italy-Kuwait's memorandum has been completed
Rome, Italy - It has been started the examination of dismantlement on Russia's nuclear submarines
Italian Senate’s Foreign Affairs Committee has completed yesterday the examination on DDL regarding ratification and execution of memorandum of understanding between Italy and Kuwait about cooperation o... more
AccidentsHelicopter went down in the water at Manhattan
New York, Usa - No casualties have been reported but passengers got scared
The Bell 206 Long Ranger belonging to Helicopter Flight Service, with seven passengers making a sightseeing flight above Manhattan has crashed yesterday into the East River near Wall Street heliport.... more
Weather forecastsLe Bourget Air Show (6): F-16, unmatched thanks to its generational leap
Paris, France - Lockheed Martin proves convinced about the fact that its well known fighter is still the best in the market thanks to the upgrades performed
"The most advanced multirole fighter currently available in the international market". Lockheed Martin exalted its F-16 Fighting Falcon in this manner during the Le Bourget aerospace show, proving very... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines doubled number of first class seats on B-757/300 fleet
Houston, Usa - Because of high demand from carrier's passengers
Continental Airlines last Monday announced that it will double the number of first class seats offered on its Boeing 757-300 aircraft. The initiative is a result of high demand for the carrier’s acclaimed f... more
DefenseThe IV Committee started examination on Defence multiyear's programs
Rome, Italy - Research for developing a technological-practical demonstrator and surveillance system
The Italian Senate’s Defence Committee has started yesterday the examination on the multiyear program of research for developing a technological-practical demonstrator of Engineers Corps’ pioneer vehicle, whi... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Cessna Aircraft Company models 402C and 414A airplanes (2005-12-13)
Washington, Usa -To prevent wing spar cap failure caused by undetected fatigue cracks
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: June 14, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 113)] [Page 34325-34329] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Weather forecastsLe Bourget Air Show (5): Forgeard believes in the Airbus A-350
Paris, France - And the company's CEO announced forecasts for 200 orders by the end of this year for the new airliner
Noel Forgeard has been granted with the EADS-Airbus show direction during the Paris-Le Bourget event. And the current CEO of the important firm dominating the civil aviation market during the last two... more
Latest newsAlso Indian airplanes at the French "Garuda II" exercise
Istres, France - The "Challenge" is about the air-to-air fight and on the flight refuelling
A team composed by six SU-30K aircraft of the Indian Air Force, belonging to the 24th Squadron "Hunting Hawks", supported by a IL-78 air tanker and by a IL-76 transport aircraft with the respective logistic... more
Government actsQuestion time: terrorists taken by US private planes
Rome, Italy - By Honorable Elettra Deiana and Pietro Folena (Rifondazione Comunista Party)
Italian Deputies Hon. Deiana and Hon. Folena asked Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs for knowing which kind of information the Italian Government owns about private flights operated by United States... more
AccidentsFront tires broke loose from a Japan Airlines plane shortly after take-off
Tokyo, Japan - Tokyo Airport closed one of its three runways
A Boeing 767-300 from Japan Airlines with 22 passengers (including 12 crew members), missed the two front tires shortly after landing operation at the Tokyo "Haneda" Airport around the 10:00am (local time)... more
Weather forecastsLe Bourget Air Show (4): annual turnover up to EUR 15bn in the next three years for Finmeccanica
Paris, France - The Italian aerospace and defence holding unveiled it according its forecasts and thanks to all its developed or under-development programmes
Finmeccanica announced its own ambitions for the next three years, effectively summarizing them during the Le Bourget Air Show in terms of annual turnover. The Italian aerospace and defence holding hopes... more
Weather forecastsLe Bourget Air Show (3): Ecureuil to prove safer and more reliable thanks to the EAPS system
Paris, France - As developed by CGTM and PALL Aerospace, in cooperation with Turbomeca, it will effectively face the turbine's ingestion of damaging elements
CGTM and PALL Aerospace, together with Turbomeca, will attend to the provision of the EAPS system (Engine Air Particle Separator) for the Arriel turbines of the Eurocopter AS-350 Ecureuil helicopters.... more
Weather forecastsLe Bourget Air Show (2): AgustaWestland's presence in Asia is increasing
Paris, France - Contracts for the provision of helicopters to India and Japan while a facility will be built in Malaysia for maintenance/repairing services of the vehicles in such a country
That the Asian market proves more and more an important one for the Western helicopter industry is a matter of fact now of which both companies and analysts take into account, and AgustaWestland appears... more
Weather forecastsLe Bourget Air Show: Alitalia "dreams of" the Dreamliner
Paris, France - The Italian national airline could become one of the future customers, according to Boeing
While Investigation Committee on Strikes asked for the cancellation of the protest called on today by the Italian trade unions in defence of Catania Alitalia Airport’s employees, leading them anyway t... more
Weather forecastsLe Bourget Air Show: Airbus European consortium's orders prove more than satisfying
Paris, France - Jet Airways to purchase 10 A-330/200S and /300S, moreover ALAFCO becomes the first leasing customer for the A-350
Indian carrier Jet Airways will buy ten Airbus A-330/200 and /300 with options for additional ten planes. The Indian airline intends to deploy such aircraft for its domestic, regional and international... more
AirlinesAustralian air fares considered misleading
Sydney, Australia - Unclear information on low-cost flights
The Australian Consumers Association asked airlines for offering travelers more clear information regarding cheap domestic flights. A survey made on more than 500 persons has in fact unveiled that low-cost... more
Weather forecastsLe Bourget Air Show (6): a wide European-US alliance to seize the Asian market
Paris, France - US and European companies in this sector aim to partnerships to increase their export to such a continent
If, on the one hand, the major European aerospace and defence companies aim to seize the US market, on the other one the most important American firms hope to achieve agreements with European partners... more
Science and technologyA large quantity of explosive has been found in Delhi Airport
Delhi, India - But it was destined for demolition works inside the terminal
A large quantity of explosive has been found on Monday night into a car inside the "Indira Gandhi" International Airport. The discovery includes also two detonators, fuse wires and other explosive materials.... more
AirlinesTurkish Airlines: new flights in Anatolia
Ankara, Turkey - The demand for domestic links in the South-East of the region is increasing
The Turkish carrier has signed a deal with the Singapore Technologies Aerospace Corporation regarding the Maintenance-Repair and Modification Center situated into the Istanbul Atatόrk International Airport. In... more
Weather forecastsLe Bourget Air Show (5): Italian General Tricarico suggested the idea of a sole advanced Euro-trainer
Paris, France - And Aermacchi obviously relies upon its new M-346
Italian Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Leonardo Tricarico is visiting Paris on the occasion of the Le Bourget Air Show, and he seized a chance to express his own opinion regarding some operational exigencies... more
Weather forecastsLe Bourget Air Show (4): Alenia proves confident about the future of the C-27J in North America
Paris, France - Good chances, according to the Finmeccanica-owned company, when considering also the relations with Lockheed Martin and L-3
Alenia Aeronautica (Finmeccanica Group) proves particularly confident about the possibility that its C-27J Spartan military tactical airlifter can be awarded with the orders related to the future cargo... more
MiscellaneousUNHCR flights to return Angola refugees staying in Congo
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo - They will be airlifted from Kinshasa to Luanda
United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in the next two weeks will make air-bridges for returning home the 303 Angola’s refugees who have been living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the l... more
AirlinesEmirates and Ferrari Club Rome-Red Passion challenge the Italian Air Force
Milan, Italy - "Passione rossa ad alta quota"
"The alliance between Emirates and Ferrari Club Rome Red passion is renewed also this year: the Dubai’s international carrier is near to the famous Club in several events, among which a real challenge b... more
AirlinesAir France flies to Beijing two times a day
Paris, France - It has been doubled frequency on Beijing's route
Starting from yesterday Air France-KLM began a second flight bound for China’s Capital taking off from Paris: it is the first European airline offering such service. The additional connection will be o... more
AirlinesFour Bombardier Q400 for Flybe
London, United Kingdom - A bright May for the English regional carrier
The Britsh regional airline Flybe has flown 460,000 persons last month of May, an additional 42 percent compared with the previous year. That means its load factor increased by 69 per cent respect to the... more
Civil defensePentagon's concern with Israeli suppling of military know-how to China
Washington, USA - "US and Israel have to discuss about it"
A spokesperson for Pentagon has expressed yesterday Washington’s concern with Israel which is providing China with technological support to update and upgrade remote-controlled aircraft in service with t... more
IndustryBoeing: Shenzhen Airlines celebrated delivery of airline's first 737-900
Seattle, Usa - It is the first of five models that the Chinese carrier will receive through 2005 for domestic and regional routes
Boeing and Shenzhen Airlines last Friday celebrated delivery of the airline’s first Boeing 737-900 airplane. The airplane is the first of five 737-900s that Shenzhen Airlines will receive through 2005 f... more
IndustryBoeing: machinists union opened employee contract negotiations in Seattle
Seattle, Usa - In this area the industry employs about 72,000 people
The Boeing Company and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) last Friday jointly began formal contract negotiations in Seattle, Wash. The IAM presented its proposed modification... more
Weather forecastsLe Bourget Air Show (3): Boeing 787 "Comfortliner"
Paris, France - The US aerospace company relies on an airplane of which passengers must not easily forget the line and on board comfort
It is really a human-devoted airplane the one which Boeing intends to produce, according to what appears by the US company’s goals in terms of comfort on its new 787 Dreamliner. Room, windows wideness, a... more
Weather forecastsLe Bourget Air Show (2): Sea King, a good platform to test Finmeccanica-Thales' deals
Paris, France - Italian-British Selex and the English section of the French group signed an agreement for the UK helicopters maintenance
Logistics support and spare management/general maintenance for the British Sea Kings’ fleet (including at the same time both RAF and Royal Navy’s helicopters) will be ensured by an important agreement sig... more
Weather forecastsLe Bourget Air Show: the first AgustaWestland EH-101 destined to Kawasaki has been delivered
Paris, France - The Japanese company to accomplish all the 14 vehicles before they become combat ready with Japanese Navy
AgustaWestland arrives at Le Bourget International Air Show (Paris, June 13-19, 2005) with an important confirmation for the international success of the EH-101. While the maker analyses the situation... more
MiscellaneousLinate air crash: "Ground radar was essential "
Milan, Italy - It result emerged from the reasons for the verdict
Milan’s GUP, Nicola Clivio, wrote the reasons for the verdict issued last March 14 condemning 4 officers of ENAV (Italian Flight Attendance Authority) for multiple culpable homicide and culpable disaster i... more
IndustryAirbus: Qatar Airways will purchase 60 A-350
Milan, Italy - The deliveries will begin in the third quarter of 2010
"Qatar Airways decided to purchase 60 Airbus A-350s, becoming the greatest buyer for the new airplane and the first customer in the Middle East. The contract includes both the purchase of A-350/800 and... more
IndustryRyanair exercised options for five Boeing Next-Generation 737-800s
Paris, France - The Irish carrier now has 230 B-737 on firm order
Boeing and Ryanair, Europe’s largest low-fare carrier, announced that the airline has exercised five order options for Next-Generation 737s in support of its continuing growth. Ryanair now has 230 B... more
AccidentsCargo plane dropped in Florida
Washington, USA - The three passengers were save but two persons on the ground emerged injured
A DC-3 cargo aircraft just left from Executive Airport bound for Bahamas, has crashed last afternoon (at the 3:48pm local time) on a residential area near Fort Lauderdale (Florida): it hit no buildings... more
AirlinesAir France: 6.9% growth in traffic in May 2005
Rome, Italy - And 1.4 point improvement in load factor to 77.7%
"Passenger operations Air France-KLM recorded a strong level of activity in May, driven by buoyant traffic both on long-haul routes (up 6.7%) and on European routes (up 7.5%). Overall, traffic grew 6.9%... more
AirlinesNorthwest Airline increased fares and shares went down
Washington, USA - It dived nearly 12% on Monday
The drop of US carrier’s shares would be the result of 50% increasing on business passengers’ fares, operation costed the Northwest investors’ distrust. Bankruptcy’s solution is now closer for airline... more
AirlinesAlitalia grounded passengers at Rome and Munich
Rome, Italy - A technical malfunction forced airline to cancel two services
An Alitalia’s flight departing yesterday from Munich Airport, failed the take-off because of a technical malfunction of an indicator of emergency. So the Italian airline has been forced to cancel also t... more
DefenseMartino is officially visiting Paraguay
Asuncion, Paraguay - The heart of the discussion is the matter of international security
Italian Minister of Defence, Antonio Martino, is in Paraguay for seeing the highest authorities of the State: President of Republic Nicanor Duarte Frutos, Deputy President of Republic Luis Alberto Castiglioni,... more
Civil aviationFAA (Correction) AD on Dassault model Mystere-Falcon 50 and 900 series airplanes, and model Falcon 2000 and 900EX series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent the erroneous cockpit display of ground speed, wind velocity and direction, flight path angle, and true track angle when using certain autopilot and/or flight management system functions
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: June 13, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 112)] [Page 34188] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation... more
Science and technologyFrankfurt improved passenger traffic in May
Frankfurt, Germany - But Fraport did not managed to stem failure in the other five terminals
Frankfurt Airport recorded an additional 2.6 percent in passenger traffic compared with the past year thanks to the growth of intercontinental traffic and holiday travels. Cargo traffic is instead increased... more
Science and technologyBulgarian airports to speak Danish
Varna, Bulgaria - Copenaghen Airports awarded the management of Varna and Bourgas terminals
Bulgaria has signed an agreement with the Danish Copenaghen Airports that awarded the 35-year concession for managing and modernizing the two airports of Varna and Bourgas. The Danish Group, which has... more
Weather forecastsLe Bourget Air Show (6): Italy interested in Thales
Paris, France - Italian Minister Scajola and Finmeccanica President and CEO Guarguaglini confirmed it during the Air Show opening day
Finmeccanica President and CEO, Pier Francesco Guarguaglini, had already made AVIONEWS understand that a certain interest by the Italian holding in Thales exists (see for details AVIONEWS). Nevertheless,... more
Weather forecastsLe Bourget Air Show (5): Neuron unveiled, the European challenge in the UCAV sector
Rome, Italy - In front of French President Jacques Chirac and Italian Minister for Productive Activities Claudio Scajola
Dassault (France), Finmeccanica-owned Alenia Aeronautica (Italy), SAAB (Sweden), EADS-CASA (Spain), HAI (Greece) and Ruag (Switzerland) showed, during the opening day of the Paris-Le Bourget International... more
Press releaseSab: scheduled flight to New York inaugurated
Boulogne, Italy - Three weekly direct connections starting from today
"Boulogne to New York thanks to Eurofly with the inauguration of the first scheduled direct flight between two cities. To the cerimony fixed at 12am in the Intercontinental area of ’Guglielmo Marconi’ the... more
AirlinesKenya Airways to enter into SkyTeam
Nairobi, Kenya - It is started the Alliance's joining process
The airlines’ alliance has chosen the African carrier as new member. Kenya Airlines may gain the status of full-member already the next year, so becoming the only African airline to be a SkyTeam associated. A... more
CuriositiesMobiles aboard to disturb e-telescope's reception
Washington, USA - The alert called by astronomers don't trouble cell companies
There is a new chapter in the matter of cell use on airplanes. It seems that the National Academy of Science demanded to stop studies on mobiles’ use because cell phones may disturb frequencies of signals r... more
AirlinesBolivian protest set on fire forcing airlines to stop flights to the Capital
La Paz, Bolivia - Lan Airlines suspended its five weekly links to La Paz
Chile’s LAN Airlines cancelled last Friday its flights to La Paz for the 3rd successive day because of the violent protests going on from several weeks. Bolivia is in fact affected these day by demonstrations o... more
Science and technologyHong Kong: more than 3 million passengers in May
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - Cargo transport grew as well
Hong Kong International Airport has increased passenger traffic by 17.3 per cent last month compared with the same period in 2004. It is the result of the blooming demand for long-haul flights towards... more
Weather forecastsLe Bourget Air Show (4): Russian defence industry's attendance
Paris, France - Rosoboronexport is expected to promote the Russian products in this sector in the world as usual
Rosoboronexport, the Russian authority competent for the promotion of the Russian made weapon systems at an international level, is attending to the 46th edition of the Le Bourget International Air Show,... more