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AirlinesUS Airways and America West: more funds availability
Washington, Usa - New investors support the merger
The merger plans between the carriers continue undisturbed thanks to funds put to their disposal by many companies. The last pledge has been received from the Boston-based Wellington Management for USD... more
AirlinesVirgin Atlantic great expansion
London, United Kingdom - The high fuel cost does not arrest profit: new projects for the carrier
Increasing services, cost controls and new routes. These are the projects Virgin Atlantic airline is achieving and will keep on increasing for the next months. The huge expansion is demonstrated by the... more
AirlinesAeromexico and Mexicana on sale
Mexico City, Mexico - Unveiled terms for companies acquisition
In June Mexico is going to sell controlling stakes in its two main airlines at the same time. Terms for acquisition have been unveiled on Friday 27 May by Cintra (state-owned holding company) that wants... more
AirlinesHeavy condemns for Zimbabwe Airline
Harare, Zimbabwe - A single-passenger flight caused the reaction
The comments of Transport and Communications Secretary Karikoga Kaseke quoted by the official "Herald" newspaper are grave. Secretary Kaseke referred to "inept management" and "little knowledge of aviation"... more
PeopleRebounding jet fuel demand in USA
Washington, USA - The massive recovery of the air traffic brings an excessive petroleum demand
Jet fuel consumption in the USA has risen extensively in the last months, the data confirm an increase of 4,1% (1,64 million barrels per day) in comparison with 2004 and in spite of a petroleum product... more
Latest newsThe 3st Fighter Wing at Aviano has a new commander
Pordenone, Italy - General Breedlove has been replaced as USAF base leader
Brigadier General Robert Yates from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia, is the new Commander for 3st Fighter Wing by USAF base at Aviano (Pordenone). The handing over cerimony has been held at "Pagliano... more
AirlinesMalev carrier reckons with the loss in 2005
Budapest, Hungary - National airline struggling for financing
After the operating loss in 2005 the national Hungarian carrier Malev, undergoing privatization, by 2006 foresees an operating profit. The airline is trying to join Oneworld airline alliance in order to... more
PeopleUK and NZ against air travel restrictions
London, Great Britain - First agreement to increase air traffic
On Friday, Great Britain and New Zealand started the process that leads to open up new routes between the two countries. The intention is to increase the number of direct flights allowed to the airlines... more
AirlinesEgypt, concluded the massive go-slow of the air traffic controllers
Cairo, Egypt - The Aviation Minister will consider abstentionists' demands
The intervention of the Egyptian Aviation Minister managed to bring to the end the go-slow called by the air traffic controllers at the beginning of May. Nevertheless it lasted 4 weeks and delayed many... more
PeopleAir Canada Jazz launches the new CRJ-705 regional jet
Quebec, Canada - The Canadian airline expands its fleet with the new Bombardier aircraft
On Saturday 28 May the new regional jet CRJ-705 was delivered to Air Canada Jazz that started expanding its fleet with the new Bombardier aircraft since 2004. By the middle of 2006, Jazz Canada will operate... more
AirlinesSkyEurope announces new routes in East Europe
Ljubljana, Slovakia - Also Ryanair aims at this interesting market
Slovakian airline SkyEurope has announced the launch of new services from Dublin towards Bratislava and Krakovia to meet the increasing demand of Eastern Europe and Ireland. Fares start from EUR 25 one-way,... more
AccidentsItalian helicopter crashed in Iraq (2): Investigation Committee has arrived in Iraq
Rome, Italy - Consisting of five members from Italian Army and one from Italian Air Force
An Italian Air Force C-130J Hercules military airlifter will take back to Italy the bodies of the four Italian soldiers killed following the accident of the AB-412 in Iraq and it will do it by 11:30 pm... more
AccidentsUSA: single-engine plane crashed during acrobatic performance
Yukon, Oklahoma - Double dramatic accident, unharmed the spectators
On Monday 30 May at the Yukon airport in Oklahoma, a single-engine plane crashed on the runway while performing acrobatic exercises, the spectators were unharmed. The pilot survived the impact but is still... more
Fair and showsDeceased Giuseppe Baylon
Rome, Italy - Last Monday the funeral in Fiesole
Lieutenant Colonel Giuseppe Baylon died at the age of 95. His outstanding career started in the 1940’s when the "Regia Italian Air Force" lacking sufficient and adequate aircraft could count on great p... more
PeopleAlaska airlines and pilots toward an agreement
Anchorage, Alaska - New contract for the category
The union representing the civil aviation pilots in Alaska is about to obtain a new 5-year contract. The agreement will provide for a reduction of the wages for captains and first officers by 20% against... more
Government actsQuestion Time: Italian armed forces munitions depots' security
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Elettra Deiana (Rifondazione Comunista)
Italian Deputy Hon. Deiana asked Italian ministries of Defence and Interior for making clear which kind of steps Italian government intends to perform in order to verify the security and safety degree... more
AirlinesEurofly-Club Air agreement for the link of Crotone to New York via Boulogne
Crotone, Italy - For transport of passengers towards "Big Apple" departing from "Sant'Anna" Airport of Crotone
"From yesterday Calabria and New York are closer to reach thanks to an agreement signed by Eurofly and Club Air for the transport of passengers towards ’Big Apple’ departing from ’Sant’Anna’ Airport o... more
Government actsQuestion time: Libyan military ship and helicopter would have averted Sicilian fishing boats
Rome, Italy - By senator Giuseppe Bongiorno (AN)
Italian senator Bongiorno asked Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs for knowing wich kind of steps he intends to resort to towards Libyan Government in order to protect the economic interests of Italian... more
Government actsMotion: request for Italian contingent withdrawal from Iraq following the accident affecting an AB-412
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Oliviero Diliberto (Misto-Comunisti Italiani) and other Deputies
Italian Deputy Hon. Diliberto asked Italian Government for withdrawing Italian contingent from Iraq following the disaster affecting an Italian Army’s AB-412 helicopter when four soldiers died maybe d... more
Science and technologySacbo: new links from Orio al Serio's Airport from today
Bergamo, Italy - Served by Virgin Express, Meridiana and Myair
"New links on Orio al Serio’s Airport activated from today, June 1st. Virgin Express, by A B-737/300 with a configuration of 142 seats, has effectuated the maiden flight with Brussels’ International Air... more
IndustryAermacchi (Finmeccanica Group): first flight of the M-311 avionics demonstrator
Varese, Italy - This morning the flight lasted 70 minutes
"Today, the M-311 avionics demonstrator has performed its first flight. The aircraft has taken off from Venegono airfield at 10:00 am piloted by Olinto Cecconello, Aermacchi’s Chief test Pilot. The M... more
AirlinesSimplified corporate administration in the SAS Group
Stockholm, Sweden - The Board of SAS AB will not be affected by these changes
In order to simplify the corporate administration within the SAS Group, the Board of Directors of SAS AB has decided that the boards of the subsidiaries the SAS Consortium and its three holding companies... more
Civil aviationVVFF: notice of tender for acquiring and installing aircraft mock-ups
Rome, Italy - Destined to airport firemen training
The Italian Department of Firemen has sent to Italian and EU Official Gazette, a notice of tender concerning the acquire (by private treaty) and installation of 2 fire simulators of aircraft on type B-767,... more
AirlinesVolare restarted flying today
Milan, Italy - To fly to Havana by Air Europe every Thursdays
After six months of stop (from November 30, 2004), Volare with the brand Volareweb, has started again to fly national skies and made leaving the first of its new Airbus 320 from Linate bound for Bari early... more
DefenseIran: Shahab-3 ballistic missile succesfully tested
Teheran, Iran - In the meantime, news came from the USA about material useful to develop nuclear technology and destined to Iranian and North Korean lands has been seized
Iranian armed forces successfully tested recently a Shahab-3 short-medium range ballistic missile. It deals with a solid-propelled weapon system able to hit its target about 2000 km far from its launcher... more
AirlinesEthiopian Airlines opens the African skies to the Dreamliner
Addis Abeba, Ethiopia - Ten aircraft have been ordered by the airline
The number of Boeing 787 Dreamliner medium-long haul airliners ordered by Ethiopian Airlines rose five to ten. Such an airline is actually the first one to carry the new US leading aerospace group’s a... more
AccidentsItalian helicopter crashed in Iraq: maybe a dust storm produced the disaster
Rome, Italy - Nevertheless, every hypothesis is still plausible according to Italian military representatives in Iraq
Bodies of the four Italian soldiers killed following the accident which affected their AB-412 helicopter in the Iraqi land are likely to be back to Italy by this evening around 11:00 pm. An airplane could... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Roberto Renon appointed AZ Servizi President and CEO
Rome, Italy - A long time leading experience most of all in the railway sector
The new Alitalia Servizi President and CEO has been appointed during the last Board of Directors meeting. It deals with Roberto Renon, 56, chemical engineer, who played several leading roles in various... more
AirlinesAlitalia: SULT union contests the flight assistants contract agreement of February 25
Rome, Italy - Another attempt to lead the carrier to negotiate in a different manner involving such trade union as well
Italian of trade union decided to contest the agreement signed by other unions on last February 25 and related to flight assistants contract. Reasons which led this union to resort to a legal action should... more
IndustryNova Group Inc. awarded of a over 13 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the C-5 and C-17 aircraft
Nova Group Inc., Napa, Calif., is being awarded a $13,090,000 firm-fixed-price contract for replacement of a Hydrant Fuel System at Travis Air Force Base. The contract contains two options, which if exercised,... more
IndustryBell-Boeing Joint Program Office awarded of a over 13 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the MV-22 Osprey
Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office, Patuxent River, Md., is being awarded a $13,497,200 ceiling priced order contract for procurement of additional spare items for the MV-22 Osprey. Work will be performed... more
IndustryLockheed Martin Corp. awarded of a near 56 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the P-3 aircraft
Lockheed Martin Corp., Maritime Systems and Sensors, St. Paul, Minn., is being awarded a ceiling amount $55,975,592 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft Corp. awarded of a over 4 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the Blackhawk UH-60 helicopters
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on May 26, 2005, a delivery order amount of $4,283,825 as part of a $5,922,750 firm-fixed-price contract for hardware for the Utility Blackhawk UH-60... more
MiscellaneousExplosion occurred at Baghdad Airport
Baghdad, Iraq - There would be seven airport employees left wounded
An explosion would be occurred today at Baghdad International Airport by the main US check-point, but it it unclear if it caused casualties, while 7 airport employees, all Iraqi citizens, are reported... more
IndustryRosemount Aerospace Inc. awarded of a over 7 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the Black Hawk helicopters
Rosemount Aerospace Inc., Burnsville, Minn., was awarded on May 26, 2005, a delivery order amount of $7,205,515 as part of a $19,656,015 firm-fixed-price contract for Indicator Panels for the Black Hawk... more
Civil aviationAVIONEWS report on retreaded tyres: interview to quality manager for Michelin Italia
Rome, Italy - "The highest wear occurs during taxing and taking off"
AVIONEWS interviewed Franco Bertoglio, quality manager for Cuneo aviation tyre retreading centre of Michelin Italia. The Italian centre serves the main European airlines, such as Air France, Lufthansa,... more
IndustrySubsidies to aerospace industry (3): "The struggle between EU and the USA within the WTO will be the hardest and the most expensive in the organization's history"
Brussels, Belgium - It would have been stated by EU Commissioner for Trade Peter Mandelson
The United States never really intended to achieve an agreement with European Union concerning subsidies to aerospace industry, they have always been ensuring a public financial support to Boeing worth... more
AerospaceEU and Russia together for the development of a new spacecraft
Moscow, Russia - The major purpose is the one of achieving more autonomy from the United States
Russia and European Union intend to achieve more autonomy in the space exploration field from the United States. So, one of the first important steps forward towards such goal will be the one related to... more
AccidentsItalian helicopter crashed in Iraq (4): Italian Senate expressed its regrets
Rome, Italy - A debate occurred at Palazzo Madama
Speaker Cesare Salvi and Marcello Pera have expressed the regrets of Senate for the incident occurred in Nassiriya, to the 4 Italian soldiers flying on board the helicopter of Italian Army Aviation last... more
DefenseRussia to withdraw its troops from Georgia by 2008
Moscow, Russia - The deployment of military airlifters appears a major measure
Russia and Georgia have finally achieved an agreement on the future withdrawal of Russian troops from Georgian territory. According to what has been set by Foreign Ministries of both countries, about 3000... more
IndustrySubsidies to aerospace industry (2): USA and EU choose to appeal to the WTO
Brussels, Belgium - The international organization is asked for verifying the kind and degree of public support ensured respectively to Boeing and Airbus
There is no alternative to a struggle between the United States and European Union in front of the WTO (World Trade Organization) concerning subsidies to aerospace industry (see for details AVIONEWS).... more
Latest newsServiceability, that is to say the Gripen "never bottles out"
Prague, Czech Republic - Czech Air Force's pilots deepen the issue related to operational flexibility of the Swedish fighter
The first fourth generation fighter never stops striking the crews devoted to fly it. Among the several qualities that technicians, pilots and strategists have always pointed out with reference to the... more
CuriositiesNorth Korea: "The first missile? We designed it more than 1000 years ago"
Pyongyang, North Korea - Auto-propulsion-based weapons would have been designed and used in war even in the VII Century
The old North Korean nuclear matter constantly alternate talks resume to threats, stages when diplomatic and commercial requests, warranties concerning security and even traditional regime propaganda demonstrations... more
AirlinesRyanair: net income increased
Dublin, Ireland - The results have been better than estimated by analysts
The Irish Dublin-based airline has announced that net income raised to EUR 268.9 million in the financial year ended last March 31, that represents a grow equal to 19% respect to the previous year. Michael... more
DefenseThe quadrilateral conference on Euro-Mediterranean relations has been completed
Rome, Italy - It was dedicated to international political-military themes
The quadrilateral conference, named "Talks C4", has been held in Rome from May 25 to May 27 and was focused on political-military, economic and social aspects that unite the nations of Mediterranean area:... more
Government actsQuestion Time: airlines and transport of disabled people
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Sandro Delmastro delle Vedove (AN)
Italian Deputy Hon. Delmastro delle Vedove intended to understand if Italian Minister of Infrastructures and Transport is thinking about the necessity to set a chart of disabled persons’ rights related t... more
Government actsQuestion Time: illegal immigrants' landing in Lampedusa and surveillance activities
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Francesco Paolo Lucchese (UDC)
Italian Deputy Hon. Lucchese intended to underline to Italian Ministries of Interior and Defence about the relevance of constant illegal immigrants’ landing in Lampedusa island and the need for surveillance a... more
Government actsQuestion Time: results of the monitoring of territories involved by the use of depleted uranium
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Sandro Delmastro delle Vedove (AN)
Italian Deputy Hon. Delmastro delle Vedove asked Italian Minister of Defence for unveiling if results of monitoring analyses carried out in those territories where depleted uranium was employed for military... more
AirlinesKorean Air flight bound for California re-directed to Japan's airport
Tokyo, Japan - Washington refused the access into US air space due to the supposed presence of a terrorist aboard
United States, because of the supposed presence of a suspect terrorist on board, diverted the route of a Korean Air airplane departed from the South-Korean airport of Incheon bound for San Francisco, which... more
AccidentsItalian helicopter crashed in Iraq (3): all the hypotheses are under military experts' analysis
Rome, Italy - The one of an accident would appear to prevail but one cannot exclude the possibility of an ambush
Lt.Col. Giuseppe Lima, Mar. Massimiliano Biondini and Cap. Marco Briganti, deceased following the accident which affected an Italian Army’s AB-412 in Iraq, belonged to 7th Regiment "Vega" located in R... more