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Civil aviationFAA AD on Airbus model A-319, A-320, and A-321 series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent oil vapor leakage from the APU AC generator, which, when combined with an electric arc at the electrical receptacle, could result in a fire or explosion in the APU compartment during flight
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: March 18, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 52)] [Page 13094-13095] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
HelicoptersFirst Swedish armed forces' NH-90 flew
Marignane, France - Some 18 aircraft for SAR, anti-submarine warfare and troop transport missions have been ordered
The first NH-90 multipurpose medium helicopter performed its maiden flight. The event occurred at the Eurocopter helicopter group’s plant located in Marignane (France) and lasted for about 55 minutes. S... more
MiscellaneousLampedusa: air-bridges to free welcome centre
Lampedusa, Italy - Clandestines to transferred to Crotone instead of to Libya
Yesterday 220 immigrants landed recently at Lampedusa have been transferred: a hundred were boarded on a Croatian airline Air Adriatic plane bound for Crotone (Calabria Region) and other 120 persons were... more
Weather forecastsAir shows and exhibitions in the fourth week of March
Rome, Italy - From today on Monday 21 to on Monday 28
Monday 21 - Paragliding - 9th FAI World Championship. Governador Valadares, Brazil. + 55 21 33 22 02 66 www.abvl.com.br - Maputo Airshow. Mozambique. + 27 72 145 7645 Tuesday 22 - Paragliding... more
AirlinesVolare is more close to Alitalia
Varese, Italy - Maroni: "Sea must not thwart Volare's recovery"
Italian Welfare Minister, Roberto Maroni, announced that Volare will release an "Important statement" in next days: it’s probable the announcement on a commercial operation involving Alitalia according t... more
Civil defenseUSA: 15 Squadrons endowed with the Predator against the international terrorism
Washington, USA - The USAF's proposal to face the threat both in the national land and abroad
The deployment of remote-controlled aircraft by the US armed forces appears more and more important within the fight against the international terrorism, both to ensure the national territory protection... more
IndustrySubsidies to aerospace industry: tension between EU and the USA rising again
Brussels, Belgium - Mutual accuses for delays and attempts to change the preliminary deal to one's advantage
Talks between European Union and the United States on subsidies to aerospace industry prove to be hard once again. After starting negotiating on last January 11 in order to encourage a final solution of... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): competitors' doubts on the restructuring plan
Brussels, Belgium - Prospective public aid by Fintecna in AZ Service and support for the Italian carrier's employees
Doubts by the airlines which decided to protest in Brussels against the possible EU Commission’s approval of the Alitalia’s business plan 2005-2008 are focusing on the recapitalization process of the Ita... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): "Strikes prove damaging for the airline"
Rome, Italy - Italian Welfare Minister Maroni reminded the airline's difficulties but he intends to rely on President Cimoli
Welfare Minister Roberto Maroni would have recently commented on the current Alitalia’s condition. Maroni would have pointed out the damages produced by the recent strikes and affecting the Italian national a... more
AirlinesAlitalia: competitors rebel against the business plan
Brussels, Belgium - Twenty carriers formally protested in front of EU Commission
Competitors protested against the Alitalia’s business plan and against the strategy started by the Italian national airline to favour its reorganization and the future relaunch. There would be some twenty c... more
IndustryHoneywell International Inc. awarded of a over 846,600 USD order
Washington, Usa - For the Utility Blackhawk UH-60
Honeywell International Inc., Tempe, Ariz., was awarded on March 16, 2005, a delivery order amount of $846,600 as part of a $7,026,025 firm-fixed-price contract for the Utility Blackhawk UH-60 system.... more
IndustryRockwell Collins Government Systems awarded of a over 11 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the radio systems
Rockwell Collins Government Systems, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded an $11,124,785 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced contract (N00019-02-C-3004) to exercise an option for... more
IndustryShell Oil Products US Houston awarded of a over 472 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For JP-5 and JP-8 jet fuel
Shell Oil Products U.S. Houston, TX, is being awarded a maximum $472,861,417 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for JP-5 and JP-8 jet fuel for the Defense Energy Support Center. Contract... more
HelicoptersFrance: the first Tiger HAP for Army has been delivered
Paris, France - There are 80 combat aircraft to be supplied to the armed force by 2010
French Army took delivery its first Eurocopter Tiger combat helicopter in the HAP version. The overall orders scheduled regard some 80 aircraft which will be all made available by 2010. Such choppers will... more
AerospaceSpace: the first walk exactly 40 years ago
Moscow, Russia - The Russian astronaut Alexei Leonov did it
The first walk into the space ever effectuated in to the history occured exactly 40 years ago when Russian astronaut Alexei Leonov, after reaching the space by means of the shuttle Voskhod-2, went out... more
PeopleIata: environmental responsibility is a pillar of the air transport industry
Geneva, Switzerland - The declarations of Bisignani at the first Aviation and the Environment Summit
"Environmental responsibility is a pillar of the air transport industry alongside safety and security", said Giovanni Bisignani, Director General and CEO of the International Air Transport Association... more
IndustryThe result of Embraer related to the last quarter 2004
Brasilia, Brazil - The industry reported a profit up only slightly from the one reported in the same period a year earlier
Embraer, Brazilian aircraft manufacturing industry, reported a 2004 fourth quarter up only slightly from the one reported in the same period a year earlier. Analysts expressed in favour of the company’s o... more
MiscellaneousItalian C-130 aircraft to bring Ilaria Alpi's car back
Rome, Italy - The car may help to find additional informations
On March 20, 1994 Italian journalist Ilaria Alpi and her cameraman Miran Hrovatin were killed at Mogadishu: after 11 years the truth about principals in the crime did have been not still found. Meanwhile... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines 2005 first quarter losses
New York, Usa - Though the demand especially for domestic flights operated by the carrier is high until March, 31
Us carrier Continental Airlines announced it forecast that it would end in red the first quarter of 2005, though the airline expects its load factor to increase until March, 31. Continental said that according... more
AirlinesWill Qatar Airways be the next Barcelona's sponsor?
Barcelona, Spain - The Catalunia's team has traditionally never had a sponsor for its shirts
Barcelona football team is likely to sign a EUR 18m contract with Qatar Airways, as its sponsor on the official competion shirt. The Arab carrier already tried to provided such service in the soccer field:... more
AirlinesChinese carriers to increase fuel surcharges
Beijing, China - After having received the needed approval Air China, Cathay Pacific and its rival Dragonair would move in this sense
State-owned Air China, Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific and its smaller rival Dragonair announced they would increase fuel surcharges after having received the needed approval from Civil Aviation Department.... more
Science and technologySuspected terrorist stopped at Manila Airport
Manila, Philippines - He may be a trainer for terroristic activities
An Arabian-native suspected member of Osama Bin Laden’s al-Qaeda network, has been arrested at Manila International "Ninoy Aquino" Airport shortly after landing with an airplane coming from Riyadh (Saudi A... more
HelicoptersNH-90 in Australia and the ARH programme: Bregier analyses the situation
Paris, France - Australian industry licensed to produce such aircraft while the US military project is not taken into account presently
Fabrice Bregier, as the Eurocopter CEO, analysed recently the situation regarding two programme: the provision of the NH-90 helicopters to Australia and the competition for the US ARH (Armed Reconnaissance... more
Press releaseAeradria collaborates with public institutions and hotel associations located in the coastal cities
Rimini, Italy - While setting deals for the weekly routes to Germany
Rimini Airport is setting a programme for routes to Germany. Several public institutions have been involved in a meeting with the air station’s operator. Also hotel associations are involved by such a... more
AirlinesEast Timor launches its first commercial airline
Dili, East Timor - The service is related to a flight from the capital Dili to the city of Kupang
The new nation of the South-East Asian known as Timor East, the East part of the island of Timor nowadays divided into two nations, East Timor and West Timor furthermore a war area until few years ago,... more
Latest newsTyphoon and AMRAAM: test fire with the missile for the Eurofighter aircraft
London, UK - A Mirach aerial target vehicle has been hit while flying over the sea
Test fire with air-to-air missiles for the EF-2000 Typhoon. A Royal Air Force’s Eurofighter medium-light fighter interceptor was recently the protagonist of a test with the AIM-120 AMRAAM (Slammer) medium r... more
CuriositiesQatar Airways announced its new African routes by an unusual event
Rome, Italy - Carrier said this event was "The world’s biggest show"
Last January 28, the skies above South Africa’s cities of Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town were lit up in order to announce Qatar Airways new flights. Five helicopters were used to project starry lights o... more
IndustryEmbargo on weapons to China: real of ineffective?
Beijing, China - Experts prove significantly doubtful about the sense and the concreteness of such sanctions
Analysts of the defence sector are asking themselves on the sense of the possible cancellation of the embargo against the export of European-made weapons to China. Experts would tend to underline that... more
AirlinesJAT Airways grounded because of a strike
Belgrade, Serbia - It is the third move of this kind in six months
Serbian flag carrier JAT Airways seems to have been grounded because of a strike of its mechanics started late yesterday as the workers protest because of fail wages. Today in the afternoon a meeting of... more
Latest newsC-101: celebrating 25 years basic training by such EADS-Casa jet plane
Madrid, Spain - The aircraft to be involved by an important update soon
Spanish aerospace industry is celebrating 25th anniversary of the basic training for Spanish Air force’s pilots on board the C-101 Aviojet, a fully-national product designed by CASA which is owned by E... more
Government actsQuestion time on illegal uranium mining in Congo
Rome, Italy - By senator Luigi Viviani (DS-L'Ulivo)
Italian senator Luigi Viviani asked Italian Minister of foreign Affairs for explain which kind of steps Italian Government intends to take in order to avoid the illegal extraction of uranium from Congo... more
MiscellaneousCanada bad reacts to the sentence about the explosion of an Air India flight
Ottawa, Canada - Two famous newspapers printed on its front page the list of the victims’ names because of the terroristic attack at the flight 182 of the Indian carrier
Canada bad reacted to the sentence about the explosion of an Air India flight which expressed against the guilt of two Sikh activists, Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, thought to be responsible... more
Government actsQuestion time on the release of Simona Pari and Simona Torretta
Rome, Italy - By senator Mrs Tana De Zulueta (The Green-L'Unione)
Italian senator, Mrs De Zulueta asked Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defence for making clear which kind of steps they intend to perform in order to explain rumors about US bombing... more
Government actsQuestion time on demilitarization of Columbian paramilitaries
Rome, Italy - By senator Francesco Martone (The Green-L'Unione) and other senators
Italian senator Martone asked Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs for making clear which kind of measures Italian Government intends to adopt in order to warrant security for human rights organizations... more
DefenseUkraine: cruise missiles to Iran and China in 2001
Kiev, Ukraine - Some institutional representatives would have unveiled it to international press
According to what released by international press, representatives from the Ukraine Government would have officially revealed for the first time that Ukraine would have sold some Russian-made cruise missiles... more
Government actsQuestion time on indemnity to "Italian confined soldiers "
Rome, Italy - By senator Renzo Michelini and Mauro Betta (Gruppo per le Autonomie)
Italian senators Michelini and Betta asked Italian Minister of Economy and Finance which kind of steps Italian Government is thinking to resort to in order to advance money for scheduled indemnities to... more
Latest newsUS Navy pilot knocked down 33 years ago to be symbolically interred in Arlington
Washington, Usa - After some pieces of his plane were found in Vietnam
A US Navy pilot considered lost since thirty three years ago in Vietnam he disappeared will be interred in Arlington, Virginia where is collocated the famous cemetery destined to American heros, after... more
Government actsQuestion time: purpose and cost of Agrigento Airport
Rome, Italy - By On. Stefano Cusumano (Misto-Popolari-Udeur)
Italian Deputy On. Cusumano asked Italian Minister of Infrastructures and Transport for making clear which is the purpose and the cost of the construction of the future prospective Airport of Agrigento... more
Government actsQuestion time: violence by Israeli soldiers against Italian humanitarian operators
Rome, Italy - By On. Aldo Preda (Ds, l'Ulivo)
Italian Deputy On. Aldo Preda asked Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs for making clear which kind of steps it intends to perform after that some Israeli soldiers resorted to violent acts against some... more
Government actsQuestion time: air tickets for Italian living abroad expected to vote
Rome,Italy - By senator Sebastiano Sanzarello (Unione democristiana e di centro-Udc party)
Italian senator Sanzarello asked Italian Premier, Interior Minister, as well as Minister of Foreign Affairs and for Italian citizens living abroad for explaining which kind of steps Government intends... more
AerospaceSpace: new hypotesis about the presence of water on Mars' surface
London, United Kingdom - Three articles have been edited about the argument on the review "Nature"
New hypotesis lead to the presence of water on the Red Planet’s surface have been edited on the review "Nature" by a team of experts who, through a study based on the observation of images coming from t... more
AirlinesIndependence Air contends to avoid liquidity
New York, Usa - The carrier was used in the past as a feeder airline for several larger carriers
US carrier Independence Air, which is controlled by FLYi, seems to have been contending to avoid a financial crisis which may constrain it to liquidity if fuel cost remains so high and if it does not succeed... more
PeopleOne billion passenger a year would fly in Usa by 2015
New York, Usa - According to Federal Aviation Administration
One billion passengers a year is expected to fly in Usa by 2015 according to Federal Aviation Administration which warns however that systems to manage planes in the air and on the ground are getting old... more
HelicoptersUK: few helicopters for the armed forces
London, UK - It would have been denounced by British Parliament while MoD decides to solve the problem by the next 10 years
British Parliament warned Ministry of Defence with reference to the availability of military equipment for the armed forces. According to a recent report, there would be shortage of helicopters for Royal... more
MiscellaneousLampedusa: air-bridge to stop
Lampedusa, Italy - Immigrant rejection may be illegal
The Croatian airline Air Adriatic should stop clandestine’s repatriation to Libya till Italian Government remains unable to warrant a service in accordance with international rules about the not-rejection a... more
MiscellaneousIraq: explosions near Baghdad Airport
Baghdad, Iraq - An attack from insurgents has been excluded
American military sources report that early today some blasts, even if inoffensive, were heard near Baghdad Airport. They supposed that detonations have been provoked by artificiers working for neutralizing... more
Science and technologyADP decides for the reconstruction of Terminal 2E at "Charles de Gaulle"
Paris, France - After it collapsed last May causing the death of four person
Paris airport operator, Aeroport de Paris, said it had decided to rebuild the roof of Terminal 2E at the airport "Charles de Gaulle", after it collapsed last May (see AVIONEWS), little more than two years... more
PeopleSheremetyevo Airport. A man threatens to blow up an Aeroflot flight: he was arrested
Moscow, Russia - The plane was travelling on the route Tokyo-Moscow
A man resident in Australia was arrested yesterday at the Muscovite Airport Sheremetyevo after he threatened to blow up an Aeroflot flight travelling on the route Tokyo-Moscow. The man, whose identity... more
AerospaceSpace: some problems on board of Iss may delay Nasa mission
New York, Usa - Another gyroscope is out of order
Another of the originally four gyroscopes which permit Iss (International Space Station) to remain solid is out of order, after a first one was already impossible to be used. Iss can count now only on... more
HelicoptersThe International Helicopter Safety Symposium (IHSS) will take place at the end of September
Montreal, Canada - It has been organized in cooperation with the main organizations in this field
AHS International and the AHS International Montreal/Ottawa Chapter are organizing the International Helicopter Safety Symposium (IHSS) that will take place on September 26-29, 2005 in Montreal, Quebec,... more