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AirlinesSwiss International adopts another measure in order to save further money
Zurich, Switzerland - It is negotiating in order to outsource some of its internal IT service
Swiss International is working to effectuate last of its planned measure, which would permit it to cut further cost: outsource some of its internal IT service to telecoms operator Swisscom. The carrier,... more
AirlinesShares in AirAsia fall 16 per cent
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - The carrier hopes to become the major low-cost in Asia
AirAsia, the low-cost airline, has seen its shares to fall 16 per cent in comparison with their debut on Monday. The initial public offer of the carrier is USD 226m; below its own indicative price last... more
Science and technologyAVIONEWS interviewed Giovanni Maniscalco, President of Assaeroporti, on the crisis of Volare
Rome, Italy - "Such crisis generated financial loss and some 2000 redundancies"
AVIONEWS interviewed Giovanni Maniscalco, President of Assaeroporti representing Italian airports’ operators, on the crisis of Volare. According to Maniscalco, the responsabilities for such problem must b... more
Latest news6th Division of the Italian Air Force: 3900 flying hours in the order of "Antica Babilonia"
Rome, Italy - 3300: they are the missions effectuated in Iraq by the personnel of the Italian Air Force and of the Aviation Army
It revealed to be 3300 missions for a total of 3900 flying hours: these are the results, until now, reached by the personnel of the 6th Division of the Italian Air Force which operates in Iraq, in the... more
Science and technologyBrazil: DLR Space Agency to support study for lightning
Sao Paulo, Brazil - Scientific researchers will work on board three aircraft based at Aracatuba Airport
Over 120 European scientists supported by DLR Space Agency will set up a lightening and storms observatory in Brazil to analyze changes in climate. The lightning hunters will work from January 26 to February... more
AirlinesVolare Group (3): also Air One offers help to grounded passengers
Milan, Italy - It offers low fare tickets
Italian carrier Air One offers whom bought Volare tickets the possibility to purchase an other by low fare: it is only necessary to demonstrate the ownership of Volare Airlines way-bill for a flight booked... more
PeopleAirbus A-350 (2): Boeing warned on possible subsidies
Washington, USA - In the meantime, Aer Lingus would have proven interested in the new airliner
Boeing decided to react quickly after the Airbus’ announcement for the next launch of the A-350 (see for details AVIONEWS). The US aerospace group would have in fact revealed that State financial aids d... more
PeopleThai Airways selects the A-380
Toulouse, France - The related agreement to be signed by the next two weeks for the provision of 6 airplanes
The aerospace group Airbus would be about to sign a contract for the provision of six A-380 555 seats long-haul airliners to Thai Airways. The related deal should occur by the next two weeks but the European... more
AerospaceNATO: three new military communications satellites
Brussels, Belgium - Sicral, Syracuse and Skynet to be in service from January 2005 to support the NATO's forces for the next 15 years
NATO will have three new military communications satellites starting from January 1st 2005. It deals with Italian Sicral (developed in particular by Alenia Spazio), French Syracuse and English Skynet.... more
DefenseSouth Korea: an airborne synthetic aperture radar
Seoul, South Korea - The sensor under development in the Asian country would be able to detect objects concealed behind hills within 15 km
South Korea's Ministry of Defence would have recently unveiled that a new synthetic aperture radar able to detect the presence of object concealed by exploiting particular ground characteristics, would... more
Latest newsUSAF: "Stop the threat before it hits the USA"
Washington, USA - The new operative priority for the defence of the US territory for the US Air Force's pilots
Stop the threat before it can hit the United States' territory: this is the new operative priority for the USA's armed forces, an effect following the events occurred on September 11, 2001 and that Pentagon... more
DefenseAustralian Defence Department has finance holes
Sydney, Australia - Auditor-General accuses it of book-keeping errors
Australian Defence Department has been accused recently, by the Auditor-General, of book-keeping errors, which would create really many difficulties to this ultimate to do its work, as it could not verify... more
HelicoptersCanada: the H-92 military helicopter has been selected
Ottawa, Canada - Renamed CH-148 Cyclone, it will be deployed for maritime multirole operations
Canada signed recently a contract with Sikorsky for the provision of several multirole helicopters to be destined to maritime operations. Canadian Government had at first opted for a suspension of the... more
Government actsItalian Parliamentary question: with reference to the Gulfstream deployed by Americans for the "torture travels"
Rome, Italy - By On. Delmastro (Alleanza Nazionale)
This Parliamentary question was addressed to Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fini, by On. Delmastro. International press released that a Gulfstream jet is being deployed by the United States to carry... more
AirlinesVolare Group (2): Ryanair to plan its expansion into Italian market
Milan, Italy - It will fly on nine of the eleven international routes before operated by failed airline
At press conference over Ryanair new routes, Deputy Chief Executive, Michael Cawley, announced expansion plans into the Italian market following the collapse of Italian low-cost Volare. Ryanair will now... more
Science and technologyCapodichino Airport (Naples): bomb-alarm which revelead to be groundless
Naples, Italy - Yesterday a phone call at the Police signaled a suspected car inside the parking space of the air station
A car, in particular a Bmw, and a phone call, effectuated yesterday at the Police, created some panic, which then revelead to be groundless, because of a possible bomb alarm, at Capodichino Airport (Naples).... more
Science and technologyA Pakistan man was stopped at a Romanian airport; he was transporting objects made by skin of protected animals
Rome, Italy - The man risks from a minimum of one till three months reclusion
A Pakistan man, who was transporting about 90 objects made by means of skin of protected animals,(according to Washington convention), was stopped yesterday at Fiumicino airport. The man, who resulted... more
Latest newsA plane of the Italian Air Force conducted yesterday Biraghi to Tallil (Iraq)
Nassiriya, Iraq - The head of the Italian Navy force, Admiral Sergio Biraghi visited the Italian contingent at Nassiriya
Sergio Biraghi, head of the Italian Navy force, landed on board of a C-130J aircraft of Italian Air Force, at Tallil; yesterday he visited the Italian contingent at Nassiriya. The Admiral was coming from... more
IndustryBoeing: airplane delivery to Malaysia Airlines marks milestone for Asia-Pacific Aviation
Washington, Usa - It's a model B-777/200ER with the EFB (Electronic Flight Bag)
Boeing yesterday delivered the first Malaysia Airlines System (MAS) 777-200ER (Extended Range) airplane incorporating the Class 3 Boeing Electronic Flight Bag (EFB), making the airline the first in the... more
Science and technologyIsrael bars Palestinians from using "Ben Gurion" Airport (2): during last intifada clearances reduced
Tel Aviv, Jerusalem - Only PNA's representatives allowed to use it for their travels abroad
Before the outbreak of the intifada in September 2000, thousands of Palestinians used to leave the country through the "Ben Gurion" Airport (see AVIONEWS). Yet with the deepening of the conflict, the Shin... more
Science and technologyA 79-year-old woman arrested: brings a gun on board plane
Tallahasse, Usa - Also seven bullets were in her baggage
A 79-year-old woman was arrested yesterday at Fort Lauderdale International Airport in Florida after screeners found a Colt Derringer gun and seven bullets in her bag. The old lady, who was leaving by... more
Press releaseENAC (2): the Authority suspended for a month Volare Group SpA carrier licenses
Rome, Italy - Licenses can be restored following an assessment of new possible financial and operating situation
"The Civil Aviation Authority, ENAC, reported that, following the assessment over financial and operating situation of Volare Group SpA under EU rules on the subject 2407/92, the Volare Airlines SpA and... more
CuriositiesSaudi Arabia to have its first woman pilot
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - The Captain Hindi first flight will be carried out by mid-2005
Saudi Arabia, a country where women are not allowed to drive, as from next year will have its first woman pilot who flies with the private fleet of 44-year-old billionaire Saudi Prince, Al-Walid bin Talal,... more
AirlinesVolare Group: license suspended pending commissioner
Milan, Italy - ENAC's President unveiled it
After the meeting held yesterday in Rome with Volare Group management, the Italian civil aviation authority, ENAC, reported that today would have been issued their decision on whether to withdraw the carrier... more
Press releaseENAC met yesterday Volare management to acquire elements to gauge license keeping
Rome, Italy - Italian Authority will decide today on it
"The Civil Aviation Authority, ENAC, met yesterday Volare SpA management in order to acquire all tools to gauge air transport keeping conditions, under the EU rules on the subject. ENAC has underlined... more
Civil aviationTaiwan: the USA prove doubtful about the possible Chinese attack against the island
Washington, USA - The Chinese armed forces' slow mobilization, the possible American intervention and the economic interests which link the two Asian countries would make the hypothesis of conflict an unlikely one
The United States pay quite attention to the difficult relations between China and Taiwan, in order to understand if a real possibility for a conflict in the near-term exists (see for details AVIONEWS).... more
AccidentsAerotaxi fell headlong in Chad: three Italians died
N'Djamena, Chad - The reasons for such accident occurred nearby the African state's capital last night are still unknown
Three Italian-natives died last night due to an air accident which involved an aerotaxi in Chad, nearby the capital of the African state, N'Djamena. The names of the three persons were anyway revealed:... more
PeopleAirbus A-350: new details on the rival of the Boeing 7E7
Toulouse, France - Some carriers would have already proven interested in such plane while Airbus asked for financial support by some European states
New details on the Airbus A-350 have recently been unveiled by the board of the group owned by EADS and BAe (see for details AVIONEWS). The aerospace company could officially show the programme next week,... more
Science and technologyIsrael bars Palestinians from using "Ben Gurion" Airport
Tel Aviv, Jerusalem - That is one of the most highly protected sites in the country
The Israeli Shin Bet security service would have barred Cis-Jordan and Gaza Strip Palestinians from using "Ben Gurion" International Airport, fearing terror attacks. It was revealed today on "Haaretz"... more
Latest newsGreece cancelled Eurofighter
Athens, Greece - Due the costs produced by Olympic Games but a new tender will be opened for various alternative solutions by 2005
Greece takes a remarkable step back on the Eurofighter programme. The previous order released to EADS for 60 new multirole medium-light interceptor fighters has been cancelled by Greek Government due to... more
AirlinesLan and Korean Air signed a commercial agreement
Santiago del Chile, Chile - It is an alliance which would see a growth in the connections between Latin America and South Korea
The Chilean airline, Lan, has signed yesterday, an agreement with the carrier Korean Air which would see a considerably growth in the connections between Latin America and South Korea (see AVIONEWS). The... more
DefenseEU rapid reaction battle groups: the leading roles of Germany and Sweden
Berlin, Germany - The two countries will take part to some of the new groups with command and coordination tasks
Germany, within the designing of the so called European rapid reaction battle groups (see for details AVIONEWS), intends to take part to some four among them by playing a major role in cooperation in particular... more
AirlinesAmerican Airlines postpones the delivery of aircraft expected from Boeing
New York, Usa - The operation would permit the carrier to defer more than USD 2 bn capital
American Airlines, announced that it will postpone the delivery of 54 of the 56 aircraft expected from the plane's industry Boeing: the measure would consent the carrier to postpone more than USD 2 bn... more
MiscellaneousState of emergency declared in Darfur
Khartoum, Sudan - The newspaper "Al Anbaa" unveiled it today
A state of emergency has been declared in North Darfur because of attacks by rebels in which many people have died. The newspaper "Al Anbaa" said it and unveiled that local governor, Osman Yusuf Kibir,... more
MiscellaneousMuifa's typhoon: 38 victims and 61 missing persons in the Philippines
Manila, Philippines - Because of the typhoon being such violent some air force helicopters could not take off
Padilla was given back, spokesman of the Philippines Air Force, has made an account of the catastrophe provoked by Muifa's typhoon in the country: 38 victims and 61 missing persons. This tragic result... more
MiscellaneousNepal: helicopters deployed by governmental troops against Maoist rebels
Kathmandu, Nepal - Figures related to casualties and injured persons provided by both the fighting sides appear quite clashing
Fierce struggles between Nepalese Governmental troops and Maoist forces in the Asian country started on last Saturday, struggles that would have produced several casualties and injured persons, whose figures... more
PeopleAirbus A-350: more expensive to make it more competitive
Toulouse, France - Investments for the programme would have risen for some EUR 500m for the production of a new wing
Airbus would be carrying on the programme named A-350, related to a new medium-range airliner capable to compete with the Boeing 7E7 Dreamliner in the international market properly (see for details AVIONEWS).... more
HelicoptersLockheed Martin starts updating the US Navy's MH-60s
Washington, USA - Interventions on the helicopters' avionics will enable them to operate in a modern network enabled setting
Lockheed Martin is attending, as the systems integrator, the updating of the US Navy Sikorsky MH-60R and MH-60S helicopters fleet. The main interventions on the vehicles would regard the FLIR (Forward... more
MiscellaneousAshdod: military helicopter find corpse of former Israeli Chief of Staff
Tel Aviv, Jerusalem - He is presumed slid down into the stormy sea
Rafael Eytan, former Israeli Chief of Staff and politician, at age of 75 years died in Ashdod, South to Tel Aviv, early today in a tragic circumstances. It seems Eytan slid down and drowned into the stormy... more
Latest newsUSA: competition for the new USAF's air tanker started
Washington, Usa - Boeing and EADS are likely to compete by respectively promoting the KC-767 Tanker and the A-330 MRTT
Pentagon decided to resort to a real competition for the provision to US Air Force of a new fleet of air tankers which can properly replace the current KC-135s. Despite the Tanker affair still represents... more
MiscellaneousIvory Coast: Gbagbo asks France to disarm rebels
Abidjan, Ivory Coast - After it destroyed Ivory's Air Force
Ivory Coast President, Laurent Gbagbo, asks France to disarm rebels holding the North of the country due to just Paris Aviation destroyed Ivory's Air Force. Gbagbo told Reuters agency in an interview that... more
Science and technologyBaghdad airport: it was discovered an hand made bomb on board of a scheduled plane
Baghdad, Iraq - The air station has just been opened, after its closing, for safety reasons, on November, 8, day which assisted to the start of the attack against Falluja
There were some second terror's time at Baghdad's airport yesterday: an hand made bomb was discovered on board of a scheduled plane. The only airlines operating at that airport are Iraqi Airways and Royal... more
AirlinesSpanair cuts most of its flights
Barcelona, Spain - Because of some pilots' strikes
Spanair, the Spain unit of the Scandinavian airline's Sas, cancelled 262 of its flights, related to the current week, because of a strike of its pilots. In particular the carrier cancelled 88 flights on... more
AirlinesAustrian Airlines cuts flights and increases fuel surcharges
Vienna, Austria - The carrier said it is due to a lower demand as well as to high fuel costs
Austrian Airlines announced, recently, that it planned in the fourth quarter a cut of some of its flights as well as an increase of the fuel surcharges: because of lower demand and high fuel costs. The... more
AirlinesAir Berlin would end 2004 with profit
Berlin, Germany - The carrier transported, during the first nine months of the current year, 36.5 per cent passenger more compared to the same period last year
The low-cost carrier, Air Berlin, announced that, in spite of the high fuel cost which undoubtful hurted its results, it would end 2004 with profit, in comparison with the loss in 2003. Joachim Hunold,... more
AirlinesIberia is planning to renovate its medium-range fleet
Barcelona, Spain - But it wants to end first the renovation of its long-range fleet expected by the end of 2005
The flag Spain airline, Iberia, seems to be planning as well the renovation of its medium-range fleet: it is what reported the journal "El Mundo", according to which, the carrier should already be in talks... more
AirlinesVolare Group (8): carrier asked ENAC to suspend no flying licence
Milan, Italy - Executive Deputy President Roberto Naldi reported it
"Company can continue to operate; it is necessary to ask ENAC to modified its own answer times to match that of Government that by next days will have to carry out the well known measures which would allow... more
AirlinesVolare Group (7): management to meet ENAC
Rome, Italy - Meanwhile consultants of auditing company were being questioned
The meeting between Italy’s civil aviation authority ENAC and the Volare’s management called for today at 4:00pm (see for details AVIONEWS). ENAC in order to safe carrier seems is avaible to wait some day... more
AirlinesThe Chile airline, Lan, intends to open new routes to Asia
Santiago del Chile, Chile - Because of the recent increase in commerce between Chile and above all China, Japan and South Korea
The Chile airline, Lan, which is one of the biggest carrier of Latin America, is seriously valuing to open new routes to Asia: at the origin of the new plan of the carrier there is a huge in the commercial... more
Civil aviationGreat Britain thwart September 11-style terror attacks
London, United Kingdom - "ITV News" reported it
British security services have thwarted an Al Qaeda September 11-style terror attacks on London. The British television network "ITV", quoting what it called a senior authoritative source, reported it.... more