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AirportsReviews: "Sintesi di Diritto Aereo"
Rome, Italy - The foundations of Aviation Law concentrated in a book dedicated both to study and to a first overture on such matter
"Sintesi di Diritto Aereo", (An Aviation Law Summary) Valeria Napoleone IBN Editore, 2004, 130 pages, EUR 9,50 Valeria Napoleone succeeded in concentrate the foundations of the Aviation Law in just... more
AirlinesUs Airways: Ceo gives a good example and matches his wage
Washington, USA - Previewed new cuts to management and non-union jobs
After the agreement with pilots about the work contract (see for details AVIONEWS), US Airways would eliminate hundreds of management and non-union jobs, and impose further wage cuts in order to save more... more
IndustryBoeing: a noble industry
New York, Usa - Its employees played an important rule to assist the areas hardest hit by the recent American hurricanes
It seems that The Employees Community Fund of The Boeing Company (ECF) is the world's largest employee-directed charitable organization of its kind. Tony Bailey, Vice-President of Boeing's Community and... more
AerospaceIss: there is a delay for the departure of the 10th International space mission
Moscow, Russia - Because of some technical inconvenient the space shuttle shot Soyuz-Tma5 has got a five days's delay
It seems official the new that Yuri Shargin, pilot of the space shuttle shot Soyuz-Tma5 would guide the October 14, the Russian spaceman Salizhan Sharipov and the American Leroy Chiao to embark on the... more
MiscellaneousThe B-747 Singapore Airlines left again to New York: no bomb aboard
London, United Kingdom - Alarm had been launched by a call to the German Police
It left again to New York the B-747 Singapore Airlines that yesterday was diverted at 11:00am local hour to Manchester Airport, after it took off from Frankfurt (see for details AVIONEWS): a call to German... more
AccidentsNew Mexico: two mortal incidents during week end
Santa Fe, USA - In both crashes the pilots died
Two mortal incidents the last week end in New Mexico (USA): a single-engine Cessna would be crashed at Luna Sunday, killing the only passenger on board, an Arizona man. While investigators were still trying... more
AccidentsFound wreckage of a plane in Mississippi: maybe on board there was a family on the run from Ivan
Jackson, Usa - Aircraft is registered in the name of a man which with his wife and sons would be disappeared since September 15
Yesterday in Mississippi have been found some bodies amid the wreckage of a small private plane near Magee, in the Simpson County. Authorities believe aircraft has crashed in a wooded area the last September... more
HelicoptersEurocopter EC-120 for the protection of US borders
Washington, USA - More than 55 helicopters to be manufactured in the United States by American Eurocopter with a USD 75m contract
US Department of Homeland Security selected the EC-120 Colibri as the new helicopter destined to the patrolling of the United States' borders. Eurocopter reveals the sign of a USD 75m contract, with an... more
IndustryBoeing projects new airplanes in Ireland
Dublin, Ireland - For more than 300 aircraft and its worth of USD 22bn for the next 20 years
Ireland will require more than 300 new airplanes worth USD 22bn over the next 20 years, according to The Boeing Company’s annual forecast for the commercial airplane market. Single-aisle airplanes l... more
Civil aviationSecurity and electoral campaign: the mysterious aspects of USA's anti-terrorism enlightened on the eve of the Presidential election
Washington, USA - Old and new matters on ther air transport security draw the US population's attention
Right during the electoral campaign in the United States, one among the most delicate themes is surely the one of security, most of all when the political rivals find a way for weakening US Government... more
IndustryFinmeccanica: investments have been performed by steady financial bases
Rome, Italy - It would have been pointed out by the group's representatives with reference to the purchases and alliances under development
Finmeccanica's President and CEO, Pierfrancesco Guarguaglini, recently commented about the matter regarding the group's development, by putting into evidence how a clear decision on Finmeccanica 2 is going... more
AccidentsCessna crashes in Columbia: dead six persons
Medellin, Columbia - It seems that pilot has had to change course due the bad weather
A twin-engined Cessna, registered HK-3105, would have crashed yesterday near Medellin, in the North-West Columbia, after it took off from the "Jose Maria Cordoba" Airport at Rionegro, destined to Murindò... more
IndustryRaytheon Space & Airborne Systems awarded of a near 6 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18 aircraft
Raytheon Space & Airborne Systems, El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $5,901,012 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously awarded Basic Ordering Agreement (N00383-04-G-001H) for 18 AN/APG-73... more
IndustryThe Boeing Co. awarded of a near 6 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the E-4B aircraft
The Boeing Co., Wichita, Kan., is being awarded a $5,900,000 cost-plus fixed-fee contract modification to provide for Solaris 2.6 Beta 1 Correction for E-4B Aircraft 73-1677. At this time $1,974,815 of... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas Corp. awarded of a over 18 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the B-1B aircraft
McDonnell Douglas Corp., Long Beach, Calif.,is being awarded a $18,086,734 firm -fixed price contract to provide for Overhaul of nine different types of servocylinders used on the B-1B aircraft. No funds... more
AirlinesAlitalia: a meeting at Palazzo Chigi to be held on the social safety valves at 05:00 pm today
Rome, Italy - Italian Government, the airline and the unions prove firm to solve the problem definitively
Italian trade unions' sources would have revealed that the meeting with Italian Government and the Alitalia's board regarding the redundancies and the social safety valves is going to occur at Palazzo... more
DefenseAn ambitious plan to La Spezia
La Spezia, Italy - In the Ligurian city would take place a seminary on the Italian military force evolution in relation to its area
The object of the seminary's discussion seems to be the one to study a strong strategy in order to redraw the arsenal of La Spezia and to transform it into "an excellent technological and industrial pole... more
Civil defenseNorthrop Grumman and Raytheon awarded with the contract for the new radar destined to the US Army's UAVs
Washington, USA - The AACER system to ensure a significant increase in the monitoring and target tracking capabilities
DARPA (Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency), the US authority which attends to the development of the most advanced military programmes in the United States, would have awarded Northrop Grumman and... more
SecurityToday the second launch of the SpaceShipOne (2): mission accomplished
Los Angeles, Usa - Paul Allen will cash USD 10m for the space tourism
Also accomplished the second attempt on the first private space team in the history: the SpaceShipOne has remarkable gone over the 100 km height barrier (see news AVIONEWS). The billionaire Paul Allen... more
AirlinesAs Ryanair company's spokesman asserted the airline has some difficulties because of the fuel rises
Dublin, Ireland - The latest surge in oil prices put Ryanair in a painful situation
Joe Gill, head of institutional equity research at Goodbody Stockbrokers in Dublin, personally claimed "It is a painful situation for Ryanair but it’s not a business buster", emphasizing that although s... more
Science and technologyZurich-Kloten: few delays despite the new rules
Zurich, Switzerland - The society that manages air station enrolled additional staff to avoid discomforts to travellers
The "Unique", Zurich-Kloten airport management society, reported that in this week end there was no delays, as it feared after the new security rules gone into effect on Saturday, October 2 (see news AVIONEWS):... more
IndustryWTO. The war on subsidies between Airbus and Boeing could be fought in this battlefield (3): EU proves calm even in case of a US appeal
Brussels, Belgium - It would have ben underlined by the new European Commissioner for Trade, Peter Mandelson
European Commission would not appear excessively worried about the threats put forward by Washington regarding the matter of subsidies destined to the aerospace industry. The hypothesis of an appeal to... more
IndustryBoeing: deliveries in the third quarter in 2004
Washington, USA - The 737 and the F/A-18 as the most successful products of the US group
The US aerospace and defence leading company Boeing has unveiled the data regarding the deliveries of both civil and military aircraft during the third quarter in 2004. As far as it is concerned with the... more
Science and technology"Riviera del corallo" Alghero Airport: September positive, the one million passenger record is closer
Alghero, Italy - Above all thanks to the Irish airline Ryanair
The Italian Alghero Airport "Riviera del Corallo", in September would have recorded a passenger increase equal to 100.000 unit, and the one million passenger in a year record is closer. Above all thanks... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): talks on the social safety valves have been postponed till tomorrow
Rome, Italy - State could be forced to afford costs for some EUR 326m for the national carrier's redundancies
The meeting occurred today at the Italian Welfare Ministry among Italian Government, the trade unions and the Alitalia's board and ended early in the afternoon would not have produced no relevant results,... more
Latest newsA merger between MIG and Irkut?
Moscow, Russia - Russian Government would be seriously thinking about the opportunity for performing such solution
A merger between MIG and Irkut: this is the latest relevant thought by Russian Government with reference to the future of the country's aerospace industry. The two companies would be able to put together... more
Press releaseSab: tomorrow the new direct flight Bologna-Kiev starts
Bologna, Italy - Those with Milan-Malpensa stopover took off on Friday instead
An other international link for the Bologna Airport. Tomorrow in fact the new direct flight Bologna-Kiev will start, by the Italian Blue Panorama Airlines Boeing 737-400 with 167 seats. From the last Friday... more
IndustryFinmeccanica. An exponential growth by 2006 (2): "cooperating simultaneously with Boeing and Airbus is difficult but possible"
Rome, Italy - It would have been underlined by CEO Guarguaglini
Finmeccanica’s CEO, Pierfrancesco Guarguaglini, underlined recently the importance of the presence of the Italian group in the world. According to Finmeccanica’s CEO in fact, it is certainly true that it... more
Civil defenseUS Predator crash in Pakistan near a military base
Multan, Pakistan - No victims nor damage at Jacobajad
A Predator, an American spy UAV, would have crashed near the military base at Jacobajad, in the South Pakistan, returning from a mission in Afghanistan. It occurred yesterday at 9:45am: fortunately there... more
IndustryWTO. The war on subsidies between Airbus and Boeing could be fought in this battlefield (2): risks for both the protagonists
Brussels, Belgium - EU Commission would have confirmed that both European Union and the USA would risk a condemnation by the WTO
European Commission would have commented again today about ther matter related to the mutual accuses for subsidies that Airbus and Boeing exchanged during the last months. According to some rumors then... more
Latest newsJAS-39 Gripen: an increasing interest for the SAAB/BAe fighter in Eastern Europe
Budapest, Hungary - The assembly of the first aircraft for the Hungarian Air Force has started while Bulgaria signs a cooperation deal
The assembly of the first SAAB/British Aerospace JAS-39 Gripen multirole fourth generation light fighter destined to Hungarian Air Force has started. This stage before the tests should last for about four... more
AirlinesUS Airways: reached the agreement with pilots
Washington, USA - The wage reduction will bring USD 300m for the carrier
The US Airways would have reached the agreement with pilots for the new labor contract which includes wage cuts and benefit reduction (see news AVIONEWS): thanks to the ok from unions, airline can save... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Airbus model A-320 series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct fatigue cracking in certain areas of the rear spar of the wing, which may lead to reduced structural integrity of the wing and the main landing gear (MLG)
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 1, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 190)] [Page 58828-58830] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
SecurityFalse bomb-alert: Singapore Airlines plane diverted
London, United Kingdom - It landed to the Manchester Airport
A Frankfurt-New York flight of the Singapore Airlines was diverted in England to Manchester Airport, after a bomb-alert. The plane would have carried out an emergency landing without problems at 11:00am,... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6B-36A and PT6B-36B turboshaft engines (2004-20-04)
Washington, Usa - To prevent uncontained failure of the compressor rear hub and damage to the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 1, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 190)] [Page 58824-58826] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Pratt & Whitney Canada models PW-123, PW-123B, PW-123C, PW-123D, PW-123E, PW-123AF, PW-124B, PW-125B, PW-126A, PW-127, PW-127E, PW-127F, and PW-127G turboprop engines (2004-20-01)
Washington, Usa - To prevent loss of throttle response and overspeed, resulting in engine in-flight shutdown
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 1, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 190)] [Page 58826-58828] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
IndustryFinmeccanica: an exponential growth by 2006
Rome, Italy - It would be indicated by the group's forecasts by considering the purchases and deals which could be achieved by this year
Finmeccanica's CEO, Pierfrancesco Guarguaglini, would have commented recently about the volume of business the group intends to reach by the next two years. The company would appear able to forecast a... more
Science and technologyA new Weather Reconnaissance radar destined to the C-130J
Washington, USA - It will be employed to analyse the evolution of phenomena such as hurricanes just from within their eye
US Air Force Reserve would have recently started to test a new radar dedicated to Weather Reconnaissance, and mounted aboard a specific version of the Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules. The major purpose... more
AirlinesAir France: the winter good intentions
Paris, France - The French carrier offer wil increase by 3 per cent
Air France has communicated the airline winter schedule, from which it can be inferred that the new integration with KLM allow two brands to offer a global network of 225 destinations in 130 countries.... more
IndustryBoeing: Ryanair celebrated the delivery of Next Generation 737 with new paint design
Seattle, Usa - Last Friday
Ryanair Chief Executive, Michael O'Leary, last Friday in Seattle took delivery from Boeing of two Next-Generation 737-800 airplanes, one with Boeing's distinctive blue commercial airplanes paint design.... more
IndustryWTO: the war on subsidies between Airbus and Boeing could be fought in this battlefield
Brussels, Belgium - The European aerospace group would be ready to fight by appealing to the Organization in case a similar initiative by the USA occurs
The struggle between the United States and European Union seems to become more and more hard with reference to the matter concerning the subsidies destined to aerospace industry (see for details AVIONEWS).... more
ReportV-22 Osprey: first positive considerations by the Marine Corps
Miramar Air Base, USA - Pilots prove enthusiastic about the vehicle's performance, as it is destined to replace the CH-46s and the CH-53s
The showing of the V-22 Osprey military tilt-rotor to the Marine Corps goes on in the United States. After the beginning of the first operative tests for the vehicle (see for details AVIONEWS), also the... more
HelicoptersLondon Metropolitan Police: new helicopters in order to replace the Ecureuils
London, UK - Various Eurocopter, Agusta and MD-made aircraft could be currently under the experts' scrutiny
Metropolitan Police operating in London would be thinking of replacing three Eurocopter AS-355N Ecureuil helicopters, and several options would be currently under scrutiny, although no official specific... more
Weather forecastsAir shows and exhibitions in the first week of October 2004
Rome, Italy - From today, Monday 4 to Sunday 10
Monday 04 - Aerobatics - 2004 New South Wales State Championships. Temora Airport, New South Wales, Australia. + 61 (0)2 9898 7738 www.aerobaticsaustralia.com.au - Paragliding - 2004 Killarney Classic.... more
AerospaceToday the second launch of the SpaceShipOne
Los Angeles, USA - Everything is ready in the Mojave desert
Everything is ready to repeat the enterprise succeed on September 29 (see news AVIONEWS): today it’s previewed the second launch of the SpaceShipOne, which will have to overreach again the 100 km height, w... more
Weather forecastsOther air shows and exhibitions in October 2004
Rome, Italy -
AIRLINES DISPATCHERS FEDERATION SYMPOSIUM …Oct 3-5, Texas Station Gambling Hall and Hotel, Las Vegas, Nev. Info: (888) 476-8706; www.dispatcher.org. INTERNATIONAL HELI TRADE SHOW…Oct. 5-7, Geneva Pal... more
MiscellaneousThirty fishing boats stop the "Destined Glory 2004" exercise
Cagliari, Italy - The local fishermen's protest against the impossibility of using the sea area involved by the military activities
The NATO’s exercise named "Destined Glory 2004", which is scheduled to go on in the southern area of Sardinia (Italy) till October 16 (see for details AVIONEWS), has been suspended for today. A group o... more
MiscellaneousDouble American air strike on Falluja
Falluja, Iraq - Two buildings were hit at dawn: killing 9 and wounding 14, according to local hospital sources
US Air Force's fighter-bombers hit the Iraqi city of Falluja two times this morning at dawn. During the two strikes some 9 persons would have been killed and 14 would have been injured, according to what... more
HelicoptersEurocopter: 100 new jobs in the USA
Washington, USA - A USD 28m worth contract increases the presence of the helicopter group furtherly in the country
Eurocopter performs an important leap forward for the reinforcement of its commercial role in the United States. The helicopter group owned by EADS would have in fact succeeded in achieving the sign of... more
IndustryTanker affair: nine months in prison for Darleen Druyun
Washington, USA - The US leading aerospace company's employee was considered responsible of conspiracy
A rigid sentence for Darleen Druyun, a former employee of Boeing responsible for the provision of industrial top secret data. Druyun would have in fact sentenced to nine months in prison, with the addition... more