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HelicoptersMarine One and PRV: two programmes for the US-101
Washington, USA - The showing of the special version of the EH-101 in the United States goes on with an extension of the promotional efforts
The promotion of the AgustaWestland EH-101 in the United States appears more and more increasing. While the helicopter company, together with Lockheed Martin, carries on the development of the US-101 devoted... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): Boeing and Embraer are still in the airline's future
Rome, Italy - The new business plan would already schedule purchases of new 767s, 777s and ERJ-170/190s
According to an Alitalia's spokesman, the new business plan of the carrier related to the 2005-2008 period, on which an agreement is being tried to achieve by the company together with the employees, would... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): additional redundancies reduction and the defence of Fiumicino's leading role
Rome, Italy - It is what Storace, Gasbarra, Veltroni and Canapini requested to carrier's President Cimoli
Alitalia's President, Giancarlo Cimoli, met the major representatives of the main Lazio's local governments directly involved by the carrier's crisis yesterday, when considering the remarkable number of... more
AirlinesAlitalia: the difficult talks with the flight assistants
Rome, Italy - A new meeting among the company and the unions starting at 10:00 am in order to achieve an agreement
Alitalia's board would have proven doubtful with reference to the proposal put forward by the trade unions' representatives of the flight assistants yesterday, regarding the hypothesis for a two-times... more
MiscellaneousAmerican air strikes on Falluja occurred last night
Falluja, Iraq - Several buildings went down, 16 died and 25 were wounded according to local health service sources
New air strikes by US Air Force were performed in Iraq last night. According to hospital's sources and some journalists there, Falluja city would have been involved by massive bombing operations which... more
IndustryL3 Communications Integrated Systems awarded of a over 13 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the C-9, C-20 and VC-25A aircraft
L3 Communications Integrated Systems, Greenville, Texas, is being awarded a $13,200,000 cost reimbursable contract modification. This contract is for one-year effort in support of the Mission Communication... more
DefenseItaly and Russia together against the terrorism coming from the sea
Catania, Italy – During the press conference aboard the "Mimbelli", the details of the first bilateral exercise
The bilateral Russian-Italian naval exercise called "Ioniex 2004" (see AVIONEWS) is going to finish on next September 20, as it is still undergoing in the Jonio Sea, started on last Monday (September 13).... more
CuriositiesParachute launch to celebrate the 93rd birthday
Washington, USA - The protagonist is a Virginia grandma, Bush father emulous
A Virginia old lady at her venerable age, has celebrated her 93 years launching herself by a parachute, emulous of the same enterprise carried out from the USA ex-president George Bush senior for his 80th... more
DefenseThe WIN-T programme granted to General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin
Washington, USA - An organic integrated communications system devoted to increase the network enabled capabilities of the troops on the ground
The US military programme named Warfighter Information Network Tactical (WIN-T) has with General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin its two major protagonists, according to what recently decided by the Pentagon.... more
AirlinesBA: on Monday September 27, the Italian staff strikes
Rome, Italy - A nine hours abstention from the job against the lacked contract renew
The British Airways Italy ground staff passenger service assigned and call-center employeers will intercross their arms in all the national air stations for 9 hours the next September 27. Strike from the... more
AirlinesBlue Panorama: breakdown for the Juventus B-737 that remains blocked at "Schiphol"
Amsterdam, Holland - Airplane comes blocked as a precaution before takeoff, left again after 2 hours towards Turin
The Blue Panorama private airline plane that yesterday evening had to bring back in Italy the Juventus Football Club players after the Champions League match, has forced the white-black team to return... more
AccidentsSaudi fighter crashed nearby oil wells
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - A F-15 Eagle would have fallen headlong on the ground in the North-East region of ther country
A Saudi Air Force's F-15 Eagle would have fallen headlong nearby the North-East oil-production area of Saudi Arabia today. Reasons for such accident would not be clear yet, whereas the airplane's pilot... more
DefenseThe Pentagon sends back the next space shield test
Washington, USA - The test costs about USD 100m, and will come sent back when the conditions render its execution possible
On Tuesday the Pentagon would have announced the dismissal of the next space anti-missile shield test that would have protect the USA from likely intercontinental attacks (see news AVIONEWS). Because of... more
Latest newsUS Air Force's dilemma for the air-refuelling: the KC-767 or the A-330 MRTT?
Washington, USA - Boeing and Eads accuse one another for the respective products' unsuitability to replace the KC-135s
Much uncertainty still exists in the United States with reference to the solution the Pentagon is going to decide to adopt, after the US Presidential election, regarding the exigencies related to the in-flight... more
IndustryUSA-EU: a fierce dispute on subsidies for the aerospace sector
Brussels, Belgium - The United States would have threatened to appeal to WTO in case a new agreement with the European Union is not achieved
The situation related to the debates between Boeing and Airbus on the problem regarding subsidies still proves a delicate one. The European Union had recently underlined that State support for the European... more
MiscellaneousAfghanistan: a school was hit by a rocket before the President's visit
Khabul, Afghanistan - Hamid Karzai was about to land aboard a Chinook helicopter at the closer military air station
Afghan temporary President Hamid Karzai, during one of its unusual official visits - as he lives under remarkable security measures and hardly decides to go far from Khabul headquarter - had scheduled... more
AirlinesSN Brussels Airlines and Virgin Express towards the fusion
Brussels, Belgium - There's already the consent of the SN Airholding Board, society that would have to control the new union
By an official notice diffused today we hear that soon SN Brussels Airlines and Virgin Express, the Richard Branson airline, could join under the SN Airholding control, society that has the majority package... more
Civil defenseUS Air Force awards the Predator
Washington, USA - An official prize for General Atomics thanks to the operative contribution ensured by the well known UAV
General Atomics can certainly feel proud for the recent prize awarded by US Air Force, for what has been possible to achieve so far in terms of operative results by the deployment of the remote-controlled... more
IndustryHamilton Sundstrand: the innovative contribution provided for the 7E7 Dreamliner programme
Washington, USA - Several systems have been produced by this company on the behalf of Boeing as destinated to the new airliner
The contribution provided by Hamilton Sundstrand's know-how for the production of the new Boeing's medium-range airliner, the 7E7 Dreamliner, appears more and more a significant one, when considering then... more
IndustryBoeing World Air Cargo Forecast predicts robust 20-year growth in the field
Bilbao, Spain - At an average annual rate of 6.2 percent
The Boeing Company said that world air cargo growth should expand at an average annual rate of 6.2 percent during the next two decades, with overall traffic tripling from current levels. The information... more
CuriositiesAirplane forced an emergency landing for a Bush-Kerry argument
Winnipeg, Canada - He's Democratic, she's Republican: at airport arrive the man was been handcuffed
It seems yesterday an airplane has been forced to an emergency landing because of an argument aboard between a Republican supporter and a most faithful Democratic. It's what happened on a Northwest Airlines... more
IndustryFinmeccanica: Atitech and Finmeccanica 2 programmes still to be designed
Rome, Italy - The holding's representatives would have put into evidence how nothing had been decided yet with reference to purchases and unions
Several industrial efforts involving the Finmeccanica group exist in this period. Two appear relevant in particular among them within the Italian holding's growth strategy, although in certain cases one... more
Civil aviationUSA: a flight controllers computer breakdown puts to risk the traffic
Los Angeles, USA - Avoided a collision among 5 airplanes and hundred of flights cancelled
One of the Americans flight controllers unions has reported that on Tuesday evening at 8:00pm in the California skies, it has risked an incident among 5 aircraft, to cause it seems a computer system breakdown... more
AccidentsAlbanian military aircraft fell headlong
Tirana, Albania - A powerplant failure while taking off would have produced a sudden fall of thrust and its crash would have killed its pilot
An Albanian Air Force's Mig-19 Farmer fighter would have fallen this morning immediately after its takeoff from the capital's international airport, in Tirana. It seems that the airplane (in the Chinese-made... more
AirlinesBA: the flights from Heathrow diminish in order to improve the service quality
London , United Kingdom - It will be abolished only the "high frequency" European and long distance routes
In the next months British Airways could abolish 966 flights at Heathrow airport, as the continental routes as those long-haul. Currently at London air station, BA operates 41.000 flights, and yesterday... more
AirlinesVolare Group: crisis effect in the Varese's territory
Varese, Italy - After Azzurra Air and Alitalia, Volare's difficulties risks to seriously jeopardize the employment stability in this area
The serious situation recently occurred for Volare Group, which led its President Fossa to resign (see for details AVIONEWS), seems to affect the Varese’s territory in a relevant manner. Volare’s crisis can... more
HelicoptersCae: upgrade for the Dutch Lynx choppers' flight and mission simulators
Amsterdam, Holland - Interventions scheduled for Navy's helicopters have also been designed for Germany, Denmark and Norway
CAE, a worldwide leader in the production of helicopter flight simulators, is going to provide Dutch Navy with an important upgrade for the AgustaWestland Lynx helicopters' flight and mission simulators.... more
DefenseEads and Raytheon together to face the ballistic missiles threat
Paris, France - An important cooperation agreement was signed between the two aerospace groups for a common defensive system
European aerospace group EADS recently achieved with US Raytheon an important cooperation agreement in the anti-missile defence systems sector. The increasing threat represented by the ballistic missiles... more
Weather forecastsAeromart 2004: Varese Province's aerospace industry attending
Toulouse, France - The show occurring in December to be involved by a massive promotional effort by major and small Italian companies
Aeromart 2004, the show dedicated to the aerospace industry sector scheduled at the end of this year (December 1-2) in France, Toulouse, will be involved by a massive participation by the major Italian... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Cimoli to meet Lazio' local governments representatives
Rome, Italy - Storace, Gasbarra, Veltroni and Canapini want to fully understand the redundancies situation in the related territories
The meeting among Alitalia's President Cimoli and the major representatives of Lazio's local governments is going to occur today, interested in verify the carrier's crisis condition concerning employees.... more
AirlinesAlitalia: the company and the ground personnel achieved a deal
Rome, Italy - Saving for EUR 150m by 2008 while redundancies fall 3500 to 2500
Finally, an agreement among Alitalia's board and the trade unions' representatives for the ground personnel was achieved last night. A new important leap forward towards the general deal on the new business... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft Corp. awarded of a near 8 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the UH-60 helicopter
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on Sept. 10, 2004, a delivery order amount of $7,873,632 as part of a $7,873,632 firm-fixed-price contract for overhaul, repair, and modification... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft Corp. awarded of a over 17 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the UH-60 aircraft
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on Sept. 10, 2004, a delivery order amount of $17,417,120 as part of a $17,417,120 firm-fixed-price contract for overhaul, repair, and modification... more
Civil aviationA man takes off from Afghanistan and arrives by airplane to NY with a full weapon baggage
New York, USA - At JFK airport he was arrested: he's a DynCorp security agency doctor
A United Arab Emirates doctor of DynCorp Security Agency (society working for the Pentagon in Afghanistan and Iraq), would be successful to make entering at New York "JFK" airport a paraphernalia composed... more
AerospaceISS: perhaps the crew change previewed in October 9, will come postponed
Washington, USA - Breakdown in the Soyuz-Tma5 shuttle could extend for some day the stay of the ninth shipment
The Soyuz-Tma5 space shuttle with the tenth shipment of the International Space Station (ISS) new crew had to be launched the next October 9. But a Russian Space Agency spokesman has illustrated the possibility... more
AirlinesAlitalia (5): Spinetta proves confident on the balance relation of the Italian carrier with Air France within SkyTeam
Paris, France - According to French airline's President, the future will produce a positive cooperation with Alitalia
"Rome was not built in a day, so the strategic alliances among the airlines cannot change immediately". This was recently stated by Air France’s President, Jean-Cyril Spinetta,with reference to Alitalia’s sit... more
AccidentsIgor Levitin confirms: the two Russian Tupolevs exploded due to an attempt (2). The identities of the two female-terrorists has been confirmed
Moscow, Russia - One among the two women payed a Sibir's employee to avoid airport checks
Their names were Aminat Nagaieva and Zatsita Dzhebirkhanova, as the two Checen women who on last August 24 made, almost at the same time, the Sibir Air Lines Tu-154 and the Tu-134 Volga-Air explode. Both... more
AirlinesSingapore Airlines: the newness in Autumn of the Asian carrier
Rome, Italy - After a Winter and a Summer of success
"Singapore Airlines, after a Winter of success and good premises, has lived a Summer of newness, while other ones it announces for the Autumn-Winter 2004-2005. For a renewal of the fleet and for the general... more
AirlinesEuropean airlines will reduce the capacity of routes leaving from Israel?
Tel Aviv, Israel - The carriers appealed to Supreme Court, that October 28 will decide about it
Israeli Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) yesterday would have expressed confidence in the fact that soon will come resolved the small dispute that sees some European airlines against the Israeli demand... more
HelicoptersThe Pope in helicopter in order to avoid the Roman traffic (2): SH-3D/TS' specifications
Rome, Italy - Historical details and vehicle's tasks
Manufactured by Agusta and licensed by Sikorsky, the S-61D helicopter represents the civil version of the military SH-3D "Sea King", a successful vehicle used most of all for antisom purposes and rescue.... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4). Maroni: Italian Government is ready to provide social safety valves
Rome, Italy - But it is necessary a trade union agreement for the first step
Italian Welfare Minister, Roberto Maroni, would have recently stated, due to a Chamber's interrogation, that Italian Government would be ready to provide social safety valves even for the air transport... more
AccidentsIgor Levitin confirms: the two Russian Tupolev pulled down for an attack
Moscow, Russia - The governmental commission for inquiry has definitively established it
The Russian Minister for the Transports, Igor Levitin, illustrating today in conference-prints turns out of the governmental commission of inquiry jobs, has definitively ended the contrasting news rebound... more
HelicoptersThe Pope in helicopter in order to avoid the Roman traffic
Rome, Italy - The Pope transferred this morning from Castel Gandolfo to Vatican for the Wednesday general audience
Giovanni Paolo II has arrived in Vatican in helicopter this morning: it did not happen since two years, during which the Pope has always used car to move from the summery residence of Castel Gandolfo to... more
Civil aviationPadua Military Court: sites and naval units at amianthus rusk under investigation
Padua, Italy - The crime hypotheses would currently be the ones of avoided implementation order and negligent murder
Several military sites and vehicles would be considered as potentially dangerous for the Italian soldiers' health, according to Padua Military Court, and so considered as necessarily to be subjected to... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Airbus model A-330 and model A-340/200 and -300 series airplanes (2004-18-14)
Usa - To prevent uncommanded movement of a spoiler during flight, which could result in reduced controllability of the airplane and consequent significant increased fuel consumption during flight, which could necessitate an in-flight turn-back or diversi
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Federal Register Information [Federal Register: September 14, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 177)] [Page 55326-55329] Header Information Header... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 777 series airplanes
Usa - To prevent a possible source of ignition in a flammable leakage zone, which could result in an undetected and uncontrollable fire in the wheel well or wing trailing edge, and a possible fuel tank explosion
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Federal Register Information [Federal Register: September 14, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 177)] [Page 55320-55321] Header Information Header... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Airbus model A-300 B2 and B4 series airplanes; and model A-300 B4-601, B4-603, B4-605R, B4-620, B4-622R, C4- 605R Variant F, and F4-605R airplanes (2004-18-13)
Usa - To detect and correct cracking of the gantry lower flanges in the MLG bay area, which could result in decompression of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Federal Register Information [Federal Register: September 14, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 177)] [Page 55329-55332] Header Information Header... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on DG Flugzeugbau GmbH, model DG-500MB sailplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent failure of the Warner LA10 spindle drive, which could result in failure of the engine pylon extension/retraction mechanism
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Federal Register Information [Federal Register: September 14, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 177)] [Page 55321-55323] Header Information Header... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on McDonnell Douglas model DC-10-10, DC- 10-10F, DC-10-15, DC-10-30, DC-10-30F, DC-10-30F, DC-10-40, DC-10-40F, MD-10-10F, and MD-10-30F airplanes
Usa - To prevent chafing of the wire bundle located behind the flight engineer's panel caused by the wire bundle coming in contact with the lower edge of the feed-through, and consequent electrical arcing, which could result in smoke and fire in the cock
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: September 14, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 177)] [Page 55323-55326] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
AerospaceAerospace engineering graduating are working on the new Unisat-4
Rome, Italy - The students will participate to all space mission stages: from the plan to the satellite launch until the orbital data management
In December 2005 it will come launched the Unisat-4, the new plan of micro-satellite that the students of the aerospace engineering faculty of "La Sapienza" University in Rome will elaborate in the next... more