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Civil aviationNuclear wastes in the depths
Rome, Italy - A US report would reveal several air accidents in which many atomic bombs had been lost
Italian Green Party's national executive coordinator, Angelo Bonelli, has made know a report related to a survey carried out by the Center for Defence Information. Such study would have put into evidence... more
Civil aviationSouthwest Airlines flight is evacuated over bomb note
St. Louis, USA – An hoaxer but a threatining note on an in-flight magazine
The 121 passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight from Lambert Field to Orlando, were evacuated early Friday after a passenger found a reference to a bomb scrawled on an in-flight magazine. No explosives... more
Science and technologyItaly for the rebuilding of Iraqi airports
Rome, Italy - Two contracts have already been published on Enac's web site
Italian Government intends to perform an important role regarding infrastructures and related services reconstruction in Iraq. With reference to such purpose, ENAC (Civil Aviation National Agency) and... more
Science and technologyInstrumental landing for Zurich-Kloten Airport by October 2005
Zurich, Switzerland - Airplanes will be able to land with real all-weather capabilities
By October 2005, Zurich-Kloten Airport will be provided with an ILS (Instrumental Landing System) apparatus. Approval by UFAC (Ufficio Federale dell’Aviazione Civile/Civil Aviation Federal Office) gets a... more
IndustryEads at the top for selling by 2007
Paris, France - It is the major goal of such European group
The Eads European group appears firmly willing to achieve the top for producing and exporting aviation products at a worldwide level by 2007. It is what analysts and CEO, Rainer Hertrich, reveal. The goal... more
Press releaseAlitalia (2): all AN Party in defense of national carrier
Rome, Italy - Press-conference of AN in the provincial office located in Via Po 44, Rome
AN (member of the Italian center-right governmental coalition) calls for a press-conference about Alitalia issue, on April 26th Monday at 1:00pm. The meeting with the press will be held in Roman federation... more
Science and technologyDuty free services have been extended for Italian national airports
Rome, Italy - Tourism as an impulse for such provision
Customs Office has decided to extend ruling related to Circular 44/D, with reference to tax exemption for purchases in the large hubs, also to national air stations which simply provide routes for Schengen... more
HelicoptersInvestigation on Menatep administrator’s helicopter explosion
London, UK – Suspicious coincidences resulting to Briton investigators
A UK police investigation should be in progress to determine air crash causes, where attorney and administrator of Menatep company, Stephen Curtis died. He managed Menatep, that even holds control of oil... more
AirlinesBritish Airways' employees fear job cuts
London, UK - However, this carrier firmly gives the lie to such hypothesis
British Airways is trying to significantly lower its own management costs and this fact has scarred the trade unions which have immediately hypothesized the possibility of new job cuts, even if some rumors... more
AerospaceXCOR gets FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) license to fly
Phoenix, USA – The launch license is for a technology test vehicle
Friday the 23rd, XCOR Aerospace company located in Mojave, California, announced it has received a Reusable Launch Vehicle mission license from the U.S. FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation. T... more
Civil aviationChina: new control activities in the country's airports after the two new SARS cases
Beijing, China - According to WHO this state is more prepared to face such problem today
After the confirmation of two new Sars cases in China (even if during last days other three new cases have been added), Beijing Government has immediately given instructions for facing the possibility... more
DefenseThe US Air Force is in the process of consolidating its operations in Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq – An operational transfer to Balad base has been foreseen
Operations at Baghdad international airport and Tallil air base will ultimately be transferred to Balad, northwest of Baghdad. When complete, Balad will be the primary location for air force activities... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Rome and Naples' employees protesting
Rome, Italy - Negotiations have started again at 10:30am
As a consequence of the new industrial plan shown by Alitalia’s representatives last week and based on some 1100 redundancies (see for details AVIONEWS), trade unions which defend carrier’s employees at... more
DefenseIntegrated testing of first airborne ray gun completed
Sunnyvale, Usa – The system will be housed in a rotating 1.5 meter telescope
Lockheed Martin has completed factory testing of the optical benches for the airborne laser’s beam control/fire control system. The airborne laser (ABL) is the first megawatt-class laser weapon system t... more
AccidentsA small tourism airplane crashed in Germany
Altheim, Germany - It fell headlong on the ground not far from an amusement park
A small tourism airplane with three persons on board fell headlong nearby Altheim, in the Baden-Wurtemberg, yesterday afternoon crashing on the ground. This aircraft fell on a street not so far from an... more
Science and technologyGermany and Switzerland towards an agreement for Zurich Airport
Berlin, Germany - These two countries could share noise pollution for such air station
German Chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, has recently met Swiss Confederation President, Joseph Deiss, in Berlin. During this meeting, a particular importance has been recognized for air transport, and the... more
Weather forecastsAir shows and exhibitions in April 2004
Rome, Italy -
PROP SEMINAR SERIES… April 30-May 1, Renaissance Orlando Resort at Sea World, Orlando, Fla.; May 14-15, Scottsdale Plaza Resort, Scottsdale, Ariz. Info: (915) 486-9113; www.turbineair.com. RAA C... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas Corp. awarded of a near 8 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18E/F aircraft
McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo. is being awarded a $7,821,584 firm-fixed-priced order against a previously awarded Basic Ordering Agreement (N00019-03-G-0009)... more
IndustryMOOG Aircraft Group awarded of a near 6 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the C-5 aircraft
MOOG Aircraft Group, Salt Lake City, Utah, is being awarded a $5,930,000 firm fixed price contract modification for Gearboxes applicable to the C-5 Aircraft. Location of performance is MOOG Aircraft Group,... more
Sport aviationA whirlwind hit Spring Meeting
Castiglione del Lago, Italy - Five airplanes and a microlight have been damaged
A whirlwind hit Castiglione del Lago old airport, in Umbria, at 11:00pm on last April 24. Such weather event has caused several damages to mobile infrastructures prepared for the great "Spring Meeting"... more
AccidentsThe Aero Club of Gorizia denies any responsability on plane crash
Gorizia, Italy – The club didn’t deliver any aerotaxi service
The Aeroclub Giuliano of Gorizia Mr. Giovanni De Palo, denies that the P66 Charlie airplane lifted from the giulian chieftown and crashed close to Enago (Trento), where three persons have lost their life,... more
Science and technologyUS Navy and Saratov for a new aviation programme
Moscow, Russia - The EKIP could be subsidized be US Navy for firefighting missions
US Navy would be willing to subsidize a Russian programme belonging to Saratov company. It deals with the EKIP (a Russian acronym for ecology and progress), an aircraft with a structure which appears very... more
Latest newsSupersonic flights less thunderous
Edwards, USA – They are working on sharing existing planes
The trouble of supersonic flight has ever been the sonic boom heard when a vehicle flies faster than the speed of sound about 1220 kilometres/hr. While from the civil point of view commercial supersonic... more
Weather forecastsSunday meeting of helicopters at Terni
Terni, Italy – Will be presented even the new EC-135
Next Sunday 25th of April the Aeroclub of Terni in collaboration with Terni municipality and under the coordination of commander Amilcare Pulicani operator of the avio-surface "Leonardi" in Terni, has... more
AirlinesAlitalia (6): Lazio Region President Storace's comment
Rome, Italy - It is relevant to bear in mind employees' exigencies
Also Lazio Region President, Francesco Storace, has commented today Alitalia matter concerning Government meeting of this morning. Storace has maintained that, even if he does not know meeting's contents,... more
AirlinesAlitalia (5): EU's recommendations for Italian Government and Minister for EU Policies Buttiglione's opinion
Rome, Italy - No state aids by Government but it is important the cooperation by regions and trade unions
European Commission communicated yesterday to Italian Government the need for it to show to EU a detailed description on intervention it wants to operate in order to solve air transport and Alitalia's... more
Science and technologyAeroports of Paris privatisation is partially realised
Paris, France – The airport will remain a public service
French Prime Minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, said today that the state would retain a majority stake in Aeroports de Paris (ADP) once partly privatized. He also said that the status of Charles de Gaulle... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): trade unions ask for meeting Italian Government
Rome, Italy - In the meantime, Alitalia unveils 1000-1300 redundancies
Italian trade unions want to face Alitalia matter directly together with Government, after meeting carrier's representatives who have unveiled a situation in which some 1000-1300 redundancies would exist.... more
Press releaseAlitalia (3): Tassone, the time is expired
Rome, Italy - "Deeply afflicted for the today's rest in the Government meeting"
"Talking with some journalists, the Honourable Mario Tassone, Vice-Minister of Infrastructures and Transports, has been said deeply afflicted for the hodiernal rest in the Government meeting and worried... more
CuriositiesTook-off from Brindisi an humanitarian flight to Nassiriya
Brindisi, Italy – CONI will donate sport equipment
Has left the first humanitarian intervent base of Brindisi the flight, directed to Nassiriya, Iraq. It carries medicines, potabilizators, water purification filters, materials related with local programs... more
Weather forecastsMAV's role regarding Italian airshows environment
Vergiate, Italy - Its relevance is a significant one even if it has been cancelled for this year
It has been already put into evidence the fact that Vergiate MAV 2004 Airhow has been cancelled for this year for security reasons (see for details AVIONEWS). This would have been the edition n.31. Last... more
AerospaceISS (International Space Station) in troubles
Moscow, Russia – One gyro and half, of the four mounted, is still operating
A series of technical problems is troubling the ISS astronauts. After one of the four gyros (used to stabilize the station during orbital flight) failed during 6th expedition (25 Nov. 2002 to 3 May 2003),... more
Science and technologyWar residual removed at Catania airport
Catania, Italia – WWII bomb
This morning a WWII bomb, found yesterday at Fontanarossa airport of Catania from a worker; has been removed by Army experts came from Palermo. The bomb was twenty kilogramms heavy. The operation took... more
AerospaceAll three Shuttles under processing
Cape Canaveral, Usa – Atlantis should be in preparation for supporting the flight to the International Space Station
At the moment all the three Space Shuttles are in their hangar where are passing important processing milestones. To the Discovery (OV-103), that seems to be the best candidate for the next space mission... more
IndustryRaytheon participates to Milsatcom
Aurora, USA – Boeing is the prime contractor
Raytheon company has been awarded a contract by Boeing on the definition, design, development and integration of ground portions of the space segment which includes the satellite operations element and... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Italian Welfare Minister, Maroni, announces a Government intervention
Rome, Italy - An agreement with Economy Minister, Tremonti, has been achieved
Italian Welfare Minister, Roberto Maroni, has announced after the Government meeting of today that Government is willing to issue a decree for relevant intervention regarding the air transport sector,... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH models Ventus-2a, Ventus-2b, Discus-2a, and Discus-2b sailplanes
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct problems within the sailplane elevator control system before they lead to flutter and sailplane instability
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 22, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 78)] [Page 21699-21701] Header Information Header... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Bombardier Inc. airplanes
Washington, Usa - Model Otter DHC-3
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 22, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 78)] [Page 21701-21703] Header Information Header... more
Latest newsJoint Network Enabled exercises for USA, UK, Canada and Australia's air forces
Washington, USA - The JEFX 04 experimental programme is the result of experiences due to Afghanistan and Iraq's operations
Experience during joint military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq has convinced military representatives of US Air Force to design a programme in order to develop a Network Enabled environment, aimed... more
Latest newsB-2's updating programme has started
Washington, USA - Innovation for coating, radar and weapon systems
Northrop Grumman has got a complex updating programme started for the B-2 Spirit stealth strategic bombers. The most important innovation would regard the production of a new coating of the surface of... more
Weather forecastsMain issues of next Geneva International Heli Trade
Geneva, Switzerland - This show to occur in October 2004 from 5 to 7
Direction of the International Heli Trade show, which will occur in October 2004 from 5 to 7 in Geneva, has made know its programme concerning the major themes related to worldwide helicopter market. Main... more
AccidentsRecovery operations for the wreckage of the P-66 Charlie crashed last week have started
Trento, Italy - Italian Firemen and Civil Defence's personnel is at work
Recovery operations for the wreckage of the P-66 Charlie fallen headlong in the Meneghini Hill area on last Wednesday (see for details AVIONEWS) started yesterday in the afternoon. Presently, Firemen and... more
Civil aviationFaa criticizes the fitting of flares on El Al's airplanes
Tel Aviv, Israel - Too dangerous at a low ceiling though their effectiveness is strictly related to threats coming from the ground
While IAI (Israel Aircraft Industries) is ready to start the fitting of the new Flight Guard anti-missile self-protection system on the first aircraft of El Al carrier (see for details AVIONEWS), Faa (Federal... more
DefenseThe USA fear the growth of Chinese funds for defence
Washington, USA - Such investments increase tension with Taiwan's Government
The United States appear quite worried with reference to China-Taiwan relations. Pentagon has recently shown a report which would reveal that, though the unveiled granting devoted to defence for 2004 by... more
IndustryTitan Corporation will deliver new flight services to US Navy
San Diego, USA – The awarded contract should have an indefinite-delivery
The Titan Corporation announced on Wednesday that it was awarded of a contract having a potential value of USD 29m over five years. Titan will provide air vehicle engineering services to naval air (NAVAIR)... more
Science and technologyFiumicino airport is already opened to flights
Rome, Italy – At Leonardo Da Vinci airport all the runways are operative
From 7:00 of this morning the meteorological conditions above Fiumicino Hub are returned into normality. A dense fog-bank has created serious problems for flights coming from and to the airport. Starting... more
AccidentsA helicopter crashed in New Zealand
Wyndham, New Zealand - A sudden mechanical or structural break-up as the possible reason
A Bell 204 helicopter belonging to a North Island company has fallen headlong this morning nearby Wyndham. An eyewitness would have seen such aircraft losing height suddenly and crashing on the ground... more
AerospaceBeyond-Earth Enterprise launches its first rocket
Colorado Spring, USA - "It’s a success" but the rocket crashed
Beyond-Earth enterprise a small payload sub-orbital launch company announced its first successful launch. The LC rocket reached an altitude of approximately 6000 feet on 17 of April. Total burn time for... more
AirlinesEtihad selects the Trent engine for its Airbus A-330s
Dubai, UAE - Such Middle Eastern carrier is increasing
Etihad, the UAE’s carrier founded last year (see for details AVIONEWS), has decided to select the Rolls Royce Trent 700 engines as the new powerplant for its new Airbus A-330-200 airlines. Two of these a... more
AccidentsThe only one Guinean fighter crashed down. Dead the pilot
Conakry, Guinea – He ejects from the plane and then drowned in the ocean
The Flight Sergeant, Nama Keita, had took-off on board the only Soviet-made Mig-21 owned by Guinea for a test flight, after mechanics managed to start up its engine, which had broken down. On Tuesday he... more