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AirlinesQantas pushes ahead for a cost-cutting plan
Sydney, Australia - The operator to be split in 3 units
The Australian airline Qantas has yesterday announced the restructure plan that would have to allow the carrier to save up to USD 658m in the next 2 years; however also Qantas, as other world-wide airlines... more
Science and technologyDIA organizes itself for the Annual Meetings of the World Bank
Saudi Arabia, Dubai - New measures to speed up the operations
Dubai International Airport (DIA) has replaced its traditional x-ray machines at customs with advanced scanning terminals to ensure smooth baggage processing for participants to the Annual Meetings of... more
Weather forecastsEverybody attended the sign of the first contract at Maks-2003
Moscow, Russia - The Russian carrier Transaereo purchases 4 Tu-204/300s
Also the head of the State Civil Aviation Service Alexander Neradko and Minister of Industry, Science and Technology Ilya Klebanov attended today the first contract signed at the Maks-2003. The agreement... more
Civil aviationSince October police agents on Chinese planes
Benjing, China - A decision to reduce the risks of hijacking
Since the next October 1 all the Chinese airlines will be obliged to employ at least an aviation police agent on board, according to the dispositions of the government of Beijing to reduce considerably... more
Science and technologyUK: a new hub or three new runways?
London, United Kingdom - The decision by the end of the year
According to the Sunday Times, the UK Government is going to give the go-ahead for three new runways at London's major airports. The controversial decision, to be announced later this year, will allow... more
AccidentsHijack attempt on an Algerian plane
Algerie, Algeria - The man wanted fly to Geneva
Just in this moment it's known a B-737 of Air Algerie, en route for Lille (France), has been victim of an attempt of diversion from part of an unbalanced man, according to the first information a 55 Algerian... more
Finance and economyUE gives the green light to Finmeccanica-Carlyle agreement for the purchase of Avio
Brussels, Belgium - No risk for competition
The Commission of the European Community has given today the free light to the agreement of Finmeccanica and Carlyle for the definitive acquisition of Avio (former Fiat Avio). The transaction waited... more
AirlinesAir France closer to take control of Klm
Paris, France - The operation could begin after the Air France's privatization
According to what the French economic daily "L'Agefi" reports today, Air France would be in contact with Klm for a possible agreement that would allow the French carrier to take the control of the Dutch... more
AirlinesSwiss: still losses but much better than the previous year
Zurich, Switzerland - The turnover goes up, the balance recovers
The Swiss airline has communicated today the figures of the first six months of the current year, one of worst in the history of the air transport. Although the carrier has recorded a net loss of EUR... more
HelicoptersPhi purchases 2 Sikorsky S-92s
Stratford, Usa - They will operate in Gul of Mexico in 2004
Phi (Petroleum Helicopters Inc), leader offshore helicopter transportation company, has communicated to have signed a contract for the purchase of 2 Sikorsky S-92 helicopters; it's the newest model built... more
Latest newsChina found two plane crashed during World War II
Peijing, China - One may be able to fly
China media stated today two US planes that crashed in China during World War II have recently come to light. One wreck found on the bottom of Dianchi lake in south-western Yunnan province was probably... more
Science and technologyNew airport control device
Perth, Australia - An Australian company designed it
Perth QRSciences, an Australian company, stated it realized a high-technology system which is able to sense explosives in luggages carried on planes. The technic is named "quadripolic resonance": the luggage... more
AirlinesQatar Airways: a concrete reality in Italy
Doha, Qatar - After a year it won most demanding customers' confidence
The national airline of the Arabic state of Qatar is more and more present in Italy thanks to 4 flights a week that connect the small State to the 2 greatest cities of the Peninsula, Rome and Milan. A... more
AirlinesGulf Air ready to operate in Iraq
Riyad, Saudi Arabia - At the beginning only once per week
The Arabian airline Gulf Air could start the service with the Iraqi city of Basra already the next September 1, 12 years after the first Gulf War. In these days the technicians and the specialists of... more
AccidentsPalermo: emergency landing for two English fighters
Palermo, Italy - The carburettor light was damaged
At the "Falcone e Borsellino" airport in Palermo two Royal Air Force planes were forced to an emergency landing. As it was reported, the manoeuvre was due to the damaged carburettor light on one of the... more
AccidentsAir Canada Jumbo in emergency landing in Iceland
Reykjavic, Iceland - Smoke was filling passenger cabin
Fear yesterday over the Atlantic Ocean when an Air Canada B-747/400 has been forced to an emergency landing in Iceland after that dense smoke was invading the cabin. Flight 783 took off from Frankfurt... more
AirlinesRyanair: since today the insurance is available on board
Dublin, Irland - It is being offered at EUR 21,35
The low-cost Irish airline Ryanair has inaugurated today a new service that, by now, will be available only on the flights in departure from Ireland and England, that is the possibility to sell its own... more
AerospaceJapan announced 17 satellite launches
Tokyo, Japan - They will monitor earth
According to a plan obtained by Kyoto News, Japan intends to launch 17 satellites on H-2A and M-5 rockets by the end of 2007: they will be used in more practical ways to benefit people in their day-to-day... more
Weather forecastsTomorrow opens Maks-2003, for the first time there'll be American pilots
Moscow, Russia - Great waiting also for the performances of Italian, Canadian and English pilots
Tomorrow will open the international Maks-2003 airshow, that will be held for 6 days in the Moscow region, at the aerodrome of Zhukovskiy, and for many aspects it will be an historical event. Indeed... more
HelicoptersA new WA rescue helicopter
Perth, Australia - It started service on Saturday
On August 16 the West Australian Government launched a dedicated emergency rescue helicopter service for ill and injured West Australians. In the past they had to rely on a police helicopter, but it was... more
AccidentsBritish Columbia: Helicopter crashes while fighting the fire
Kamloops, British Columbia - The pilot died
A helicopter crashed yesterday afternoon 80 kilometres east of 100 Mile House. The Bell 205 chopper owned by Gemini Helicopters in Alberta was fighting the Bonaparte Lake fire, north of Kamloops. It crashed... more
IndustryRoll-Royce could supply engines for the Us B-52
Derby, UK - An order worth around USD 3bn
After nearly 50 years of service the American B-52, the huge long range bomber, could mount anymore the engines of the American constructor Pratt&Whitney but those developed by the English Rolls-Royce.... more
AccidentsAir Canada Airbus in emergency landing
Honolulu - Runway has been closed to be cleaned
The Air Canada A-340 was en route from the International Airport of Honolulu to that one of Sydney, but the travel began badly already during the takeoff, when 2 tires of the gear undercarriage exploded... more
AccidentsTwo air incidents near Sydney
Sydney, Australia - A woman died
On Friday 15 two air accidents occurred near Sydney. In the first, a light plane crashed into the front yard of a south-western Sydney home killing the woman piloting it. The plane, a Victa Airtourer owned... more
AirlinesBy November Cathay Pacific will operate in Benjing
Benjing, China - There'll be 6 flights per week
Cathay Pacific Airlines, the Hong Kong's flag airline, now under the Chinese administration, could receive in the next few months the authorization from part of the authorities of Beijing to operate 6... more
IndustryIn 2007 the first RRJ deliveries
Moscow, Russia - Sukhoi, Boeing and Snecma part of the consortium
According to the declarations from part of the Sukhoi Civilian Airplanes, the RRJ project (Russian Regional Jet) continues as planned and the first deliveries of the new aircraft would begin during the... more
AirlinesSingapore Airlines plans to launch non-stop flights to the United States
Singapore, Singapore - The flights will start in early 2004
Singapore Airlines plans to offer a non-stop flight to the United States early next year catering only to first and business-class travellers. The carrier declared the flights will be a first for Asia,... more
AirlinesSwiss may enter Oneworld alliance
Rome, Italy - BA stresses: "We won't invest in Swiss"
According to the journal SonntagZeitung, Swiss International, the Helvetic airline looking for funds to regulate its bad financial statements, received the offer to enter Oneworld alliance. Oneworld spokesman... more
Latest newsSukhoi to sell 150 aircraft in the next 5 years
Moscow, Russia - A business worth USD 8bn
He has been Alexander Knyshev, one of the Sukhoi corporation's heads, to announce the past week during an official press conference the lines that will characterize the future of the company in the next... more
AccidentsParis: algerian plane loses front wheel while landing
Paris, france - No injured people on board
An Algerian arriving from the northwestern Algerian city of Oran came to a juddering halt in Paris after it lost a nose wheel on landing: there were 271 passengers on board, but nobody was hurt, as airport... more
AccidentsMilitary plane forced to an emergency landing near Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv, Israel - Seven people injured
Yesterday the propeller of a Hercules 130 military transport plane broke loose after landing at Sde Dov airport near Tel Aviv. The Israeli military source said today that seven passengers were harmed,... more
Latest newsFaa certifies RQ-4 Global Hawk
Washington, Usa - Now the drone can operate on the whole national territory
The Federal Aviation Administration (Faa) has emitted a Coa (Certification of Authorization) in favor of the Usaf (Us Air Force) that allows to operate on all the national territory with the RQ-4 Global... more
Latest newsGerman military aircraft flies to recover European hostages in Mali
Berlin, Germany - The plane took off this morning
A German military airplane has taken off this morning from the base of Niamey en route to Gao, city of the African state of Mali, close to the border with Nigeria, in order to recover an indefinite number... more
HelicoptersBrusselles: air traffic restricted, not for the prince
Brusselles, Belgium - It gave rise to heated debate
Belgian authorities established the hereditary prince Filippo, son of king Alberto and queen Paola, has the permission to fly over the capital with his helicopter in an aerea which is normally closed to... more
AccidentsRussian Mi-6 helicopter crashes, the pilot the only victim
Moscow, Russia - The incident during a training flight
A Russian Mi-6 helicopter crashed on Saturday at 7:40 am near the city of Volgograd, in the south of Russia, during a training flight, killing the pilot. It has been announced by the chief of the Operations... more
AccidentsColombia: presidential helicopter attacked
Bogotà, Colombia - No harmed people, the order was re-established
Yesterday the helicopter carrying Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was attacked by Farc (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) guerrillas while landing at Granada, in Antioquia province: the presidential... more
Latest newsIsraeli F-16s violate the Syrian airspace
Jerusalem, Israeli - The jet pointed to the presidential palace
The vicissitude is to lead back to the past week when the actions of the Hezbollah guerrillas culminated in the killing of an Israeli boy and the wounding of other 5 persons in the village of Shlomi, North... more
Civil aviationThe process against Mzoudi started today
Homburg, Germany - They are the second legal proceedings on the attacks of September 11
It started today in the Homburg (northern Germany) tribunal the process against Moroccan Abdelghani Mzoudi, who is suspected of being involved in the terroristic attacks of September 11, 2001. It is the... more
AirlinesMalaysia Airlines has initiated a major cabin upgrade of its 32 aircraft
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -Seventeen B747-400 aircraft and 15 B777-200 are scheduled for a refit
Malaysia Airlines has initiated a major cabin upgrade of its 32 aircraft, serving long and medium-haul destinations, by signing an agreement with B/E Aerospace and Matsushita Avionics Systems Corporation... more
PeopleToronto has been chosen as one of only three North American cities to receive a special farewell visit from Concorde
Toronto, Canada - British Airways said Concorde would make a scheduled supersonic flight from London to Toronto on October 1
Toronto has been chosen as one of only three North American cities to receive a special farewell visit from Concorde.British Airways is retiring its supersonic Concorde fleet this year because the planes... more
Science and technologyBoeing new radar technology
St. Louis, USA - Test flights with the radar operating completed successfully
The Boeing FA-18-E Super Hornet program moved closer to equipping the fleet with the latest in radar technology: on July 30 at Naval Air Systems Command China Lake, California, a test aircraft carrying... more
AirlinesThe Siberian Bank of Sberbank will open line of credits to Siberian Airlines
Sberbank, Siberia - The credits will be secured by Siberian Airlines' property
The Siberian Bank of Sberbank will open a 1.425bn ruble (about USD47m) line of credits to Siberian Airlines. The line will be opened from September 2003 to the end of 2004. Credits will mature not later... more
PeopleThe Russian regional jet project is in the final stages of development
Moscow, Russia - Deliveries of the new domestic airplanes are expected to begin in the first quarter of 2007
The Russian regional jet project, which calls for the construction of new domestic airplanes, is in the final stages of development, said a spokesperson for Sukhoi Civilian Airplanes company today. According... more
PeopleCharity flight arrives in Liberia with delay
Monrovia, Liberia - The Aid program goes on
Oxfam International Organization hoped a cargo plane which took off from London Manston airport in Kent would arrive in Monrovia early yesterday morning, but the charity workers in Liberia had to face... more
AirlinesVietnam Airlines will resume flights to Beijing from Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi
Hanoi, Vietnam - The route linking the two Vietnamese cities to the Chinese capital was cut in early May
Vietnam Airlines will resume flights to Beijing from Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi from Friday following a three-month suspension due to the SARS crisis.The route linking the two Vietnamese cities to the... more
PeopleSaudi Arabia has no "specific information" on a plot to attack commercial aircraft at Riyadh's
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - According the declaration of the interior minister
Saudi Arabia has no "specific information" on a plot to attack commercial aircraft at Riyadh's main airport, a threat that led to British Airways suspending all flights to the kingdom, the interior minister... more
AccidentsHot-air balloon enters a storm and falls down
Vienna, Austria - Two of the three people on board died
Yesterday evening a hot-air balloon fell down in Boeheimkirchen, in the nearby of St. Poelten, 60 km far from Vienna. There were three persons on board: the 40 years old pilot and a second 30 years old... more
Latest newsIndia wants to buy 10 Mirage 2000-5s
New Delhi, India - They're able to deliver a nuclear attack as well
It continues the attempt of the Indian government to renew the old Air Force fleet, composed greatly from Mig-21s, sadly nicknamed the "flying coffins" (273 incidents between 1991 and 2003), but also in... more
Science and technologyDutch police have seized 620 kg of cocaine
Amsterdam, Holland - Drug was packed into 11 containers
Dutch police have seized 620 kg of cocaine worth around 40 million euros stashed in the cargo hold of a plane at Amsterdam airport.In one of the biggest hauls of cocaine at one of Europe's busiest airports,... more
AccidentsPlane flying to low in Portsmouth
Portsmouth, USA - "I was trying to help people," the pilot claimed
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is investigating on an accident happened yesterday: a plane was flying just feet above beach-goers in Portsmouth. Pilots are not legally allowed to fly within 500 ft... more