AerospaceDuring the next weeks the Shuttle program's responsible could leave Nasa

Washington, Usa - In 1977 Dittemore entered in Nasa

According to the Us daily newspaper "New York Times", Ron Dittemore, Chief of Shuttle's program during the next weeks will leave Nasa. Daily newspaper explains that Dittemore had previewed to discharge... more

Science and technology"Iraqi Freedom": International airport of Baghdad will be reopened within a week

Baghdad, Iraq - Now flights will be limited at humanitarian

"Within a week Baghdad International Airport will be opened for humanitarian flights", declared Us General Bufort Blount. International Airport Saddam has been occupied by Us troops of the Third Division... more

AirlinesBA will open London-Baghdad route as soon as possible

London, United Kingdom - Connection was interrupted 13 years ago

British Airways has intention to resume the flights on Baghdad, as soon as possible, said Rod Eddington, air company's General Manager. London-Baghdad route was suspended thirteen years ago, before the... more

Latest newsIndonesian President to acquire Russian Sukhoi fighters (2): the technical sheet

Rome, Italy - SU-30 is a modified export version of SU-27

SU-27 "Flanker" is a multirole interceptor and a fighter of air superiority with the incredible performances, whose arrival was waited for with great trepidation by the Soviet Army. Indeed, in order... more

DefenseRumsfeld calls the hard line, in the Eve of the talks with Pyongyang

Washington, Usa - Us delegation left yesterday for Beijing

A secret Donald Rumsfeld memorandum calling for regime change in North Korea, circulated by the defence secretary, was pubblished yesterday by New York Times. The paper does not call for military action... more

Latest newsIndonesian President to acquire Russian Sukhoi fighters

Moscow, Russia - They're two SU-27s and two SU-30s

The Indonesian President, Megawati Sukarnoputri, will probably visit today the Sukhoi complex, near Moscow, in order to finalize the purchase of some military jets. The visit of Sukarnoputri is a lot... more

Weather forecastsAir shows and exhibitions in April 2003

VIRGINIA AVIATION SAFETY WEEK SEMINAR SERIES WITH ROD MACHADO…April 21, Virginia Aviation Museum, Richmond; April 22, Fairfax County Government Center, Fairfax, Va.; April 23, Chesapeake Conference Center, H... more

AirlinesConcorde: the real success starts now

Paris, France - All sold out for the next week, thanks also to extra reduced fees

As many times it has happened in the past, also for the Concorde the real success begins after the announced retirement, that has triggered a race to the ticket, in order to adjudicate a seat, the last,... more

AirlinesAmerican Airlines on bad terms with its workers for golden pension funds to its managers

Fort Worth, Usa - Last week the dependents reduced their wages to help the carrier

The American Airlines was just able to avoid bankruptcy, but new problems with the unions and the workers risk to make damages than whichever bad financial situation, because they undermines the same relation... more

IndustryThe Boeing awarded of a over 20 USDm contract

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The Boeing Co., Long Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $20,246,241 firm-fixed-price contract modification to provide to 60 aircraft under subject C-17 production contract to incorporate secure enroute... more

IndustryWoodward awarded of a over 5 USDm contract

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Woodward Governor Co., Rockton, Ill., is being awarded a $5,116,568 fixed-price with economic price adjustment type of contract for aircraft parts for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force. Performance completion... more

IndustryBell-Boeing awarded of a over 21 USDm contract

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Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office, Patuxent River, Md., is being awarded a $21,335,815 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-00-C-0183) for the procurement of one... more

Latest newsAn English married couple have a compensation of GBP 950,000 for the noise of Raf's jet

London, United Kingdom - They asked a compensation of GBP 10 m

In 1985, they begun their battle against Raf, asking a compensation of GBP 10m, supporting that their property had lost value for the flights of Raf Jet fighter, now Mr and Mrs Dennis have gained the... more

IndustrySnecma's company acquires a Boeing's plant

Paris, France - Many assurances to the workers, no dismission has been scheduled

Boeing, as it had been widely announced by its management in the last months and more times emphasized by AVIONEWS, is divesting all those activities not tied to its core-business, in order to concentrate... more

Science and technology"Iraqi Freedom": Austrialian forces have discovered 51 Iraqi jet fighters

As Saliyah Camp, Qatar - The aircraft were in a military airport

"In the last 24 hours, in an Iraqi Air Force airport, we have discovered 51 jet fighters abandoned by Iraqis", Mark Eliott, Australian lieutenant-colonel, has declared today, but model is not specified.... more

AirlinesBA and Virgin to race in order to fly in Iraq

London, UK - But BA should take advantage because of former treaty

The reconstruction of Iraq passes unavoidably through the air transport's relaunch, in order to assure that normalization of the connections both for the persons and for the goods. There are still pockets... more

AerospaceNew security measures for space shuttle's missions

Washington, Usa - Investigating committee on the Columbia's tragedy imposes it

In the next space missions Nasa will have to constantly check, by photographies, all the shuttle in orbit and it will rigorously check the insulating tiles. These the security measures imposed by Investigating... more

Latest newsOn next Saturday the first armed pilots could fly

Washington, Usa - As soon as possible more training course will be available

46 on 48 have been the pilots who have surpassed this week the training course organized by Tsa (Transportation Security Administration), the first one of the sort in the Usa, that will allow therefore... more

Science and technologyPlated gold Kalashnikow has been seized in Heathrow

London, United Kingdom - It's similar to that one founded in the palace of the Saddam's son

According to the British newspaper Daily Mirror, an Ak-47 plated gold Kalashnikov, similar to that one uncovered last week in the palace of Uday, Saddam Hussein's son, yesterday it would have been seized... more

AirlinesAlso Bmi records a bad 2002, after 10 years

London, UK - But now there would be signs of reversal of trend

It will be a year to remember the past one for Mbi British Midland, because they were 10 years that such a disastrous result hasn't been recording; indeed from a net profit of GBP 12,4m in 2001 one it... more

AccidentsSaab-105 has crashed in Austria (2): technical sheet

Rome, Italy - Saab-105

The Saab-105 is a jet trainer. It's rather unusual, because it is a shoulder-wing aircraft with a T-tail and side-by-side seating. It is used by Sweden and Austria, the latter operating 40 aircraft with... more

Latest newsCanadian Hercules plane grounded for safety reason

Ottawa, Canada - Suspicious cracks have been discovered on 16 aircraft

The Canadian Air Force has grounded 20 Hercules CC-130 airplanes this week after that some suspicious cracks have been discovered on two airplanes during normal maintenance procedures. The first inspections... more

Science and technologyCoalition Force are preventing the landing in Erbil of an airplane with on board medical supplies

Erbil, Iraq -This is the denunciation of Rob MacGillivray, responsible of Save the Children

"Coalition Force are preventing since more than a week the landing in Erbil of an airplane with on board medical supplies, in order to cure 40,000 persons". This is the denunciation of Rob MacGillivray,... more

Press releaseIata approves Singapore-Changi airport charge reductions

Geneva, Switzerland - An example for Tokyo's Narita airport to follow, according to Bisignani

"'Singapore-Changi International Airport's 30% rebate in landing charges and 10% rebate on rent charges to assist the aviation industry during the worst crisis in its history once again shows its leadership... more

AccidentsSaab-105 has crashed in Austria

Vienna, Austria - Pilot was able to eject

Yesterday in the afternoon Austrian Air Force Saab-105 crashed in Lowland Austria during training. Fortunately pilot was able to eject and he remained practically unharmed. According to the first reconstructions,... more

Science and technologyLapa has suspended Easter holiday flights and in Argentine is chaos

Buenos Aires, Argentine - Passengers have blocked hub and assault the air company leaders

"The oil company Repsol Ypf does not grant more credit to us and it refuses to supply the fuel to us for the aircraft", yesterday said Argentine airline Lapa, after having taken the decision to suspend... more

Latest newsPoland acquires 48 F-16 fighters with a deal of USD 3,5bn

Warsaw, Poland - Disappointment from the European industry rivals

It's surely strange that in the Country where 50 years ago it was stipulated the pact that joined in an iron military alliance the Soviet Union and the nations of Eastern Europe, today it has been signed... more

HelicoptersRaf helicopter performed an emergency landing

Belfast, North Ireland - No one on board was injured

A Raf AS-330 Puma helicopter has had to perform an emergency landing in a filed after the explosion of its fuel tank. This has happened when the helicopter, employed in the Raf base of Aldergrove (Belfast),... more

IndustryNorthrop Grumman to build unmanned combat aircraft for Uss Navy

Washington, Usa - But it will be available not before 2015

The hypothesis of a plan for a combat unmanned aircraft had taken shape already in 2000, when Northrop Grumman awarded a first appropriation from the Pentagon of USD 3m in order to carry ahead a study... more

Latest newsFighters jets to be deployed around Indian capital

New Delhi, India - It's tried to avoid a new September 11

The idea of a military deployment of fighters near New Delhi took shape immediately after the September 11 attacks in the Usa, but it became more urgent when in November a Lufthansa cargo plane violated... more

IndustryLockheed Martin awarded of a near 53 USDm contract

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Lockheed Martin Corp. Missiles and Fire Control Systems, Orlando, Fla., is being awarded a $52,901,812 cost plus incentive fee contract to provide Navy F/A-18 E/F Integration of the Joint Air-To-Surface... more

DefenseNato will lead Isaf in Afghanistan

Brussels, Belgium - Now command mission is Turkish

Within the summer the strategic command and control of Isaf will pass to Nato. It's the first time that Atlantic Alliance leads directly a mission, outside its area. Isaf(International Security Assistance... more

AirlinesDelta Airlines: first quarter with figures worse than previewed, a red of USD 466m

Atlanta, Usa - Maybe more cuts to the operativity and the workers are on the horizon

Also the Delta Airlines, the third most important carrier in USA, has announced the figures of the first quarter, and is in line with the anticipations of other airlines, Continental Airlines and Northwest:... more

AirlinesLufthansa gets the control of Air Dolomiti (2): the Italian carrier's press release

Milan, Italy - The German air company detains now the 51,9% of the operator's capital

We publish the integral text of the Air Dolomiti's official press release as a result of the acquisition operated by Lufthansa of the Italian carrier. "Deutsche Lufthansa AG announces today to have perfected... more

Science and technology"Iraqi Freedom": there are still combats in a military airport of Baghdad

Camp As Saliyah, Qatar - Several combatants died and prisoners are more than 100

"Arrival of a land unit of the Quarter infantry division provoked a battle near the military airport of Taji, in the northern of Baghdad. Soldiers have killed a part of the enemy Forces, they have destroyed... more

AirlinesNorthwest Airlines doubles the losses on 2003 first trimester

Washington, Usa - Sars emergency and war in Iraq provoke a traffic decrease of 6,4% on March

The losses of Northwest Airlines are doubled on 2003 first trimester. According to the data supplied by Us aircompany, in the first trimester of the year, Northwest Airlines have recorded losses of USD... more

PeopleAirspace over Lemano Lake will be closed for the G8 of Evian

Bern, Switzerland - Summit will be on June from 1 to 3

Yesterday Swiss federal Council decided to close Lemano Lake's air traffic on May 29 to June 5, in order to guarantee the security of G8 Summit in Evian, in the French border of the lake, next June 1 to... more

IndustryIt will be Ilyushin aircraft builder to supply a new plane for the Russian Air Force

Moscow, Russia - Also Mig and Tupolev have partecipated in the tender

According to Russian official sources of the Air Force Ilyushin, the aircraft manufacturer and real national pride, has adjudicated the contract for the construction of a new military jet, that would have... more

Latest newsAir lift between Eu and Iraq for the cure of the wounded (2): Prodi has confirmed the decision

Athens, Greece - Measure had been anticipated by Chirac

"We have approved an air lift to organize with the humanitarian organizations, the Red Cross, for who cannot find immediate cures in Iraq", has declared this morning Romano Prodi, President of the European... more

PeopleRussia opens its airspace for the route that connects Europe and Asia

Moscow, Russia - To benefit of this situation the Swedish hub of Kallax

It was yesterday the Swedish Government to announce the opening from part of Russia of its airspace for the passage of cargo planes of Lufthansa, Air France and Korean Air. A decision of incredible... more