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AccidentsAIRBUS EXPERIENCES TYRE BURST AT LANDING AT DUBAI: 21 INJURED
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, A Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A330 aircraft with 193 people on board experienced a tyre burst during landing at Dubai, United Arab Emirates airport, sliding out... more
AirlinesSPANAIR COULD RAISE FARES
MADRID, Spanair's chairman Gonzalo Pascual, speaking during the presentation of a codesharing agreement with PGA-Portugalia of Portugal, announced that the airline is considering a rise of fares. Pascual... more
Press releaseGO FLIGHTS TO SMAU
MILAN, ITALY, Go, the low cost airline, will be present at Milan Smau for the fourth next year and as the last edition, it will be together Opening English School in the famous Double Decker Bus. Go is... more
Science and technologyCOCAINE HAUL IN BRITISH AIRPORT
LONDON, Over 500 kilos of cocaine packed into six large suitcases were thrown from the back of a cargo plane as it landed at Southend airport in Essex. The plane, a Boeing 707, was coming from Jamaica.... more
AirlinesFINNAIR CUTS COSTS
HELSINKI, Finnish Finnair announced cuts for $126 millions. It is not clear whther the plan would include job cuts too or not. The airline is reducing flights on some routes and reported a 10% traffic... more
AirlinesEU APPROVES BELGIAN GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO SAVE SABENA
BRUSSELS, The European Union gave the approval to the Belgian government's plan to give Sabena a short-term loan of 125 million euros as it does not contravene competition rules. European commissioner... more
AccidentsPAKISTANI PLANE SLIDES OFF RUNWAY ON LANDING
DUBAI, A Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A300 slid off runway on landing at Dubai airport this morning. Some passengers suffered minor injuries and received treatment at the airport. The accident... more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE INCREASES CAPACITY ON SOUTH AFRICAN ROUTES
CAPE TOWN, Pierre Saliba, sales manager in South Africa for Air France, said yesterday that the airline will increase the seats on its flights between Paris and Johannesburg, by replacing the Airbus A340... more
DefensePENTAGON INCREASE RESERVISTS CALLING UP
WASHINGTON, USA, An additional 1,722 Army reservists and Army National Guard members are being called to active duty in order to give support to airport security. This brings the total reserve force... more
AirlinesAEROFLOT TO RAISE FARES
MOSCOW, Aeroflot this week introduced a new $5 surcharge that will be used to beef up security measures after the terrorist attacks in Usa. In addition, the carrier would lower commissions for travel agents... more
AirlinesRYANAIR TICKETS WILL BE SOLD FOR 4 USD (BUT WITH SOME RESTRICTIONS)
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, Irish airline Ryanair decided to sell about 400.000 tickets for Italy to Great Britain routes at about 4 USD each, on a total of 1 million tickets that the carrier has decided to... more
Science and technologyNEW TERMINAL AT TIBETAN AIRPORT
LHASA, TIBET, The construction of a new terminal at Gonggar airport, 100 km away from tibetan capital Lhasa, has begun yesterday. The new $14,4 million will be completed by June 2003. The terminal's annual... more
AirlinesVIRGIN EXPRESS ANNOUNCES 3RD QUARTER 2001 RESULTS
BRUSSELS-LONDON, "We are pleased to announce EUR 3.0 million profits in 3rd Quarter 2001 versus a loss of EUR 7.3 million in 3rd Quarter last year. Nine months profits of EUR 1.3 million have been achieved... more
AccidentsPIPER CRASHED IN CANADA (2): AIRCRAFT'S SPECIFICATIONS
ROME, Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain: Type: short-range executive transport Accommodation: two pilots, six passengers Length: 34 ft 7 in Wingspan: 40 ft 8 in Height: 13 ft Empty weight: 4219 lb Max... more
AccidentsPIPER CRASHES IN CANADA
FORT LIARD, CANADA, A Piper Chieftain carrying five members of the aborigenal group Deh Cho community and the pilot returning from a ceremony formalizing a northern pipeline deal in Yellowknife, crashed... more
AirlinesUNITED AIRLINES COULD PERISH NEXT YEAR WITHOUT REDUCING COSTS
CHICAGO, James Goodwin, United Airlines' chief executive, said the carrier would go bankrupt next year without a reduction in costs. United has announced plans to lay off 20,000 workers and reduce its... more
AirlinesAMERICAN TO BEGIN JFK-ZURICH SERVICE ON OCT. 28; ROUTE IS FIRST ANNOUNCED BY AA SINCE ITS DECISION TO ACCELERATE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW JFK TER
FORTH WORTH, American Airlines announced that "it will begin daily nonstop service between New York's Kennedy Airport and Zurich, Switzerland, on Oct. 28, using three-class, 189-seat Boeing 767-300 aircraft.... more
AirlinesALL NIPPON AIRWAYS CONTINUES SERVICE TO SIX CITIES IN U.S.
NEW YORK, "All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. (ANA), Japan's largest airline, will continue to serve six cities in the U.S. with the preliminary winter schedule announced today. ANA currently operates daily... more
AirlinesSPECIAL INTRODUCTORY CONCORDE FARE
NEW YORK, "To mark the return of supersonic Concorde flights between New York and London, British Airways today announced a special introductory roundtrip fare of $4,999, good for travel beginning Friday,... more
Civil aviationFAA DECIDES TO IMPROVE ''CONTROLS ON CONTROLLERS''
USA, Over 28,000 employees in U.S. airport who are engaged in security baggage controls will be submitted to new deep control by FAA and "other federal entities", beginning with the 20 busiest airports.... more
AirlinesDELTA CUTS SERVICES TO JAPAN
ATLANTA, Delta Air Lines said today it is to suspend its New York-to-Tokyo service until March 15, 2002. In addition, the carrier would discontinue flights from Los Angeles to Nagoya and Tokyo, from Dec.... more
HelicoptersEUROCOPTER PRESENT ITS EC-130B4 IN ITALY
TRENTO, ITALY, After the success of its EC-130B4 at Heli Expo 2001, Eurocopter will present for the first time in Italy this machine at Trento G. Caproni airport by its representative Aersud Elicotteri.... more
Latest newsUSA TO USE HELICOPTER TASK FORCE IN AFGHANISTAN
AFGHANISTAN, A senior official confirmed that United States have used helicopter gunships in special opeartions accomplished in the night and this morning near Kandahar. Those helicopters are utilized... more
Latest newsUSA TO OPERATE AC-130 GUNSHIP ON AIR RAIDS TO KANDAHAR
AFGHANISTAN, Sources from Pentagon announced that United States have started using AC-130 bombers on punishing attacks to Afghanistan. The AC-130, a variant of the military transport aircraft C-130, is... more
AirlinesIBERIA CUTS COSTS AND CAPACITY
MADRID, Spanish Iberia said yesterday it will carry on a plan in order to save about $150 million in the next two years by reducing capacity and cutting some jobs. Capacity is to be gradually trimmed by... more
AirlinesCATHAY PACIFIC TO LAUNCH NEW ROUTE TO SAPPORO
HONG KONG, Cathay Pacific is to launch a new service between Hong Kong and Sapporo, in Japan, from Dec. 2. It is to be a twice-weekly flight, operated on Thursdays and Sundays, Kyodo news reported. more
AirlinesCHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES AND JAPAN AIR SYSTEM ANNOUNCE NEW TOKYO SERVICE
TOKYO, "China Southern Airlines (NYSE:ZNH - news; HKSE:1055), www.cs-air.com/en, the largest airline in The People's Republic of China, and Japan Air System (JAS), announced the launch of new joint code-share,... more
PeopleCHINA CLOSES FLIGHTS TO MUSLIMS TRAVELLERS
PEKING, CHINA, According to Chinese Xinhua official press agency report, Peking government decided to ban Muslims citizens, from 19 countries, from Chinese flights, in order to protect them from terroristic... more
AirlinesCONTINENTAL'S LOAD FACTOR DOWN IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF OCTOBER
USA, Continental Airlines reported a 5,5% decrease on system load factor for the Oct 1-14 period to 65,5%, compared with same period last year. Domestic load factor rose 1,3% but capacity dropped 18,9%.... more
AirlinesKLM SIGNS PACT WITH MALEV
BUDAPEST, Klm and hungarian Malev yesterday signed a "framework agreement on enhanced cooperation". The deal would lead the two carriers to coordinate marketing, sales activity and frequent-flyer programs,... more
Latest newsDOD WARNS AIRCRAFT CARRIERS COMMANDERS FOR ANTHRAX RISKS
USA, The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) warned the commanders of the warships, and particularly the aircraft carriers, engaged in air operation against terrorists, to urge their crew to be "extremely... more
AirlinesCROSSAIR TO OPERATE SWISSAIR'S FLIGHTS SOON
ZURICH, Swiss Crossair is expected to gain the permission to operate Swissair's short and medium haul flights by October 28, when the winter table is to become effective. Crossair CEO Andre Dose said that... more
IndustryISRAEL MILITARY INDUSTRIES AWARDED A OVER 6 USDM CONTRACT
USA, Israel Military Industries Limited, Bethesda, Md., is being awarded a $6,237,815 firm-fixed-price contract to provide for production of 100,600 gallon tanks and 105 non-jettisonable pylons in support... more
IndustryNORTHROP GRUMMAN AWARDED A 26 USDM CONTRACT
USA, Northrop Grumman Corp, Melbourne, Fla., is being awarded a $26,000,000 contract to provide for advanced procurement in support of one Lot X aircraft (P16) Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar... more
Science and technologyAIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL INVOKES EC AIDS
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, According to Airports Council International (ACI) sources, some European airports face "inevitable closure" if the European Union fails to address their insurance problems. Before... more
SecurityFBI REVEALS THAT TERRORIST ATTA MET TWO TIMES IRAQI SECRET SERVICE OFFICERS IN PRAGUE
WASHINGTON, USA, FBI officials revealed that Mohammed Atta, one of the suspected suicide hijackers, met two times and not one, Iraqi intelligence officers in Prague, Czech Republic, the first time in... more
AirlinesMEXICAN GOVERNMENT SAID THAT US AIRLINE PRICE CUTS ARE UNFAIR
MEXICO CITY, According to Mexican government sources, there is a request to US airlines to revert recent price cuts on tickets between the two countries to protect its own airlines against unfair competition. According... more
AirlinesCOCKTAILS CUTTED OUT BY LUFTHANSA
FRANKFURT, GERMANY, In order to reduce expenses, Lufthansa management has decided to cut out cocktail snacks on European flights for passengers travelling business class and people travelling in economy... more
PeopleA RESERVE FOR 90 DAYS FOR MOST OF U.S. AIRLINES
USA, According to declarations of the spokesmen of the most of the U.s. airlines, there are "reserves" for about 90 days, before the carrier enters in a real crisis, from which the smallest will be forced... more
Latest newsTWO AUSTRIAN FIGHTER JETS INTERCEPT AN UNIDENTIFIED CHARTER FLIGHT
WIEN, AUSTRIA, Two Austrian fighter jets intercepted a charter flight travelling from Edinburgh in Scotland to Bodrum, Turkey as the airliner failed to identify itself properly, according to Austrian... more
PeopleAL QAEDA AT UK AND U.S. MUSLIMS: DO NOT FLY AND STAY IN HIGH BUILDINGS
QATAR, The Al Qaeda spokesman, Sleiman Abu Gheith, appeared on Qatar's television Al Jazeera, on which many proclamas of Taleban organization linked to Osama bin Laden appeared in the last days. In his... more
PeopleAIR FRANCE: CONCORDE WILL FLY AGAIN ON NOVEMBER 7
PARIS, FRANCE, After near a year and half after the tragic air accident of Gonesse, the Concorde will start again its Paris-New York route on Wednesday November 7. The aircraft will take off from Roissy... more
PeoplePILOT REFUSES TO BOARD ARAB PASSENGERS
STOCKHOLM, The pilot of a Premiair charter flight from Stockholm to Las Palmas refused to fly three men of arab ancenstry, despite they were cleared by police. "Everything went well when we checked... more
Science and technologyDEMONSTRATORS TRY TO ENTER IN PAKISTANI AIRBASE
JACOBABAD, PAKISTAN, Demonstrators of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islami, the Pakistani organization that supports the Afghan Talebans, tried to storm an airbase in the Pakistani city of Jacobabad where US personnel... more
AirlinesAIR INDIA CLOSES MANY OFFICES ABROAD
INDIA, Air India announced it is to close 20 of its 34 international offices and will cut 142 employees. The cuts will save the ailing airline 210 million rupees a year, said a spokesman. more
AirlinesEUROCELTIC AIRWAYS TO LAUNCH NEW LUTON-LIVERPOOL SERVICE
LIVERPOOL, Regional airline Euroceltic Airways is to launch a new route between Luton and Liverpool on Wednesday. The carrier will operate four return flights each weekday and one return flight on Saturdays... more
AirlinesAER LINGUS TO LAUNCH PROMOTIONAL FARES ON MILAN-DUBLIN SERVICE
DUBLIN, Irish Aer Lingus launched promotional fares on its route between Milan and Belfast until Nov. 30. Roundtrip tickets will cost 165 euro from Monday to Thursday and 185 euro on the weekend. Tickets... more
Latest newsF-18 MISSES INTENDED TARGET AND HIT CIVILIAN AREA
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet missed its intended target and inadvertently dropped a 2000-pound GPS in a residential area near Kabul Airport, Afghanistan. The intended target was a... more
AirlinesBRITISH EUROPEAN TO INCREASE FLIGHTS TO BELFAST
LONDON, British European announced that it will add two daily flights on its service bewtween London City and Belfast City airports from Oct. 28. The airline will replace its BAe 146s with Dash 8-Q200s... more
PeopleU.S. SENATE APPROVES FIREARMS FOR PILOTS
USA, The US Senate has approved by a unanimous vote an amendment to the Aviation Security Act (§1447), proposed by Senator Bob Smith, that will allow pilots to carry a firearm in the cockpit for the... more