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Weather forecastsEADS PUBLIC OFFER ON TNE 10TH OF JUNE
BERLIN, EADS Company will put up for seal a relevant block of shares in a takeover bid starting up on the 10th of July. That was declared at overcrowded press conference European Association gave the second... more
AirlinesMINISTERIAL MEETING RESOLUTIONS
BERLIN, Civil Aeronautic responsible Ministers of France, Spain, Great Britain and Germany met yesterday afternoon at ILA 2000. Ministers congratulated Airbus on its business campaign to promote its aircrafts,... more
AerospaceRADAR QUARREL IN USA
BERLINO, The quarrel is obviously a business one: two tycoons of electronics are facing, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman (including Westinghouse). The dispute regards the fosterage of a big supply of radar... more
AerospaceILA 2000 EXHIBITION NUMBERS
BERLIN, About 370 exhibitors of 38 countries are currently taking part to the exhibition which is taking place at Berlin Schoenefeld airport (two other airports are working in the city, Tempelhof and Tegel).In... more
PeopleBELUGA BECOMES INDEPENDENT
BERLIN, A new ramp is being manufactured in Airbus Transport International (ATI) for the famous transport aircraft produced by Airbus. The new ramp, trasported by the same aircraft, will permit loading... more
Science and technologyOTHER DEALER INTERESTED WITH A3XX
BERLIN, International Lease Finance Corporation confirmed its strong interest for the new Airbus giant, declaring its intention of becoming launch customer for this aircraft. ILFC Company, placed in Los... more
PeopleFIRST EUROPEAN 427 DELIVERED DURING ILA
BERLIN, During ILA 2000 aerospace exhibition the first Bell 427 helicopter will be delivered to a european customer, Jet Service of Warsaw. Bell received 80 orders for this aircraft, orders coming from... more
Science and technologyMIG PRESENTS ITS NEW MIG-29 UPGRADED
BERLIN, MiG RSK presented its nrew MiG-29SMT-2 during ILA 2000 exhibition in Berlin. All the most upgraded and innovative technologies have been used by this Company of ex-Soviet Union. The alterations... more
DefenseMEXICO BUYS TWO ELEPHANTS
BERLIN, Mexican army made up its mind to buy two Mi26T helicopters of ex Soviet Union production: this helicopter is there known as "Elephant". MI26T is currently the biggest existing aircraft of that... more
Science and technologyEUROCOPTER RALLY
BERLIN, French-german Company featured in massive way to ILA 2000 with 17 civil and military helicopters, showed at exhibition. On display. among the others, there are the little EC-120, Tiger attack helicopter,... more
Sport aviationFAIRCHILD 728 JET COCKPIT WINS A PRIZE
HANNOVER, The prize "IF Design Award 2000" for the best design was awarded to regional Fairchild 728 Jet by "The Industry Forum Design" of Hannover. more
DefenseNEW UAV DISPLAYED AT ILA 2000
BERLIN, The drone Luna X-2000 was displayed. It was produced by EMT, a german company specialized in this kind of making. The aircraft, without pilot, was already used in Kosovo missions and is going to... more
Finance and economyEADS IS GOING TO ISSUE SHARES
BELINO, A chunk of EADS, the syndicate gathering together Aerospatiale Matra, DaimlerCrysler Aerospace and Casa, the 34 %, will be offered to shareholders in a takeover bid taking place in the next weeks.... more
Sport aviationHELICOPTERS SPEED RACE TO BERLIN
BERLIN, On the occasion of aueronautical exhibition ILA 2000, half a dozen of Bell 407 helicopters are going to fly today from Paris to Berlin in a speed race. The helicopters come from several countries,... more
PeopleGREEN LIGHT FOR NH-90
BERLIN, Italy, (Agusta), Germany and France (Eurocopter), Holland (Fokker), are going to sign up an agreement for the combined making of new helicopter NH-90 that will be used for average transport. About... more
PeopleSCHROEDER IS GOING TO VISIT ILA 2000
BERLIN, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is going to visit ILA 2000 exhibition in Berlin on thursday. Since the german capital moved from Bonn to Berlin, this city reached an higher importance from... more
Finance and economyFAIRCHILD TAKES A THIRD OF REGIONAL FLIGHTS MARKET
BERLIN, The delicate sector of regional air transport (aircrafts with usually less than 100 seats), is expanding thanks to the raising demand of aircrafts for that type of short-range transport. in this... more
DefenseGERMANY INTERESTED IN A-400 M
BERLIN, Airbus project for a transport aircraft of military use, named A-400 M found recently a possible buyer, the german Bundeswehr. Minister of Defense of Germany, Rudolf Sharping, showed his interest... more
HelicoptersAEROVENETA WINS TENDER IN GREECE
VERONA, Aeoroveneta Company, beating several other companies, won the tender for fire-fighting surveillance of greek land. The tender was called by greek firemen's National Corp. The service will be performed... more
Press releasePOSSIBLE AGREEMENT BETWEEN KLM AND BRITISH
DUSSELDORF, GERMANY, According to two newspapers, the german "Handelsblatt" and the american "Wall Street Journal" peliminary talks between top managers of the two companies have taken place to verify... more
Press releaseBANK ROBBERIES CLEAN CUT WITH HELICOPTER SECURITY
TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA, Robinson Helicopter Company has sold seven four-seat R44 units to LRC Taxi Aereo of Sao Paulo, Brazil, for security and patrol of city's banks. The vehicles, as needed, will be used... more
AccidentsWORKER KNOCKED DOWN AND KILLED AT FIUMICINO AIRPORT
FIUMICINO, A worker aged 28, Paolo Frediani, who was working at luggage zone, was knocked down late at evening by a machine starting up suddenly and out of control. It crushed him onto a track after having... more
AirlinesAIRFRANCE INTERESTED IN A3XX
PARIS, French national company, Airfrance, is interested in purchasing some, nearly ten, Airbus A3XX, as declared by President Jean-Cyrill Spinetta. Airbus, for its part, will announce at ILA 2000, aeronautical... more
AccidentsVICTIMS IN AIR CRASH IN FRANCE
PARIS, A PA-46 Piper, with probably six people on board, crashed in the middle of a big storm in Thury-en-Valois in Oise's province. Rescue team intervened immediately and found only 5 victims. The aircraft,... more
Science and technologyROME AIR SHOW DELAYS FLGHTS AT FIUMICINO
ROME, Thirty minutes delays with peaks of an hour for nearly fifty flights. Those were the consequences of "Ostia Air Show", taking place close to Rome and which was attended by about one million and half... more
SecuritySTOWAWAYS CHANGE MEAN: NOW THEY COME BY AIRPLANE
ANCONA, Now stowaways prefer comfortable trips: an aircraft coming from Ukraine, a YAK 642 with 130 immigrants on board, landed at Falconara, Ancona airport. Three citizens from Moscow were taking immigrants.... more
PeopleEIGHT HOURS IN THE STANDING AIRPLANE
WASHINGTON, Bad weather raging on american east coast is responsible for more than 100 flights to be cancelled. The worst event happened to passengers of flight 1806, of United Airlines, leaving from Chicago... more
AccidentsEIGHT PEOPLE DIE FOR AIR CRASH IN AUSTRALIA
SIDNEY, An aircraft with eight people on board sank approximately 25 kilometers far from south australian coasts. The search, carried out with an helicopter, three aircrafts and several boats, let be discovered... more
Science and technologyFAILS THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN BRITISH AND OLYMPIC
ROME, British Airlines decided not to take over the 20% of greek company Olympic Airlines, because of its difficulties. The pre-emptive right won't be therefore taken up and the greek airline will take... more
DefenseF-104 PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
ROME, The Honourable Gramazio, of Alleanza Nazionale, sent a parliamentary question about the dangerousness of F-104 flights for people. He also asked for new funds for AMI, to provide it of state-of-the... more
Science and technologyPARLIAMENTARY QUESTION ABOUT FIUMICINO AIRPORT
ROME, Honourables Malagnino and Abaterusso, from Olive-Democratic-Socialist Party, sent a parliamentary question regarding the interventions of operating and structural retraining of flight infrastructures... more
AirlinesPARLIAMENTARY QUESTION REGARDING ALITALIA
ROME, The Honourable Armosino, of Forza Italia party, sent a written parliamentary question to know if Alitalia will start up the course Torino-Reggio Calabria. more
Science and technologyNEW PRESIDENT FOR VENICE AIRPORT
VENICE, Save Company, which runs the business of "Marco Polo" Venice Airport, has a new President, Enrico Marchi, elected unanimously at company meeting which took place yesterday evening. Marchi, aged... more
Science and technologyAMERICAN AIRLINES INAUGURATES ROME-CHICAGO NO- STOP FLIGHT
ROME, American Airlines inaugurated the new no-stop daily connection between Fiumicino Airport and Chicago O'Hare airport. "The course between Rome and Chicago was the most crowded course between Italy... more
PeopleBALL WATCHING INSTEAD OF AIRCRAFT WATCHING
MILAN, About eighty air traffic controllers received a notification of investigation. The count of indiction was fraud towards Enav. About fifteen controllers would be prosecuted for breaking and disturbing... more
AirlinesALITALIA ON INTERNET
ROME, Alitalia national company gets into e-commerce with a new portal dedicated to allocation of services and products related to tourism. Alitalia's board of directors therefore started up this project... more
DefensePARLIAMENTARY OPINION ON AM-X MODERNIZATION
ROMA, Italian Minister of Defense, Honourable Mattarella, of PPI party, delivered the request of parliamentary opinion about AM-X fleet modernization plan by letter dated May 25th. The 4th Permanent Commission... more
PeopleSPECIAL SAFETY BELT FOR QUICK TEMPERED PASSENGERS
LONDON, An ex police man thought up a device called "Body restraint package" that will be used by flying attendants on airplanes to "cool down" passengers furies in case they are taken by paroxysms dangerous... more
DefenseNO SPARE PARTS FOR BRAZILIAN AIRFORCE
RIO DE JANEIRO, Top-ranking officers of Brazilian air force said nearly 60 percent of the service's aircraft are grounded because of a lack of spare parts, which government can't buy because it needs the... more
DefenseHOW MANY AIRCRAFTS ARE OPERATED BY PENTAGON?
WASHINGTON D.C., Does the Pentagon really need 346 support aircraft -- including luxury jets used to ferry top brass around the country? The General Accounting Office thinks not, according to USA Today.... more
PeopleNO AGREEMENT BETWEEN EGYPT AND ISRAEL FOR FLIGHT ZONES
EL CAIRO, The agreement between Israel and Egypt about flight zones, which would have allowed the aircrafts coming from El Cairo to cross the air corridor to get to Gaza airport, has failed. Israel resolution,taken... more
IndustryAIRCRAFT CARRIER ACCIDENT REVEALED ONLY TODAY.
PACIFIC OCEAN, A CH-47 Chinook helicopter, adopted by American Navy, crashed down from a bridge of a not specified US aircraft carrier. The crash was due to a a mistake in landing. The helicopter landed... more
SecurityGRANNY WILL FLY AROUND THE WORLD BY HELICOPTER
LONDON, Jennifer Murray has just yesterday moved from Weybridge with a Robinson 44 helicopter. She is 59, with three sons and two grand children,and she intends to fly around the world in 86 days. The... more
AirlinesSUSPENDED TWO ALASKAN AIRLINES PILOTS
SEATTLE,USA, Six months of suspension have been suggested for two pilots of Alaskan Airlines. The reason is that even tough oxygen masks for passenger were started up, they kept on flying as the oxygen... more
Sport aviationUN ROTORWAY CONQUISTA ANCORA UNA VOLTA IL GRAND CHAMPION
CHANDLER, ARIZONA,USA, Ancora una volta un elicottero della Rotorway ha vinto il Grand Championship, uno dei maggiori eventi della EEA. Bob Fiorenze, di Winter Park, Florida, ha ottenuto il primo posto... more
AirlinesLA COMPAGNIA DI ELICOTTERI ROBINSON INIZIA IL NUOVO MILLENNIO GUADAGNANDO IL 65 % DEL MERCATO
TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA, La compagnia di elicotteri Robinson ha inaugurato l'anno 2000 con la vendita di 88 nuovi mezzi nel primo quadrimestre, un enorme aumento delle vendite, superiore al 64% rispetto allo... more
Science and technologyDE PALACIO IS COMING TO ROME ON THE 23RD OF JUNE
BRUXELLES, Airports International Council's annual meeting will take place on the 23rd of june and will be featuring Loyola de Palacio, Vice-President of European Commission. The meeting will treat the... more
AirlinesGOLDWIN INTRODUCES ITSELF IN PALERMO
PALERMO, A new airline is coming up in Sicily: It is called Goldwin Airlines and it is going to introduce itself to world press and operators on the 9th of june at fascinating setting of Palazzo dei Normanni... more
Press releaseAIR LITTORAL
ROME, Air Littoral is the first french regional Airline. It owns a fleet of 39 Aircrafts, such as ATR 42-5000 and Fokker. It carries over 4000 passengers each day and its network is based on Nice's and... more
AerospaceSAILING TO THE STARS ON SOLAR WIND
ALABAMA USA, According to NASA scientists within the decade a new and revolutionary propulsion system, an immense and super-lightweight sailing, will be at disposal. It will let the power of solar photons... more