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UAS-DronesDEMA tries ULTRAS on the test bed of the Grottaglie airport
Grottaglie, Italy - The presentation at "Farnborough Air Show" last July
It has been presented only last July at the "Farnborough Air Show" and today it flies on the Grottaglie airport. It is Ultras, UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, at remote control or APR) tactical class aircraft... more
IndustryAirbus Group opens Leadership University in Toulouse
Toulouse, France - More than 20,000 employees per year have access to key development programmes
Airbus Group today has inaugurated a main campus in Toulouse-Blagnac for the company’s newly established Leadership University, which is unique in its mission and international set-up. Besides its core f... more
IndustryUK MoD buys more of Leonardo-Finmeccanica’s new missilejammer to allow RAF to write a ‘user guide’ for its pilots
Rome, Italy - The order follows earlier successful trials with the RAF in October 2015
The UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) is a step closer to being the first to use Leonardo-Finmeccanica’s new ‘BriteCloud’ missile-jamming countermeasure, following a purchase by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) w... more
AirportsBudapest Airport announces another link to Amsterdam
Budapest, Hungary - It welcomes the arrival of Air Algérie
Budapest Airport’s ceaseless route network expansion has seen another link announced, this time to Amsterdam with easyJet. Commencing on 6 February 2017, the thrice-weekly service from Hungary’s gateway wil... more
Civil aviationAirplanes. Russia and UK consider recovery of links to Egypt
Moscow, Russia - Interrupted after the disaster of Metrojet on the Sinai's skies
After the disaster of the Metrojet airplane, exploded on the Sinai's skies, seems due to an attack after taking-off last October 31, 2015 from Sharm el Sheikh, both London and Moscow are considering to... more
AirportsWizz Air to launch another new service from Liverpool Airport
Liverpool, UK - To the Polish city of Lublin in May 2017
Wizz Air has announced that to commence flights from Liverpool "John Lennon Airport" (LJLA) to the Polish city of Lublin. The twice weekly service will operate on Sundays and Wednesdays commencing on... more
IndustryLeonardo-Finmeccanica: MoU with the Argentinian Government for the development of high-technology and common projects
Rome, Italy - In the fields of aerospace, defence and security
Leonardo-Finmeccanica and the Argentinian Ministry for Science Technology and Productive Innovation, have recently signed in Buenos Aires a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to evaluate commercial partnerships... more
AerospaceVega: flight VV07 inaugurated the commercial phase -VIDEO
Kourou, French Guiana - Orders for 10 launches until 2019 ensured by Arianespace
Arianespace’s Vega continued its track record of succes, orbiting five new sets of “Eyes” that will observe the planet Earth in very high resolution: a cluster of four SkySat satellites for US-based opera... more
Civil aviationAirplanes grounded for strikes. IATA: 1 million minutes of delay caused only in 2016
Madrid, Spain - And called for governments to take steps to ensure service continuity in the face of industrial action
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) condemned the effects of air traffic controller strikes, which have caused 1 million minutes of delay across Europe this year, and called for governments... more
Civil aviationAirplanes. SESAR JU and ESA sign agreement on transport satellite communications
Paris, France - The cooperation will focus on the development of SESAR Solutions
The SESAR Joint Undertaking (SESAR JU) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) to further facilitate the development of satellite-based communications for Europe’s a... more
AerospaceIndra will implement Spain's system for space surveillance and tracking -VIDEO
Rome, Italy - Its services include collision warnings, object fragmentation and a re-entry warning service that includes information on the time and place of Earth impact
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Indra contracts to deploy the S3T surveillance and tracking system for objects in low Earth orbit, worth a total of €17 million. Indra has thus established i... more
IndustryHong Kong Airlines confirms order for 9 more A-330 airplanes
Toulouse, France - Fast-growing carrier committed to widebody fleet
Hong Kong Airlines has signed a contract with Airbus for the firm order of nine additional A-330/300s. The aircraft will be operated across a network which links Hong Kong with a wide range of destinations... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Italian FIT-CISL and UGL Trasporto aereo met Ball for operating emergency and absenteeism
Rome, Italy - The unions distance from this kind of disengagement
The meeting between delegates of FIT-CISL and UGL Trasporto aereo and Cramer Ball (CEO of the Alitalia's ex-former flag carrier, from last March) took place yesterday to discuss about operating emergency... more
CuriositiesLiverpool Airport: 80 year old airport employee on hand to celebrate Aer Lingus’ 80th anniversary
Liverpool, UK - Cliff Johnson works at Omniserve and provides assistance for passengers with reduced mobility
It was 80 years ago on the 14th of September 1936, that the very first Aer Lingus Dublin to Liverpool flight took to the air and to celebrate the occasion, the Aer Lingus Charitable Foundation brought... more
Press releaseFrance and airplanes grounded (2). Ryanair condemns French ATC strikes
Milan, Italy - It is the 14th protest organized this year
"Ryanair today (14 Sep) again called on the European Commission to take action to prevent the skies over Europe being closed once more tonight and tomorrow by French ATC unions. It regrets that it has... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space signs phase B contract with LeoSat
Rome, Italy - To develop high-throughput, low-orbit satellite constellation
Thales Alenia Space (TAS) and LeoSat Enterprises, announced today the signature of the phase B contract for the development of a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. It will offer very-high-speed... more
Civil aviationFrance. National strike: airplanes reduced at airports of Paris district, tomorrow
Paris, France - Less 15% of traffic at Roissy, at Orly and at Beauvais
DGCA, French Civil Aviation Directorate General, unveiled to have asked airlines to reduce their links of 15% in the Paris airports (Orly, Beauvais and at "Charles de Gaulle" of Roissy), in view of the... more
ReportIsrael: Peres had a stroke. Tension with Syria for airplane and drone shot down, but Tel Aviv denies
Tel Aviv, Israel - Rockets that have not threatened our aircraft, according to an Israeli military spokesperson
The former Israeli President, Shimon Peres, 93 years old, after a suspected stroke last Monday, following to it he has been dismissed from the hospital that had rescued him, he has had a new sudden illness... more
AirlinesAlitalia reduces workers?
Rome, Italy - Problem with accounts?
"Alitalia specifies that the connection to supposed plans, that would expect among other things a 30% cut on the labor cost, is considered without any foundation". But there are persistent rumors on the... more
AirlinesAir France celebrates 50 years of presence in China
Rome, Italy - It inaugurated the route Paris-Shanghai in September 1966
Air France inaugurated the route Paris-Shanghai in September 1966, becoming among the first European airlines to fly to the Popular Republic of China. Air France-KLM from Europe to China proposes 90... more
AirlinesKorean Air commences supply of A-330 NEO Sharklet airplane
Seoul, South Korea - Following its successful production for the A-320 model
Following the successful production of Sharklets for the A-320 NEO, Korean Air has commenced production of Sharklets for the A-330 NEO, concluding the development process. A Sharklet, designed by and accredited... more
PeopleAirplanes. Aci Europe supports Belgium's review of airport security measures
Brussels, Belgium - Nearly six months after the terror attacks of 22 March
ACI EUROPE yesterday met with Jan Jambon, Vice-Prime Minister of Belgium and Security & Interior Minister, to discuss security measures at Belgian airports nearly 6 months after the Brussels terror attacks... more
IndustryBoeing forecasts demand in China for 6,810 airplanes (valued at $1 Trillion)
Beijing, China - China's wide-body fleet to triple in size over the next two decades
Boeing, China's leading provider of commercial airplanes, projects a demand for 6,810 new airplanes in the country over the next 20 years. The company released its annual China Current Market Outlook (CMO)... more
CargoLufthansa Cargo awarded CEIV certification for pharmaceuticals transport
Frankfurt, Germany - IATA honours the cargo airline – pharmaceutical sector to be further developed
Lufthansa Cargo has been awarded the CEIV seal by airline association IATA (International Air Transport Association). Over recent months, as part of a complex procedure, independent specialists have reviewed... more
IndustryVolaris receives first A-320neo airplane
Toulouse, France - It is the first operator of the model in North-America
Low-cost carrier Volaris took delivery of its first A-320neo airplane, becoming the first operator of the model in North America. It is Mexico’s largest Airbus customer, having ordered 74 A-320 Family a... more
AirportsAircraft and results. Aci Europe: Europe's airport traffic returns to being a two-speed market
Brussels, Belgium - After a tumultuous first half to the year
European airport trade association, ACI EUROPE released its traffic report for July 2016. This is the only air transport report which includes all types of civil aviation passenger flights to and from... more
OccurrencesIndonesia: cargo airplane landed in emergency without undercarriage: it transported fuel. Anxiety... -VIDEO
Wamena, Indonesia - Moments of worry while it slided with two engines at contact with runway, given out sparks and smoke
A B-737/347 cargo airplane (registration PK-YSY, TGN-7321 flight) served by Trigana Air Service with three on board this morning (at 07:33am local hour) undergone substantial and irreparable damages in... more
DiscussionsYesterday 15th anniversary of the attacks by airplanes at "WTC" in New York (Ground Zero)
Rome, Italy - The memorial has become during the years homage of numerous authorities
September 11, 2001: a date that unfortunately remembers the attacks by airplanes, a tragedy impossible to image but concretely realized and that has shocked all the air transport world and not only. The... more
IndustryThales won tender for the air traffic control in Portugal
Rome, Italy - The airports interested are Porto, Viseu and Nisa
Thales awarded a tender for the supply and installation of the three DVORDME in Portugal for the Navegação Aérea de Portugal - Nav Portugal Epe. It is the confirmation as reference of the industry in th... more
AirportsTender for Alghero (Sardinia, Italy) airport privatization: September 27 new deadline: but nobody wants it?
Alghero, Italy - An investment of nearly EUR 9,5 million for an airport with a destiny still uncertain, without recovery of the low-cost flights
After the last date of September 7 with no adhesion, another one still for the assignment tender to private of the 71.25% of Sogeaal (Alghero's airport management company). Next September 27 is fixed the... more
Finance and economyArianespace to launch multi-payload Vega mission for Earth observation
Paris, France - To put into orbit satellites very important for the life of all days
For its seventh launch of the year, and seventh Vega mission since the light launcher began operations at the Guiana Space Center - French Guiana, in 2012, Arianespace will orbit the PerúSat-1 satellite... more
SecurityAirplanes and safety. FAA about ban boarding Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smarthphone
Washington, Usa - Recent incidents create worries of the Authority that forbids to bring on board or to put it in the checked baggage
"In light of recent incidents and concerns raised by Samsung about its Galaxy Note 7 devices, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) strongly advises passengers not to turn on or charge these devices... more
DefenseThe People’s Democratic Republic of Korea: Italy expresses its strongest condemnation for the new nuclear test
Rome, Italy - It represents a clear violation of the UN resolutions and a threat to peace and to international and regional security
“Italy expresses its strongest condemnation for the new nuclear test conducted last Friday by the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea which poses a threat to Asia and world peace", Minister of Foreign Aff... more
PeopleSyria: Minister Gentiloni supports Kerry–Lavrov agreement and assures support to upcoming UN negotiations
Rome, Italy - "The agreement reached last Friday in Geneva opens the door to a breakthrough in the dramatic war in Syria” said the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
"The agreement reached last Friday in Geneva opens the door to a breakthrough in the dramatic war in Syria” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni. He went o... more
AirlinesAirplanes and obese passengers. Canadian Court verdict on "Discriminatory" policies Delta Air Lines
Montreal, Canada - A case in Canada makes discussions about the service towards them and on the complaints of facts reported by third
In a few words, the facts: an university teacher, hit by the "Discriminatory" policy of Delta Air Lines, has brought to a question writing an email of complaint to Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA).... more
HelicoptersLeonardo-Finmeccanica and the Algerian Ministry of National Defence to establish a joint company to manufacture helicopters
Rome, Italy - Three light and medium types in Ain Amat, for various uses; after sales services
Leonardo-Finmeccanica announced today that an industrial and trade partnership agreement was signed with the Algerian Ministry of National Defence on August 11th. The contract foresees the establishment... more
AccidentsAirplane crashed yesterday in Kenya: it was a Cessna 210L Centerion II. A death until now
Naivasha, Kenya - An injured still serious, and other four in a lighter manner, Aircraft destroyed by the fire
More details available about the crash of yesterday for a Cessna 210L Centerion II (registration 5Y-CKK) private airplane with six on board, took off from a runway in Naivasha, Nakuru county, Kenya and... more
AerospaceSuccessful firing test for the ARTA 6 solid rocket motor for the Ariane 5 booster
Colleferro, Italy - The test also provided some important data
Firing test of the Solid Rocket Motor (MPS) of the Ariane 5 booster in Kourou, French Guiana, concluded successfully. This was the sixth firing test of ARTA (Accompagnement et Recherche Technologique Ariane),... more
Press releaseAirplanes and terrorism. CJ of EU: PNR data, agreement with Canada, is to revise
Luxembourg, Luxembourg - According to Advocate General Paolo Mengozzi conclusions, information sharing can't be applied in its current form
Starting in 2010, the European Union and Canada negotiated an agreement on the transfer and processing of passenger name record data (PNR Agreement). The agreement envisaged intends to allow the transfer... more
AirlinesWalsh, IAG CEO: "How much it does useful today to purchase new airplanes?"
London, UK - The evaluations on GDP decreasing and stagnation in business transport. In addition the heavy oil cost fall is considered
Due to the fact that the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth predictions are revised downward trend, "Without doubt all airlines, included those of the IAG Group, are considering again their need of new... more
SecurityIndra will provide air traffic control radars to Danish Royal Air Force
Rome, Italy - The three bases will be equipped with primary and secondary ones
In an international public tender run by the Danish Ministry of Defense, via the Danish Defense Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO), Indra has been awarded the contract to provide radars to support... more
AirlinesKorean Air and Delta to strengthen partnership
Seoul, South Korea - To more than 100 US and Canadian destinations and over 30 cities across Asia
Korean Air and Delta Air Lines, founding members of SkyTeam, will strengthen their partnership by expanding code-shares to more than 100 US and Canadian destinations and over 30 cities across Asia. The... more
CuriositiesA surprise in store for passengers to celebrate 50 years of "Star Trek" -VIDEO
Berlin, Germany - Air Berlin aircraft with special livery and cabin become a film set
An aircraft cabin becomes a film set: Marvin Töpfer, a senior cabin crew member at airberlin, is stationed in Duesseldorf, where he has worked for the airline since 2010. Recently, for a day he exchanged... more
AirlinesWizz Air added Porto to Budapest Airport’s route network
Budapest, Hungary - Launched last Sunday 4 September
Hungary’s capital city airport has celebrated the arrival of its latest year-round sun connection with the launch of Wizz Air’s twice-weekly service to Portugal’s second largest airport, Porto. Recording healt... more
IndustryAirAsia receives its A-320neo airplane
Hamburg, Germany - First CFM powered aircraft in South East Asia
AirAsia has taken delivery of its first A-320neo at a dedicated ceremony in Hamburg. The aircraft is the first CFM International LEAP-1A powered A-320neo in South East Asia and the second worldwide. Equipped... more
AerospaceVega to launch ESA's wind mission -VIDEO
Paris, France - For the launch of the ADM-Aeolus satellite planned at the end of 2017
ESA (European Space Agency) and Arianespace signed a contract to secure the launch of the Aeolus satellite. With this milestone, a better understanding of Earth’s winds is another step closer. The contract, w... more
Latest newsKenya: private airplane crashed with six on board: a death at the moment
Naivasha, Kenya - The aircraft crashed shortly after taking-off destroyed by a fire
Currently a person dead and other 5 wounded in a serious manner in an airplane crash happened this morning at Naivasha, Nakuru county, North-West of Nairobi, Kenya. The first news are still incompleted.... more
AccidentsMacedonia. Piper Seneca II airplane crashed: six victims, all Italians. Francesco Montagner among them
Treviso, Italy - Sorrow at Treviso's flying school
A strong roar of an explosion, and an airplane with flames before crash at ground: some witnesses of a Macedonian village (Vetersko, near Veles) saw this. It was a Piper PA-34/200T Seneca II, with German... more
IndustryGVA mission system selected for Danish Army vehicle fleet
Rome, Italy - Systems and sensors will be fitted on over 500, including the newly procured Piranha V
Leonardo-Finmeccanica has signed a contract with the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) to provide Vehicle Mission Systems for the Danish Army’s land vehicles. Based on the L... more
Civil aviationAircraft and results. IATA: July passenger demand shows resilience
Geneva, Switzerland - An acceleration in growth over the previous five months
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for July showing an acceleration in demand growth over the previous five months. Total revenue passenger kilometers... more