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AirlinesSAIRGROUP ANALYZES SWISSAIR'S STRATEGIES
ZURICH, SAirGroup Holding appears to be unsatisfied by owned Swiss airline Swissair strategies: according to a company's spokesman, "will be hard to follow the proposed strategies". From a survey held... more
Science and technologyCANADA: NEW TERMINAL AT EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
CANADA, The new terminal at Edmonton international airport is scheduled to open on December 9. Air Canada will take up 22 of its 42 check-in counters, with trans-border traffic using the remainder. The... more
Accidents36 FALLING ICE CASES REPORTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
GREAT BRITAIN, Ice continues to fall from the sky: in Great Britain have been reported at least 36 cases in which frozen effluent from aircraft hitting the ground in the first ten months of 2000, about... more
AirlinesSKY AIRLINES NEW BOEING OPERATOR
SEATTLE, Sky Airlines, an international charter carrier based in Cyprus, became Boeing operator after leasing two 737-800s planes from GE Capital Aviation Services. The jets will be used from the spring... more
AccidentsNORTHWEST FLIGHT TURNS BACK FOR AN HOLE IN THE WING
USA, A Northwest Airlines aircraft going to Portland, Oregon with 179 passengers on board, has been forced to return to Minneapolis after a 1-foot-diameter hole was discovered in its left wing. The... more
AirlinesUNITED AIRLINES' MECHANICS READY TO STRIKE
CHICAGO, United mechanics yesterday told federal mediators in Washington they want a break in talks with the company and a 30-day cooling off period after which they could legally go on strike. So... more
AirlinesU.S. AIRLINES TO FIGHT FLIGHT DELAYS
CHICAGO, United and Northwest are attempting to head off flights delays after blaming on disgruntled mechanics. A few days ago a federal judge barred United mechanics from disrupting flights scheduled.... more
AccidentsFLIGHT ATTENDANT DIES OPENING A DOOR OF THE PLANE
MIAMI, FLORIDA, A flight attendant of American Airlines, Jose Chiu, 34 year-old, died being sucked out on to the tarmac after opening a door of a plane returned to Miami International airport for an emergency... more
Science and technologyBRITISH REPORTER POSING AS PILOT ENTERED RESTRICTED AREAS
LONDON, A reporter of a british newspaper posing as pilot entered restricted areas at London's Gatwick Airport and boarded a passenger jet at Birmingham International Airport. He obtained a valid security... more
Science and technologyMOSCOW: AIRPORTS CLOSED BY FOG
MOSCOW, Sheremetyevo-1 and Sheremetyevo-2 Moscow's airports were closed today by thick fog. Flights were directed to the other airports of the city or to the back up airports in St.Petersburg, Riga and... more
AirlinesDISCOUNT AIRLINES BOOST AUSTRALIAN DOMESTIC TRAFFIC
AUSTRALIA, Australian Transport Department said the new low-cost carriers prompted a 26.5 per cent increase in the number of passengers in domestic traffic. Impulse Airlines and Virgin Blue's fares are... more
Science and technologyDELAYS AT INTERNATIONAL PRAGUE AIRPORT BECAUSE OF BOMB THREAT
PRAGUE, Delays at Prague international airport yesterday due to a bomb threat. A phone call to the airport police warned that a bomb was planted on a plane en route to Franfkurt. Two CSA flights and a... more
AerospaceRUSSIA LOST CONTACT WITH AMERICAN SATELLITE
MOSCOW, An american satellite, launched into orbit with a Kosmos-3M missile from the russian cosmodrome of Plessetsk, lost contact with Earth after it was blasted into orbit, a spokesman of russian aerospace... more
PeopleFAA RE-CERTIFY KLM MAINTENANCE SERVICES
AMSTELVEEN, The U.S. FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, has recertified KLM Engineering & Maintenance for a further one-year period. FAA surveyors initially have considered recertification for a two-year... more
Science and technologyPLANE RETURNS TO AIRPORT FOR LIGHTED CIGARETTE
TOKYO, JAPAN, An American Airlines Boeing 777 en route to Seattle had to return to Narita airport of Tokyo because a japanese 45 year-old passenger refused to exit the toilet where he was smoking a cigarette.... more
AirlinesJETBLUE AIWAYS STARTS SALT LAKE CITY SERVICE
USA, JetBlue Airways inaugurated a new service between JFK airport and Salt Lake City, with range from $99 each way. It is a daily non-stop flight with Airbus A320 aircraft. more
PeopleRUSSIAN ARRESTED IN NETHERLANDS FOR BOMB THREAT ON SAS PLANE
AMSTERDAM, A 47 year old russian passenger of a SAS plane was arrested at Schipol airport for handing a note to a flight attendant regarding a bomb on board and demanding for USD$390,000 per passenger.... more
AerospaceINDIA TO LAUNCH WEATHER SATELLITE NEXT YEAR
NEW DELHI, India's government approved the proposal of launching a weather satellite next October. The satellite, called METSAT, will be built locally and launched from Sriharikota base. It is expected... more
PeoplePILOT SOLVES WOBBLING PLANE PROBLEM BY PASSENGER POWER
PARIS, The captain of a Gill Airways Fokker 100 on a flight from Newcastle to Paris asked passengers seated at the rear of the plane to gather at the front of the aircraft to solve a wobbling problem.... more
PeopleDELTA AND ALPA TO SEEK MEDIATION
USA, Delta Air Lines and Air Line Pilots Association are seeking for a mediator in their on-going collective bargaining for the new pilot contract. So they have made a joint application to the National... more
IndustryBOMBARDIER: CONTINENTAL BUSINESS JET PROGRAM IS PROCEEDING
CANADA, Bombardier celebrated the wing mating on its all-new super midsize Continental business jet developing. The powerplant will be installed shortly. Certification is set for the third quarter of... more
PeopleBOEING INVOLVED WITH ALASKA AIRLINES CRASH
SEATTLE, USA, Federal investigators are testing a safety mechanism that have may failed and caused the crash of the Alaska Airlines jet. So the blame seems to shift on the airplane maker Boeing Co. The... more
AccidentsEH-101: THE CRASH WAS CAUSED BY THE ROTOR BRAKE ON
LONDON, The helicopter EH-101 of Royal Navy crashed last month plunging into the sea during underwater sonar tests had the rotor brake on. This would be the cause of the crash according to the investigators... more
AccidentsBOMBARDIER: TEST PILOT INJURED IN CHALLENGER 604 CRASH HAS DIED
CANADA, Eric Fiore, 43, Bombardier Aerospace Experimental Test Pilot and former United States Air Force fighter pilot, injured in the crash of a Challenger 604 last October 10 has died. The aircraft crashed... more
IndustryBOEING TO SPIN OFF ITS HIGH GROWTH BUSINESSES
SEATTLE, The aerospace industry based in Seattle is considering to spin off some of its high growth businesses, including comminucation, satellites and air traffic unit. A number of options are on the... more
AccidentsANGOLAN ANTONOV CRASHED BECAUSE OVERLOADED
ANGOLA, According to angolan investigators the Antonov crashed a few days ago in Angola took off with 15 passengers over the limit. This overload is supposed to be responsible for the crash. The plane... more
AccidentsTOULOUSE COURT TO PUT OFF TRIAL FOR GIE AIRBUS CRASH IN 1994
TOULOUSE, A court of Toulouse has put off to February 26 the process for "unintentional murder" against three people accused of the crash of a GIE Airbus A330 in 1994. Seven people died in the incident.... more
AccidentsBLAZING HELICOPTER CRASH IN ARABIA, 7 KILLED
SAUDI ARABIA, A saudi military helicopter crashed yesterday shortly after takeoff from the base of Qassim, in northern part of the country. The cause of the incident is not known. Three officers of the... more
AirlinesAUSTRIAN AIRLINES TO DISPUTE WITH LAUDA AIR
VIENNA, The executive of Austrian Airlines, which holds 36% of Lauda Air, is aming at dismissing the pilot because he was considered responsible of the airline's financial crisis. Lauda called a shareholders'... more
AirlinesIBERIA TO EYE GO
MADRID, Spanish flag Iberia is interested to take over Go, the low cost airline recently put up for sale by BA, a spokesman of the airline said. According to the spanish newspaper Expansion, Iberia is... more