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AirlinesMEXICANA AIRLINES JOINS OFFICIALLY STAR ALLIANCE
SAN ANTONIO, USA, Mexicana Airlines announced to be official member airline of Star Alliance since the 1st of July. Fernando Flores, CEO and Chairman for Mexicana Airlines declared that the company "is... more
HelicoptersNAHEMA AND NH INDUSTRIES SIGNED A CONTRACT FOR 298 NH90 HELICOPTERS
PARIS, Helmut Heumann, General Manager of NAHEMA, and Philippe Stuckelberger, President of NH Industries, signed a contract for manufacturing a first batch of 298 NH90 helicopters. The total value of the... more
DefenseNATO IS PROJECTING GROUND SURVEILLANCE RADAR SYSTEM
USA, Nato is currently defining NATAR, Nato Transatlantic Advanced Radar, ground surveillance project based on Joint STARS and RTIP technologies, using six aircrafts, possibly A321, equipped with mission... more
AirlinesAIR TRAN DEALING TO ACQUIRE TWA
ORLANDO, USA, Air Tran Holdings has ended preliminary talks about acquiring Trans World Airlines. The new was confirmed by an Air Tran spokesman. That carrier is considering a buyout of TWA as a way of... more
IndustryLOCKHEED MARTIN WINS CONTRACT FOR THAAD
USA, Lockheed Martin won a contract worth 4 billions USD for the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase of the Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), tactical ballistic missile defense... more
AirlinesQUANTAS AIMING AT BECOMING A3XX LAUNCH CUSTOMER
FRANCE, Australian airline Quantas expressed its interest to Airbus Industrie in becoming a launch customer for the A3XX, with an initial requirement for 10 aircrafts for deliveries from 2006 onwards.... more
AirlinesKOREAN AIR ORDERS NEW A330 FROM AIRBUS
FRANCE, Korean Air placed an order with Airbus Industrie for the purchase of three new A330-300s which will be delivered in 2001 and 2002. This new contract increases to 19 the number of aircrafts korean... more
IndustryBOEING RECEIVING NEW ORDERS FOR 4 BILLIONS USD
NEW YORK, Boeing received a new big order for 94 737 planes, for a total amount of 4 millions USD, from Southwest Airlines. The fleet of american airline includes already 312 aircrafts and is in strong... more
DefenseNEW SLAM-ER MISSILE IN FULL PRODUCTION FOR US NAVY
WASHINGTON, American Navy announced the SLAM-ER (Standoff Land Attack-Expanded Response) missile has entered into full production. It is a powerful defense weapon, whose effect, together with Super Hornet,... more
AccidentsBOMB ALARM ON AN AIR NEW ZEALAND PLANE
NEW ZEALAND, An Air New Zealand aircraft transporting 205 passengers from Fiji Isles to Auckland, included 10 Maori activists, had to make an emergency landing because of a bomb alarm. The plane therefore... more
Weather forecastsOSPREY WILL NOT PARTICIPATE TO FARNBOROUGH
LONDON, Bell-Boeing V-22 convertiplane will not participate to english show because of the accident involving another Osprey of american Navy which crashed in Tucson, Arizona, killing all passengers. This... more
Science and technologyTOMORROW STARTING ITALIAN CONTROL OF PRISTINA AIRPORT
BARI, From tomorrow Pristina airport will be controlled by italian Air Force, which is going to replace the british one. Among the duties will be the control of military and civil air traffic of that area... more
AirlinesSKY TEAM CHOOSES WORLD SPAN'S ALLIANCE DISPLAY SOLUTION
ATLANTA, Worldspan, company providing global electronic distribution of travel information, announced today that Sky Team, the new global alliance formed by Air France, Aeromexico, Delta Air Lines and... more
IndustryJSA ANALYSTS: AIRBUS A3XX WILL WIN MARKET SHARE BUT WON'T TURN EXPECTED PROFITS
USA, According to financial analysts of JSA american Institute of Research, Airbus A3XX will win big market shares, but will not turn expected profits. This because including repayments of government loans... more
Science and technologyNEW MOSCOW TERMINAL FOR AEROFLOT
MOSCOW, Board of directors of russian company Aeroflot approved the plan of construction of a third terminal in Moscow Sheremetyevo airport. It will handle both domestic and international flights. Construction... more
PeopleMENINGITIS ON BOARD, OVER 400 PASSENGERS ARE RISKING
NEW YORK, A passenger of flight El Al 17 deceased just after landing for a meningitis which doctors of airport took at the beginning for a strong cold. Joseph Ferraro, aged 24, of Rochester, in NY state,... more
HelicoptersROBINSON APPOINTED RUSSIAN DEALER FOR R44
TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA, Robinson helicopter company appointed russian dealer, in St. Peterburg, for its R44 model. The first aircraft was already delivered during a ceremony with participation of various... more
Science and technologyGERMAN MANAGEMENT FOR SPATA'S STOPOVER
ATHENS, According to greek newspaper "Athens News", international stopover of Spata, placed 20 kilometres west far from greek capital, will be organized by Goldair Handling, a german group belonging to... more
AirlinesPILOTS OF AEROLINAS ARGENTINAS HAD TO RAISE MONEY FOR FUEL
BUENOS AIRES, According to what reported argentinian newspaper "Clarin", a jumbo of Aerolineas Argentinas, coming from Miami, could take off from Punta Cana's airport only after the crew raised money for... more
AirlinesAIR NEW ZEALAND TAKES OVER ANSETT AUSTRALIA
AUCKLAND, Air New Zealand took over australian company Ansett at 100% after buying also the remaining 50% of shares on the 23rd of June. First slice of Ansett was purchased by the carrier about four years... more
IndustryBAX GLOBAL AND LOCKHEED MARTIN SIGN NEW CONTRACT
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, BAX Global, a 2 billion USD transportation and supply chain management company, signed a contract with Lockheed Martin to transport AGM-142 missile parts from Israel to Usa. First charters... more
PeopleUSA-CANADA AGREEMENTS
WASHINGTON, An exchange joint agreement between Usa and Canada was signed in order to allow both countries to accept civil air certifications regarding planning, manufacturing and manteinance of aircrafts.... more
Science and technologyGROUND SURVEILLANCE RADAR SYSTEMS FOR 25 AMERICAN AIRPORTS
USA, FAA Administrator Jane Garvey said 25 airports across the country will be equipped of a ground safety system to help prevent runways collisions. ASDE-X, this is device's name, is designed to show... more
IndustryDASA EXPECTS CONVERSION OF AIRCRAFTS INTO CARGO PLANES
BERLIN, According to german DASA, within next 20 years, there will be the need of converting at least 800 cargo planes in categories included between 30 and 50 tons to face market demands. DASA completed... more
PeopleTRANSPORT: DE PALACIO WANTS A STRONG PUBLIC STRUCTURE
LUXEMBOURG, European commissioner for Transports, Loyola de Palacio, in reply to french air traffic controllers' strike, declared that she "never talked about privatization". Eu Commission aims at "a strong... more
IndustryBOEING CUTTING 900 JOBS AT CALIFORNIA PLANT
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA, Boeing said yesterday will cut up to 900 jobs from its Huntington beach plant in California, which works on Delta rocket and C 17 military transport program. The company confirmed... more
IndustryBOEING EMPLOYEES DECREASING
SEATTLE,USA, The big aeronautic american company deeply cuts back on staff in last months, shifting from over 197.000 employees at the beginning of the year to about 190.000 in May, shared out in its four... more
Civil aviationFAA URGES RUNWAY UPGRADES
WASHINGTON, Director of the FAA's runway safety program, john Mayrhofer, required some upgrades of runwways and federal regulations. Would be basic: better runway markings, more exact communication between... more
IndustryBAE SYSTEMS IS GOING TO CLOSE AVIONIC SECTOR
LONDON, English company plans to shift its business from avionic sector to other activities, starting from the early months of 2001. Among these activities are included those which Airbus consortium for... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASH IN LAOS, 15 KILLED
BANGKOK, THAILAND, A Laos aviation helicopter crashed into a mountain on sunday, killing at least 15 people. The new was reported by some diplomats. The cause of the crash is still not clear. Passengers... more