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OccurrencesQantas, another occurrence: 747 airplane suffered an engine failure
Sydney, Australia - While it is about to take-off from Sidney to Los Angeles
On Saturday, January 15, 2011, a Qantas Boeing 747 airplane with 344 passengers on board suffered a failure in the engine number 1 while it was preparing to take-off from Sydney, Australia, in the direction... more
IndustryAirbus hits new record aircraft deliveries in 2010
Toulouse, France - Orders strongly above expectations
Airbus has increased its production output for the ninth year in a row and achieved a new company record of 510 (2009: 498) commercial aircraft deliveries to 94 customers (of which 19 were new). Deliveries... more
IndustrySSJ-100: 15 airplanes plus 5 options for the Mexican Interjet
Venice, Italy - The first deliveries are scheduled for the second half of 2012
SuperJet International (SJI) -a joint-venture between Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica Company, and Sukhoi Holding- signed a contract today with Mexico’s Interjet airline for the purchase of 15 long r... more
Press releaseItalian "Telefono Blu": cancel air travels to Tunisia
Rome, Italy - And find a solution compensating tourists
"It is absolutely no good the situation in Tunisia: it is stated by "Telefono Blu Consumatori", the Italian association protecting consumers and tourists. Our sources tell us that it is not exactly a popular-democratic... more
AirportsAirport of Turin-Caselle: dense fog causes some re-routing
Turin, Italy - A flight cancelled and four landed in other airports
The dense fog that since Friday evening has been covering with fog Turin is causing some discomfort in the road traffic and at Turin-Caselle airport, which during the week-end has also to face the "Charter... more
HelicoptersAW signs a contract with the UK Ministry of Defence
Rome, Italy - Worth GBP 570 million
AgustaWestland (AW), a Finmeccanica company, has signed a contract worth approximately GBP 570 million with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) covering the second five year period (2011 to 2016) of the 25... more
AirlinesAlitalia resumed yesterday its flights from and to Tunis
Rome, Italy - Served with 200-seat A-321s
Considering the re-opening of the Tunisian airspace, yesterday Alitalia operated two flights from Rome-Fiumicino airport to Tunis, at 8:00 am and 12:00 am, and two connections from Tunis to Rome-Fiumicino... more
Press releaseAir transport. Livingston: still some day to discover the fate of the airline
Rome, Italy - States the website "Help consumatori"
The website "Help Consumatori" ("Help for consumers") states that "It is necessary to wait until Monday, January 17, -unless a further postponement- to discover the fate of Livingston airline whose flights... more
Civil defenseCanadair airplanes will fly again (video)
Rome, Italy - Spanish Inaer awarded the contract for the management of Canadairs' fleet
With the announcement made by the Head of department Franco Gabrielli about the award of the bid for the temporary grouping of companies formed by Inaer Helycoper Italia and Inaer Aviones Anfibios SAU,... more
AirportsIn 2006 Muslim extremists wanted to destroy New York’s "JFK" airport
New York, Usa - Nowadays the plotters of the terrorist attack are being sentenced
Two of the four citizens from Central America involved in the failed terrorist attack in 2006 against New York’s JFK Airport have already received the maximum punishment. US District Judge Dora Irizarry i... more
Civil aviationBrazil air traffic soars 18.62% in December and 23.47% year to year
Brasilia, Brazil - Aviation industry continued to grow because of heavy discounting by national airlines
Air traffic in Brazil rose sharply in December as a booming economy fueled demand for air travel, the country's Civil Aviation Authority, or Anac, said. Anac said total paid air traffic grew 18.62%... more
Civil aviationIATA won a major court victory in its dispute with Sabre on airplane tickets
Montreal, Canada - The Gds filed a lawsuit against the association alleging breach of confidence with respect to its use of the data
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) won a major court victory in its dispute with Sabre over the IATA PaxIS product. On 11 January, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Canada) dismissed... more
DefenseRussian Duma: today ratified on second reading agreement with USA on disarmament
Moscow, Russia - The final approval should come on January 25th
Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, today approved on the second reading an amendment to the law ratifying the new agreement with the United States on arms reduction, the Start 2. The... more
SecurityNew airport scanners couldn't see through sikh turbans
Washington, Usa - They have been warned that they could now face 100% screening of their "Pagris"
Already peeved by security pat downs, Sikhs in the US have been warned that they could now face 100% screening of their turbans at American airports as the new imaging technology cannot see through their... more
HelicoptersItalian Guardia di Finanza takes delivery of its second AW-139 helicopter
Cascina Costa, Italy - The first one was delivered in mid-2009
AgustaWestland (AW), a Finmeccanica company, has announced the delivery of a second AW-139 medium twin helicopter for the Italian Guardia di Finanza (Customs and Border Patrol Service). The aircraft was... more
AirlineseasyJet: 234,000 passengers flew with the carrier for Christmas holidays
Milan, Italy - From and to Malpensa
During the 2010 Christmas holidays, about 234,000 passengers have chosen easyJet, low-fare airline in Europe, to fly from and to the airport of Milan-Malpensa. The carrier announced that for Christmas... more
Civil aviationIATA and Stanford University launch aviation certification program
Montreal, Canada - The management component includes three courses
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the Stanford Center of Professional Development at Stanford University have partnered to launch a new distance-learning aviation certification program... more
AccidentsCrash Smolensk. Poland wants from Russia cockpit voice recordings of the Tu-154 airplane
Moscow, Russia - The ex-Soviet Country states that they have already been delivered to it after the tragedy
This morning, the Polish interior ministry has said through its spokeswoman Malgorzata Wozniak that Russia has asked Poland to have, in addition to the transcripts, also the cockpit voice recordings of... more
AerospaceATV ready for the launch from Ariane 5 of February 15th
Cayenne, French Guiana - From French Guiana
It 's all ready for the departure of the ATV, Automated Transfer Vehicle, from Ariane 5, scheduled for February 15th by the Centre Spatial Guyanais in the Kourou spaceport, in French Guiana. Ariane... more
AirportsFraport traffic figures 2010: December and full year
Frankfurt, Germany - Frankfurt serves 4.1% more passengers and achieves historic airfreight record
Fraport AG registered noticeable growth in almost all traffic categories at its Frankfurt Airport (FRA) home base in 2010 – a year of great turbulence for the international air transportation industry.... more
Civil aviationIATA: aviation opportunities for Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam - Identified three areas of focus
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) identified three areas of focus for the Vietnamese aviation industry—global standard technology for air traffic management, more cost-efficient airports a... more
HelicoptersSTAT MedEvac purchases five AEurocopter twins to upgrade helicopter fleet
Grand Prairie, Usa - It has a fleet of 21 aircraft: 14 EC-135s and 7 EC-145s
American Eurocopter announced that STAT MedEvac has ordered five more twin-engine helicopters. The order consists of three EC-135 helicopters and two EC-145 helicopters and is part of an ongoing strategy... more
IndustryTelespazio acquires the UK company VEGA Space and the space activities of Elsag Datamat
Rome, Italy - From last January 1st, 2011
On 1 January 2011, Telespazio, a Finmeccanica/Thales company, acquired the space activities of two Finmeccanica Group companies: VEGA, based in the UK, and Elsag Datamat, based in Genoa. Telespazio’s n... more
Civil aviationItaly, transport by plane: new strikes announced
Rome, Italy - For January and February
According to the website of the Italian Ministry of Transports, new strikes have been announced for the first two months of 2011, which could create chaos and disruptions in the transport sector in Italy. For... more
Press releaseItalian ENAC: Catania's airport fully operational from this morning
Rome, Italy - With no movement limitations
On the basis of the latest and updated information provided by INGV (national institute of geophysics and volcanology) and by the weather bureau of Sigonella about the volcanic activity of Etna, the Crisis... more
Civil defenseItalian Civil defense: management of Canadair airplanes' fleet
Rome, Italy - Concluded also the affair of the omitted payment of the salaries from months
"It was concluded yesterday, in the afternoon, the bid process for the allocation of management of Canadair airplanes' fleet destined to the fire-fighting service. The contract, after a long process... more
AirportsNew lounge for LOT passengers at "Chopin Airport" in Warsaw
Warsaw, Poland - PPL has opened a new one dedicated entirely to passengers flying with airline and other SA carriers
The new lounge, ‘LOT Business Lounge POLONEZ’, was the initiative of Chopin Airport’s operator ‘Polish Airports’ State Enterprise (PPL), which provided all funds for its construction and had the final... more
AirportsDFW International Airport connects with new Qantas Airways service to Sydney and Brisbane
Dallas, Usa - To establish first nonstop passenger connection from North Texas to Australia
DFW International Airport yesterday announced that Qantas Airways Ltd., the national airline of Australia, will begin non-stop service from Sydney to Dallas-Fort Worth with four flights a week starting... more
AerospaceNASA: more support structures on the beams of Discovery's external tank
Cape Canaveral, USA - The space shuttle won't depart earlier than February 24th
As announced on NASA's web-site, engineers have started yesterday, at the Vehicle Assembly Building of Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the installation of additional support structures, called "Radius... more
Airports"Ronchi" airport in Gorizia, passengers' traffic +4,3%
Gorizia, Italy - In 2010
Positive 2010's budget for the airport of Ronchi dei Legionari, Gorizia, which concluded the year with a 4.3% growth in the traffic of passengers, which were 721,091 against 691,565 of last year. In... more
Civil aviationAea: European airlines look back on a turbulent 2010
Brussels, Belgium - Ash, snow and strikes combine to hold back market recovery
The Association of European Airlines, which represents Europe’s most important network carriers, has revealed a preliminary traffic estimate for 2010 of 335 million passengers boarded by its members, t... more
UAS-DronesFirst hydrogen-powered flight by unmanned aircraft system Global Observer
Edwards, USA - Developed by AV and the US government
AeroVironment Inc, AV, a leading manufacturer of Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Efficient Electric Energy Technologies , announced that the UAS, Unmanned Aircraft System, Global Observer, has completed... more
SecurityFurther case of laser pointer on an airplane
Bari, Italy - Landing at the Italian Bari's airport
Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 10:25 pm. An Alitalia flight from Milan-Linate is landing at the "Karol Wojtyla" airport of Bari, where a laser pointer with a green light, coming from an area not far from the... more
Military aviationUSAF delays again the awarding of contract for KC-X tanker airplanes
Washington, USA - After three postponements, to a date to be arranged
USAF refuses to communicate the date in which it will announce its decision on the award of a 35 billion contract for 179 KC-X tankers which should replace the now obsolete KC-135 tankers in the US Air... more
SecurityNTSB has called for the FAA to require an immediate check of ELTs on airplanes of general aviation
Washington, Usa - They must be connected with external antenna
A fatal general aviation accident in which four badly injured survivors' lives were put at risk by the failure of the aircraft's emergency locator transmitter (Elt) has worried the US National Transportation... more
AccidentsPolish ministers' meeting to assess MAK's report on Tu-154 airplane's Smolensk crash
Warsaw, Poland - Awaited the Prime Minister Donald Tusk's statements
Awaited, in this hours, the Warsaw's response to the report on the Smolensk's accident written by the Committee of Inquiry of MAK, the interstate executive body which oversees the use and the management... more
Weather forecastsItaly: stable weather with formation of fog during week-end on all Peninsula
Rome, Italy - Maximum prudence on the road and to prefer to travel during the day
A week-end of stable weather on all Italy. The next week-end will see a persistent of high pressure on the entire Italian Peninsula. Such situation will cause an accumulation of humidity that connected... more
ReportSix Russian airlines ground Tu-154B airplanes
Moscow, Russia - After the fire and the explosion of a specimen occurred on January 1st
Six Russian airlines have grounded all the Tupolev Tu-154B airplanes in the fleet for precautionary reasons. The measure was decided after the incident occurred last January 1st, when an airplane of this... more
AirportsFerrovial and NATS, joint bid for air traffic control in Spain
Madrid, Spain - Following the Country's ongoing airport privatization
On December 29, 2010, international press announced Spain had officially started the first phase of the privatization of national air traffic control towers, that should have a duration of seven months... more
PeopleItalian President, Napolitano, gives Vittori the national flag to bring it into the space
Rome, Italy - The flag will arrive on the ISS with the STS-134 mission
On Friday, January 7, the President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano, during the opening ceremony of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy, held in Reggio Emilia,... more
Press releaseItalian Enac: Catania's airport re-opened this morning due to the volcano
Rome, Italy - The airport crisis' unit continues monitoring the activities of Etna and of the cloud
"ENAC (Italian civil aviation board) announces that from yesterday's midnight to today at 06:30 am the airspace around the airport of Catania has been closed to flight operations, due to a sudden increase... more
AirportsLOTOS to lease space at Warsaw-Okecie airport
Warsaw, Poland - It will offer fuel supply to airplanes of airlines operating on the aiport
LOTOS Tank company and "Polish Airports" State Enterprise signed an agreement for the lease of an area for a jet fuel reloading base. The agreement follows a memorandum of understanding on cooperation... more
HelicoptersBell Helicopter signs contract with PHI for two 407 helicopters
Fort Worth, USA - Which will be used to transport workers in the Gulf of Mexico
Bell Helicopter has unveiled on Tuesday, January 11, 2011, through a press release, that it has signed an agreement with PHI, a major American company operating in the provision of helicopter services,... more
IndustryItalian AMI. Inauguration of the first FADR radar for the air defense
Rome, Italy - Commissioned by AMI to SSI, a Finmeccanica company
Yesterday, on Wednesday January 12, 2011, was inaugurated at the 112th remote radar Squadron of Mortara (Pavia), the first of 12 RAT31 DL Fixed Air Defence Radar (FADR) systems commissioned by the Air... more
AccidentsTu-154 airplane's crash. MAK: pilot's error the main cause
Moscow, Russia - Presented today the report on the air disaster
MAK, Interstate Aviation Committee, that is the executive body which oversees the use and management of the civil aviation field in the Commonwealth of Independent States, today unveiled the report of... more
AirportsBeijing: a second airport will be constructed by the end of 2011
Beijing, China - It is planned to have a capacity of 60 million passengers a year
Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) chief Li Jiaxiang has announced that the second airport in Beijing will likely begin its construction later this year. Beijing Capital International Airport... more
ReportBorgogni, hours at the prosecutor office: interrogation marked as secret
Rome, Italy - The collaborator closest to Guarguaglini presented himself voluntarily to the magistrates, that will interrogate him again
Lorenzo Borgogni, responsible for Institutional Relations of the company Finmeccanica and the closest of President Pierfrancesco Guarguaglini, last week-end had requested through his lawyers to have a... more
AirlinesUnited announces new non-stop service between LA and Guadalajara, Mexico
Chicago, Usa - Beginning May 3
United Airlines today announced daily non-stop service between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Guadalajara, Mexico (GDL), beginning May 3, subject to Mexican government approval. This service... more
Military aviationNew design changes raises pressure on future of military aircraft F-35B variant
Bethesda, Usa - For the project made by Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney, another 4.6 billion Dollars will be spent
Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney have revealed the extent of design changes required to release the short take-off and vertical landing F-35B from a newly imposed "Probationary" status within two years.... more
AirportsGina Cetrone: Latina is the ideal candidate for the airport's construction
Latina, Italy - The City Councillor points out some features of the town that may make it preferable respect to Viterbo
Goes on the debate about the construction of an airport in the city of Latina. The difficulties encountered during the implementation of the project in Viterbo, the city to which the new airport has been... more