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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
AirlinesAir Berlin, a new passengers record in 2010: 33.6 million
Milan, Italy - Equal to an increase of 3.8 percent
In 2010, a total of 33,593,010 passengers travelled on Air Berlin's flight route network (including the acquired NIKI routes), ie an increase of 3.8 percent over the previous year (2009: 32,375,531 passengers,... more
AirlinesVueling closed 2010 with over 11 million passengers carried
Barcelona, Spain - An annual record since the founding of the company
Vueling, the new generation airline, carried 11,036,183 passengers in the January-December 2010 period, which represents a 35% increase when compared with the same period last year. New routes for... more
Civil aviationSouth Africa’s National Airspace Master Plan has come into force
Johannesburg, South Africa - It will establish a strategic perspective of sky organisation and management in the country
South Africa’s National Airspace Master Plan (Namp) for 2011 to 2015 came into force on January 1, following its approval by the Department of Transport. The Namp was developed in line with the National C... more
Science and technologyThe Synthetic Vision Technology is certified for the Phenom 300 plane
São José dos Campos, Brazil - Embraer’s light executive jet is the only one in the category to offer this cockpit feature
Embraer’s Phenom 300 executive jet has received the Brazilian National Civil Aviation Agency (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil – ANAC), the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the European Aviati... more
Military aviationRussian Air Force lifts the ban on Tu-95 "Bear" bomber airplanes' flights
Moscow, Russia - Equipped with the same engine of the An-22 crashed last month
Russian Air Force lifted the ban on Tu-95 bomber planes' flights. Following the accident occurred, on December 28th, to a military transport Antonov An-22 aircraft, registration number RA-09343, crashed... more
AirportsAir transport. Snow: BAA loses 24 million pounds
London, United Kingdom - Following the inconveniences of last month
Today BAA, British Airports Authority, published the estimates of the economic losses suffered last month during the heavy snowfall that paralyzed the air traffic in Europe. The UK airports would have... more
IndustryRussia: new shipyard for the construction of Mistral helicopter-carrier ships
Moscow, Russia - In the Isle of Kotlin, close to St. Petersburg
Today, "RIA Novosti" reported that, as referred by a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, at twenty miles west of St. Petersburg, in the Island of Kotlin, in the Baltic Sea, a new shipyard will... more
IndustryIndiGo commits to 180 A-320 airplanes, largest jet order in aviation history
Toulouse, France - It becomes a launch customer for the A-320neo
India's largest low-cost carrier, IndiGo has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for 180 eco-efficient A-320 aircraft of which 150 will be A-320neo’s and 30 will be A-320s. It is the largest single f... more
HelicoptersAmerican Eurocopter delivers an EC-145 helicopter to Lewis Energy
Grand Prairie, USA - It 's the third aircraft of this manufacturer bought by Texan company
On Tuesday, January 11, 2011, American Eurocopter announced that it has delivered to Lewis Energy an EC-145 helicopter manufactured at its plant in Grand Prairie, Texas, USA. Lewis Energy, a society... more
AirlinesEtihad Airways opens its sales office in Doha
Abu Dhabi, Uae - To strengthen its presence in the Qatari capital
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has re-launched on Tuesday 11th January its sales office in Doha, with upgraded facilities and a modernised look to further strengthen... more
Civil aviationFrom January 14th regularly operational flights by MyJet
Genoa, Italy - The brand of the private airline STC Aviation
Starting the day after tomorrow, January 14th, 2011, the flight service "MyJet", recently created by the private airline "STC Aviation" will be regularly operational. The connections -served by Cessna... more
AccidentsRobin DR-400 plane crashes just out of Rome, at the beginning of the towing phase of a glider
Rome, Italy - Dead the pilot
A single-engine tourism Robin DR-400 airplane crashed at around 05:00 pm yesterday afternoon in the military airport of Guidonia-Montecelio, Rome. It seems that at the time of the incident the pilot,... more
HelicoptersSaitama Prefecture orders an AW-139 helicopter
Cascina Costa, Italy - The aircraft will be assembled at its facility in Philadelphia
AgustaWestland (AW), a Finmeccanica company, and Mitsui Bussan Aerospace announce that Saitama Prefecture of Japan has placed an order for an AW-139 medium twin helicopter. This aircraft will be operated... more
AccidentsFound black boxes of the Boeing airplane crashed in Iran
Tehran, Iran - Last Sunday
Have been found the black boxes of the Boeing 727/286 aircraft of Iran Air crashed on Sunday, January 9, 8 km away from Urumiyeh, Iran, perhaps because of the thick fog and the snow that raged on the area,... more
Civil aviationNAV Canada to save airlines 300 million Dollars in fuel through route adjustments
Ottawa, Canada - The move will also prevent the release of 700,000 metric tonnes of greenhouse gases
Canada's civil aviation navigation provider (NAV) will save the aviation industry an estimated 300 million Dollars in fuel by making airline routes more efficient. The move will also prevent the release... more
AirlinesBMI and Lufthansa airlines would be rewarded by the airport operator BAA
London, United Kingdom - For disruptions on the occasion of the closure of runways at Heathrow's airport during the bad weather
After the suspension of payment of parking and landing fees by Virgin Atlantic (see AVIONEWS) BAA, British Airports Authority, is going to face further economic damages. During the recent snowfall... more
OccurrencesAirAsia conducts investigations into the incident where one of its aircraft veered off the runway at Kuching International Airport
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Initial report says that the visibility was good enough for approach and landing
AirAsia is to conduct a full investigation, with the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA), into the incident where one of its aircraft veered off the runway upon landing at the Kuching International Airport... more
Civil aviationSaudi Arabia: airline passengers will be compensated on the case of delay
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Up to 61.8 euros per hour
Airline passengers have expressed delight at a new executive bylaw issued by the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) that entitles them to receive SR300 (61.8 euros) in compensation per hour from... more
AerospacePlanck’s new view of the cosmic theatre
Paris, France - The first results were released at a press briefing today in Paris
The first scientific results from ESA’s Planck mission were released at a press briefing today in Paris. The findings focus on the coldest objects in the Universe, from within our Galaxy to the distant r... more
Civil aviationChina's civil aviation industry reports profit surge
Beijing, China - Profits increased to 5.1 billion euros
China's civil aviation industry boomed last year as increasing air travel drove profits to 43.7 billion yuan (5.1 billion euros), a senior Chinese aviation official said Tuesday. The profits were sharply... more
AccidentsUH-1H helicopter of the Turkish Army crashes: 5 victims
Ankara, Turkey - Dead four officer training pilots and their instructor
An UH-1 Huey Iroquois helicopter belonging to Turkish Army Aviation crashed last night while it was being used for a training night flight. The crash occurred near to the capital Ankara, close to the village... more
AirlinesQantas resumes A-380 plane flying on routes to Los Angeles
Sydney, Australia - Commencing next Sunday from Melbourne. Then those towards other US destinations
Qantas today announced it would resume A-380 plane services between Australia and Los Angeles, commencing with QF93 from Melbourne to "Angels City" on 16 January. The move follows the grounding of... more
Civil aviationUSA: airlines and agents must inform passengers if a flight is operated in code-sharing
Washington, Usa - The notice has been issued by the Department of Transportation
The US Department of Transportation’s Aviation Enforcement Office has issued a new notice to airlines and ticket agents that they must make completely clear to passengers if a flight they are selling i... more
IndustryBoeing celebrates 1,000th B-767 airplane
Washington, USA - Whose final assembly started yesterday
Started yesterday at the Boeing plant in Washington, United States, the final assembly of the 1,000th B-767 airplane, that is the last step in the production process before the first test flight. It... more
Press releaseItalian Aduc: airplanes delayed. The passenger's rights
Rome, Italy - The various cases
"Difficult return from Christmas holidays due to a series of of flight delays which are the bugbear of travellers, which makes irritate and doesn't allow for a rational planning of the activities. We have... more
IndustryEurocopter reinforces its South East Asia capabilities with an expanded new facility
Singapore, Singapore - For the company’s Singapore-based ESEA regional affiliate
Eurocopter South East Asia (ESEA) today unveiled its new 8,200-square meter Singapore facility, which is a key element for the growth strategy of this Eurocopter regional affiliate in the dynamic South... more
Military aviationPrototype of Chinese fighter plane J-20 flew today for the first time (VIDEO)
Beijing, China - President Hu Jantao confirmed it
Chinese President Hu Jintao has confirmed the news, previously unofficially diffused by accounts and photos of aviation enthusiasts, that the fifth-generation stealth fighter aircraft Chengdu J-20 took... more