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DefenseRussia announced the amount of Defense spending for airplanes, submarines and missiles until 2013
Moscow, Russia - About 16.3 billion dollars just in 2010
Russia has made public for the first time in many years a detailed account of its defense spending until 2013, the Vedomosti daily said on Tuesday. State Duma Defense Committee head Viktor Zavarzin... more
AccidentsKabul: a cargo plane that was carrying supplies for Nato forces crashed on Tuesday
Kabul, Afghanistan - All the passengers are feared dead
A cargo plane that was carrying supplies for Nato forces crashed just before 8:00 pm (local time) on Tuesday in Afghanistan. This is what Nato's Isaf (International Security Assistance Force) said. The... more
AirlinesGermanwings launches nine new routes from and to Italy
Milan, Italy - With the Summer 2011 flight plan
Due to nine new routes from and to Italy, Germanwings starts with its Summer 2011 flight plan a real conquest of the Peninsula and increases its links to Italy from the airports of Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgart... more
AirportsFrance, three regional airports could be privatized within the end of the year
Paris, France - Lyons, Bordeaux and Toulouse
Airports of Lyons, Bordeaux and Toulouse could be privatized by the year-end, the ones in Nice and Montpelier shortly after. The five major French airports have currently the status of "Anonymous societies"... more
AirportsTrieste airport: strategic alliance needed
Trieste, Italy - A call of bids or an economic agreement to find a partner
On the occasion of the new Alitalia flights from Ronchi to Linate and Genoa, Riccardo Riccardi, town councillor for Transportations, spoke about the strategic alliance needed for the Trieste airport. "We... more
Civil aviationFAA announces major gains in airport runway safety
Washington, USA - Incursions dropped from 12 in 2009 to six this year
US Transportation secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) administrator, Randy Babbitt, announced that the number of serious runway incursions at the nation's airports dropped 50%... more
Military aviationNATO, "Yes" to bombs on fighter airplanes: "It's not in contradiction with ISAF mission". Today the government informative report in Senate
Rome, Italy - "Every decision will be made only if it is widely shared"
Secretary-general of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said that Atlantic alliance is not contrary to the presence of bombs on the fighter jets. To arm the aircraft, in fact, "Is not in contradiction with... more
HelicoptersBell Helicopters signs agreement with AMGH for the purchase of 16 aircraft
West Plains, USA - Model B-206/L4 Long Ranger IV
On Monday, October 11, 2010, Bell Helicopters unveiled it has signed an agreement with "Air Medical Group Holdings" (AMGH) -one of the biggest independent providers of Hems- for the purchase of 16 B-206/L4... more
AirportsLondon-Heathrow airport: 6.2 million passengers in September
London, UK - This means an increase of 7.6% on the same month of 2009
BAA has announced that London-Heathrow experienced its busiest September on record last month: the airport operator revealed that more than 6.2 million people flew from the hub during the month, an increase... more
DefenseIn 2011 the Gulf Countries will buy 68 billion dollars of armaments
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - According to the report published by the analysts of Frost&Sullivan Group
In the last days, the newspaper "Gulf News" reported that, according to a public document published by the analysts of the Frost&Sullivan Group, in 2011 the Countries member of Gulf Cooperation Council... more
AirlinesEmirates: "We have grown without subsidies"
Abu Dhabi, Emirates - The carrier has responded to the critics made by many US and European airlines
Emirates has responded to the latest criticisms (see AVIONEWS) of Gulf airlines made by the CEO of Air France, Henri Gourgeon who, like others before him, claimed that Gulf airlines are being supported... more
Press releaseItalian Enav-Enac: re-enabled the ILS system in the Palermo's airport
Rome, Italy - Which at now can be used normally
Enac (Italian authority for civil aviation) and Enav (Flight assistance Italian society) inform that today the Instrumental Landing System (ILS) for the runway number 25 of the "Falcone Borsellino" airport... more
IndustrySukhoi Superjet 100 plane has successfully passed noise testing program
Turin, Italy - The aircraft made eight flights at the Cuneo-Levaldigi airport
Under supervision of AR IAC and EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency), the SSJ-100 airplane has successfully passed noise testing program performed as a part of the overall certification campaign. At... more
AirlinesJet Airways in Rimini, Italy, with the Milan-Malpensa/New Delhi direct flight
Milan, Italy - From 22 to 24 October, pavilion A1 stall 153-154
Jet Airways, a private Indian carrier, decided to present to the Italian market its new Milan-Malpensa/New Delhi flight on the occasion of the "TTG Incontri 2010" event. Operated from December 5th 2010,... more
Civil aviationWhistleblowers: EU Aviation Authorities refuse to protect them
Hamburg, Germany - They report violations of security measures
Europe's Aircraft Engineers International (AEI) is concerned about the consequences suffered by people who report safety violations. During AEI's 38th Annual Congress in Hamburg people could see how... more
AirlinesAeroSur makes better its offer on Bolivia and South America
Milan, Italy - The carrier will be at the Italian "Ttg Rimini" event
AeroSur flies from Madrid to Santa Cruz on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by its 570-seat B-747/300 airplanes while on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday by 451-seat B-747/400 aircraft. It takes ten hours, flying... more
CuriositiesCatherine Labuschagne is the first female Pilot to fly the Gripen
Makhado, South Africa - She made her first flight at the Makhado airbase
Captain Catherine Labuschagne writes a new page in the aviation history: she is the first female Pilot to fly a Gripen. After having successfully completed the Operational Conversion Course (OCC) instructed... more
Civil aviation"Newly hired first officers: 500 hours flight time should be enough to pilot an airplane"
Washington, USA - A recommendation from ad advisory group to FAA
An air-safety advisory group has lobbed a political hot potato into the lap of FAA chief Randy Babbitt: recommendations undercutting Congressionally-mandated experience requirements for new airline co-pilots.... more
Civil aviationTwo years after the withdrawal of Alitalia, Malpensa and Linate fly again
Milan, Italy - Milan airports grow, in term of passengers and profits, reaching the figures of 2008
Mission accomplished: 2 years after the withdrawal of Alitalia from Milan-Malpensa, the airport succeed in overtaking the situation. Well, the level of passengers is still lower if compared with 2008,... more
Weather forecastsBad weather: still perturbation on the central-south of Italy
Rome, Italy - Storms on Sardinia
The perturbation of Atlantic origin on the western Mediterranean that is interesting most part of the Italian territory will continue to create perturbed weather on the central-southern regions, as predicted... more
AirlinesAlitalia might sign an order for new EMB-190 jets, Embraer hopes
São José dos Campos, Brazil - The carrier has to choose between those models and the Superjet 100 or the CRJ-900/-1000
Embraer sees a strong opportunity to win orders from Alitalia for the EBM-190, once the Italian carrier completes its assessment of the type against Bombardier's CRJ-900/-1000 and the Sukhoi Superjet 100.... more
AirlinesRyanair cancels today 250 flights from/to France due to the air strike
Dublin, Ireland - The airline calls for "Right to strike" to be ended
Ryanair, European airline, yesterday called for the EU Commission to remove the ‘right to strike’ from essential services such as ATC and to reform the EU261 passenger rights legislation which is unfit for... more
Press releaseOne minute of silence in the airports for the Italian soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Rome, Italy - Enac decided it as a sign of mourning
Enac, the Italian authority for civil aviation, unveils it has given instructions to its directors to make observe its central and territorial seats and national airports one minute of silence as a sign... more
AccidentsAfghanistan, 2 killed and 10 wounded in explosion on an ISAF helicopter
Kabul, Afghanistan - For still unknown causes
International Security Assistance Force, ISAF, unveiled in a note that this morning an explosion occurred on one of its helicopters in the East Afghanistan, causing -according to the first estimates- the... more
IndustryEurocopter delivers the 36th and last EC-120 helicopter to Hélidax
Marignane, France - "An important step of the innovative program, a public-private partnership set up to offer the French Army a modern and cost-effective training aircraft"
In these days, Hélidax officially received its 36th and final EC-120 from Eurocopter (EADS Group). On hand for the transfer were Joseph Saporito, Executive Vice-President of Commercial Programs for the... more
IndustryFincantieri: "Shakti" helicopter carrier unit for Indian Navy launched yesterday in Genoa
Sestri Ponente, Italy - Equipped with a flight deck for employment of medium-weight aircraft (up to 10 tons)
Yesterday at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Sestri Ponente (Genova) there was the launching of the second of two fleet tankers ordered by the Indian Navy, with delivery scheduled by the end of the next year. P... more
Military aviationBoeing ready to offer the UAV helicopter A-160T to the Marines corp
Chicago, USA - The company aims to sell the drone rotorcraft, to be depoyed in Afghanistan
The Boeing Company is preparing to offer a solution based on the world record-setting A-160T Hummingbird unmanned rotorcraft in response to the US Naval Air Systems Command’s Request for Proposal (RFP) f... more
Civil aviationEuropean airlines call for rule change to fight Gulf carriers' growth
London, UK - Many western carrier do not receive financial aid
European airlines are believed to be preparing for a massive push to constrain Gulf Carriers from their mission to create super-hubs in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha. Air France Chief Executive Officer... more
Military aviationFirst Su-35 FlankerE airplane to Russian ministry of defense within the end of the year
Moscow , Russia - The first of a 48-model order
Today, 11 October 2010, a spokesman by the Russian ministry of defense, citing the agreement between Sukhoi Design Bureau Aircraft and his ministry for the supply of 48 Su-35 airplanes, said the first... more
Civil aviationItalian airports ask for TrackJet
Mellrichstadt, Germany - The aim is to clean runways from rubber deposits or paint
Increased demand for the TrackJet® system is being reported from Italy by its German manufacturer Weigel, particularly for the removal of rubber deposits or paint markings from airport runways. One such... more
Civil aviationAEA welcomes results of climate change talks
Brussels, Belgium - After difficult negotiations
The Association of European Airlines, AEA, which represents Europe's leading 35 network airlines, congratulated the EU negotiators on a global political agreement on how to curb aviation emissions. The... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines and TAP Portugal create a code-sharing
Washington , USA - Destinations in the United States, Central America, Europe and Africa
Continental Airlines and TAP Portugal last Friday created a code-sharing that allow them to reach many destinations in the USA, Central America, Europe and Africa. This cooperation will allow Continenatl... more
DefenseNext Bulava missile test at the end of October?
Moscow, Russia - Two further ones, planned within the end of 2010
On Friday, October 8th, a source from test commission would have revealed to "Ria Novosti" agency that the next launch, the fourteenth, of a strategic ballistic missile Bulava has been preliminarily set... more
Fair and showsTam Airlines will be present at the Italian "Ttg Incontri 2010" event
Milan , Italy - It will take place in Rimini from 22 to 24 October
Tam Airlines will take part, this year also, in "Ttg Incontri" (22-24 October in Rimini), Italy's most important international fair in the touristic field, taking place every year at Embratur's stall,... more
ReportGeneral Tricarico: not enough Italian airplanes, helicopters, UAVs in Afghanistan
Rome , Italy - Choppers like the EH-101 are lacking; the others have to be empowered and/or armed
Landed this morning at Rome-Ciampino airport, the C-130 aircraft carrying the bodies of the first corporals Gianmarco Manca, Francesco Vannozzi, Sebastiano Ville and Marco Pedone, dead in the district... more
Civil aviationObama administration has increased fines to US airlines
Washington, USA - Some of them will pay million of dollars
Air travelers ask for more transparency and authorities are at their side. Here are some decisions which are very important for all the air transportation. AirTran Airways paid a US fine for promoting... more
HelicoptersAfghanistan. Italian Navy sends new EH-101 helicopters
Rome, Italy - By an USAF's C-17 airplane
The transfer of three EH-101 helicopters of the Italian Navy (MMI) has begun last October 4 and will continue until next 13 by a C-17 airplane of the USAF. The choppers will operate in Afghanistan to support... more
AirlinesNew daily flights to New York for Finnair
Vantaa, Finland - The new destination for it starting from next Summer
Next Summer Finnair will extend its code-sharing with American Airlines. A cooperation that already exists for many destinations in the USA - Boston, Washington, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles and... more
AirlinesCarriers: "New Entry" Small Planet Airlines had its debut in Milan
Rapallo , Italy - After that in Rome in the last weeks
"At now, in Italy there is an excellent and alternative for the planning of the Italian tour operators...", this is the satisfied introduction made by Stefano Canessa in front of a very attentive professional... more
Civil aviationIATA applauds ICAO agreement on aviation and climate change
Montreal, Canada - Next steps
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) applauded the 190 contracting states of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on achieving the first global governmental agreement with... more
Civil aviationFrance: tomorrow's general strike will involve air transport
Paris , France - Probable chaos in the airports. Dgac's recommendations
Dgac, French general directorate of civil aviation, announces that tomorrow heavy inconveniences could happen because of the public employees general strike, involving the air transport sector also, due... more
Weather forecastsBad weather in Italy: still rains and strong wind on the central-meridional regions
Rome, Italy - The Civil Defense Department has issued a notice of adverse weather conditions
The wide perturbation of Atlantic origin that has provoked a great fickleness on the Western Europe in the last days, now is interesting Sardinia, then Sicily, meridional and central Tyrrhenian regions,... more
Finance and economyAutogrill sells Alpha Flight (catering on the airplanes) to Dnata
Milan, Italy - For £100 million
Autogrill SpA has reached an agreement with Dnata, a Dubai based airport services company, over the sale of 100% of its UK subsidiary Alpha Flight Group Ltd. (originally part of Alpha Airports Group, acquired... more
ReportJulia's corporals killed in Afghanistan: the airplane bringing them back to the Country landed at 9:00 am
Rome , Italy - The corpses of Manca, Pedone, Ville and Vannozzi welcomed by highest authorities, among whom the head of State
The bodies of the Brigade Julia's four alpines killed last Saturday in the valley of Gullistan, Afghanistan, are returned home with honors and will have a solemn funeral tomorrow, at the presence of the... more
DefensePiracy: the "Libeccio" Italian Navy's frigate released nine suspect men
Rome, Italy - They were on it since September 29th
"Libeccio" ship released last Friday morning nine presumed pirates it had taken into custody. The preliminary investigations judge (Gip) decided the release for these people that were remanded in custody. The... more
Press releaseItalian Republic president, Napolitano, about "Alpini" killed in Afghanistan: I express joint participation to the families' sorrow
Rome, Italy - It's read in a note from Quirinale
"The Italian Republic President, Giorgio Napolitano, known with deep emotion the news of the heavy attack in which four members of the Alpine troops killed engaged in an international peacekeeping mission... more
Military aviationIndo-Russian agreement for a new military airplane
Moscow, Russia - The Asian country will buy about 45 airplanes
The Russian Secretary of State for Defence was in India on October 7th. There he reached an agreement for the construction of a new kind of tactical military transport airplane of which New Delhi will... more
Press releaseItalian Enac suspends licence to Livingston airline
Rome, Italy - Starting from Thursday October 14th 2010, at midnight
"Enac (Italian authority for civil aviation), at the end of a meeting held on Friday with the leaders of the air company Livingston, announced that the airline still shows evident signs of criticality... more
Civil aviationBigger airlines means bigger salaries? CEO's mega-incomes
Chicago, USA - The merge United-Continental has soared managers' pay and bonuses
CEOs at airlines worldwide have high commitments but huge salaries: Jeff Smisek will face more challenges in his new role as CEO of United Airlines, the world's largest carrier now that it has merged with... more
HelicoptersFAA: new rules for helicopter safety needed
Washington, USA - The subject proposed a list of rules to be followed
The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday proposed broad new rules for medical evacuation helicopters and more modest changes for other commercial choppers. The rules hope to turn a deadly tide that... more