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UAS-DronesPatroller drone aircraft wins French Interior Ministry bidding
Paris, France - First contract for Sagem’s UAV, conducting operational trials on civil security
Sagem (Safran group) has been selected by the Civil Security Division of the French Ministry of the Interior to conduct operational trials with the Patroller surveillance drone system, after a bidding... more
Fair and showsAir shows and exhibitions in the third week in August
Rome, Italy - From Wednesday 18 to Sunday 22
Wednesday 18 - "2010 21st Ladies Hot Air Balloon World Cup and 26th Polish Championships". Wloclawek, Poland. + 48 542 355 443 www.aeroklub.wloclawek.pl Thursday 19 - Cancelled "Red Bull Air... more
Fair and showsItalian Air Force: 50 years of acrobatic team "Frecce Tricolori"
Rome, Italy - September 11 and 12 world's top aerobatic teams show, live on TV and streaming
The Italian Air Force (AMI) celebrates the 50-year history of "Frecce Tricolori", national acrobatic team, and organized for the occasion, a large air show on September 11th and 12th, 2010, at Rivolto... more
OccurrencesDelta airplane back to Los Angeles airport due to engine problem
Los Angeles, USA - Cause unknown, 179 passengers placed on flight 3 hours after
It was no bird-strike what forced back at LA airport a Delta Airlines airplane yesterday, even if at first Federal Aviation Administration said the pilot reported so. FAA reported the pilot of a Delta... more
AccidentsR-44 helicopter crash in Messina, it seems men are all victims
Messina, Italy - The mayor confirms: "We never authorized any helicopter landing area"
Come some new details about the incident to Robinson 44 helicopter (registered I-KOST) crashed this morning in Giammoro, near Milazzo (Sicily, Messina province). Contrary to first news leaked in the... more
AirlinesJapan Airlines group sells stakes in three handling companies
Osaka, Japan - Restructuring plan has not yet been officially submitted
Three are the companies in JAL galaxy whose shares are to be sold, all providing ground-handling and passengers services at Kansai International Airport in Osaka, as explained in a note sent to AVIONEWS... more
AirlinesCA: new brand identity for the new United Airlines
Houston, Usa - Logo and livery to create a more modern look
United Airlines and Continental Airlines yesterday revealed refinements to the visual branding for the new global airline that will result from the proposed merger between the two airlines. The new... more
AirportsHelsinki Airport: transfer traffic between Europe and Asia grows furtherly (+9.4%)
Helsinki, Finland - The routes to Northern Europe increase substantially
International passenger traffic at Helsinki Airport enjoyed growth during the Summer. Since the beginning of the year flight traffic between Europe and Asia has increased the most, with 9.4% more passengers... more
AirportsGreen light for expansion of Terminal 4 at "John F. Kennedy Airport"
New York, Usa - It will become Delta Airlines hub in New York
Yesterday the mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, announced that international Terminal 4 at "John F. Kennedy Airport" is to be expanded substantially. This was agreed between the New York and New Jersey... more
AirportsAfghanistan, by November Herat airport open to international flights
Herat, Afghanistan - Afghan transport minister Najafi said to local businessmen
Opening to international traffic for Herat airport in sight, within three months. Herat, one of the most populous provinces of Afghanistan, suffers from the distance of international airports, in Kabul,... more
AerospaceSecond spacewalk to remove failed ammonia pump on ISS
Cape Caveral, USA - Repairs to be completed no earlier than Sunday
Completed the second of three planned spacewalks to repair the cooling system of the International Space Station. Yesterday two Expedition 24 flight engineers, Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson, removed... more
AccidentsR-44 helicopter crash, perhaps the wind caused a collision with an industrial building
Messina, Italy - The aircraft leased by private parties was bounded to Salina island
The R-44 helicopter crashed this morning near Milazzo, Sicily, according to a preliminary reconstruction made by the investigators, hit against a warehouse in the industrial area during take-off, possibly... more
AccidentsR-44 helicopter crash in Messina: 2 men and 2 women confirmed dead
Messina, Italy - It took off from a maybe not-approved runway in Milazzo
The Italian Air Safety Board, ANSV, has opened an investigation on the incident occurred this morning to R-44 helicopter, registered I-COST, and confirmed to AVIONEWS an investigating officer is going... more
AirlinesDelta Air Lines: plans for enhancement and expansion of Terminal 4 at "JFK" airport
New York, Usa - The project, for a worth of $1.2 billion, to begin in September 2010
Delta Air Lines, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and JFK International Air Terminal LLC (JFKIAT) yesterday unveiled plans for the enhancement and expansion of Terminal 4 at "John F. Kennedy... more
AccidentsMessina: R-44 helicopter crashes and burns
Messina, Italy - Four dead in the sudden disaster
This morning in Giammoro, a town in the Province of Messina, four people died aboard a R-44 helicopter, registered I-COST, which crashed and caught fire, police told. According to preliminary, the helicopter... more
Weather forecastsBad weather in Italy: storms arrived on the North from yesterday
Rome, Italy - During the week-end rains also on the Middle, stable on the South
The Italian Civil Defense Department, on the basis of available models, has issued a notice for adverse weather conditions that predicted from yesterday evening, on Wednesday August 11, 2010 from sparse... more
AirlinesThai Airways delays new bonds
Bangkok, Thailand - ...And instead asks for a $ 600 mln over loan to banks
Thai Airways International said on Wednesday its board had approved a plan to seek 20 billion baht (over than 620 mln Dollars) in loans from domestic banks to help restructure its finances. The airline... more
AirlinesNew stage in the restructuring process of Japan Airlines
Osaka, Japan - The carrier will sell 90% of the subsidiary JSK
A further step in the path of financial consolidation of Japan Airlines, which said it will sell 90% of the subsidiary JAL Sky Kansai,. The operation is seen as a new stage in the restructuring process... more
Science and technologyFirst Canadian Arctic satellite station inaugurated
Ottawa, Canada - Made in partnership with German Aerospace Center, joins a Sweden-Norway-Alaska network
Opened on Tuesday the Inuvik Satellite Station Facility (ISSF), Canada's first Arctic satellite station, which will boost data collection in the region. ISSF, in Northwest Territories, can receive near... more
AccidentsAlaska air crash: on board DHC-3T aircraft also head of EADS US O'Keefe with his son and former Senator Stevens
Dillingham, USA - The O'Keefes both survive together with two other passengers, political man died
Among the passengers of the de Havilland Canada DHC-3T Texas Turbine Otter aircraft, tail number N455A, which crashed in Alaska, there were Sean O'Keefe, former NASA administrator and current number one... more
AirlinesTurkish Airlines announces direct flights to Washington and Los Angeles
Rome, Italy - From November and on March, respectively
Turkish Airlines, a Star Alliance member, to offer new no-stop flights to Washington DC and Los Angeles from the airlines’ largest hub, Istanbul. New four times weekly flights to Los Angeles will t... more
AirportsSan Francisco Airport: Mayor Newsom introduces legislation for a new control tower
San Francisco, Usa - FAA to cover USD 80 million cost of rebuilding existing seismically vulnerable tower
Mayor Gavin Newsom yesterday introduced legislation authorizing an agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the replacement of the Airport Traffic Control Tower and FAA Offices at the... more
AerospaceChina puts in orbit new remote-sensing satellite
Beijing, China - It will be used to conduct scientific experiment, carry out surveys on land resources
China on Tuesday successfully put into orbit another remote-sensing satellite, "Yaogan X", from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province. The satellite was sent into space aboard... more
AirportsAir space over Delhi closed for 2 hours today and tomorrow
New Delhi, India - Due to air exercises part of the Independence Day preparation
The air space within a 60 km radius of the "Indira Gandhi International Airport" in Delhi will be closed from 13:00 hours to 15:00 hours today and tomorrow due to air exercises, as part of the Independence... more
AerospaceIranian astronauts in space by 2017
Tehran, Iran - President Ahmadinejad said project is in line with Iran space agency program
Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said Thursday Iran will send the country's first astronauts to space in seven years' time, local satellite "Press TV" reported. "The plan is in line with an Iran... more
SecurityBody scanner: doubts on air safety and health
Roma, Italy - The University of San Francisco wrote to Obama showing concern
Testing stopped in Venice airport for the malfunctioning, scheduled ones in Rome and Milan ending without much enthusiasm by the technicians. And are not enough assurances from Italian national civil aviation... more
AccidentsAlaska: de Havilland Canada 3T aircraft falls, 5 victims
Dillingham, USA - 9 people on board, 4 survivors
Crashed in Alaska a small de Havilland Canada DHC touring-3T Texas Turbine Otter aircraft, registered N455A, a single-engine propeller-driven high-wing, carrying nine people. The plane crashed about... more
AirlinesChanging of the guard at Scandinavian Airlines's top: CEO Jansson leaving
Stokholm, Sweden - He'll go out in Autumn, a year left on his contract
Change at the top for SAS Group AB. Mats Jansson, president and CEO of the Nordic air company, unexpectedly announced his intention to leave the carrier next Fall, after four years of employment with the... more
SecurityAerospace security: Obama puts a woman at the head of Intelligence
Washington, USA - Letitia Long appointed director of NGA
A woman elevated to lead the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), the section of US intelligence that will monitor the Space. She is Letitia A. Long, of Indonesian origin: a "Spatial" -it... more
IndustrySELEX Sistemi Integrati wins a contract for the Panama coasts surveillance
Rome, Italy - To provide a maritime surveillance system
SELEX Sistemi Integrati (SSI), a Finmeccanica company, signed a contract with the Ministerio delle Seguridad Publica of Panama to provide a maritime surveillance system for the Panama coasts. The coastal... more
AirportsAntitrust investigations closed up on dominance of Italian AdR and Sea
Rome, Italy - The State Council: "It is not necessary to proceed"
Italian Antitrust authority closed the two investigations for abuse of dominant position against AdR and Sea (the management company of the airports of Rome and Milan, respectively), because in presence... more
IndustryThai Airways confirms order for seven A-330 airplanes
Toulouse, France - After commitment announced last July during "Farnborough"
Thai Airways International (THAI) has finalised a purchase agreement with Airbus for the firm order of seven A-330/300 airplanes, confirming a commitment announced at last month's "Farnborough Air Show"... more
AirportsForlì airport: default risk
Forlì, Italy - The alarm from mayor Roberto Balzani
After five years of liabilities in the accounts of Seaf (the management company of the airport of Forlì, 48% owned by the City) in 2009 ends with a red of 6.8 million Euros. And the alarm raised by the... more
Civil aviationIATA: avoid Spanish air traffic control strike
Geneva, Switzerland - Giovanni Bisignani, the Association's DG and CEO, invites to make it
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged AENA, the Spanish air navigation service provider, and the Spanish air traffic controllers to take all measures possible to avoid strike action.... more
Military aviationItalian Air Force: new Italy aeronautical charts
Rome, Italy - Latest edition introduces major implementations
The geo-topographical Aviation Center (CIGA) at Pratica di Mare (Rome), Cartographic Institute of the State, issued 21st edition of the Italy Charter of Aeronautics (OACI-CAI), which entered into force... more
AirlinesLivingston cuts two A-321 and one A-330 airplanes to support recovery plan
Milan, Italy - Temporary reduction of the fleet from six to three aircraft
Capital increase in sight for Livingston, to be resolved and quantified at the shareholders' meeting scheduled for September, 16th. The operation is necessary to support the recovery plan of the carrier... more
IndustryBoeing: first week in August brings 26 aircraft orders cancelled
Seattle, USA - Still unknown the airlines resigning from Seattle manufacturer's contract
It seems in the first seven days of August significant cancellations of orders for Boeing airplanes. The news was spread by some international agencies. Reactions of this kind were long overdue by those... more
AirlinesContinental unveils B-787 Dreamliner aircraft at "NBTA"
Houston, Usa - Providing a new era in passenger comfort
Continental Airlines (CA) offered a sneak preview of its Boeing 787 aircraft interior at the 2010 National Business Travel Association (NBTA) International Convention & Expo, giving customers a glimpse... more
AirlinesPorter Airlines orders four more Q-400NG airplanes
Toronto, Canada - And options for additional six models
Bombardier Aerospace announced that Porter Airlines of Toronto has signed a firm order to acquire four Q-400 NextGen turboprop airplanes and has taken options on an additional six Q-400 NextGen aircraft. Based... more
Civil defenseItalian Civil Defense: assistance in firefight to Russia, more than 200 launches from Canadair aircraft to save forests
Moscow, Russia - Situation under control in Togliattigrad, where Italians operate
Second week of operation for the Italian Civil Defense in Russia. The contingent is operating in the forest of Samara, near Togliattigrad (about 900 km from Moscow). An immense area, but still insignificant... more
IndustryFinmeccanica will guarantee security in Panama with systems and helicopters
Rome, Italy - Contracts worth EUR 180 million
Finmeccanica has been awarded contracts worth approximately EUR 180 million through its companies SELEX Sistemi Integrati, AgustaWestland and Telespazio. Under the agreement, Finmeccanica companies... more
Civil defenseRussia keeps on burning: transport by aircraft still precarious
Moscow, Russia - Yet, links are difficult because of fires
The situation remains difficult in Russia because of the smoke that shrouds the European part of the country. Travel by airplanes is undergoing hardships: since August 6th were cancelled and delayed over... more
AirportsAncona Airport: closes the door of payment for parking
Ancona, Italy - In the plan of reorganization of staff, disruption to services
In the coming days, announce the closing of the door for payment of parking at the airport of Ancona. After a few months ago the car rental agencies which have the door at the Doric airport had complained... more
CuriositiesTurkish Airlines: Overweight ... the hostess, not luggage. Stranded
Ankara, Turkey - "Zero tolerance" carrier applied to 28 flight attendants
Turkish Airlines stranded 28 flight attendants because they are too "Curvy". The "Zero Tolerance protocol" from the carrier gives overweight employees - 15 of them are men - 6 months to resume healthy... more
Press releaseItalian ENAC: body scanner testing goes on in Palermo airport
Rome, Italy - Authority states operational trials are still ongoing until the end of September
"With regard to testing of body scanners, ENAC (Italian civil aviation authority) states that operational tests are ongoing at Palermo airport. The purpose of testing is to identify the type of equipment... more
AirlinesAir Malta gets IOSA standard for the 3rd tome
Valletta, Malta - Certification lasts until 2012
Air Malta (AM) has passed for the third time the aircraft industry test on the global review on the safety of flight operations. IATA - (International Air Transport Association) has renewed the Maltese... more
AirlinesNew on-line ticketing services for Meridiana fly
Olbia, Italy - 7 Euro for reservation of seats when purchasing tickets
New on-line service by Meridiana fly. The company started the opportunity to purchase a seat at the ticket. The service, which includes a charge of 7 euros, you can purchase travel documents directly... more
AirportsAt Rome-Ciampino Airport crashes Ryanair computer system, flight delays
Rome, Italy - Takeoffs with waiting until over an hour and a half to seven flights of the carrier
Slow check-in operations for the fault of Ryanair computer system in Rome-Ciampino airport yesterday morning. Immediate consequence, the crowd of waiting passengers and the obvious protests. Because... more
AirlinesThe neo-Air Berlin director, Susanna Sciacovelli: "First target the corporate segment"
Milan, Italy - Strengthening the brand through increased sales force and Oneworld alliance
Air Berlin aims on the corporate segment in its strategies for the coming Winter. This will be the target of choice for the new carrier's general manager Italy, Susanna Sciacovelli: "Our first goal is... more
DefenseChina's air defense 5-day military hardware drills
Jinan, China - "Vanguard 2010" tests are designed to test system formation, reconnaissance and ground to air capabilities
A massive military exercise to which took part thousands of Chinese troops battling on the coast in Jinan city, Shandong Province. It is the final stage of a five-day military exercise, dubbed "Vanguard... more