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Finance and economyFinmeccanica (2): issued 750 million euro fixed rate bonds
Rome, Italy - With a 5 year maturity
Finmeccanica launched and priced fixed rate bonds with maturity 3 December 2013 (5-year) for a nominal amount of 750 million Euros. The bonds, with an annual coupon of 8.125%, have an issue price of 99.758%.... more
Science and technologyFinmeccanica sponsors the Conference “Science 400 years after Galileo Galilei. The value and ethical complexity of contemporary scientific-technical research"
Rome, Italy - Yesterday in Rome at the Complesso Monumentale S. Spirito in Sassia
As part of its 60th anniversary celebrations, Finmeccanica yesterday hosted a Conference entitled "Science 400 years after Galileo Galilei. The value and ethical complexity of contemporary scientific-technical... more
Weather forecastsBad weather in Italy: a marked worsening arriving
Rome, Italy - A notice of adverse weather condition for wind and storms on the main Isles
"An intense African perturbation arrives on the Italian regions and will bring wide precipitations, strong winds and breaking seas. In particular, for today, November 27, also very strong storms, with... more
AirlinesThai Airways cancels all flights from/to International Suvarnabhumi Bangkok Airport
Bangkok, Thailand - Following the closure by the Thai Authority
Following the closure of the International Suvarnabhumi Bangkok, decided by Thai Airport Authority due to the protests that have blocked the airport, Thai Airways informs that all its flights from/to the... more
AirlinesSingapore Airlines suspends Bangkok services until further notice
Milan, Italy - Due to the security situation, and a lack of operational service staff, at Suvarnabhumi Airport
"Singapore Airlines will suspend all its flights to and from Bangkok until further notice due to the security situation, and a lack of operational service staff, at Suvarnabhumi Airport. The suspension... more
IndustryAermacchi: first MB-339CM for Malaysian Air Force takes to the air
Varese, Italy - The flight lasted about one hour
"The first MB-339CM advanced trainer for the Malaysian Air Force made a successful first flight on 25 November from the Alenia Aermacchi facilities at Venegono airport. The flight, carried out by Alenia... more
AerospaceASI: the first images of COSMO-SkyMed 3
Rome, Italy - Turin, Paris and San Francisco pictured by the Italian Satellite
One month after its launch, the 3rd satellite of the Italian radar constellation COSMO-SkyMed has produced its first images, of exceptional quality considering the satellite is still in its commissioning... more
HelicoptersEurocopter delivers the first EC-135 helicopter manufactured in Albacete
Albacete, Spain - Next year, the industry aims to deliver over a dozen helicopters from this facility
"Lutz Bertling, President and CEO of Eurocopter and Juan Carlos Martinez Saiz, CEO of Eurocopter in Spain, handed over the first EC-135 manufactured in Albacete to the Ministry of Defence for the operations... more
ReportBangkok Airport (2): removed 50 Italian people
Bangkok, Thailand - Italian Foreign Ministry is in contact with the Embassy in Bangkok
Removed by the Thai Authority about 50 Italian people blocked in the International Bangkok Airport. The Italian Foreign Ministry disclosed the Embassy in the capital city is in contact with the Italian... more
AirportsBangkok Airport: occupied by an anti-government protest
Bangkok, Thailand - Removed thousand of passengers
Chaos in the International Suvarnabhumi Bangkok Airport due to anti-government protesters of PAD (People's Alliance for Democracy). The explosion at Suvarnabhumi Airport happened a day after demonstrators... more
AirlinesMilan-Malpensa Airport, Lufthansa Italia takes off
Milan, Italy - Satisfaction by Giuseppe Bonomi
Germany's biggest airline, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, today announced the launch a new Italian carrier early next year that will offer flights to European destinations from Milan. The company said its Lufthansa... more
SecurityFAA AD on Eclipse Aviation Corporation model EA-500 airplanes (2008-24-07)
Washington, Usa - To prevent hard carbon buildup on the static vane, which could result in engine surges
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: (Volume 73, Number 227)] [Page 70866-70867] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14... more
AirportsItalian Air Force: "Falco robot" presented to the Comando Scuole in Guidonia, near Rome
Rome, Italy - The radio-controlled model, with the Astore's falcon aspect, could be employed to repel, in a few minutes, the various species of birds present on the airports
"A 'Predator' teleguided model, named 'Falco Robot', has been presented in the last days at Guidonia's military airport, near Rome, in order to remove birds that fly near the runways and always cause of... more
SecurityFAA AD on Fokker model F-28 Mark 0100 airplanes (2008-22-14)
Washington, Usa - To correct the unsafe condition on aviation products
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: (Volume 73, Number 225)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 70261-70263] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
AirlinesNew Air France Hangar at "Charles De Gaulle" welcomes the airline’s first Airbus A-380 airplane
Paris, France - 90 metres long, 110 metres wide and 40 metres high; the hangar took 24 months to build and involved 455,000 hours of work
"On Saturday 22 November 2008, the new H6 hangar at Paris-'Charles de Gaulle' welcomed the first Airbus A-380 from Toulouse. This new hangar has been specifically designed for maintenance of Airbus A-380... more
SecurityFAA AD on Gulfstream Aerospace LP model Galaxy airplanes and Gulfstream 200 airplanes (2008-16-10)
Washington, Usa - To identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Federal Register: [Page 70263-70265] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part... more
Finance and economyFinmeccanica (2): capital increase completed
Rome, Italy - Full subscription of the new ordinary shares offered
The rights offering to Finmeccanica shareholders relating to new ordinary shares resulting from the capital increase by way of rights approved by the Board of Directors on 8 September and 15 October 2008,... more
Press releaseFinmeccanica: Moody’s confirms A3 rating for the Italian Group
Rome, Italy - Stable outlook
"In May, when Finmeccanica announced it had signed an agreement to acquire DRS Technologies Inc., Moody’s Investors Service put the company’s credit rating on credit watch with negative implications. Following the... more
ReportSea piracy: Germany sent 1,700 soldiers in the Horn of Africa
Berlin, Germany - Tomorrow Rear-Admiral Philip Jones will present to EU the details of Eunavfor Atalanta Plan
According to the German daily "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung", Germany may sent about 1,400 soldiers in Africa, as part of the European mission called "Eunavfor Atalanta". The newspaper said 500 naval... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): within mid-December the closure of the Antitrust's inquest
Rome, Italy - Reported by President Antonio Catricalà
"We are completing our inquest. We will try to finish in short time, but this does not mean to make discount", Antonio Catricalà President of the Italian Antitrust said about the go-ahead to the operation... more
AirportsItalian Southern Airports suffer the Alitalia matter
Bari, Italy - Cuts to flights and cost's increase
"South of Italy suffers the Italianity of Alitalia with the flights' reduction from/to Bari and Brindisi", Pietro Venneri, CISAL Secretary with proxy to Transport reported. "With this situation AirOne... more
AerospaceTelespazio France (Finmeccanica/Thales) signs a new large contract with CNES
Toulouse, France - To perform satellite control and ground station services for the French space agency
"Telespazio France, subsidiary of Telespazio (Finmeccanica/Thales), has been selected by CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales), the French Space Agency, to perform control services of its satellites a... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Fantozzi confirms the end of the operating management on November 30th
Rome, Italy - Problems with Unions still not solved
"The Alitalia's operating management will be completed on November 30th, and starting from December 1st CAI (Compagnia Aerea Italiana) will have the task to make take off the airplanes", Augusto Fantozzi... more
HelicoptersAgustaWestland delivers M-TADS equipped Apache AH-MK1 helicopters
Cascina Costa, Italy - The ceremony took place yesterday
"During a ceremony held at AgustaWestland's Yeovil facility yesterday, the first two Apache AH Mk1s equipped with a new sighting and targeting system were handed over to the UK Ministry of Defence, following... more
AirportsAeroporti di Puglia issued petition against Alitalia and Air France
Bari, Italy - For debts oh over 2 million Euros
Aeroporti di Puglia, Bari, Brindisi, Foggia and Taranto Airports Management Company, issued a petition to the Bari Prosecutor’s Office against Alitalia to verify the extreme of offence for a debt of o... more
ReportCAI: Formigoni pro-Lufthansa
Milan, Italy - The President of Lombardy Region wishes a "Strong alliance" with German airline
Roberto Formigoni, President of Lombardy Region, in the margin of the opening ceremony of "Sicurtex Expo 2008" ongoing from today to November 28 in Milan, and regarding to the foreign partner on which... more
Press releaseItalian SDL (workers union) about general strike on December 12
Rome, Italy - Antonio Martone, President of Guarantee Commission, convoke us
"The social situation, between temporary workers to expel and inappropriate salaries, is becoming explosive and Guarantee Commission intervenes with a series of intolerable instructions to limit the enlargement... more
Press releaseAlitalia's cancellations: Italian ENAC will supervise about passengers rights' tutelage
Rome, Italy - The Civil Aviation Authority's press release
"ENAC, Italian Civil Aviation Authority, according to Alitalia's communication about a further reduction of schedule from tomorrow, following to new airline's flight plan, unveils that will continue to... more
AirportsItalian SAB about all day's strike: 25 flights cancelled
Bologna, Italy - 12 arrivals and 13 departures
"Following to the strike announced by RdB-CUB unions for today at 'Marconi's airport in Bologna (SAB, airport management society), the airlines have cancelled overall 25 flights between domestic and international:... more
Civil aviationAir Transport in Italy, the today strike is only postponed
Rome, Italy - Asked for a discussion's meeting to the Welfare Ministry
ANPAC, ANPAV, Unione Piloti, AVIA and SDL, Union representatives of Alitalia's pilots, flight attendants and ground personnel have accepted to postpone to other date the strike forecast for today. The... more
Military aviationNATO moves forward with agreement to acquire Boeing C-17A Globemaster III
St. Louis, USA - Formalized the agreement of October 1st
Boeing announced that the NATO Airlift Management Agency (NAMA) general manager, on behalf of the Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) nations, has signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance with the U.S. government... more
SecurityFAA AD on BAE Systems (Operations) Limited model BAe 146 and Avro 146-RJ airplanes (2008-23-14)
Washington, Usa - To require actions to correct the unsafe condition on aviation products
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information FR Doc E8-26918 [Federal Register: (Volume 73, Number 225)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 70265-70267] Header Information DEPARTMENT... more
SecurityFAA AD on Boeing model 767-200, -300, and -400ER series airplanes (2008-23-15)
Washington, Usa - To ensure that the flightcrew is able to turn off electrical power to IFE systems and other non-essential electrical systems through a switch in the flight compartment
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Federal Register: [Page 70267-70270] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Labour Ministry and Unions agree on CIG indemnity
Rome, Italy - Today afternoon the Board of CAI
Signed the agreement for the redundancy payments for Alitalia 17,500 employees between CGIL, CISL, UIL-Trasporti, UGL and Italian Labour Ministry. A special procedure to assure the expenditure in short... more
AirlinesItaly, crossroads of business for Emirates Airlines
Rome, Italy - Signed an agreement to increment the airline's slots
Dubai's Emirates airline has chosen Italy as its European hub and has asked for more than 50 weekly landing slots in Milan, Rome and Venice, the Italian Government said Monday, after meeting United Arab... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2) will cut the domestic and international flights in a compact manner
Rome, Italy - During the next two weeks, starting from on Wednesday
"Alitalia communicates that: - because of persisting both anomalous behaviour in the operating procedures and illness status by flight staff, and about the redundancy payments and administrative accomplishments... more
AerospacePaolo Nespoli on the ISS in 2010
Rome, Italy - For a long-duration mission
The Italian Astronaut Paolo Nespoli will fly to the ISS for a long-duration mission in 2010, and will remain in orbit for six months, NASA officially announced. Nespoli will leave in November 2010,... more
Military aviationLeft to Afghanistan the four Italian Tornados
Rome, Italy - Armed only with air defense systems
The four Italian Tornados of 6th Wing Ghedi (Brescia) took off this morning to Mazar-e Sharif, 500 km from Herat, Northern-Western Afghanistan (see AVIONEWS). The new airplanes will join the Italian... more
AirlinesCAI (3): Lufthansa to try the agreement for the new Alitalia
Milan, Italy - Signed with SEA the "Piano Scala"
Lufthansa CEO, Wolfgang Mayrhuber, will go in Milan on November 26th for the launch of Lufthansa Italia and on this occasion he could try an agreement with CAI (Compagnia Aerea Italiana). According... more
AirlinesAerolineas Argentinas, go-ahead to extraordinary administration by State
Buenos Aires, Argentina - An estimated debt loan equal to 765 million dollars
An Argentina congressional committee has urged President Christina Fernandez to expropriate Aerolineas Argentinas and Austral as the government moves to bring the country’s top airlines under state control.... more
Press releaseItalian SDL (Workers union) on Alitalia: general strike fixed for Friday December 12
Rome, Italy - Thousands of temporary workers within the end of this year
"A flood of temporary workers will be at the end of this year in public and private societies without perspectives to find a new job and without any economic support. Cgil-Cisl and Uil are co-responsible,... more
AirlinesAlitalia: today the first meeting with Welfare Ministry and Unions
Rome, Italy - To reach an agreement on mobility of 17,500 employees
Today the first meeting among Alitalia, Unions and Welfare Ministry. The parts meet to reach an agreement on the mobility of the Alitalia's 17,500 employees and then to become the selection and hiring... more
AirlinesCAI (2): expected the Antitrust's decision to complete the inquest
Rome, Italy - The notification maybe on November 27th
In short time the decision by Antitrust about the operation between CAI (Compagnia Aerea Italiana) and Alitalia will be disclosed. This decision will complete the inquest, but the exact date must be confirmed,... more
IndustryNorway recommends Lockheed Martin F-35 airplane
Fort Worth, Usa - Multi-National JSF partnership remains strong
"Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has formally recommended to his country's Parliament that Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II be selected to fulfill Norway's future air-combat capability requirements. The... more
Press releaseRyanair: Failte Ireland Statistics confirm traffic falls at Irish airports
Dublin, Ireland - With total air traffic down 1%, compared to October 2007
"Ryanair last Thursday Nov 20th drew attention to the Failte Ireland release of passenger statistics to/from the Republic of Ireland for the month of October 2008 which shows a continuing decline in air... more
AirlinesCAI: before Christmas the take-off of the new Alitalia
Rome, Italy - Still operational troubles
Intense week for CAI (Compagnia Aerea Italiana) on the eve of the new Alitalia's takeoff, also if the December 1st date seems destined to be postponed until mid-December. According to unofficial sources,... more
Civil aviationAir transport in Italy: deferred strike on November 25th
Rome, Italy - "To avoid serious damages to the free traffic right"
Italian Transport Minister, Altero Matteoli, ordered the postponement the strike in the air sector to other date. The strike was announced for tomorrow by ANPAC, Unione Piloti, ANPAV, SDL, CUB Trasporti... more
SecurityFAA Emergency AD on Boeing airplanes (2008-24-51)
Washington, Usa - Model 737-600, -700, -700C, -800, and -900
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 AD 2008-24-51 Boeing Model 737-600,... more
SecurityFAA AD on Bombardier model CL-600-2B19 airplanes (2008-23-11)
Washington, Usa - To prevent failure of the MLG main fittings, which could result in collapse of the MLG upon landing
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Federal Register: [Page 68313-68316] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part... more
AirportsHeathrow Airport, the London Mayor against the expansion's plan
London, United Kingdom - A proposal for a new airport on the Thames Estuary
Boris Johnson, London Mayor, continues his campaign to find another alternative to the expansion of the Heathrow Airport, currently identifies in the realization of a new airport on the Thames Estuary. According... more