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SecurityFAA AD on Airbus model A-310 and A-300/600 series airplanes (2008-11-05)
Washington, Usa - To identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: May 21, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 99)] [Page 29423-29426] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation... more
SecurityFAA AD on Boeing model 737-100, -200, -200C, - 300, -400, and -500 series airplanes (2008-11-04)
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct such cracking, which could result in rapid decompression of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Federal Register: May 21, 2008 [Page 29421-29423] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14... more
SecurityFAA AD on Boeing model 767-200, -300, -300F, and -400ER series airplanes (2008-11-01)
Washington, Usa - To prevent the potential for ignition sources inside fuel tanks caused by latent failures which, in combination with flammable fuel vapors, could result in a fuel tank explosion and consequent loss of the plane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Federal Register: May 21, 2008 [Page 29414-29421] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14... more
AirlinesIberia increases flights' frequency to Italy
Madrid, Spain - On the occasion of Summer
Spanish national-flag airline Iberia, on the occasion of next Summer, has informed that flights to Italy will be increased because of the high market's demand on the links between the 2 countries. Flights... more
Fair and shows"EBACE 2008": P&WC appointed GATE V recognized maintenance facility
Geneva, Switzerland - The industry to open new parts distribution facilities in Australia and Brazil
"Pratt & Whitney Canada Customer Service Centre Europe GmbH has appointed Gate V Aircraft Maintenance GmbH of Vienna, Austria, as a Recognized Maintenance Facility to provide Level I support for PW-500... more
IndustryEmbraer sells Phenom 100 to the UK's VLJ Consultancy Ltd
São José dos Campos, Brazil - The industry and the Finnish Aviation Academy sign for two Phenom 100 jets
"Embraer has signed VLJ Consultancy Limited for the sale of one Phenom 100 on behalf of private investors. The customer took options on two additional jets of the same model. The delivery of the first... more
AirlinesAir France-Klm: financial year 2007-2008
Paris, France - The objectives achieved
"Financial year 2007-08 2007-08 Objectives achieved - Record level of operating income, up 13.3% to 1.41 billion euros - A further rise in operating margin to 6.7% (+0.4 points) - RoCE of 7.1%... more
AirlinesAustrian Airlines opens the share capital to new shareholders
Vienna, Austria - Interest by Lufthansa
After the failure of the agreement with the Sheik Mohamed Al Jaber due to the negative results of the first three months 2008, Austrian Airlines would have announced the opening of the share capital to... more
Military aviationIraq, US air raid kills 8 civilians
Baiji, Iraq - According to local authorities
US air raid has hit Baiji city, in Baghdad's north-zone, last night, killing 8 people and a congruous number of wounded, according to the local authorities. Mudher al-Qaisi Colonel, Baiji police's head,... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): no comment by European Commission on EUR 300m loan-bridge
Brussels, Belgium - Tremonti: "It's a temporary measure"
No comment by European Commission on EUR 300m loan-bridge from Italian government to Alitalia. Giulio Tremonti, new Italian economics Minister, has subscribed it's only a temporary measure, however,... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Roberto Colaninno leader of Italian concert party?
Rome, Italy - Work in progress on bilateral relation with Oman's sultan
There're no confirmations about Italian concert-party to save Alitalia, but some press-sources write today about a new name, Roberto Colaninno, Piaggio's manager. According to the national press, he's... more
AirlinesAmerican Airlines, share falls down at Wall Street
New York, USA - US airline to reduce flights and staff
American Airlines, one of the most damaged by last months' fuel-cost increase, has registered yesterday a big decline of its shares, felt of 24,49% to 6,19 dollars, the worst closing since 2003. Airline's... more
Civil aviationIATA, "Business class" travels decreased in March
London, United Kingdom - The severest decline since 2003
Number of International air travelers flying in "Business" or first-class fell in March by the largest amount in last 5 years, IATA (International Air Transport Association) said. Premium air traffic shrank... more
Press releaseAutogrill announces closing of the acquisition of 100% of World Duty Free Europe Limited
Milan, Italy - From BAA Limited
"Autogrill S.p.A. announces that the acquisition of 100% of World Duty Free Europe Limited from BAA Limited formally closed yesterday. Under the terms of the agreement, Autogrill paid BAA £ 546.6... more
Press releaseAlitalia: Board appointed an interim Mr Leopoldo Luigi Conforti
Rome, Italy - Mr Massimo Cestaro has concluded according to the duration set out in the terms of the contract
"Alitalia announces that the Board of Directors, at the meeting held yesterday chaired by Mr Aristide Police, took note of the fact that the employment contract with Mr Massimo Cestaro, Executive Vice-President... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Mario Resca says goodbye to the chief executive appointment
Rome, Italy - Board announces airplanes' devaluation
Mario Resca's candidature as Alitalia's chief executive fades away, after minister of Transport's decision to make new appointments until the statement meeting planned in June. National press reported... more
CuriositiesAeronautical terminology in dribs and drabs... D as "Dogfight"
Rome, Italy - Close encounters of a certain kind
A Dogfight is aerial combat between fighter aircraft. The term originated during World War I. Aircraft were initially used as mobile observation vehicles and early pilots gave little thought to aerial... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines to launch seasonal service between Cleveland and Paris
Cleveland, Usa - First-ever nonstop service between the two cities begins tomorrow
"Continental Airlines tomorrow will launch the first-ever non-stop service between Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) and Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) in Paris, France. In addition to... more
Press releaseAer Lingus announces its Winter schedule from Cork airport
Dublin, Ireland - Two additional services from Cork launched in 2008
"Aer Lingus today announced its Winter schedule for 2008/09 from Cork Airport with the addition of a new service from Cork to Geneva. This brings to 18 the number of routes operated by the airline from... more
Fair and shows"EBACE 2008" (3): FAS sign with Eurocopter for the first EC-135 "L'Hélicoptère par Hermès"
Geneva, Switzerland - The helicopter to be delivered at the end of this year
"Eurocopter announced the sale of the first EC-135 ‘l’Hélicoptère par Hermès’ to Falcon Aviation Services (FAS), a renowned provider of high level aviation services in the UAE and Gulf regions, speciali... more
Airports"Jorge Chavez" Lima airport, second runway's construction has been approved
Lima, Peru - Official announcement by minister of Transport and Communications
OK to the dispossession of 20 private immobile nearby the "Jorge Chavez" International Lima airport for the realization of the 2nd runway, as it informs the management company Lima Airport Partners after... more
Military aviationBoeing begins P-8A Poseidon airplane moving assembly line
St. Louis, USA - Initial operational capability is slated for 2013
The Boeing Company last week began using a moving assembly line for final assembly of the P-8A Poseidon in Renton, Wash. This military derivative of the Next-Generation 737-800 is expected to move through... more
ReportNaples, "Armoured" skies for the first Italian council of Ministers
Naples, Italy - More than 100 policemen is protecting the city centre
The first council of Ministers of the 4th Berlusconi government is taking place in Naples, today, where the new leadership is talking about security, garbage and Ici fee. Not a detail about Alitalia... more
Military aviationCanada reduces order for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter fighters
Toronto, Canada - The binding decision is forecast by 2012
Canada has reduced the number of new fighters it plans to purchase to 65 from 80, and stresses that it has not formally selected the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) despite having participated... more
Civil aviationSITA: boom of self-service in air travels
Rome, Italy - By mobile within 2009 for 76% airlines
"Number of travellers who ask the airline for an independent management of the trip, both before and after the flight, is increasing. A SITA (Air Transport Communications and IT solutions) research, reveals... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): Italian Senate says OK to the loan-bridge
Rome, Italy - Giuseppe Vegas: "It's not a government loan"
Senate has approved the EUR 300m loan-bridge for Alitalia. The order will now pass to Chamber waiting for being converted in a law. "Loan-bridge is the last step which consents to apply the politic... more
PeopleTajani appointed EC Vice-President
Milan, Italy - He replaces the Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini
Antonio Tajani has been voted yesterday as European Commission's Vice-President, after EC President, Josè Manuel Barroso, had widely supported his candidature. Tajani, EU Minister of Transport, is... more
Fair and shows"Ebace 2008" (2): P&WC PW-810 engine development program
Geneva, Switzerland - A Customer First Centre celebrates its first year of operation
"Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has started detailed design work as well as advanced production preparations for the all-new PW-810 engine, just three months after the official launch of its 10,000-pound-thrust-class... more
Fair and shows"Ebace 2008": work begins on first Boeing Business Jet 3
Geneva, Switzerland - The airplane is based on the B-737/900ER Next Generation aircraft
"Boeing has begun work on the first Boeing Business Jet 3 (BBJ 3). The BBJ 3 is a new, larger business jet based on the Boeing Next-Generation 737-900ER (extended range), which entered commercial service... more
IndustryEmbraer: US operator, Executive AirShare, doubles its order for Phenom 300 jets
São José dos Campos, Brazil - The industry secures second Legacy 600 order from Linxair
"Executive AirShare, of Kansas City, Mo., has doubled its order for Phenom 300 aircraft to four firm orders and four options. In September 2007, the U.S. fractional aircraft ownership company announced... more
Science and technologyIATA, check-in by cellphone as from June
Rome, Italy - Some airlines already offer the service
IATA (International Air Transport Association) and SITA (Air Transport Communications and IT solutions), have announced that as from next June, they will show to every international airline the requirements... more
ReportBrazil, air-crash in San Paolo has been disproved
San Paolo, Brazil - As reported by local airline and airport authorities
A "Big proportions" fire, as reported by some witness, has blazed yesterday in San Paolo, Brazil, in a residential neighborhood nearby Congonhas airport. According to the sources, the fire could have... more
Military aviationAmerican war-plane violates Venezuelan air space
Caracas, Venezuela - It was near to cause a diplomatics crisis
The Pentagon has admitted that last Saturday night, a Lockheed S-3B Viking airplane has violated Venezuelan air-space: "We said we were from USA Air Force. Conversation has been respectful and cordial",... more
Fair and shows41st Wing at the Italian "Giornata Azzurra 2008"
Catania, Italy - It will take place on next Saturday and Sunday in Pratica di Mare (Rome) at "Mario De Bernardi" airport
"Acrobatic patrols, 'Frecce Tricolori' (Italian acrobatic team), simulation of air-missions in a crisis zones, historic airplanes, hi-tech and space, the biggest air-show in Italy. Parkings, arrangements... more
AirlinesRyanair to apply on-line check-in fares
Dublin, Ireland - As from June, 3rd, it will be EUR 5
Ryanair has announced it will apply a fare of its optional priority boarding service that allows passengers to be first to board their flights. Airport check-in passengers currently pay € 5 for this s... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Deloitte to not certify the annual results and an extraordinary Board is announced
Rome, Italy - It seems to reappear on the horizon the special administration
The uncertainty lingers over the Italian concert-party in spite of the faith by the advisor Bruno Ermolli to find a solution in short time. According to a today press indiscretion, the auditor Deloitte... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): the Italian ANPAC criticism on the strategy implemented by the management
Rome, Italy - "Out of the logic connected to the company context"
"It is out of the logic connected to the company context and against the evaluations expressed from the Italian Council of Ministers, Silvio Berlusconi, and by the Infrastructure and Transport Minister,... more
AirlinesAlitalia: today the vote in Senate for the bridge-loan
Rome, Italy - News announced by Elio Vito
The decree law for the 300 million Euro bridge-loan for Alitalia will be voted today afternoon in Senate. The news has been disclosed yesterday by Elio Vito, the Minister for Relations with Parliament. After... more
Fair and showsAVIONEWS to the presentation of the European joint project "LIAISON" (2): the simulation of an indoor emergency scenario
Rome, Italy - The figures of the satellite system
During the presentation of the "LIAISON" project has been carried out a demonstration of the system, simulating an indoor emergency scenario. All the phases can be found in the "SPECIALI" section of the... more
Fair and showsAVIONEWS to the presentation of the European joint project "LIAISON" of Thales Alenia Space, Telespazio and the Italian Fire Brigade
Rome, Italy - During the Workshop "Location Systems for Rescue and Emergency Applications"
The Italia Fire Brigade, along with Telespazio and Thales Alenia Space have presented today in Montelibretti (Rome), during the Workshop "Location Systems for Rescue and Emergency Applications", at the... more
AirportsJapan: thirty years for "Narita"
Tokyo, Japan - And SIA inaugurates here the daily link Singapore-Tokyo served with a A-380
Tokyo celebrated today 30 years of the "Narita International Airport", a facility that has seen the transit of 3,54 million airplanes and more than 680 million passengers (35 millions only last year) to... more
IndustryAirbus announces new important orders for its own airplanes
Toulouse, France - Model ACJ and A-350XWB Prestige by Jet Alliance and MAZ Aviation
"The Jetalliance Group of Vienna has placed a repeat order for one Airbus Corporate Jetliner (ACJ) and two A-318 Elites, adding to the orders that it has previously placed for the family. Like its other... more
Civil defenseBad weather in Italy (2): electric storms and blast of winds on the Country still in the next days
Rome, Italy - Strong rains will reach also the Southern regions in the next hours
"The precipitations that have already interested a part of the Country will involve, in the next hours, also the Southern regions and will be accompanied by strong blast of winds and frequent electrical... more
SecurityFAA AD on Boeing model 747-100, 747-100B, 747- 200B, 747-200C, 747-200F, 747-300, 747SR, and 747SP series airplanes (2008-10-15)
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct cracking in the fuselage skin, which could result in rapid decompression and loss of structural integrity
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Federal Register: May 20, 2008 [Page 29042-29044] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14... more
Civil aviationStrike in Norway: many airports closed
Oslo, Norway - Troubles for people who flies to Scandinavian country
Hard troubles for people who has to go to Norway by airplane, because of the strike called by the ground employers which are protesting since last Friday against the missing wage's increase. In the... more
Fair and shows"EBACE 2008" (4): 20 Falcon 2000LX to NetJets Europe
Geneva, Switzerland - The order raises from 10 to 30 airplanes like this type
NetJets Europe, one of the main European business aviation companies, has increased its previous order raising to 30 units, the requested Falcon 2000LX Dassault airplanes. Deliveries will be spread in... more
AirlinesSingapore Airlines gets the 4th Airbus A-380
Singapore, Singapore - It will connect Singapore with Tokyo "Narita" airport
Singapore Airlines, the airline based in Singapore-Changi airport, has announced in the last days that Airbus has delivered it the 4th A-380 aircraft of the 18 required, in addition to the fleet formed... more
AirlinesAirOne inaugurates two new flights to Brussels
Rome, Italy - Two daily flights from Fiumicino and from Malpensa
"Beginning in June AirOne will operate two daily flights from Italy to Brussels every day of the week, one from Rome-Fiumicino (starting from June 1st) and one from Milan-Malpensa (starting from June 2),... more
Fair and shows"EBACE 2008" (3): P&WC PT-6 marks 45 years of success in business aviation
Geneva, Switzerland - The industry announces Groundbreaking Maintenance Agreement with Russia's Dexter Air Taxi
"Pratt & Whitney Canada this year celebrates 45 years of innovation and dependability since the first PT-6 engine came off the production line to power Beech Aircraft Corporation’s King Air 90 turboprop p... more
DiscussionsThe new Dassault Falcon 900LX airplane
Geneva, Switzerland - New business jet family's member has been presented
Dassault, one of the main manufacturers in civil and military aviation, has launched Falcon 900LX, new member of the "Business jet" family (see for details AVIONEWS). John Rosanvallon, President and... more