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ReportJerusalem whitened: difficulty in air traffic; bad weather in all region
Jerusalem, Israel - Schools closed, traffic in tilt
Who wants to reach Israel, and in particular Jerusalem, is informed: the Country, the city and the surrounding areas, Palestinian territories included have been last night and are still interested from... more
ReportAir Canada's second pilot shows madness during flight: fear on board
Shannon, Ireland - The airplane lands in emergency; the man admitted in psychiatric hospital
Great panic for 146 passengers of an Air Canada's flight while made the route Toronto-London: the second pilot has suddenly showed signs of being unbalanced; it has been necessary to immobilize him with... more
Government actsEuropean Parliament: question on enforcement of the Air Passenger Rights Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Strasbourg, France - By Ulrich Stockmann (PSE)
"Written question E-0149/08 by Ulrich Stockmann (PSE) to the Commission Subject: enforcement of the Air Passenger Rights Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 The Commission communication of April 2007 on... more
Government actsEuropean Parliament: question on low-cost airlines and aviation taxes
Strasbourg, France - By Brian Simpson (PSE)
"Written question E-5379/07 by Brian Simpson (PSE) to the Commission Subject: low-cost airlines and aviation taxes Is the Commission aware that some low-cost airlines consistently fail to repay... more
Government actsEuropean Parliament: question on transport accessibility for disabled travellers
Strasbourg, France - By Jim Higgins (PPE-DE)
"Written question E-4506/07 by Jim Higgins (PPE-DE) to the Commission Subject: transport accessibility for disabled travellers Can the Commission outline the provisions it has taken and the policies... more
Government actsEuropean Parliament: question on US missile defence system
Strasbourg, France - By many members
"Oral question with debate O-0008/08 pursuant to Rule 108 of the Rules of Procedure by Stephen Hughes, Caroline Lucas, Francis Wurtz, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Glyn Ford, Michel Rocard, Lilli Gruber,... more
OccurrencesEmergency for a Bulgarian Presidential aircraft
Sofia, Bulgaria - The official visit in Mexico postponed
The Bulgarian Transports Minister, Petar Moutaftchiev, unveiled a regrettable event that has impeded to the Bulgaria's President, Georgi Parvanov to make an official visit in Mexico: the Presidential aircraft,... more
Government actsEuropean Parliament: question on support for air transport and communications in the Azores
Strasbourg, France - By Ilda Figueiredo (GUE/NGL)
"Written question E-4307/07 by Ilda Figueiredo (GUE/NGL) to the Commission Subject: support for transport and communications in the Azores It is an acknowledged fact that when the ultraperipheral... more
Press releaseAP Holding SpA: severe and not retracted the info about Alitalia is closing contract with Air France
Rome, Italy - The transparency continues to lack in
"An AP Holding's spokesperson declared 'The fact that info are not retracted, according to which the Alitalia's leadership would close in hurry the negotiation with Air France-Klm, despite the Italian... more
IndustryBoeing: IlSC, Wipro and HCL to develop network technology for aerospace use
New Delhi, India - The agreement forms the Aerospace Network Research Consortium (ANRC)
"Boeing has entered into an agreement with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and two leading Indian information technology companies to develop wireless and other network technologies for aerospace-related... more
IndustryBoeing begins major assembly of first new 777 Freighter
Seattle, Usa - The first model will be delivered to launch customer Air France in the fourth quarter of 2008
"Boeing mechanics began major assembly of the new 777 Freighter at the company's Everett, Wash., facility yesterday. The 777 Freighter will fly farther and provide more capacity than any other twin-engine... more
Fair and showsSpotorno prepares for "Festival del vento"
Spotorno, Italy - Between March and April kites, paragliding, paramotors, model airplanes and helicopters will paint the sky a thousand colours
After the success of "Festiventu", the colourful show that last October celebrated its fourteenth edition, and that is held in Calvi (Corsica), will start in Spotorno (Savona) the preparations for the... more
AirlinesVolareweb lands in Spain
Gallarate, Italy - Eight European Country reached by the low-cost airline
"Volareweb keeps expanding its network by inaugurating a new connection to Spain, the eight European Country reached by the low-cost airline. On April 14th in fact will start the new direct flight to Malaga... more
AirlinesNorthwest Airlines closes 2007 with a positive result: 764 million dollars
Eagan, USA - Positive trend for the airlines of the US
Northwest Airlines closes 2007 with a positive result, 764 million dollars, outlining a performance in opposite trend in the fourth quarter, closed instead with a negative net of 8 millions. The annual... more
AirlinesVueling and Clickair negotiating for a merger
Madrid, Spain - Sources near to the two airlines confirm the contacts
After a swing of confirmations and denials, Vueling and Clickair would be near to a merger agreement, has stated by unofficial sources near to the two low-cost airlines, Grupo Planeta first, the majority... more
Military aviationItalian 41st Wing: technical agreement in Sigonella
Catania, Italy - With the US aeronaval station
"An important agreement of technical type was signed yesterday in Sigonella (Sicily), the base of the Italian Air Force, the 41st Wing Antisom and and a US aeronaval station. In the ambit of the most extensive... more
ConferencesTomorrow in Rome conference about Italian airports with particular attention towards Malpensa and Fiumicino
Rome, Italy - Organized by AVIONEWS for the entire morning at Palazzo Marini
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency has organized a meeting on the following subject: "Territory and Italian airports hubs and hubs" It will be held tomorrow, on January 30th 2008 at 09:30... more
Fair and shows"Al Ain Aerobatic Show 2008", the display ends on the spectacular notes of the Guinot Wingwalker Team
Al Ain, United Arab Emirates - In the Buraimi oasis from January 24th to 27th
The "Al Ain Aerobatic Show 2008" took place at the Al Ain International Airport from January 24th to 27th, an acrobatic air exhibition to which participated more than 110 aircraft, vintage and fighter... more
DefenseUS Air Force to the conquest of cyberspace
Washington , USA - "We need to reach the supremacy"
The armed forces of the United States of America have been enjoying since the end of then Cold War a dominance that few or no one on the global stage are in the position to challenge. There is though a... more
AirlinesTransavia.com France reopens route Catania/Paris-Orly also for Summer 2008
Milan, Italy - After the great success of last Summer
"Transavia.com reconfirms Catania for the Summer season 2008 thanks to the great success achieved by the route in the Summer of 2007. The new airline of the group Air France/KLM will operate two flights... more
Civil aviationSigned in Paris agreement for cutting aeronautic emissions
Paris, France - Air France is going to invest €2 billion a year
In Paris an agreement was signed yesterday by the French Government and the representatives of the aeronautic sector (industry, airlines, airport managers) to cut greenhouse gases and the acoustic pollution... more
IndustryThe M-346 successfully completes its first in-flight refuelling
Venegono, Italy - Between 24 and 25 January
"Between 24 and 25 January Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company, carried out an extensive series of flights to qualify the M-346 advanced trainer for in-flight refuelling. The second M-346 prototype... more
SecuritySAS Sverige: fingerprint recognition to be introduced at Arlanda and Landvetter airports
Stockholm, Sweden - A biometric solution for baggage handling
"SAS Sverige is introducing a biometric solution for baggage handling at Arlanda and Landvetter to provide customers with simpler and smoother travel. Approximately 50 percent of all passengers on SAS's... more
ReportKenya, helicopters open fire on crowd
Nairobi , Kenya - "They drop bombs and shoot"
The violence in Kenya goes on after the disputed electoral results of last December. In the city of Naivasha, in the Rift Valley, two helicopters of the armed forces have opened fire on a crowd of demonstrators... more
AirlinesAer Lingus aims at the Italian Summer
Belfast, Ireland - New Rome-Belfast flight starting from February 25th
The launch of the new Rome-Belfast flight by Aer Lingus is forecast on February 25th, 2008. "The new Belfast hub is proving very efficient for all the routes, from Amsterdam to Malaga, from Barcelona... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2), Air France doesn't give up
Rome, Italy - But for Malpensa there are slight openings
While in Italy the "North party" returns to the charge demanding the suspension of the negotiation for Alitalia and the saving of the Malpensa hub, talks go on between Maurizio Prato, President of the... more
SecurityFAA AD Eurocopter France model AS-355 F2 and AS-355 N helicopters (2008-02-10)
Washington, Usa - To identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Federal Register: January 28, 2008 [Page 4683-4685] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14... more
AerospaceBoeing names former NASA Engineer to head Space Shuttle Program
St. Louis, USA - The calendar forecasts six scheduled launches in 2008
The Boeing Company has named veteran NASA space shuttle engineer John P. Mulholland its new Space Shuttle vice-president and program manager. With more than more than 21 years of experience in space shuttle... more
IndustryLufthansa Cargo/Dhl Express joint venture airline "AeroLogic" to operate Boeing 777 Freighters
Seattle, Usa - Deucalion orders eight 777 Freighters for lease to AeroLogic
"Boeing announced that Deucalion Capital VII Limited ('Deucalion'), a company advised and managed by DVB Bank AG, has purchased eight Boeing 777 Freighters for lease to AeroLogic, a new joint venture airline... more
AccidentsPortuguese F-16 crashes near Lisbon
Lisbon , Portugal - Investigations ongoing
Yesterday afternoon, at 1:40pm local time, an F-16 fighter jet of the Portuguese Air Force crashed to the ground in the area around the air base of Monte Real, in the environs of the city of Leiria, north... more
HelicoptersBoeing to provide flight simulators to Egypt for the Apache Longbow helicopters
St. Louis, USA - A deal worth 20 million dollars
The Boeing Company has been awarded a 20 million dollars contract to provide an AH-64D Apache Longbow Crew Trainer (LCT) and Life Cycle Support to the Egyptian air force. The LCT, a full-mission, high... more
AirlinesAlitalia: AirOne overhauls its plan and TPG peeps out again
Rome, Italy - Probable operational and financial reshuffle
After the yesterday news about several appeals to shelve the negotiations with Air France following the Italian Government's fall, and to reconsider the other alternatives - particularly by who worries... more
AirportsBerlin, airports keep on dividing the politicians
Berlin, Germany - Regional Minister in favour of Tempelhof inflames debate
Airports and their construction, enlargement, reduction and closing are a politically-hot matter everywhere, since they require political choices, which then always have positive and negative aspects.... more
HelicoptersAW: first AgustaWestland Italian Corporate Pilot Conference
Cascina Costa, Italy - Hailed a Success By Participants
"The first AgustaWestland Italian Corporate Pilot Conference was held at the Company’s Cascina Costa facility in mid-January and was deemed a great success by those attending. The event was attended b... more
CuriositiesLeonardo's "Intuition"
Rome, Italy - Among his drawings the study for a flying machine that drew on aerodynamic principles still valid today
The first idea of a machine capable to fly was produced, as known, by Leonardo. The great inventor had namely understood some notions, later turned out to be exact, about flying, probably by observing... more
CuriositiesAeronautic terminology in dribs and drabs... A as "Autorotation"
Rome, Italy - It is the equivalent of a glide with engine off in an airplane
We can call autorotation the emergency descent of a helicopter during an engine failure, simulated or real. During the descent the main rotor turns due to the vertical air flow through the rotor disc,... more
Military aviationItalian Air Force: the M-346 airplane begins the tests for refuelling in flight
Rome, Italy - With the support of Experimental Flight Unit (Rsv)
"The prototype M-346, CMX-616, last January 24 and 25, in the sky of Ligure Sea, already employed in the intensive Preview of the Italian Air Force last Spring, has begun the tests to the refuelling in... more
AirlinesVueling defines the map of its presence in Italy
Milan, Italy - The airline leaves Pisa and Bologna and confirms its presence in Milan, Rome, Venice and Naples
"Vueling, the next generation airline, announces its exit from the airports of Pisa and Bologna where it started operating respectively on June 27th and October 30th, 2007. The interested routes, operative... more
AccidentsLost airplane in Venezuela: Transaven airline had no licence
Caracas , Venezuela - And the research pundits denounce: "Insufficient means"
There are developments in the question of the two-engine aircraft crashed into the sea of Venezuela with 14 people on board, among which 8 Italian tourists, on last January the 4th. It seems namely now... more
AirlinesBoeing delivers first 737NG to Norwegian Air Shuttle
Oslo, Norway - It is the first of 50 ones ordered
The Boeing Company has delivered the first of 50 Next-Generation 737s to Oslo-based low-fare airline Norwegian Air Shuttle. The 737-800 with Blended Winglets, on lease from Babcock & Brown Aircraft Management,... more
AirportsCiampino, tribunal says yes to Ryanair flights after midnight
Rome, Italy - But only in "Exceptional cases"
The Administrative Tribunal of Lazio (TAR) expressed itself in favour of an appeal of Ryanair, reassigning it the faculty to land at the "Pastine" airport of Ciampino also after midnight, but only "In... more
AerospaceUS spy satellite threatens the Earth
Washington, USA - In a few weeks it will fall on an unspecified location of our planet
ESA (European Space Agency) is quite worried about a news coming from NASA - the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration: an American spy satellite out of control will fall on an unspecified location... more
AirportsMalpensa, Formigoni reclaims again 3 years of moratorium
Milan, Italy - "Otherwise the North will march on streets"
With the Government crisis, Air France is losing its most valuable ally in Italy: the Economy Minister, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa. And the supporters of the hub of Malpensa and the offer of AirOne regain... more
OccurrencesB-777 Air France carries out emergency landing in Milan-Malpensa
Milan, Italy - No passenger was wounded in the evacuation through the emergency slides
Just a little fear for the passengers of the flight Paris-La Reunion left on Saturday evening from the "Charles De Gaulle" airport shortly after 9 pm. The pilot of the airplane, a Boeing 777/300 Air France,... more
AirportsVicenza, end of the run for the civil airport?
Vicenza , Italy - Bonotto: "Where are now all the politicians?"
They had hoped, at the aero club of Vicenza, that at last the civil airport at the "Dal Molin" could remain open, despite the controversial enlargement of the US military base. In favour of the maintenance... more
AirlinesQatar Airways and United Airlines implement code-share agreement
Rome, Italy - Agreements of code-sharing and cargo transport
"Qatar Airways and United Airlines have implemented their code-share agreement following approval from the US Department of Transportation to place their codes on each other’s flights giving passengers m... more
ReportSri Lanka, governmental air strike hits Tamil Tigers
Colombo , Sri Lanka - 20 dead in joint air-ground offensive
In the course of a combined air-and-ground offensive of the armed forces of Sri Lanka against the separatist rebels of the Tamil Tigers (LTTE), 19 members of the LTTE and 1 army soldier were killed. This... more
SecurityFAA (Correction) AD on DG Flugzeugbau GmbH Model DG-500MB Gliders (2007-26-15)
Washington, Usa - To require actions to correct the unsafe condition on aviation products
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: January 24, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 16)] [Page 4051] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation... more
SecurityFAA AD on Cessna Aircraft Company 172 and 182 series airplanes (2008-02-18)
Washington, Usa - To prevent premature separation of the collar, which could result in the parachute failing to successfully deploy
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: January 24, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 16)] [Page 4051-4053] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
SecurityFAA AD on Boeing model 767-200 and 767-300 series airplanes (2008-02-16)
Washington, Usa - To prevent a potential electrical arc, which could propagate a small fire and lead to a larger fire that might spread the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: January 24, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 16)] [Page 4061-4063] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more