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AerospaceItalian Transports Ministry and ASI together for the future of the satellite navigation
Rome, Italy - ENAV to free its own excellence centres
"With the agreement signed by the Italian Minister, Alessandro Bianchi and by ASI (Italian Space Agency) President, Giovanni Fabrizio Bignami, the two Authorities start to a cooperation that will bring... more
AirlinesQatar Airways strengthens in Europe and celebrates in the USA
Rome, Italy - The flights and destinations increase
"Qatar Airways will increase, in the next weeks, its presence on the European routes with the opening of a new airport in Stockholm, foreseen for November 27 and the use of new Airbus A-330 airplanes towards... more
Military aviationArgentine Air Force will buy 4 Saab 340B aircraft
Buenos Aires , Argentine - The total costs is about 34 USDm
The Argentine Air Force taken its final decision to buy four Saab 340B aircraft during 2008 and 2009 which will be sold by Saab Aircraft Leasing in cooperation with Saab Aerotech, in a four year process... more
AerospaceThe Galileo satellite programme risks the stop again
Rome, Italy - Soon the meeting between Prodi and the German chancellor Angela Merkel
The Galileo satellite project has been brought forward by the Germans, said Pier Francesco Guarguaglini, CEO of Finmeccanica, talking about the next meeting between Italian Premier Romano Prodi and the... more
AirlinesEmirates, 600 million dollars for a classy product
Abu Dhabi, UAE - The "ICE" entertainment system will be available in all classes
After an investment equal to 35 billion dollars to enrich still further their fleet with 93 new airplanes (plus other 50 optioned), Emirates Airlines is investing other 600 million dollars for in-flight... more
Press releaseAmnesty International about Italian weapons in the conflicts: RID asks the government to suspend supplies to Pakistan
Rome, Italy - Authorized sales for 23 million Euro relative to air, naval and ground componentry
"'Suspend sales of weapons to Pakistan. It is the request made to the Italian government by the RID (Rete Italiana Disarmo), the Italian network of associations for the armament control, in reply to the... more
HelicoptersAgustaWestland, 400 million Euro contract in Algeria
Algeri , Algeria - The agreement concerns 10 helicopters, 6 AW-101 Merlin and 4 Lynx Mk 300
Another important contract for AgustaWestland, the helicopter company of Finmeccanica. This time the business has been signed in Algeria. Usually the North-African Country buys military supplies from Russia... more
Press releaseAlenia Aeronautica: 1000 flight hours for the C-27Js of the Italian Air Force
Rome, Italy - All C-27Js ordered by ItAF will be delivered by mid-2008
The fleet of the C-27Js currently in service with the Italian Air Force has reached 1000 flight hours. The first of the four aircraft in service, based in Pisa, 46th Air Wing Headquarters, had entered... more
SecurityJapan. New anti-terrorism measures: booked all foreign passengers
Tokyo, Japan - According to Human Rights Association the new law violates the civil liberties
Starting from today, all foreign passengers who enter in Japan will be booked. This is a disposal provided for new anti-terrosism policy. The new law includes greater controls in the ports and airports... more
IndustryThyssenKrupp acquires Apollo Metals Group
Duesseldorf , Germany - It will be part of ThyssenKrupp Aerospace
Well-known German industrial group ThyssenKrupp announced the acquisition of the British society Apollo Metals Group, which supplies the aeronautic and air-space industry with metal products and linked... more
CuriositiesAirAsia, renewed contract with Manchester United
Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia - The low-cost airline signed the partnership also for 2008
Manchester United renewed its partnership with the Asian low-cost carrier AirAsia and Malaysia Tourism Board for 2008. On the airline plane reserved for the legendary "Red Devils" have drawn the images... more
Civil aviationIATA: airline passengers call for more self-service
Geneva, Switzerland - The results of its annual Corporate Air Travel Survey
"The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released its annual Corporate Air Travel Survey of over 10,000 active travellers, which shows that not only are passengers accepting high-tech travel... more
AirlinesAir Berlin: rising profits in the third quarter
Berlin, Germany - After LTU's acquisition and the opening of new routes
Air Berlin, one of the major low-cost carriers of the Old Continent, which this year has acquired charter-carrier LTU and aims at purchasing operator Condor from Thomas Cook as well, declared for the third... more
AirlinesAer Lingus appeals to the European Court against Ryanair
Dublin, Ireland - In hopes of forcing Ryanair to sell its shares in Aer Lingus
Aer Lingus Group PLC filed a lawsuit Monday in the European Union's second-highest court in hopes of forcing its main rival, budget airline Ryanair, to sell its shares in Aer Lingus. The Irish national... more
ReportStrong winds raise fears of new wildfires in California
Los Angeles , United States - Four US-Army, fire-fighting C-130 airplanes sent over to the West Coast
While the United States prepares to celebrate Thanksgiving Day, the resurgence in Southern California of strong and dry winds, the same that fed the massive wildfires in the last weeks, have prompted the... more
AirportsAirport charges raise for Heathrow and Gatwick
London, UK - The announcement by the Civil Aviation Authority
Britain's Civil Aviation Authority has given its green light to increases of airport fees for the 2008/2009 period for carriers flying on London's airports of Heathrow and Gatwick. They are boosts by 15,6%... more
Civil aviation2006 air traffic, high growth for the Asian continent
Rome, Italy - Stagnation in North America, light increase of 0.7%
In 2006 Asia obtained an extraordinary result in the air transport, with a growth of 9.7%. India (+32%) and China (+15%) drawn the increase. The international arrivals, which are connected to the tourism,... more
CuriositiesAerospace terminology in dribs and drabs... <b>G as "Galileo"<b>
Rome, Italy - The Europe's major programme for satellite navigation
Galileo is the Europe's major programme for satellite navigation, providing a highly accurate, guaranteed global positioning service under civilian control with multi-mode coverage. The first experimental... more
Military aviationWales, World War II Plane extracted from the sand
Cardiff, Wales - It is a Lockheed P-38 Lightning twin-engine fighter
Sensational find in Northern Wales. A Lockheed P-38 Lightning twin-engine fighter plane resurfaced after about 65 years. It is an aircraft crashed during a WW2 mission. It remained buried under the sand... more
AirportsItalian entrepreneurs defend Malpensa's role
Milan, Italy - "A resource for the Italian economy"
As the talks on Alitalia's status carry on (see AVIONEWS), the Italian entrepreneurs' association, Confindustria, takes position in regard to the airport of Malpensa, whose destiny is uncertain as well... more
AirlinesAlitalia about the privatization: Aeroflot not to take part in the project
Rome, Italy - The decision by the management communicated to the Italian airline
"Alitalia announces that a communication has just been received from Aeroflot stating that the management of the company has decided not to take part in the project regarding the privatization of A... more
HelicoptersFinmeccanica: an A-119 Koala helicopter for the Ugandan Police
Kampala, Uganda - A deal worth 5 million dollars
The Ugandan Police has signed with Finmeccanica an agreement for a value of 5 million dollars for the purchase of an AgustaWestland A-119 Koala helicopter. With this contract, that follows those of SELEX... more
AirlinesMeridiana, the low-cost flight Sardinia-New York is ready
Olbia , Italy - The carrier's first flight from Rome to the "Big Apple" took off on Friday
After the first flight, operated with an Airbus A-330 plane of 282 seats in code-share with Eurofly, between Rome and New York, the Italian airline Meridiana is creating a link from Sardinia to the United... more
HelicoptersThe White House demand over 800 changes to the "Marine One" presidential helicopter
Washington, USA - For an "Oval Office in the sky"
It seems the Americans have changed their mind. The "Marine One" presidential helicopter of the Lockheed Martin-AgustaWestland consortium, that in 2005 won the tender for the production of 23 specimens... more
AirlineseasyJet: presentation of the annual results 2007
Milan, Italy - To be held tomorrow morning
easyJet PLC, European low-cost airline, informs that tomorrow, Tuesday November 20th, 2007, h 11:00, at the Sheraton Diana Majestic Hotel - room Giardino Viale Piave 42, Milan - will take place the presentation... more
PeopleLars Lindgren new Executive Chairman of Spanair
Stockholm, Sweden - Lars Sandahl Sørensen new CEO of SAS International
"SAS Internationals' CEO Lars Lindgren has been appointed Executive Chairman of Spanair, a member of the SAS Group. Lars Lindgren has strong background of international airline operations and has... more
AirportsSEA: shareholders meeting to elect the new councillors
Milan, Italy - Giuseppe Bonomi confirmed president and CEO
"Today has been held the meeting of SEA SpA (Milan airports management company) shareholders. The meeting has decided in extraordinary session, according to the law 296/2006, for the modification of... more
AirportsGenoa, international tender for relaunching the air station
Genoa, Italy - Giovanni Novi, president of the port Authority, hopes for a joint management of "Cristoforo Colombo"
This morning, the president of the port Authority, Giovanni Novi, has communicated the opening of an international public tender aiming to decide who will support the current shareholders of Aeroporto... more
Civil aviationAutotutela denounces the Ryanair spokesman
Turin, Italy - Due to slanders against the travel agents
"It doesn't matter what people are saying as long as they talk about you". This should seem to be the current Ryanair slogan that adds to the host of prosecutions a criminal one by Autotutela, an Italian... more
AirportsUK: Heathrow and Gatwick the worst records for delayed departing flights
London, United Kingdom - Data provided for the Association of European Airlines
London's Gatwick and Heathrow airports had the worst records for delayed departing flights of all Europe's leading airports in the three months through September, the "Financial Times" reported. Gatwick... more
AirlinesPossible merger between Delta Air Lines and UAL?
Atlanta, USA - Gordon Bethune has proposed the idea
Gordon Bethune, the advisor of to Pardus Capital Management, said he has told shareholders of Delta Air Lines and UAL, the parent of United Airlines, that there would be no losers in a combination of the... more
AirportsFrosinone, the pro-airport committee asks for two new airports
Frosinone , Italy - One must be built in the South, the other in the North of Rome
While Alessandro Bianchi, the Italian Minister of Transport, announces that the work of the technical commission on the third airport of Lazio is going to end, Stefano Venditti, the president of Frosinone... more
AirlinesBA could have to pay millions compensation for cancelled flights
London, UK - Legal case started for violation of EU-rules
British Airways risks to be involved in a series of law-suits that could cost the air-company millions. Dutch firm EUclaim aims namely at sueing the British carrier for having tried to hide a confidential... more
AirportsThe European Union to elaborate a decongestion plan for the regional airports
Brussels, Belgium - The forecasts of ECAC and EUROCONTROL
A forecast of ECAC - European Civil Aviation Conference and EUROCONTROL has estimated that within 2025 there will be over 9 billion passengers worldwide, and Asia will be the main market. According... more
Government actsQuestion about the "Dal Molin" airport of Vicenza
Rome, Italy - Presented by senator Luigi Ramponi (AN) and many others
Senator Luigi Ramponi (AN) and many others ask the Italian premier to know: whether there is the intention to safeguard the functionality and potentialities of the current airport of Vicenza, respecting... more
Civil aviationEurocontrol-Euromed joint seminar for the Meda Countries
Brussels, Belgium - On pan-European ATM functions
"In the framework of the Euro-Mediterranean Transport Forum intended for the benefit of the MEDA countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, Syria, Tunisia and... more
AirlinesThree new Air China flights towards North Korea
Beijing, China - Sign of détente between the two Countries
After the agreement signed for the renounce to its nuclear programme, the relations between North Korea and the rest of the world are improving. Sign of this new détente are e.g. the three new flights... more
Civil aviationUS: for Thanksgiving Day military airspaces open to civilian traffic
Washington, USA - Decision made by President Bush
Thanksgiving Day is one of the most celebrated events in the United States: this year it falls on November 22nd, and an air-passenger movement of 27 millions is awaited, outnumbering the last year's movement... more
SecurityFAA (Correction) AD on Airbus model A-330/200, A-330/300, A-340/200, A-340/300, A-340/500, and A-340/600 series airplanes (2007-22-10)
Washington, Usa - To identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: November 16, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 221)] [Page 64532] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation... more
ConferencesAir-traffic controllers' General Assembly starts today
Ostia, Italy - At the Hotel Satellite in Ostia, near Rome
Organized by the Italian Flight Safety Association, the 37th edition of the General Assembly of the World Federation of Air-Traffic Controllers (IFATSEA) begins today, meaning of all those technicians... more
Civil aviationAfter the drug-test-decree, the doubts by the sector's operators
Rome, Italy - The unions: "Workers being picked on"
After Italy's Unified Conference of State, Regions and municipalities, finally reached an agreement on the categories of workers to undergo to the new norms on drug-tests (see AVIONEWS in this regard),... more
AirlinesAir Arabia awarded "Low-Cost Carrier of the Year" title
Dubai , UAE - At the Aviation Business Awards in Dubai
Air Arabia, one of the major low-fares carriers of the Middle East and Northern Africa, has gained the title "Low-Cost Carrier of the Year" at the Aviation Business Awards 2007 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates,... more
IndustryBoeing delivered AirBridgeCargo's first 747-400 Freighter on lease from GECAS
Everett, Usa - First Boeing airplane new production freighter delivery to Russian carrier
"Boeing delivered the first Boeing 747-400 Freighter to enter the fleet of AirBridgeCargo, a subsidiary of Volga-Dnepr Group, under lease from GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS). The new airplane... more
IndustryBoeing, transavia.com announced Next Generation 737 order
Seattle, Usa - Worth about USD 523 million
"Boeing and Dutch airline transavia.com have finalized an order for seven 737-800s with conversion rights to other model types. The order is worth approximately USD 523 million at list prices. The airline... more
AirlinesAlitalia: the tender is drawing to an end among several doubts
Rome, Italy - On November 23rd there will be the opening of the bid envelopes
The moment of the truth is drawing near for Alitalia and in few days (probably on November 23rd) the curtain will ring up on the bids of the buyers. Within the end of November the President Maurizio Prato... more
CuriositiesAeronautic terminology in dribs and drabs... <b>F as "FMS"<b>
Rome, Italy - Flight Management System
FMS (Flight Management System) - A computer system that uses a large data base to allow routes to be programmed and fed into the system by means of a data loader. The system is constantly updated with... more
AirlinesAir France-KLM: Alitalia? Only at certain conditions
Paris, France - Those are the words of Pierre-Henri Gourgeon, Dutch-French airline financial director
The French daily "La Tribune", in its on-line edition, announced that during the Parisian show Actionaria, Pierre-Henri Gourgeon, the financial director of Air France-KLM, said the French-Dutch group is... more
IndustryITT Industries awarded of a over 14 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the AN/SPS-48E Radar System
ITT Industries, Van Nuys, Calif., is being awarded a $14,212,378 modification to exercise an option under previously awarded contract N00024-06-C-5204, for the radar obsolescence availability recovery... more
CuriositiesAeronautic terminology in dribs and drabs... <b>A as "Aster"<b>
Rome, Italy - In the field of Franco-Italian FSAF programme
The ASTER family of vertically launched missiles is being developed by MBDA within the Franco-Italian FSAF (Future Surface-to-Air Family) programme. Aster 30 will feature in a family of air defence... more
CuriositiesAeronautic terminology in dribs and drabs... <b>P as "PAR P-2090CM"<b>
Rome, Italy - Particularly useful for emergency applications
P.A.R. 2090C, designed by Galileo Avionica, is an X band, state-of-the-art ground controlled precision approach radar, particularly useful for emergency applications to allow the landing and taking off... more