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PeopleA NEW GARMIN PRODUCT: CANADA MAPS CD
NEW ORLEANS, Garmin International presented its new CD containing Canada maps, compatible with all other GPS-based Garmin products. The new CD feature highly detailed maps up to street-level and navaid... more
PeopleU.S: AIRCRAFTS TO REPLACE CARS IN GARAGES
OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN USA, Near Wittman regional airport it's planning the construction of a residential area with 35 houses having garage big enough to pernit pilots park their family airplanes. Many taxiways... more
PeoplePILOT SUSPENDED AFTER BIRD STRIKE
NAMIBIA, After a bird strike has occurred, immediately after take off from Hosea Kutako International Airport, a senior Air Namibia pilot has continued to fly with its Boeing 747-400 to London. For... more
People83% INCREASE IN CHARGES THREAT FOR EUROPEAN AIRLINES
EUROPE, If proposals being considered by Eurocontrol are given the green light, airlines which operate aircraft in Europe up to the size of an Airbus 320 may face average increases of 83% in navigation... more
People"SICK PILOTS" APPEAL LAW COURT
USA, The union representing American Airlines pilots has appealed a Law Court decision against sueing of many passengers for disrupting their travel and holidays. This is the result of 1999 stoppage,... more
PeopleTWO AIR CONTROLLER ON TRIAL
THESSALONIKI, GREECE, Two air-traffic controllers accused to be responsible for an Ukrainian passenger plane crash, occurred in 1997, in which 73 people died, are going to trial at Thessaloniki court,... more
PeopleAIRCRAFT TRAFFIC INCREMENTS UP TO 2004, ACCORDING TO IATA
USA, According with IATA,International Air Transport Association, up to 2004, aircraft traffic will record a growth of 5,6% regarding passengers and 6,7% in cargo sector. Great importance attached to the... more
PeopleEMIRATES AIRCRAFT LANDED IN BAGHDAD
BAGHDAD, An Emirates aircraft, carrying a delegation headed by the minister of Health and aids for iraqi people, landed in Baghdad. It was the first flight coming from a Gulf country to land in Iraq. more
PeopleROMANIA TO PERMIT MILITARY AIRCRAFTS TRANSIT
BUCHAREST, U.S. Defence Department's sources reported Romania has opened its air space to military aircrafts flying from and to Yugoslavia. A Pentagon's spokesman said that, because of the current situation... more
PeopleEUROPEAN COMMISSION ALLOWS STATE AIDS TO OLYMPIC AIRWAYS
BRUSSELS, Sources of European Commission reported the organization granted to greek government the permission to allocate state funds to Olympic, the greek national airline. According to the sources the... more
PeopleIATA CONSIDERS GIANT AIRCRAFTS SUCH AS A3XX AS
SINGAPORE, According to the chief of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Pierre Jeanniot, the introduction of giant aircraft such as Airbus planned A3XX will be a necessity in the next... more
PeopleBA TO SUSPEND PILOTS AND FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SUSPECTED TO TAKE ALCOHOLIC DRINKS BEFORE BOARDING
LONDRA, British Airways suspended eleven pilots and three flight attendants suspected to take alcoholic drinks before boarding. The disciplinary measure is related to the Tv inquiry conducted by Channel... more
PeopleGREECE: PUT OFF GOVERNMENT PLAN ABOUT PRIVATIZATIONS
ATHENS, The government's privatization plan will be expanded to 18 companies but it will also be partially put off to next year because of the need to raise USD 7 billion. The new was published by the... more
PeopleROYAL AIR MAROC PLANE LANDS AT BAGHDAD
BAGHDAD, A Royal Air Maroc's plane landed this morning at Saddam Hussein airport in Baghdad. The flight, the umpteenth to break embargo, was organized by Maroccan Committee supporting Iraq. The plane carried... more
PeopleBERLIN WILL HAVE TO WAIT LONGER FOR ITS FIRST DIRECT U.S. FLIGHT
BERLIN, A Lufthansa spokeman denied recent reports Lufthansa or its U.S. partner, United Airlines, were planning to launch a Berlin-Washington route this fall. He said a direct connection with the United... more
PeopleCAMS ON BOARD TO CHECK VIOLENCE AND TERRORIST ACTS.
WASHINGTON, Icao proped to equip planes with cams to prevent and check the growth of violence and dangerous events on US airliners. The cams would be installed in the the cockpit and passenger cabin, but... more
PeopleSINGLE AVIATION SAFETY AGENCY FOR EUROPE PROPOSED BY UE
BRUXELLES, BELGIUM, In order to achieve a common standards for aviation safety throughout all countries of Europe, a single agency has been proposed by the european transports commission. At today, every... more
PeopleNEW PIPER WON APPROVAL FOR MERIDIAN
USA, New Piper Aircraft won FAA certification for the single turboprop Meridian, powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PT60-42A turpboprop with 500 shp. New Piper has a backlog of 135 wholesale orders and... more
PeopleWORLD CARGO FLEET WILL DOUBLES IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS
WASHINGTON, D.C., According to the Boeing World Air Cargo Forecast 2000/2001, issued at the Air Cargo Forum 2000 in Washington, D.C., the world's freighter airplane fleet is expected to double during... more
PeopleALFREDO ROMA'S HEARING: EUROPEAN AIR TRANSPORT SAFETY
ROMA, "JAA, joint aviation Authorities were created in Europe, un der Ecac's protection, in order to issue the communitarian laws regarding flight safety and the procedures to enforce them". The inspections... more
PeopleALFREDO ROMA'S HEARING: WORLD AIR TRANSPORT SAFETY
ROME, "The air crash accruel strongly decreased in about ten years, stabilizing on less than one air crash per one million departures. The percentage is even lower for Western Europe and United States... more
PeopleALFREDO ROMA'S HEARING ABOUT AIR TRANSPORT DECONTROL
ROMA, "Air transport decontrol may be pursued in Italy by the enforcement of comunitarian laws which allowed to open routes out of Italy and Europe and to set up a competitive market. In order to support... more
PeopleU.S. PILOTS HAVE TO SOOTHE THEIR SPEAKING ABOARD
WASHINGTON, U.S. airlines banned the use of expressions as "turbolence" (better to say "inconstant air"), "final destination", "fog", "aborted takeoff". Pilots will have to soothe their language to look... more
PeopleFAA AD ON EMBRAER JETS
WASHINGTON, D.C., The Federal Aviation Administration has issued two Airworthiness Directives (AD) regarding Embraer jet airliners ERJ-135 and ERJ-145, in order to verify and modify some parts involving... more
PeopleCOUNSEL FOR THE DEFENSE IN LOCKERBIE TRIAL CAST DOUBT ON NEW WITNESS
CAMP ZEIST, THE NETHERLANDS, Counsel for the defense for the two Libyans accused of the Lockerbie/Pan Am 103 bombing today have been trying to undermine the credibility of a main witness in the trial behind... more
PeopleFAA UNDER CONGRESS INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON, D.C., According to United States Congress investigators reports, serious and pervasive problems afflict the Federal Aviation Administration, the U.S. national agency that runs the nation's... more
PeopleUNITED FLIGHTS ATTENDANTS THREATEN TO DISPRUPT PLANNED MERGER WITH US AIRWAYS
USA, Flights attendants at United Airlines threathned to disprupt the planned merger with US Airways unless demands for higher salaries are met. Many severe service disruptions in the summer already turned... more
PeoplePRESSURE ON PLAN FOR PART PRIVATIZATION OF BRITISH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM
GREAT BRITAIN, Labour backbenchers have joined air traffic controllers to increase pressure on the Government to reconsider plans for part privatisation of the system which controls the movement of aircraft... more
PeopleLYBIAN DOUBLE AGENT TESTIFIES AT LOCKERBIE TRIAL
CAMP ZEIST, HOLLAND, A former lybian double agent Abdul Majid Abdul Razkaz Abdul-Salam Giaka, immediately the two Libyans, who are accused of planting a bomb on board Pan Am Flight 103 which exploded over... more
People15 U.S. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS FOUND GUILTY
CHICAGO, USA, Fifteen operators of Elgin Traffic Control Center, which controls O' Hare international airport of Chicago have been convicted, after a FAA inquiry, for slowing down intentionally the flights... more
PeoplePRIVATE AIRCRAFT MAKES NON-STOP FLIGHT FROM PARIS TO BAGHDAD
PARIS, A private aircraft took off from Charles De Gaulle airport of Paris for a non-stop flight to Baghdad to protest against embargo. The aircraft was carrying 60 passengers, among them doctors,... more
PeopleUS/UK AVIATION AUTHORITIES SIGNED A MEMORANDUM ON AIR TRANSPORTATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS
WASHINGTON D.C., The U.S.Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the United Kingdom's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) signed a memorandum of cooperation designed to promote... more
PeoplePRIME MINISTER BLAIR REQUESTED TO ACT AGAINST AIRCRAFT NOISE
LONDON, The Great Britain Prime Minister Tony Blair is being urged to take action in order to reduce aircraft noise that is increasing as the number of flights over London increase. A representation of... more
PeopleGROUND STAFF CALLS FOR BETTER PROTECTION AGAINST AIR PASSENGER VIOLENCE
MANCHESTER, The GMB union has called for better protection for airport workers because of increased violence by passengers against staff. The union considered check-in staff and crew needed proper training... more
PeopleANOTHER FLIGHT OF CONCORDE, WITHOUT PASSENGERS
PARIS, The French Civil Aviation Authority has granted a single permission for a ferry flight from JFK New York airport to Paris, to bring back a Concorde aircraft owned by Air France, left at open... more
PeopleFAA ORDERS TO HALT PRO AIR FLIGHTS
DETROIT, FAA ordered to halt all Pro Air flights because of serious aircraft safety problems. But at the same time, Pro Air, american airline, said it had appealed the FAA's action, saying the agency's... more
PeopleENAC: EUROPEAN FLIGHT CREW LICENSES' WORKSHOP
ROME, Today in Rome at Sala Convegno Archivio Generale dello Stato, the 22 in Milan, Sala formazione Malpensa Milan's airport, the 25 in Reggio Calabria at Grand Hotel Excelsior, from 9 am to 17... more
PeopleTRUCKERS PROTEST AGAINST FUEL PRICE: NO RISK FOR AIR TRAFFIC
OSLO, Norwegian truckers are on the warpath to protest again fuel price. Eight refineries in the south of the country have been stopped for protest demonstrations and appeals have been launched to... more
People18 YEARS OLD STUDENT IS THE FIRST FEMALE PILOT OF QATAR
DUBAI, Female emancipation is gaining ground even in midwest countries. Munira al-Dosari, a 18 years old student, was the first female of Qatar to get pilot's license for charters. That will be the first... more
PeopleETEB STUDIES ON 737 RUDDERS REVEALS OTHER TROUBLES
USA, The Engineering Test and Evaluation Board (ETEB) that has extensively worked on two 737 aircraft accident cases, in which 157 people died , has found that the rudder hydraulic powered control system... more
PeopleALPA CONSIDERS ATA IS DELAYING MOVING FORWARD ON FAA REGULATIONS
USA, ALPA, the Air Line Pilots Association which represents 58.000 pilots, said it considers ATA's initiative a tactic to delay moving forward on FAA regulations governing fatigue and flight time limits.... more
PeopleIRAQ AND RUSSIA WILL SOON RESUME FLIGHTS
MOSCOW, Pavil Piryatku, regional director of the Russian official airline, Aeroflot, said flights with Iraq will be resumed next month. The announcement was also reported by the government iraqui newspaper... more
PeopleFAA TO ORDER CHANGE TO 737 BOEING
USA, Boeing 737, the worldwide most used jetliner, of which the Seattle industry delivered about 3800 units since it took service in 1967, will have to change the rudder, as FAA ordered. Investigating... more
PeopleITALIANS FLIES INTO A RAGE WITH AIR FRANCE: 96 HOURS TO BACK HOME FROM POLYNESIA
ROME, Thirthy italians went through a real odissey to back from Polynesia: four days to back home after flying from Papeete to Los Angeles via Honolulu to return to Paris where they were finally boarded... more
PeopleRAINS FALLING DOWN ON ILLINOIS: OVERCROWDED CHICAGO AIRPORT LOUNGES
NEW YORK, After escaping danger of Florence hurricane over pacific ocean, beacause it is expected to whip up Bermudas, United States went through bad moments for thunderstorms flooding Illinois. Bad weather... more
PeopleJAPAN: OKINAWA FLIGHTS DELAYED AFTER SAOMAI TYPHOON PASSED BY
TOKYO, Japan is actually whipped up by Saomai typhoon, who is affecting transports and even 11 Toyota's plants. Five killed, 4 missing persons and about 30 injured people. this is the stock of the... more
PeopleGREEK CIVIL AVIATION: 48 HOURS STRIKE CALLED FOR SEPTEMBER 15 AND 16
ATHENS, Ypa, the greek Civil Aviation, called a strike for next September 15 and 16. The air traffic controllers took this drastic measure to request a service restructuring and the recruitment of qualified... more
PeopleRUSSIA OPPOSES TO ECAC'S PROJECT
VERONA, "One sky" project proposed by Ecac's President Alfredo Roma is facing obstacles around Europe. Spain is the less convinced country with the project. Russia, by itself, refuses to join the Conference,... more
PeopleALFREDO ROMA (ECAC): "ONLY ONE AUTHORITY TO MANAGE EUROPEAN SKY"
VERONA, Alfredo Roma, Ecac's President, ended Verona meeting saying "only one central authority for flight management, ready to urge security interventions, passengers' rights, environment, harmonization... more
PeopleALFREDO ROMA (ECAC): "AN IMMEDIATE EUROPEAN AUTHORITY FOR CIVIL AVIATION"
ROME, "We need a real european Authority for Civil Aviation". This was the proposal of Enac and Ecac's President, Alfredo Roma. This proposal replies to the one made by the european commissioner for Transport... more