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PeopleFAA ORDERS INSPECTIONS OF BOEING 767
WASHINGTON, The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration ordered an inspection of Boeing 767 elevator mechanisms to see if any shear rivets had broken. These rivets are designed... more
PeopleUK AND FRANCE REPRESENTATIVES PUSHES CONCORDE IN FLIGHT AGAIN
PARIS, The officials from England and French, that includes representative of industries of Concorde makers, are determined to get the supersonic aircraft back in the air, though they admit having only... more
PeopleINDIA: AIR TRAFFIC INCREASES
NEW DELHI, After four years of scarcity, air traffic rose up in India. The director of indian department for civil aviation, H.S. Khola, said it is expected a 10% increase within the end of the year. Regional... more
PeopleAMERICAN SURVEY ABOUT RADIO PROCEDURES
USA, An american magazine specialized in aeronautical stuff has recently asked to their readers about pilots ability of using proper aircraft radio procedures. Among the over 1000 responses it came out... more
PeopleMORE SPACE FOR OVERSIZED PASSENGERS
USA, People often travelling by plane, mostly in Usa, could have been through the unpleasant adventure of being sandwiched sitting between two oversized passengers. Continental, the american airline, is... more
PeopleAIRCRAFT COMMANDER REFUS TO EMBARK STOWAWAY FOR SAFETY REASON
FLORENCE, About fifty stowaways have been expelled after they were found out sleeping in some wagons of Leopolda and Cascine railway stations in Florence. Two romanians, who were taken to Peretola airport... more
PeopleDENIED TO GREEK PRIME MINISTER THE PERMISSION TO ENTER YUGOSLAVIAN AIR SPACE
ATHENS, A diplomatic incident occurred in the sky of Athens. The aircraft carrying the greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis was flying to the United States for Millennium Summit but it was denied the... more
PeopleTRAFFIC JAMS IN THE SKY AND AIRCRAFT TO SCRAP: SECURITY EMERGENCY IS ON
ROME, The efficiency and working of means of many airlines could give a wrong idea of security for people travelling. The alarm was given by Alfredo Roma, president of Enac and Ecac from last June. Ecac... more
PeopleUNDERSECRETARY DANESE REPLIES TO KLM: NO POLITICAL INSTABILITY
ROME, There is no italian political "instability" behind the divorce between Alitalia and Klm. That's what Luca Danese, undersecretary of Transport, said commenting the words of Coen Oort, chairman... more
PeopleALITALIA PILOTS STRIKE WAS SUSPENDED
ROME, Regular flights on september 8th, day in which was scheduled a 24 hours strike of Alitalia's pilots. The unrest was suspended thanks to the intervention of Uiltrasporti Italian Federation of pilots,... more
PeopleAEROSTATIC MAIL
MILANO, An important collector of Milan, Zanaria, offers to lovers special rarities which represents the first case of air mail. It is the corrispondence, composed of documents, private letters and postcards,... more
PeopleFAA INAUGURATES FLIGHT INFORMATION SERVICE DATA LINK
USA, The Flight Information Service Data Link (FISDL) began operations in late July during Oshkosh Air Venture. Its aim is to provide weather information to general aviation operators via data link. Some... more
PeopleFAA ORDERS INSPECTIONS OF BOEING 767 ELEVATORS
USA, FAA ordered airlines to inspect the elevator assemblies on Boeing 767 airliners. The decision was taken after receiving reprts of failed shear rivets being found in the tail elevator assemblies of... more
PeopleFAA CREATES MAINTENANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
USA, FAA, complying with directives it received from Congress, plans to establish an advisory committee on the use and supervision of aircraft and aviation component repair facilities, both within and... more
PeopleIATA EXPECTING AIR FARES INCREASE TO COUNTERBALANCE OIL RISE
ROME, According to Iata, the International Air Transport Association gathering more than 200 airlines all around the world, oil rise will provoke an increase of ticket's price. Many carriers tried to find... more
PeopleAIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER SUSPENDED OVER LANDING MIX-UP
HONG KONG, An air traffic controller and a supervisor of Hong Kong's Check Lap Kok airport have been suspended after giving wrong instructions to two planes. They cleared a Cathay Pacific cargo plane to... more
PeopleNEW FORMAT FOR IAP CHARTS FROM FAA
USA, FAA's Office of Aeronautical Charting and Cartography, has presented a new format for Instrument Approach Procedure charts. The new graphics is more quick and easy to read and understand, and this... more
PeopleAIR CRASHES LEAK OF NEWS
PARIS, Ifalpa said the leak of news during the inquiry about the reasons of Concorde's crash was definitely alarming. Also the disaster of EgyptAir occurred last year in New York, was affected by the a... more
People36 HOURS DELAY FOR AIR INDIA FLIGHT
JAPAN, An Air India flight to Japan had a 36 hours delay. After six hours of flight the plane was turned back to the airport when their pilot was refused permission to fly over China. It seems it was denied... more
PeoplePARLIAMENTARY QUESTION OF SENATOR DOLAZZA ABOUT ADR COSTS FOR PASSENGERS
ROME, Senator Dolazza, of Lega Nord, sent a parliamentary question to italian government asking for explanations about the tribute of $1,5 each leaving passenger requested by Aeroporti di Roma for the... more
PeopleFAA PRPOSED $1.24M FINE AGAINST BOEING
USA, FAA proposed yesterday to fine Boeing $1.24 million. The american industry would be guilty for control violations and failing to report cracks on 737s. Boeing said safety was never compromised. more
PeopleUKRAINA PLANS TO MODERNISE TU-144 AND YAK-42
KIEV, Ukraine plans to modernise hundreds of Soviet-made Tupolev Tu-134 and Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger planes. The aircrafts will be equipped with ukrainian-made aviation engines. more
PeopleILFC SELECTS PW 4168A ENGINES FOR A330S
EAST HARTFORD, CUNNECTICUT, International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) has selected PW 4168A engines to power eight Airbus A330 aircraft. Deliveries will begin in 2002. The value of the sale is... more
PeopleTHIS WEEK CELEBRATIONS FOR AMY JOHNSON
LONDON, Will be celebrated this week the 70th annyversary of the historic flight of Amy johnson, the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia in 1930. Commemorations will take place in Croydon,... more
PeopleAGREEMENT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND EGYPT FOR AIR CORRIDOR TO GAZA
EL CAIRO, Egypt and Israel signed the agreement on air corridor to Gaza. The aircrafts will fly through a corridor placed 15 miles north of El Arich, in the north of Sinai. The agreement will become effective... more
PeopleAIRBUS IS LEADING THE BATTLE OF ORDERS
FARNBOROUGH, According to the President of Airbus Industrie, Noel Forgeard, the company collected, during Farnborough 2000 exhibition, "firm orders" for at all 230 aircrafts, included 22 new A3XX planned... more
PeopleMOBILE PHONES SOON CLEAR TO BE USED SAFELY ON AIRCRAFTS
LONDRA, Passengers will soon be able to use safely their own mobile phones on airline flights. The aerospace company BAE Systems is developing a revolutionary passenger telecommunication system called... more
PeopleALSIM FLIGHT SIMULATOR FIRST IN EUROPE TO RECEIVE FNPT2 CERTIFICATION
PARIS, ALSIM was the first european company to receive, at the beginning of 2000, FNTP and FNTP2 MCC certification for 200 MCC training flight simulator. This new range of simulators is destined to professional... more
PeopleENGLISH MAN CHARGED OVER BOMB HOAX
LONDON, English police arrested a 61 aged man, of no fixed abode, for spreading a bommb hoax on a flight of British Airways coming from Zurich. Manson is due to appear at magistrate to refute the accusations... more
PeopleBELL IS PLANNING FOUR-ROTOR VERTICAL-LIFT TRANSPORT
USA, Bell helicopters Textron has started designing a new four-rotor, C 130 size tiltrotor aircraft. It will be able to take off vertically in a few hundred feet and land, as the smaller V-22, vertically... more
PeopleJORDAN INDUSTRIALISTS ASK GOVERNMENT TO TAKE AGAIN AIR TRAFFIC TO IRAQ
AMMAN, Jordan industrialists asked their government yesterday to take again air traffic to Iraq, adducing the benefits that would bring to national economy and to iraqui people overwhelmed by embargo.... more
PeopleSIGHT FIRES FROM THE SKY IN FRANCE
PARIS, French dept. of Toulouse is achieving excellent results in fire prevention using a Cessna and two fire-men. Flying at 1000 metres of height, according to firemen squads is possible to sight a growing... more
PeopleDE PALACIO BACKS TO DEAL WITH FRENCH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS
BRUXELLES, European Commissioner to Transports, Ignacia Loyola De Palacio, declared that she is going to take back deals with unions'leaders of french air traffic controllers about the project of one european... more
PeopleAUSTRALIA: LAPSES OF REASON AND PROCEDURAL SHORTCUTS MAIN CULPRITS IN MAINTENANCE ERRORS FOR ATSB
AUSTRALIA, According to a survey developed by ATSB, Australian Transport Safety Bureau, lapses of memory and procedural shortcuts would be the main culprits in aircrafts maintenance errors. The survey,... more
PeopleFORMED COALITION TO REDUCE AIRCRAFT NOISE
BRUXELLES, Some of the world's most prominent international aviation organizations have formed a coalition to support the development of lower jet aircraft noise standards. The organization is named Coalition... more
PeopleJAPAN: TEMPORARY SUSPENDED MILITARY FLYING TRAINING
TOKYO, All military flying training have been suspended in Japan after three accidents happened in just one week, killing 8 people. Before went missing a transport plane on flying training, then the other... more
PeopleCONTINENTAL AIRLINES' FLIGHT FORCED TO RETURN FOR FRANTIC PASSENGER
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, A flight of Continental Airlines departed from Anchorage was forced to return because of a frantic passenger who hurled a can of beer at one flight attendant and bit another member of... more
PeopleMENINGITIS ON BOARD, OVER 400 PASSENGERS ARE RISKING
NEW YORK, A passenger of flight El Al 17 deceased just after landing for a meningitis which doctors of airport took at the beginning for a strong cold. Joseph Ferraro, aged 24, of Rochester, in NY state,... more
PeopleUSA-CANADA AGREEMENTS
WASHINGTON, An exchange joint agreement between Usa and Canada was signed in order to allow both countries to accept civil air certifications regarding planning, manufacturing and manteinance of aircrafts.... more
PeopleTRANSPORT: DE PALACIO WANTS A STRONG PUBLIC STRUCTURE
LUXEMBOURG, European commissioner for Transports, Loyola de Palacio, in reply to french air traffic controllers' strike, declared that she "never talked about privatization". Eu Commission aims at "a strong... more
PeopleFRANCE: AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS TODAY ON STRIKE
PARIS, Today's strike of french air traffic controllers will be massive. Civil aviation's board of directors and the main airlines are expecting almost 90% of flights to be cancelled. Air France announced... more
PeopleCASH REFUNDS FOR VICTIMS OF OVERBOOKING
FIUMICINO, ROMA, Cash refunds, from 50 to 150 euro, for victims of overbooking. This is one of the measures illustrated by european commissioner for Transports, Loyola de Palacio to protect travellers.... more
PeopleDE PALACIO: ONE SKY FOR EUROPE
ROME, European commissioner for Transport, Loyola de Palacio, visiting Rome in these days, declared commission's intention "to create one european air space". The purpose is to speed up and improve air... more
PeopleDE PALACIO: STOP WITH OVERBOOKING
BRUXELLES, European Commissioner for Transports, Loyola de Palacio, declared war on the unfair custom of overbooking, used by many airlines. This system involves the selling of more tickets of the effective... more
PeopleDE PALACIO-BERSANI TALKS TODAY OR TOMORROW
BRUXELLES, European commissioner for Transports, Loyola de Palacio, declared she is going to meet italian Minister of Transports today or tomorrow. About the contents of talks the commissioner said they... more
PeopleCOMMISSIONER DE PALACIO TOMORROW IN ROME
ROME, Loyola De Palacio, european commissioner of transports,will arrive to Rome tomorrow to visit Telespazio centre. The following day she will participate to launch of campaign for passengers rights,... more
PeopleD'AMBROSIO AND UNIONS REPLY TO DER SPIEGEL ABOUT ITALIAN SKIES' DANGEROUSNESS
MILAN, The article of german magazine Der Spiegel, which is a sharp criticism to the irresponsible behaviour of some air traffic controllers of Malpensa's airport,accusing italian skies of being unsecure,... more
PeopleENAC. SCIACCHITANO ELECTED JAA VICE CHAIRMAN
ROME, Enac (Civil Aviation National Company) vice-president, eng. Salvatore Sciacchitano, was elected vice-chairman by JAA Commitee in occasion of the 17th JAA (Joint Aviation Authorities) and FAA (Federal... more
PeopleABANDON ALASKA AIRLINES AIRCRAFT FEARING ACCIDENT
WASHINGTON, Six people, four passengers and two flight assistants, left an aircraft of Alaska Airlines just before taking off after hearing a pilot was not sure about aircaft's safety. The fact happened... more
PeopleAIR DOLOMITI ORDERS THREE AIRCRAFTS TO ATR
PARIS, Air Dolomiti ordered to ATR, Italian-French Aeronautic Consortium of Regional Transport, three aircrafts plus an option for other 4 units. They are ATR 42-500. Consortium was created by Alenia and... more