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MiscellaneousBanat Air accident: the process on compensations for 49 victims risks cancellation
Verona, Italy - The seat transfer would make the process re-start
The civil cause of 49 victims families in the air accident involving a Banat Air AN-24 on December 13, 1995, risks to be cancelled and re-start after 11 years. This is because of the decision by the judge... more
Latest newsEURFOR: the UAV was shot down by a small shooting iron
Rome, Italy - The spokeswoman of Belgian Defense Minister said that
Ingrid Baeck, spokeswoman of Belgian Defense Minister, said that the EUFOR UAV which was destroyed in Congo last July 28 did not fall for technical reasons or for a damage in computers. The drone was struck... more
IndustryFinmeccanica-Avio: its share has been sold to Cinven
Rome, Italy - The Italian industrial group will re-buy 15% of Avio
Finmeccanica makes known it sold its 30% share in Avio to Cinven, so that it will get about EUR 430m, three times more the initial investment with a gaining of more annual 50%. Finmeccanica will also re-buy... more
Latest newsZambia orders to the China five Y-12
Harbin, China - The order will come broken loose within November 2006
The Zambia’s Ministry of Defense has purchased by Harbin Aviation Industry Group, the largest key enterprise under the Aviation Industries of China (AVIC), five two-engineed Y-12 that will be used for t... more
MiscellaneousVeneto Region will make the Spad XIII fly
Venice, Italy - The European Community project
Local authorities of Veneto, Austria and European Commission will make the Spad-XIII of Francesco Baracca re-fly, the same airplane that fell during the "Great War" causing death to the Italian pilot.... more
Press releaseAutogrill reinforces own presence in the USA with 11 rest stops in the Nashville Airport
Rome, Italy - The society will realize a turnover equal to USD 182 million in 13 years in the Tennessee terminal
"The Group wins 11 rest stops in Tennessee and 10 retail stores in Florida. Autogrill enter in the Nashville Aiport and strengthens the presence in the Miami terminal with the retail. In the Nashville... more
AirlinesAir Berlin: +15% passenger traffic in July
Berlin, Germany - 85.67% load factor
Air Berlin, the second German airline after Lufthansa, registered a 15% rose in July passenger traffic compared to the same month last year, reaching 1.61 million people carried (1.4 million in 2005).... more
DefenseIsrael-Lebanon (3): naval alternation in the East-Mediterranean
Beirut, Lebanon - Surveillance of the opposite waters Lebanon
Yesterday, August 6, at 9:40pm Italian hour, the patrolman "Artigliere" of Italian Navy has replaced the frigate "Aliseo" in the activities of international waters opposite Lebanon’s surveillance. The "... more
Science and technologyFour people were arrested at Prestwick airport
Prestwick, United Kingdom - They were protesting against US planes stopovers with weapons to Israel on board
Three women and a man were arrested yesterday at Prestwick airport, Scotland, after they ran on to the runway in order to protest against the use of the air station by the Pentagon in its armaments to... more
Civil aviationThe acts of Moussaoui process have been published on line
Washington, USA - Documents, photos and audio files concerning September 11 attacks
Alexandria Federal Court, Virginia, decided to publish on its web site almost all accusation and defense acts of the process against Zacarias Moussaoui, who were condamned on the field of terroristic attempts... more
Science and technologyFlight for Dusseldorf returns in Malpensa
Varese, Italy - Problems of pressurization
Last Friday, the flight AZ-464 by Alitalia headed for Dusseldorf has made return in Malpensa from where has taken off for problems of pressurization detected in altitude. To precautionary purpose, has... more
IndustryATR signs a new contract with Precision Air Services
Toulouse, France - For a value of USD 97 million
The regional aircraft manufacturer ATR and the Tanzanian carrier Precision Air Services have signed today a deal for 6 new ATR aircraft (3 ATR-42/500 and 3 ATR-72/500). The deal, valuated at USD 97 million,... more
AirlinesMyAir.com: three new routes hence October 29
Milan, Italy - Anticipated third weekly flight for Istanbul
Hence next October 29, three new routes will put into action: Venice-Naples, connection that will be realized Monday, Thursday and Wednesday; Boulogne-Barcelona, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and that... more
Fair and showsEmbraer’s Board of Directors appoints Maurício Botelho’s successor
São José dos Campos, Brazil - It is Frederico Fleury Curado
Embraer announced that at a meeting held last Friday its Board of Directors appointed Frederico Fleury Curado to succeed Maurício Botelho as President and CEO of Embraer, to be elected in April 2007. After... more
MiscellaneousIsrael-Lebanon (2): UN understanding failed to terminate conflict
Beirut, Lebanon - Still civil victims in Lebanon; yesterday 15 dead in Israel
Israeli bombs killed about 15 civilians in Lebanon today and stroke an important communication way to the South in Litani river, between Sidone and Tiro, cutting the main street where aids for civil people... more
AirlinesTurkish Airlines: the company will take part of Star Alliance
Ankara, Turkey - The decision makes known by the managing director of the Turkish carrier
The managing director of the Turkish Airlines, Cancan Karlitekin, has made known the carrier will take part of Star Alliance, the alliance of the skies guided by Lufthansa and by American United Airlines.... more
DefenseIsrael-Lebanon: Syria is ready to join together Hezbollah
Damascus, Syria - Walid Muallem: "I am ready to be a soldier of Sayed Hassan Naslarrah"
If the conflict between Israel and Lebanon had to extend, Syria will line up on the side of Hezbollah, Foreign Ministry Walid Muallem has stated it while yesterday he found in Beirut for the emergency... more
AirlinesVarig boosts its fleet to 45 new aircraft
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Within the end of this year
Marco Antonio Audi, manager of Brazilian airline Varig, made known that the national carrier’s fleet will be expanded from current 12 airplanes to 45 units by the end of the year. Five new 120-seat aircraft i... more
Science and technologyRonchi dei Legionari: +6% passenger traffic in the first 7 months of 2006
Gorizia, Italy - More than 387,000 people
Also thanks to a good performance in July, with +18.5% passenger traffic, the first 7 months in 2006 signals a 6% growth for Ronchi dei Legionari airport (North Italy), with more than 387,000 people against... more
Science and technologyOne million passengers at Bratislava airport
Bratislava, Slovakia - 837,000 in the first 7 months in 2006
"M.R. Stefanik" Airport in Bratislava welcomed last Friday its one millionth passenger in 2006. In the first seven months of this year the air station registered 837,000 passengers, with an increase of... more
Science and technologyAdR: last Friday signed the final deal for the sale of AdR Handling to the Spanish of FCC
Rome, Italy - The Rome's airports management society realizes a surplus-value of EUR 42 million
A press release by AdR SpA, Rome’s Airports (Fiumicino and Ciampino) management society, makes known that last Friday, in accomplishment of decision undertaken by board of directors and a sale’s procedure end... more
Science and technologyFalse bomb alarm in the Berlin-Tegel Airport
Berlin, Germany - Law enforcement and passengers maximum attention at packages and baggages unguarded
Last Friday, a travelling bag abandoned in the international Berlin-Tegel Airport, has made released anti-terrorism measures. At the finding of the object, Police has immediately imposed the block of... more
IndustryAlenia Aeronautica will enlarge its plant in Pomigliano d'Arco
Naples, Italy - A EUR 44.3m investment
Alenia Aeronautica and Sviluppo Italia started an enlargement project of Alenia’s plant in Pomigliano d’Arco, near Naples, Southern Italy. In addition to the extension and renewing of some existing wor... more
MiscellaneousSouth-Africa: 12 people blocked off by snow on the borderline with the Lesotho
Johannesburg, Republic of South-Africa - Since eight years did not snow over the Capital
On the score of a strong snow storm on the mountains on the borderline between South-Africa and Lesotho, last Friday, the South-African Foreign Minister has made known that any helicopters of the governmental... more
Civil defenseUS Predators in SAR operations
Washington, USA - They have been used only in military mission until now
The US Federal Aviation Administration authorized the use of Predator (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) UAV aircraft as support in Search & Rescue operations. The remote controlled RQ-1s and RQ-9s have been used... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Pratt & Whitney PW-4164, PW-4168, and PW-4168A series turbofan engines
Washington, Usa - To prevent front pylon mount bolt and primary mount thrust load path failure, which could result in an engine separating from the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 4, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 150)] [Page 44185-44187] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9-81, DC-9-82 , DC-9-83, DC-9-87, and MD-88 airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent arcing on the in-tank side of the fueling valve during a lightning strike, which could result in an ignition source that could ignite fuel vapor and cause a fuel tank explosion
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 3, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 149)] [Page 43961-43962] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Rolls-Royce Corporation (RRC) 250-B and 250-C series turboshaft and turboprop engines
Washington, Usa - To minimize the risk of sudden loss of engine power and uncommanded shutdown of the engine due to fuel contamination and collapse of the screen in the fuel nozzle
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 3, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 149)] [Page 43964-43967] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on McDonnell Douglas model DC-10-10, DC- 10-10F, DC-10-15, DC-10-30, DC-10-30F, DC-10-40, and DC-10-40F airplanes (2006-16-03)
Washington, Usa - To reduce the potential of ignition sources inside fuel tanks in the event of a severe lightning strike, which, in combination with flammable fuel vapors, could result in fuel tank explosions and consequent loss of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 3, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 149)] [Page 43962-43964] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
DefenseAviano USAF Base: "No bombs" committee denounces nuclear presence
Aviano, Italy - And it mentions an agreement between US and Italian Governments in 1960
"No bombs" committee denounced the presence of nuclear devices at USAF Base in Aviano (Pordenone, North Italy) and consequent damages for environment and health. The committee also mentioned an agreement... more
AccidentsCapo Gallo air disaster (2): the cause is a series of human mistakes
Palermo, Italy - Wrong fuel indicators and pilot's negligence
Palermo power of attorney stated that the Tuninter ATR-72 which sank on August 6, 2005, missed fuel: this is the reason why the aircraft engines stopped working, but nobody realized they were empty because... more
AccidentsCapo Gallo air disaster: victims relatives give up compensation
Bari, Italy - To participate in the future process as civil part
Some relatives of victims in the accident where Tuninter ATR-72 fell off Palermo coast on August 6th, 2005, have announced they will reject any eventual transactive proposal, in order to be present at... more
Weather forecastsAir shows and exhibitions in the second week of August
Rome, Italy - From today, Monday 7 to next Sunday 13
Monday 07 - Paragliding - 2006 Skynomad Open. Sopot, Bulgaria. + 359 89 99 82 566 www.skynomad.com/sopot http://events.fai.org - Gliding - Les 31ème Concours International de Bailleau et Championnat... more
MiscellaneousFire in Portugal: Government in shelter
Lisbon, Portugal - Gravest damages in the whole territory
Last Friday, six fires have burnt up in the Center and North of the State: in Macao, Guarda, Porto, Santarem, Viana do Castelo and Viseu, and have intervened beyond 400 firefighters with 110 vehicles and... more
IndustryBell-Boeing Joint Program Office awarded of a over 200 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For three MV-22 tiltrotor aircraft
Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $200,100,000 undefinitized contract action to begin fabrication and delivery of three MV-22 tiltrotor production aircraft. Work will... more
IndustryGeneral Dynamics Armament and Technical Products awarded of a over 12 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18E/F aircraft
General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, Burlington, Vt., is being awarded a $12,481,289 modification to definitize the previously awarded letter contract (N00421-05-C-0110) to a firm-fixed-price.... more
AirlinesSecond quarter in growth for Iberia, plus 13,8% in the turnover
Madrid, Spain - But the red of last year hasn't been recuperated yet
The Spanish air company Iberia has communicated the data relating to the turnover registered on the second quarter of 2006. Since April to June the Iberian carrier has realized an operative gain of EUR... more
AirlineseasyJet and NAS in talks on branding in Saudi Arabia
London, United Kingdom - The jet operator asked the low-cost airline to use its branding in the Middle East
English low-cost carrier easyJet has been approached by National Air Service (NAS), a Saudi Arabian private jet operator, to use its branding in the Middle East. NAS is the first Arabian commercial airline... more
DefenseAustralian Navy: alternation in the Persian Gulf
Canberra, Australia - Operations of maritime security
Yesterday, the Australian Navy HMAS Warramunga, a frigate of class ANZAC, supplied of a flight deck and an hangar for the helicopters SH-2G Super Seasprite and S-70B/s Seahawk, has sailed away in the Naval... more
DefenseUS Air Force retires its KC-135 air refueling jets
Washington, Usa - The last one will take off from Portland this week-end
Air Force is proceeding to retire its big refuleing jets KC-135 of the 939th wing, sending them to Oklahoma and California. The operation enters into a renewal program for the US Air Force fleet. The last... more
Science and technologySoru: increasing arrivals in Sardinian airports
Cagliari, Italy - 10% more in May and June
Renato Soru, President of Sardinia Region, announced positive incoming data for the island, with 10% more arrivals in airports in May and June and 20% more in April. Tom Barrack, President of Colony Capital,... more
Science and technologyBerlin does not know what to do with Tempelhof airport
Berlin, Germany - The gigantic structure will be closed next year
Berlin authorities do not know how to use Tempelhof airport in the future, with its gigantic 1.2-kilometer long terminal and an area that covers almost the size of New York’s Central Park. The air station, w... more
AirlinesAA, UAl and Continental apply fees to US travel agencies
Washington, USA - UFTAA protests and asks Antitrust intervention
American Airlines decided to apply a USD 3.5 fee per route to all US travel agencies that book using a GDS (booking system created by airlines and used by travel agencies worldwide) with which AA did not... more
AirlinesProfits grown of 20% in the second quarter for British Airways
London, United Kingdom - But the fuel increases don't make foresee a positive trend for the rest of the year
British Airways makes known in a press release that the operative gain in the second 2006 quarter amounts to GBP 211m, that is EUR 311m, with an increase of 20% compared to the same period of the previous... more
AerospaceTor Vergata University: activation of the ALTEA experiment
Rome, Italy - Test on extreme conditions in the space
Wednesday August 9, at 10:30 a.m., c.o. Department of Phisics of the Tor Vergata University in Rome, it will assist to the activation of the experiment ALTEA (Anomalous Long Term Effect on Astronauts),... more
PeopleThe cures for thyroid gland can make go haywire the control systems in airports
Birmingham, United Kingdom - The warning has been launched by British researchers, following few unpleasant inconvenient
The problem has been launched by two British doctors from the pages of the "British Medical Journal", that referred to what has happened recently to a 46-year-old man that, 6 weeks after a cure based on... more
AirlinesChina (2): Cathay Pacific cancels flights to and from Hong Kong because of the typhoon
Hong Kong, China - But the situation is slowly returning to normal
The typhoon that hit Hong Kong yesterday forced Chinese airline Cathay Pacific Airways to cancel all flights departing and arriving at the city airport. The carrier, a note reports, is trying to find alternative... more
PeopleBolivia purchases three C-212/100 by Spain
La Paz, Bolivia - Strengthening of the National Civilian Defense's system
Yesterday, the Bolivian government has confirmed the purchase of three aircraft C-212/100 by Spain government and will come employed in the civilian defense, including one that will come made available... more
Civil aviationSeptember 11: the Pentagon will reply to perjury accusations
Washington, USA - According to the enquiry commission, US Defense lied
The Pentagon General Inspector is going to publish soon a report on perjury accusations against US Defense managers concerning the investigations on September 11, 2001 attacks. The enquiry commission said... more
CuriositiesIt will be possible soon to send e-mail and sms during the flight
Washington, Usa - It will be allowed by an internal server on the plane
It will be presented to public during the manifestation "World Airlines Entertainment Association Conference" that will take place at Miami next September, the first prototype of server destined to allow... more