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Airlines700 French tourists blocked in Turkey
Ankara, Turkey - Financial disunion between the travel Agency and the Atlas Jet Airlines
Yesterday, about 700 French Tourists, on return from vacations, have been blocked in three Turkish cities on the score of a financial disunion between their travel agency, the "Elegance" with headquarter... more
IndustryEDO Technical Services Operations receives a contract for a value of the USD 19 millions
Washington, Usa - Purchase of 267 PLM-4 Radar Signal Simulators
EDO Technical Services Operations, Lancaster, Calif., is being awarded a $18,744,201 firm-fixed price contract. This action provides for the purchase of 267 PLM-4 Radar Signal Simulators used to generate... more
DefenseIsrael-Lebanon: resume the air connections between Beirut and Cairo
Cairo, Egypt - Temporary passage in Amman looking forward to the direct line came reinstated
The Middle East Airlines (MEA) has resumed today, after 40 days of break, the connection between Beirut and Cairo via Amman, this has been retailed by Egyptian journalistic sources. A Lebanese aircraft... more
IndustryAirbus: first tests for Super-Jumbo A-380
Toulouse, France - The deliver of first A-380 is predicted for the end of the year to the Singapore Airlines
From September 4 to 7, the tests for the Super-Jumbo new A-380, the greatest passengers aircraft of the world, two floor, eclipses its direct competitor, the American Boeing 747, ruler of the last decades... more
Civil aviationICAO: extraordinary meeting in September
Montreal, Canada - In order to talk about security emergency in air transport
The Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) will meet from September 11 to 15 in Montreal, in order to talk about the terrorist threat recently raised by the thwarted plot of August... more
AirlinesNew Super-Jumbo A-380 will land only in any Italian terminals
Rome, Italy - Greater Terminals are needed
The last week, the President of Assoaeroporti Domenico De Paola expressed about new Super-Jumbo A-380, stating that in his opinion not all Italian airports are ready to greet these aircraft, because "are... more
MiscellaneousLampedusa shipwrecks: six corpses were sighted, one was recovered
Lampedusa, Italy - Today searches have been re-started
Today at dawn searches of clandestines lost in the two shipwrecks off the Lampedusa island costs have been re-started. Four guard ships by Italian Coastguard, two by Financial Police, one by Carabinieri... more
IndustryConnexion by Boeing closes down
Seattle, USA - The in-flight wideband service have not received the expected market answer
In 2000 Boeing launched a revolutionary service, Connexion, to supply passengers with wideband internet access. Geostationary satellites and earth reception stations keep connection constant, using a new-conception... more
MiscellaneousWeapons storage explodes in Ukraine: two injured
Kiev,Ukraine - 1500 civilians evacuated, the reason could have been the heat
A military weapons storage in Ukraine, already site of a sequence of explosions lasted for a week in 2004, has been involved again in an incident, that injured two persons. A press release by the Ukraine... more
MiscellaneousIsraeli air raid to Gaza: three injured
Rome, Italy - The objective was a machine shop, considered as a rockets factory by Israel
Local sources retail that last night an Israeli air raid at Gaza would have hit a building used as machine shop, that according to Israel was a "Weapons factory", where the rockets that are launched against... more
CuriositiesIsrael-Lebanon (13): the Turkish government coerces at landing two Iranian aircraft
Ankara, Turkey - "Activity of routine pursuant to international rules"
Only yesterday it was announced that last July 27 and August 8, two Iranian Air cargo directed in Syria have been ceorced at landing and then reached by Turkish Aviation, because under suspicion to transport... more
AirlinesBA promises: within today the luggages delivery will return normal
London, United Kingdom - 20.000 baggages by the ai company in the last week
Refering to the over 20.000 luggages lost by the air company British Airways since last August 10 day of failed terroristic attacks) until today (see for details AVIONEWS), the British carrier has made... more
AerospaceNasa maybe will postpone the launch of "Atlantis"
Washington, Usa - The reason two frayed screws
The Us newspaper "Usa Today" retailed yesterday the news according to which the launch of the Nasa space shuttle "Atlantis", scheduled for next August 27 from the space center "Kennedy Space Center" in... more
AirlinesChaos in British airports: the air companies could ask for a reparation to the Government
London, Great Britain - The amount is about GBP 300m
As anticipated by AVIONEWS in the last days (see for details AVIONEWS 1 and 2), the British air companies involved in the discomfort situation came from the failed terroristic attacks of August 10, could... more
Science and technologyAlitalia: flight Rome-Munich returns for technical reasons
Rome, Italy - The security of flight has not been prejudiced
Yesterday afternoon, an Embraer 145 of Alitalia directed to Munich with 31 passengers on board has been obligated to return in the Fiumicino Airport half hour after the take off for technical reasons,... more
Science and technologyDelays in the luggages delivery at Fiumicino airport for a strike by AdR Handling
Rome, Italy - 200 employees of the airport services society are holding a meeting in these hours
It’s taking place in these hours at "leonardo da Vinci" airport of Fiumicino an assembly of 200 AdR Handling employees, to protest against the selling of the airport service society to the Spanish Fcc, f... more
Military aviationSOREM: from cape to cape of Europe
Rome, Italy - Unnumbered merits to international level
The Sorem, society that manages since beyond eight years the anti-fire fleet of the Italian Civil Defense that included among its ranks 16 Canadair CL-415 and 6 Canadair CL-215, operates from cape to cape... more
Civil aviationUSA: emerge the details about the hijacked flight in the Boston Airport
Boston, USA - "Terrified, not terrorist!"
The woman that two days ago has provoked the hijacking of the flight 923 United Airlines, left from London and directed to Washington, for her bizarre behaviour now risks severe conviction to have resisted... more
AirlinesA judge allow the employees of Northwest Airlines to make a strike
Washington, Usa - The agitation is scheduled for next August 25
The employees of the US air company Northwest Airlines will be allowed to make the strike called for the next August 25, to protest against the salaries and staff cuts threatened by the US carrier. This... more
IndustryBoeing signs a deal with Kaise Aluminium
Seattle, USA- An aeronautical aluminium supply for the realization of aircraft fro civil transport
The aircraft builder industry Boeing has signed an important deal with the American supplier of Aluminium Kaiser, that will see, for a long time, the aeronautical aluminium supply to employ in the realization... more
DefenseIsrael-Lebanon (2): from Italy also an environmental task force
Rome, Italy - Italy is, with France, the main financer of the Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution
Today, the Council of Ministers has approved also the sending of an environmental task force, proposed by Minister of Environment Alfonso Pecorario Scanio to face the serious environmental problems that... more
DefenseIsrael-Lebanon: green light to Italian mission in Lebanon
Rome, Italy - Parisi: "The mission forecasts long, dangerous, hard and onerous"
This morning, in Palazzo Chigi, the Italian Council of Ministers to treat about the approval of the UN resolution 1701 for Lebanon that request the immediate cease-fire and the sending of an international... more
Civil aviationTerrorism alarm: airport in West Virginia evacuated
Huntington, West Virginia - Found a bottle maybe with explosive inside in the baggages of a woman passengers
It seems to be never-ending the terrorism alert in US airports. And neither the little air stations aer excluded by the alarms, real or false, that cause discomforts and flight delays. The last one to... more
IndustryUSAF: Lockheed Martin protests for the drop of the C-130J
Washington, Usa - GAO is obligated to render a decisions within 100 working days
Last month. Lockheed Martin has filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for the Army’s decision to drop the company’s C-130J Super Hercules tactical airlifter from consideration to... more
Press releaseAnsv is engaged on the research of the black box of the plane plunged in Piacenza
Piacenza, Italy - Press release by Ansv about the investigations in the place
"While on the place of the incident the researches for the FDR (flight data recorder) of the Lockheed L -100-30, fallen over August 13 near Piacenza, are going on, the technicians of the laboratories of... more
IndustryUSAF: update of the A-10 Thunderbolt
Washington, USA – Activity fulfiled by 508º Aircraft Sustainment Wing and by 309º Aircraft Maintenance Group
USAF is providing to extend the operational life of it’s A-10 Thunderbolt, updating the cockpit and taking to the standard of F-16, and raising the possibilities for using the intelligent weapons, through t... more
DefenseUN presses to receive the official offers of troops to send in Lebanon
Brusselles, Belgium - France and Italy should be the Countries to send more men
The UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric has recently stated that the United nations would like to "Receive as soon as possible sure promises of troops". The times are tightening for the sending of Unifil contingent... more
CuriositiesVarig hostesses pose nude for "Playboy"
San Paul, Brazil - They were recently sacked by the Brazilian airline in trouble
They have found another way to earn some money the three flight attendants of the Brazilian air company Varig in big financial troubles, that posed nude for the September edition of "Playboy". It’s not t... more
Science and technologyRecord traffic in the Roman air stations for the Middle Summer departures
Rome, Italy - The data have been communicated by AdR
AdR, society that manages the two Roman airports of Fiumicino and Ciampino has made known the data about the passengers traffic in the two airfields regarding the period between August 12 and 14. With... more
Civil aviationAnti-explosive system of Switzerland studied by EU
Brusselles, Belgium - The EU Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini wants to quicken times of study
Among the many proposals emerged from the meeting of yesterday in London between the Interior Ministers of European Union there is also the one advanced by the Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini to adopt... more
AerospaceThe solar system could be soon composed by other three new planets
Prague, Czech Republic - The astronomer met in Prague are discussing a new definition for planet
Our solar system could soon welcome three new members. In fact these days is circulating the news about the astronomers of International Astronomic Union (IAU) met in Prague since last August 14, are discussing... more
MiscellaneousA charter lands for mistake in a Nato base in Poland
Warsaw, Poland - Maybe an error in the data input of the automatic pilot
We can imagine what was the surprise of the tourists that at the arrival at the airport found armed militaries waiting for them. That what happened to the Polish passengers of a charter flight of the Turkish... more
DefenseA US Air Force delegation visits Moscow
Moscow, Russia - It's the first official visit after many years
For the first time in the recent history a general from Usa Air Force went to visit Russia. Usa military aviation sources say they don’t have memory of the last time an Air Force delegation went to visit t... more
DefenseUK: Islamabad denies Pakistan funding to terrorists
Islamabad, Pakistan – The British government still shuts up about the request of extradition for Rashid Rauf
Yesterday, the Pakistan Foreign Ministry defined absurd and without basis the press information that regarding a funding by the side of different local humanitarian organizations to terrorists of the London... more
DefenseUK (2): continue the caos in the airport and lost thousands of luggages
London, United Kingdom - Blamed a decrease of bookings for Ryanair
The caos in the Londonese Airports continue, with a lot of deletions of flights and thousands of luggages lost, 20.000 only from August 10. British Airways has promised a return to normalcy in the terminals,... more
Science and technologyFire yesterday at Brussels airport
Brusselles, Belgium - The flames caused the closure of a part of the airfield: cancellations and delays
Yesterday afternoon at about 6:00pm the Brussels airport has been partially closed for several hours because of a fire burnt in the underground tunnel network. Biac, the society that manages the Belgian... more
Civil aviationUK: Frattini forecasts a series of operational anti-terrorism proposals in the meeting of the European Ministers in London
London, United Kingdom - Harmonizing the security measures in all the European Airports
One of the central subject of the European Ministers’ meeting that yesterday took place in London has been: harmonizing the security measures in all the European Airports. In the meeting also the Vice-President U... more
MiscellaneousBomb alarm at Sydney airport: no explosive device on board, stop the alert
Sydney, Australia - a phone call from Filippine had warned about a bomb
It’s finished the alarm started today at 5:45pm (local hour), 9:45am in Italy, at Sydney for the possible presence of a bomb on a plane landed at international airport of the Australian city (see for d... more
AerospaceNASA: in August 27 will launch Atlantis
Washington, USA - The goal of the mission will be to re-aunch the phases of building of the International Space Station
Yesterday evening, NASA sources announced that in August 27, if the weather conditions will allow it, will launch the space shuttle Atlantis, from Kennedy Space Center, in Florida. The goal of the mission... more
Latest newsImmigration: sailed away the patrolman "Diciotti" of the Italian Coastguard for the operation "Hera II"
Cagliari, Italy – Also an air mean of the Italian Financial Guard will participate to the international mission
Last Monday morning the patrolman "Diciotti" (CP 902) of the Italian Coastguard has sailed away from Cagliari’s Port and for the 30 members of the crew on board and for the Port Authorities is a historic m... more
DefensePentagon launches the cooperation with Israel for the missile program "Star Wars"
Washington, usa - The program had been launched by Reagan in 1983
In 1983 the US President Ronald Reagan launched the missiles program "Star Wars", that had the aim to act the testing and fulfillment of a large anti-missiles defense. Yesterday, during a press conference,... more
SecurityBomb alert on a plane at Sydney airport
Sydney, Australia - The Pacific Blue flight was departed from Fiji Islands
A spokesman of Sydney airport, Peter Vickary, has retailed that a plane of the carrier Pacific Blue, coming from Fiji Islands and landed a few time ago at the Australian airfield, has been evacuated ad... more
Science and technologyToday opens again for the commercial flights the airport of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon - The first flight of the Lebanese flag air company will land at 12:00am
A plane of the Lebanese flag air company Middle East Airlines (MEA) will land today at about 12:00am at the international airport of Beirut; the first commercial flight after 34 days of war to operate... more
PeopleAir Berlin purchases DBA
Berlin, Germany - The alliance between two companies has started last November
Yesterday evening, the deal signed between the German company Air Berlin, one of the major European low-cost carriers, and its countryman DBA, of which has purchased the 100%, has been announced by Joachim... more
PeopleEurocontrol: courses on environment are in development
Brusselles, Belgium - The aim is to minimize as much as possible the air navigation impact on environment
"Air traffic management does not have the solution, but it does have a role to play in mitigating the environmental impact of aviation, while meeting high safety standards and capacity requirements", these... more
DefenseCommon line of the European MInisters against terrorism
London, United Kingdom - New anti-terrorism measures and best coordination in the security of transports
Europe searchs a common line against terrorism after abortive attempts of London. The British Home Minster John reid has called a meeting that has seen the partecipation of Vice-President and EU Commissioner... more
Press releaseThe remains of San Antonio Abbot return in Italy
Sigonella, Italy - In August 20 they will be transported to Aci S. Antonio (Catania)
On the occasion of cerimony in remembrance of the 1650 years since the dead of Saint Antonio Abbot, to the community of Aci S. Antonio, in the Catania district, is been permitted by Holy See, the authorization... more
Civil aviationSixty-year-old woman panicked on board makes start the terrorism alarm
Boston, Usa - It's happened yesterday in a United Airlines flight, tha plane made an emergency landing at Boston
A nerve crisis that until a few time ago would had caused irritation or maybe hilarity, has sent on emergency the 182 passengers, 12 crew members of a United Airlines flight, as well as the civil and military... more
Military aviationReturned from Spain two Canadair of the Italian Civil Defense
Rome, Italy - Assessment of 1740 fires, 5 dead and one hundred hectares of wood destroyed
Yesterday afternoon, two Canadair of the Italian Civil Defense Department returned in Olbia and Lamezia’s their bases of operations. They have been sent in Spain in support of the operations for the p... more
AirlinesRyanair threaten to take legal actions against British Government
Dublin, Ireland - The airline owner, Michael O'Leary criticizes the new baggages rules in British air terminals
The critics already expressed by British Airways trough its managing director Willie Walsh (see for details AVIONEWS), that has menaced to take legal actions against BAA (British Airport Administration),... more