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PeopleTax exemption for air services: EU Court of Justice deepens the matter
Luxembourg - A sentence would practically admit Cimber Air is right against Danish Government, though the national Judge has to perform further checks
It seems that the Danish carrier Cimber Air succeeded in win against Copenaghen's Government, with reference to the tax exemption related to the transfer of goods and services such as for example the victualling... more
AerospaceEADS-Snecma: a common interest in the propulsion systems dedicated to space activities
Paris, France - The two companies could produce a merge of the respective specialized sections in such field
The aerospace sector could be involved by the creation of a new group soon, and it would be specialized in the propulsion systems for space activities, through the merge between the specific sections in... more
AirlinesAir India: the trial about the two accused of the plane's explosion in 1985 seems to be close to the end
Vancouver, Canada - The defense closes the argument started last year by accusing one of the key witness of lying about what she knows of the history
It seems to be close to the end the trial of the prosecutors who accuse Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri of being involved in the Air India's plane explosion, which happened in June 1985 off... more
Science and technologyTurin-Caselle: man arrested because had 1,3 kg cocaine inside his stomach
Turin, Italy - By Italian Financial Police on duty at air station
Italian Financial Police on duty at Turin-Caselle Airport, have picked out and arrested a man who carried 1,3 kg cocaine, because they became suspicious about his documents from which realized he made... more
Civil aviationMicroparticles by explosions (2): the USA deny depleted uranium has damaging effects for health
Washington, USA - The particles spread following the impact between the bullets and the targets' structures would not be able to cause permanent damages
Also the United States comment again the matter concerning the depleted uranium and they do it by a recent report released by some experts to Pentagon. According to American Department of Defence, the... more
IndustryEurosystems: an agreement in principle on the sectors of concern
Rome, Italy - Finmeccanica and BAe analyse sectors and products destined to be included in the future final deal
Finmeccanica and British Aerospace achieved an agreement in principle on the future role of Eurosystems, while waiting for signing a complete and final deal. The two groups intend to develop the sharing... more
AirlinesBritish Airways accused of discrimination
London, United Kingdom - Flight assistants ask to a passenger to behave in a respectable way
A passenger on board of a British Airways' flight, which took off from South Africa and directed to Heathrow, was asked by flight assistants to take on a honourable behaviour. Neal Vincent Potgieter, this... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines: third quarter loss
New York, USA - The carrier suffer as well from the retirement of leased aircraft from its fleet
Continental Airlines said it had a loss of USD 16m, in the third quarter, against a profit of USD 133m in the third quarter of 2003, reversing so an exactly year-earlier profit, because of high fuel prices... more
Miscellaneous"Tokage": air transport paralyzed in Japan
Tokyo, Japan - Until now, flight cancelled are 650
Japan has been lashed by "Tokage" typhoon (see for details AVIONEWS): eleven casualties, eleven missing persons and a hundred injured is the current balance. Links are very difficult, due to 650 inner... more
MiscellaneousUSA's war planes hit Falluja: six died
Falluja, Iraq - According to local hospital sources, it would have dealt with a family devoid of relations with Al Zarqawi
US Air Force's fighter-bombers performed new bombing missions on the Iraqi city of Falluja today, destroying in particular two buildings. Local hospital sources would have stated they participated to the... more
AirlinesSingapore Airlines: load factor goes down and capacity up
Singapore - Thanks to new routes as Shenzhen, Nanjing and Ahmedebad
Singapore Airlines, just as in last August (see AVIONEWS), recorded a drop in passenger load, compared data with the same month of the last year, as capacity increases outpaced traffic growth. Capacity,... more
Latest newsTests of the new mission system for the NATO's AWACS started
Washington, USA - All the 17 AEW&C airplanes should be fully combat ready with their new avionics equipment by 2008
Boeing started the tests of the new mission system scheduled by the updating programme for the avionics systems of the NATO's fleet based on the AWACS airplanes. The 17 E-3 Sentry aircraft for Surveillance,... more
AirlinesUS Airways becomes low-cost
Washington, USA - In February, airline overhauls its flight schedule
US Airways seems seriously determined to turn itself into a low-cost airline (see AVIONEWS): the US carrier will overhaul its flight schedule as from early February. The Vice-President of marketing office... more
AirlinesAir Arabia: Airbus has just delivered an A-320
Abu Dhabi, Uae - The carrier's destinations would rise to 14 by the end of the year
Air Arabia, the Uae's third national airline as well as the first low-cost airline of its kind received, last Monday, the new aircraft ordered to the European industry Airbus, a A-320. The new plane would... more
HelicoptersAgustaWestland Grand: the sector for the deployment of the helicopter
Cascina, Costa, Italy - Corporate transport, EMS and offshore operations with a particular interest by European customers
AgustaWestland analyses the situation regarding the current commercial trend related to the Grand helicopter. By the second half of next year in fact, the first deliveries should occur, whereas the data... more
IndustryLockheed Martin: the cancellation of USD 6bn contracts awarded to Boeing has been requested
Washington, USA - Following the scandal related to the 767 Tanker, but Boeing answers by offering its availability for verifying prospective violations
Lockheed Martin had already announced some days ago that it would have somehow taken legal measures in order to make possible that some contracts awarded to Boeing could be re-analysed and prospectively... more
Science and technologyDHL refuses to curb noisy planes at Brussels Zaventem Airport
Brussels, Belgium - As from 2011 it will become its major European hub
Yesterday, DHL refused the Belgian government demand to curb the use of noisy planes as part of the American firm's plan to turn Brussels Zaventem Airport into its major European hub. The US courier insists... more
Latest newsEADS: "Ready to build a facility in the USA to produce the new air tanker"
Berlin, Germany - According to the Eads board, a 50% of its technological content will be a US one
EADS carries on the promotion of its alternative solution in order to meet the exigencies of US Air Force regarding the future in flight refuelling operations (see for details AVIONEWS). According to what... more
Latest newsB-2 Spirit: a new electronically scanned array radar
El Segundo, USA - It will be provided by Raytheon, in order to warrant higher reliability and better performances
The B-2 Spirit stealth strategic bomber will be provided with a new radar soon. The Raytheon AN/APQ-181 is a last generation sensor endowed of an electronically scanned array and this solution, as already... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Gulfstream model G-1159, G-1159A, G-1159B, and G-IV series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct broken damper shafts, which could result in locking of an aileron or elevator actuator (hard-over condition), subsequent loss of aileron or elevator control, and consequent reduced controllability of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 18, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 200)] [Page 61305-61309] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationMicroparticles by explosions: a probable reason for the leukaemia cases among the Italian soldiers
Rome, Italy - It would be pointed out by Italian Health Institute, even carrying on an Italian-American join research
Italian Health Institute in Rome put forward a new important hypothesis regarding the negative effects produced on the Italian soldiers’ health by the remainings of some minerals, within the bullets f... more
HelicoptersThe Canadian CH-149 Cormorants left on the ground again
Toronto, Canada - And in the meantime, Government would have unveiled that the choice for the new Navy's chopper could deal with the S-92 and not the EH-101
It had already occurred for two times this year but now the Canadian military authorities have decided to leave the fleet of 15 CH-149 Cormorant helicopters (a version of the EH-101 devoted to Search and... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Italian political opposition in defence of the national airline
Rome, Italy - DS Party's President, D'Alema, appears to criticize the letter of complaint released by some carriers to EU against the business plan
Italy’s position regarding the firm criticism against the Alitalia’s business plan by eight European carriers (see for details AVIONEWS), shows not only a clear reaction by Italian Government and the air... more
AccidentsCommuter plane crashes in Missouri: verified victims are eight
Washington, USA - The incident causes are unknown, at the moment
An airplane of Corporate Express, that is an American Airlines associate carrier - crashed after 7:50pm local hour in woods in Northeastern Missouri, near the Kirksville Regional Airport, yesterday: eight... more
PeopleAsia: little availability of passenger planes
Singapore - That would increase airline operating costs
Southeast Asia airlines forced to face shortage passenger aircraft increase more and more: that carries higher leasing costs on top of rising fuel prices. Many of these airlines prefer A-320 from Airbus... more
AirlinesEuropean carriers unions erect a new group of representation for Ryanair's pilots
Dublin, Ireland - These ones have made some pressure in order to obtain a greater voice in the airline
European airlines unions erected, yesterday, a new group which would represent the pilots of the Ireland low-cost at the company. These ones, in fact, have lately made some strong pressure in order to... more
AirlinesChile: Nuevo Continente cancels a relevant number of flights
Santiago del Chile, Chile - Air traffic is shaked by the recent news
The airline from Chile, Nuevo Continente, made the cancellation of six of the fourteen flights expected under normal circumstances last Sunday because of some financial problems related to its jet fuel... more
AirlinesAir Transat: it seems to have been discovered the causes of the emergency landing happened three years ago
Lisbon, Portugal - But it talks even of improper replacement of the engine
The Portugal Aviation Accidents Prevention and Investigation Department let know that the pilot of the A-330 of the charter airline Air Transat, which three years ago risked to fall down, was even a pilot's... more
PeopleThe Chinese Aviation Industry announced notable profits
Beijing, China - The profits have been facilitated by fares stability
The General Administration of Civil Aviation announced today that the industry achieved large profits, in the last three quarter of the year, for the amount of USD 1.24 bn, much more high then the target... more
AirlinesDelta Air Lines: Lauren Neuenschwander, new responsible of Delta's operation in the order of International area
New York, USA - The neo-elected European responsible of the American carrier works in Delta since 1990
It is Jorge Fernandez, Vice-President of the American airline to commend the new task given to Lauren Neuenschwander, neo-elected responsible of Delta's acts in the order of International area "This changement... more
AirportsHad already created balloon the Nazca civilization?
Lima, Peru - Hypothesis comes from some experiments carried out thanks to particular clothes found
It is fascinating the idea supposed by some researchers about mysterious, giant, geometric drawings which we can admire over the Nazca plain, in the Peruvian desert, can be made with primitive balloon... more
AirlinesVolare Group addressed by AVIONEWS disproves press release of Fit-Cisl about 2000 staff cuts
Milan, Italy - "Volare has 1370 workers": amount quoted from union can not be true
AVIONEWS has addressed Volare Group about supposed staff cuts which could affecting 2000 workers, according to the press release from The Italian Transport Federation, FIt-Cisl. In it union says that during... more
Science and technology7E7 Dreamliner: a possible extension of the Grottaglie Airport's runway
Grottaglie, Italy - An intervention aimed to favour the transport of the aircraft's components manufactured in Italy, by resorting to the cargo version of the 747s
Grottaglie "M. Arlotta" Airport (Taranto, Italy) could be involved by the production of the 7E7 Dreamliner programme, according to what set by the agreements between Boeing and Alenia Aeronautica with... more
PeopleRolls Royce selects Goodrich for the Trent 1000's control system
Birmingham, UK - The two companies carry on so a long-standing collaboration
Rolls Royce decided to opt for the solution offered by Goodrich concerning the control system for the new Trent 1000 engines. After carrying on a deep cooperation in the aeronautics powerplant sector for... more
IndustryAirbus: two airplanes for two major market goals
Toulouse, France - A new airliner and an air tanker in order to face international competitors and seize the American market
Two Airbus programmes would be currently under development with the common purpose on the one hand of facing the international success of competitors effectively and, on the other one, seizing the US market... more
AerospaceNasa: workshop concerning the relationship between research and education from 22 to 24 October
New York, USA - The workshop would celebrate the conjunction between scientific research and classroom
They would be thirty educations the ones who would be guests at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville next 22-24 October: the same who applied in 2003-2004 to join Nasa's Astronaut Corps. The workshop... more
AirlinesAta: flight attendants confirm an important deal
Chicago, USA - They concur presumably this way to save the airline from bankrupt
It is official, since yesterday, the news according to which, flight attendants of low-cost Ata confirmed the cost-saving deal which would allow the airline to save about USD 24m in the next two years.... more
Science and technologyOttawa Airport: stop at the terror
Ottawa, Canada - The first Canadian air station which started using the new measures against terrorism
The capital city air station is the first airport of the country which started, this week, to use the new security measures against terrorism, by means of the use of special scanner capable of individuate... more
Latest newsAustralia ready to attend the next Red Flag edition
Nellis, USA - Ten combat airplanes to perform air-to-air and air-to-surface missions
NATO exercise named Red Flag will occur starting on next October 23, at the US Nellis Base (Nevada) and it will go on lasting for two weeks. The main newness seems to be the one of the Australian Air Force's... more
AirlinesThe Chilean carrier Lan increased flight fares
Santiago, Chile - The reason seem exclusively due to the increase in fuel prices
The Chilean airline, Lan, has announced yesterday a raise on fares that will affect international routes with 15%, at date already operating, and regional routes with 7% to consider applicable from beginning... more
Civil aviationIsrael: three Arab persons condamned for weapon traffic
Tel Aviv, Israel - Missiles, rockets and automatic weapons would have been provided by Iran to the Palestinian armed movements
Israeli Judge sentenced three persons (one Palestinian and two Jordan-natives) to several years in prison, as considered as guilty for attempting to carry towards the Gaza Strip a massive charge of armaments... more
AirlinesAirbus delivered the first A-319 to the Druk Air
Thimphu, Bhutan - The delivery of the second aircraft is expecting for next December
Druk Air, Royal Bhutan Airlines's national carrier, announced yesterday that the first, of the two, Airbus A-319 plane, ordered on October 2003 to the French industry, has been delivered. The delivery... more
AirlinesIt's still difficult the resumption for China Eastern
Beijing, China - After the Sars epidemic now is the rise of fuel price to be worrying
China Eastern announced a growth of 20 % on traffic passengers in September agaist the same month of the last year. However, the information does not give any positive sign to the company the is currently... more
CuriositiesKarl Rove laid down in front of the wheels of an Air Force One plane
Washington, Usa - President George Bush was watching and laughing at him
"A funny moment during the campaign" it was the comment, at the bizarre and not much understandable gesture that president councillor, Karl Rove, has made in front of the eyes of the American journalist,... more
AccidentsPossible accident avoided yesterday in Taipei airport
Taipei, Taiwan - 100 passengers were on board
A possible accident has been averted yesterday night in Taiwan, into the Sung Shan Airport runway. An Airbus A-320 plane of Transasia Airways, flying from Tainan to Taipei with 100 passengers on board,... more
MiscellaneousAustria: female child hurled out of a cableway. Intervened the assistance helicopter
Vienna, Austria - Kid dropped down in a parking area
Tragic event in Austria on Saturday, when a car of Gmunden cableway slid back 150 metre hitting the previous cable, on board of which there were a woman with her 3 years granddaughter. The knock, reason... more
IndustrySubsidies to the aerospace sector: the international extent of the phenomenon
Paris, France - The WTO had already admonished Brazil and Canada, while the hypothesis of a Japanese support to the 7E7 appears again
EADS’ CEO Philippe Camus would have recently commented on the matter regarding the subsidies addressed to the aerospace industry again (see for details AVIONEWS). According to European aerospace group’s CEO... more
MiscellaneousCondamned three policemen which killed a clandestine on board a Lufhtansa flight
Frankfurt, Germany - They gagged and blocked him to the seat and put on his head a helmet
Three German Police agents have been condemned because in 1999 shocked the public opinion by the news that they killed a South-Africa refugee while he was repatriating in Egypt by a Lufhtansa flight: Aamir... more
Civil aviationEuropean Constitution: restricted activities for the Ciampino Airport from October 28 to 30
Rome, Italy - Commercial and private flights halted in order to warrant a higher security on the occasion of the important sign at a EU level
Rome will be the protagonist of the sign of the new European Constitution on next October 29. On the occasion of such event, which will involve the major institutional representatives of the various members,... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): an analysis of the cornerstones of the carrier against the competitors' complaint
Rome, Italy - The sharing of debts between AZ Fly and AZ Service and the business plan arranged with EU as the major issues, according to some analysts
Some analysts recently put into evidence a series of aspects related to the formal protest against the Alitalia's salvation plan released by some carriers and addressed to European Union. Among the main... more