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IndustryBoeing 747-400. An exclusive version for the Japan Airlines
Seattle, Usa - The airplane passengers modified to cargo
Boeing the American company is making ready to start the production of a new, specific version of the 747-400 Special Freighter, as expressly required by Japan Airlines International Co. Ltd.(JAI) The... more
Fair and showsDied developer of Mercury that took into the space the first American spaceman
Washington, Usa - One of the 35 engineers which in 1958 accomplished the first US space shuttle
Maxime Faget, one of the 35 engineers which in 1958 accomplished Mercury space capsule plan, the first US space shuttle, died on Saturday at the age of 83 years, in his Houston house. Faget have designed... more
AirlinesEasyJet : passenger traffic rises on board of the English carrier
London, England - Positive numbers in its budget
"September was a solid month reflected by a one percentage point increase in the load factor", claimed the Chief Executive Ray Webster on Thursday. The carrier said that its load factor was 86.9 percent... more
AirlinesOfficial maiden flight for the first A-321 of Spirit Airlines
New York, USA - The US low-cost carrier is waiting for further 35 airplanes of this type by the next five years and options for additional 50
The first Airbus A-321 of Spirit Airlines performed its official maiden flight. The low-cost carrier is making efforts to keep its own leading role in this segment concerning the national air transport... more
AirlinesMalaysia Airlines: the third suspected case of sabotage in twelve-month time
Kuala Lumpur, Malesia - The Malaysian police seems not to be concentrated on terrorism
It is the third case of suspected sabotage in one year that a Malaysia Airlines aircraft has to face up to. Malaysian police said, last Thursday, that the plane which was taking off to Bangkok, was grounded... more
Weather forecastsOther air shows and exhibitions in October 2004
Rome, Italy -
NBAA ANNUAL MEETING AND CONVENTION…Oct. 12-14, Las Vegas, Nev. Info: (202) 783-9000. HELI-ASIA…Oct. 12-14, Shangri-La Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. Info: +44 (0) 1628 604311; www.shephard.co.uk.... more
Science and technology"Ben Gurion" Airport linked to Tel Aviv by a railway
Tel Aviv, Israel - Inaugurated yesterday the EUR 80m work
From yesterday the International Airport "Ben Gurion" will be linked to the Tel Aviv downtown thanks to a 24 km railway. The work, of the cost of about EUR 80m, has been inaugurated yesterday, and it is... more
Civil aviationDeepwater: US Coast Guard updates
Washington, USA - A massive modernization process by fixed and rotor wing aerial vehicles, together with UAVs and tilt-rotors
Deepwater: this is the name of the US coast Guard's programme aimed to warrant a significant modernization of its fleet, by the purchase of new aircraft and the upgrading of some among the ones currently... more
PeopleSkyguide: planned redundancies to face reorganization
Zurich, Switzerland - Which will diminish the take off, landing and overflying fees
The Board of Directors of Skyguide - the Switzerland air traffic control society - would have established a cost reduction plan which should have to diminish the take off, landing and overflying fees.... more
Latest newsF-16: celebrating 25 years of European-American industrial cooperation
Brussels, Belgium - Celebration for the European Participating Air Forces programme occurred last October 7
Five European countries together with the United States in order to celebrate the 25 years of the EPAF (European Participating Air Forces) programme. It occurred in Brussels (Belgium) on last October 7,... more
Science and technologyThe International Muscovite airport is disputed by many contendings
Moscow, Russia - It is still an open battle the one to control Sheremetyevo' airport
The Alfa Group's chairman (one of the battlings which aims to renovate the Russian airport), Mikhail Fridman, said in an interview published last Thursday in Vedomosti newspaper, that the battle for control... more
SecurityEgyptian President Mubarak landed at Ciampino
Rome, Italy - An official visit to analyse the Middle Eastern situation, the crisis in Darfur and the Italian-Egyptian relations
Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, arrived in Rome this morning for an official visit in Italy, landing at Ciampino Airport at 11:18, after taking off from Cairo air station at about 09:00 aboard an Airbus... more
Science and technology"G. Marconi" Airport: the main European airports on the noise pollution
Bologna, Italy - At workshop it attended the "Ambient strategy Committee" of Aci Europe, association which gather 450 continental air station managers
On Thursday and Friday, at Bologna "Guglielmo Marconi" International Airport has been held a workshop on the noise pollution from air traffic, to which have attended 34 environmental defense responsibles... more
Latest newsBoeing MMA: the systems destined to the new US Navy's maritime patroller have been selected
Washington, USA - Boeing, CFM International, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman P-3 attending to the production of the plane devoted to replace the P-3 Orions
Boeing and US Navy would have recently completed the programme aimed to select the systems scheduled for the new 737 MMA (Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft) programme, as the future maritime patrolling armed... more
IndustryEU: no official prosecution against Japan on the Dreamliner programme
Brussels, Belgium - It would have been confirmed by EU Government despite the investigation activities start announced last week
European Union would have denied it started legal procedures aimed to face the Japanese industrial activities, related to the production of the new Boeing medium-range airliner, the 7E7 Dreamliner, despite... more
Weather forecastsAir shows and exhitions in the second week of October 2004
Rome, Italy - From today, Monday 11 to Sunday 17
Monday 11 - Gliding - Australian Multi-Class National Championships. Darling Downs Soaring Club, Dalby, Queensland, Australia. + 61 7 3377 6700 www.ddsc.org.au/dalby2004 - Paragliding - Australian... more
MiscellaneousAirlift to Lybia is finished
Agrigento, Italy - On Saturday the last transfer which took 90 immigrants to Tripoli
After the last take off on Saturday, when an Alitalia MD-80 leaved from Lampedusa Airport to Tripoli with the last 90 illegal immigrants on board, the airlift with Lybia is finished: the island hospitality... more
AirlinesOlympic Airlines: new privatization attempt
Athens, Greece - Failed the last efforts to find buyers
The Greek Government could try again to privatize the flag carrier Olympic Airlines, after last attempts to find buyers failure. The privatization committee declared in fact void the sale tender started... more
Press releaseAlitalia: taking delivery of a "bridge loan" lending decree copy
Rome, Italy - From Italian Ministry of Economy
"Alitalia informs it took delivery of a copy of the lending Decree on the so called 'bridge loan' in line with the original version on last Friday, brought in by Italian Ministry of Economy honouring what... more
PeopleChirac visiting China: no positive signs for the A-380 have appeared yet
Beijing, China - However, Airbus group would seem to forecast orders by a new customer from the Asian country by the end of this year
French President, Jacques Chirac, while visiting China yesterday, would have promoted a series of relevant French industrial products aiming to increase the export of aerospace sector's solutions. Besides... more
Latest newsBoeing 767 Tanker: USA's Congress denies its support
Washington, USA - However, Boeing could be able to suggest its solution again during the next year in competition with Eads
The United States’ Congress would have recently halted the Boeing 767 Tanker programme, so making impossible for the company to carry on the activities intended to provide US Air Force with some 100 n... more
HelicoptersUnited Kingdom: fewer combat helicopters by 2010
London, UK - The armed forces' experts would have warned asking for new vehicles and simulators
British Government appears to forecast a significant reduction of the national armed forces' rotor-winged aerial vehicles by 2010. The indicated figures would deal with about a 38% of the aircraft, so... more
MiscellaneousItalian Air Force Falcon took again in Italy Jessica and Sabrina parents
Turin, Italy - After the news about their daughter body identification
Yesterday in the morning, from the Turin-Caselle Airport at 8:47am, an Italian Air Force Falcon freed by the Government, took the parents of two Italian sisters involved in the Taba attempt occurred on... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Lazio Region President, Storace, asks Italian Government for scheduling a new meeting in favour of workers
Rome, Italy - Lazio Region President underlines the relevance of the direct effort by local governments for the implementation of the social safety valves
The achievement of the recent agreements for the Alitalia's reorganization, the approval of the social safety valves for the carrier's and the air transport sector employees and the green light granted... more
IndustryL3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC awarded of a over 18 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the C-21 aircraft
L3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, Madison, Miss., is being awarded a $18,473,060 firm fixed price contract modification to provide for Contractor Logistics Support for seventy-six C-21 Aircraft.... more
IndustryGeneral Electric Aircraft Engines awarded of a over 6 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18 aircraft
General Electric Aircraft Engines, Lynn, Mass., is being awarded a $6,661,056 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00383-01-D-004M) to exercise an option for procurement... more
AirlinesSouth African Airways and Jet Airways together for strengthening
Pretoria, South Africa - Increase of connections between South Africa and India
The political alliance already established between South Africa and India has been fortified in the last few days by the agreement signed between their two airlines, South African Airways (SAA) and Jet... more
Latest newsTanker affair: a USAF's General renounces to a promotion
Washington, USA - Though not officially under investigation, his name would have anyway emerged so leading him to renounce to a new appointment temporarily
US Air Force’s General Gregory S. Martin, considered as one of the major representatives of Air Force attending to its vehicles and weapon systems, would have decided to renounce to his next promotion d... more
AirlinesYes Air Airlines: new born in the Italian low-cost market
Trento, Italy - The carrier established in Trento
A new airline has born in the Italian low-cost market: the Yes Air Airlines which has its head office in Trento. The air company will be operating next Spring, with an operative plan that provides, at... more
AirlinesAir Canada: this is the way how it is possible to exit bankruptcy
Toronto, Canada - Operating cost cuts, fleet renewal and new commercial strategy are the secrets
Air Canada seems to have took away bankruptcy after 18 months: airline told that it exited it diminishing operating costs, reorganizing corporate structure, renewing fleet and the commercial strategies... more
MiscellaneousJeep at high speed finishes up in the check-in of the Berlin Airport: two casualties
Berlin, Germany - The off-road driver taken heart attack, lose the car control
This morning a big off-road would be plumbed into a check-in area of the Tegel International Airport of Berlin, because the car driver was taken a hill. The man, that it seems was taken heart attack,... more
Latest newsThe Global Hawk destined to US Navy performs its maiden flight
Palmdale, USA - US Navy schedules to take delivery its first UAVs by the next year
The first RQ-4 Global Hawk remote-controlled airplane destined to US Navy performed its maiden flight. The UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) were exclusively devoted to operate with the US Air Force so far,... more
Weather forecastsXVIII International Meeting of Balloons in Campania
Benevento, Italy - As the local mayor claimed the aerostatic balloons "Coloured the sky of Tammaro's mountains"
There was really many people, especially young, who assisted on Wednesday, 6, at the departure of the thirty Mongolfiers gathered at Fragneto Monforte (Sannio), on the occasion of the XVIII International... more
HelicoptersFirefighting in the USA: "The biggest helicopters are the best mean"
Washington, USA - It would have recently been maintained by the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service's board
The US Department of Agriculture Forest Service's board would have recently commented about the current and future operative exigencies in the fight against the wooded fires, with a particular reference... more
AirlinesAer Lingus: no management buyout for the Irish carrier
Dublin, Ireland - The State airline is seeking financial backing
"There was never a question of a management buyout... it was not a term that was used by this management group", claimed the Chief Executive Willie Walsh, last Wednesday. Walsh and senior Aer Lingus management... more
Science and technology"La Guardia": stopped the "Incubus" singer while he was taking a plane with a knife
New York, Usa - Cleared the disagreement, by the following flight he went to North Carolina
The rock group "Incubus" singer, Brandon Boyd, would be stopped from the airport authorities in the "La Guardia" international air station of New York, because he brought a knife: "I have just forgot to... more
Press releaseMediterranean Navies meet at "Regional Seapower Symposium 2004"
Rome, Italy - To occur in Venice from October 13 to 15
"The fifth edition of the "Regional Seapower Symposium" involving the Mediterranean and Blak Sea Navies is going to occur in Venezia from October 12 to 15, promoted by Italian Navy. This symposium represents... more
Latest newsThe promotion of the Eurofighter Typhoon at "Defendory International 2004"
Athens, Greece - The producer countries seize a chance to increase the interest of the State hosting the show
"Defendory International 2004": an unprecedented opportunity for the countries producing the Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon, in order to promote its qualities in an attempt to strengthen the already remarkable... more
MiscellaneousLinate (4): new auxiliary power generators supplied by an English multinational
Milan, Italy - The "Chloride Silectron" of Castel Guelfo in Bologna
The new auxiliary power generators for the Linate Airport have been supplied by the "Chloride Silectron" of Castel Guelfo (Bologna) as yesterday had anticipated Osvaldo Gammino, responsible of the "Airlines... more
IndustryThe USA-EU struggle for the aerospace industry subsidies (4): "Italy does not appear to support the 7E7 Dreamliner directly"
Brussels, Belgium - It would have been stated by European Commission, trying to verify the existance of a public support to the programme by single States
It would appear that investigations by European Union with reference to aerospace companies and countries involved by the designing of the Boeing 7E7, the new medium-range airliner of the US group, are... more
IndustryThe USA-EU struggle for the aerospace industry subsidies (3): Washington decides to abrogate the 1992 agreement unilaterally
Brussels, Belgium - A quick and firm reaction by EU, which would consider such deal as still fully in force
The United States would have decided to revoke the 1992 agreement with the EU (related to funds destined to aerospace industry) unilaterally. Such decision would have produced the quick reaction of European... more
MiscellaneousLinate (3): flights are regular
Milan, Italy - The Sea operative manager confirms it
Marco Alberti, Sea official, confirmed the Linate air traffic is now regular: "Until 8:00am there was still a traffic restriction for safety, then, at peak hour, the normal operativeness has been restored".... more
HelicoptersNew engines and displays for the US-101
Washington, USA - The team attending to the promotion of the helicopter for the Marine One competition would have underlined the reliability and efficiency of the vehicle
Team US-101 consisting of AgustaWestland and Lockheed Martin has recently mounted on board the prototype of the special version of the EH-101, competing for the Marine One contract related to the provision... more
Latest newsThe fire of the "Phoenix" burns out forever
Washington, USA - US Navy retires from the operative service the AIM-54, the main weapon system destined to the F-14 Tomcat
US Navy has retired from the operative service the AIM-54 Phoenix air-to-air long-range missiles. After some 30 years, Navy definitively renounces to one among the most powerful weapon systems devoted... more
Science and technologyMoscow: Sheremetyevo's airport would be renovated
Moscow, Russia - Vedomosti newspaper declared that a stake of the airport, after its renewal, could be sell to a private investor
The Russian Government declared that it intends to invest USD 70m in order to restructure the main airport of Moscow, Sheremetyevo. The Russian Transport Minister, Igor Levitin, who is Sheremetyevo's chairman... more
MiscellaneousLinate (2): Italian magistracy of Milan opened an inquire
Milan, Italy - Maybe the two auxiliary power generators are the radar-stop cause
"Public service stoppage": this is the offence formulated against unidentified culprits from the Italian magistracy of Milan which opened an inquire about Linate events (see for details AVIONEWS). The... more
Civil aviationFAA AD (Correction) on Boeing model 727 series airplanes modified in accordance with supplemental Type Certificate SA-1444SO, SA-1509SO, SA-1543SO, or SA-1896SO (2002-16-22)
To prevent structural failure of the main deck cargo door hinge or failure of the cargo door system, which could result in the loss or opening of the cargo door while the airplane is in flight, and consequent rapid decompression of the airplane, includin
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 7, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 194)] [Page 50299] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD (Correction) on Boeing model 727 series airplanes (Part II, 2002-16-22) (2)
Washington, Usa - Modified in Accordance with Supplemental Type Certificate SA1444SO, SA1509SO, SA1543SO, or SA1896SO
For item 1 above, the FAA partially agrees with the commenter. In the preamble of the NPRM, the FAA incorrectly referenced October 1996 as a date of a door opening event. The correct date is December 9,... more
IndustryThe Canadian industry Bombardier knocks its employees of the 7 %
New York, USA - The cause of the discharges seems to be the slip on the sell of its planes
Starting from November, 2004 and in the following 9 months Bombardier would execute the decrease of its employees. The Canadian industry which counts on a 28.000-employee staff did not deny the possibility... more
AirlinesPassengers rise on board of Air Canada and WestJet Airlines
Toronto, Canada - Both carriers increased their load factors in September
The spokesmen of the carriers declared that there has been a greater percentage of passengers on board of both Air Canada and WestJet Airlines last month. WestJet's load factor rose to 71.3 percent from... more