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AirlinesAir Littoral liquidation: a new turn-up
Paris, France - The take-over by the Duménil group failed, too
A new turn-up in the Air Littoral matter. It seemed that the sale operation for the regional French carrier, in liquidation at Montpellier’s court for a EUR 63m outstanding debt, had been concluded (see A... more
AirlinesAlitalia affair (3): Trade Unions announce a general strike
Rome, Italy - Work abstention is scheduled for March 5
Trade Unions have announced a general strike against air sector crisis, but also against the reorganization plan which has been put forward by Alitalia carrier and on which an agreement appears difficult... more
AirlinesProfit rise for Thai Airways International
Bangkok, Thailand - Quarterly net profit rise but company's shares lost value
Thai Airways International posted a 24 percent rise in quarterly net profit. The airline reported a first-quarter net gain of USD 111.7 m for the three months ended December 31, compared with a USD 89.9... more
Civil aviationAvoid taxiing errors
Washington, Usa - T-NASA suite helps pilots but it still doesn't solve all the troubles
Taxiing correctly is one of the biggest problem an airport has to face with. Big delays and even accidents can be caused by incorrect taxiing manoeuvres but still there is not a solution which can solve... more
HelicoptersUS-101: more room aboard for the US President
Washington, USA - Lockheed Martin members are convinced with regard to it
On the occasion of US-101 promotion for Marine Corps, Lockheed Martin has supported its candidate for the competition aimed to produce the new US President helicopter (see for details AVIONEWS). This helicopter... more
AirlinesPassenger traffic rose for Singapore Airlines
Singapore - In January passenger load rose but cargo load fell
Singapore Airlines said it filled 79.3 percent of seat during January, 2.7 percentage points more from the same period last year. Cargo load factor fell 4.1 percentage points, hit by a drop in exports... more
Science and technologyFrankfurt airport waits a new runway
Frankfurt, Germany - Fraport operator intends to bring a new runway into service in 2007
Fraport operator intends to bring to Frankfurt airport a new runway into service in 2007. Focus weekly magazine estimates that the runway may not be complete until 2009, especially because there is a Ticona... more
AirlinesAlitalia affair: Unione Piloti intervenes
Rome, Italy - This Trade Union commentates the board of directors of yesterday
Unione Piloti intervenes on Alitalia's board of directors of yesterday by which, in its opinion, nothing would be solved. This Trade Union proves disappointed for the carrier behaviour because this one... more
AirlinesNumbers rising also for Dragonair
Hong Kong, China - In January passenger numbers rose
Dragonair's passenger numbers rose by 18.7 in January from the same month last year. The airline carried in January 333,488 people and in this month its cargo operations rose by 4.2 percent year-on... more
AirlinesPassenger traffic rose for Austrian Airlines group
Vienna, Austria - Registered data belong to last January
Austrian Airlines affirmed that group passenger traffic rose 3.8 percent in January from the same period of last year. The Austrian Airlines group carried about 606,000 passengers in January and it filled... more
AirlinesAffairs are going better for China Eastern Airlines
Shanghai, China - In January passenger numbers rose
China Eastern Airlines (CEA) said passenger numbers rose in January by about a third from the same period of last year. The airline, which was hit by SARS virus in 2003, carried 1,36 million passengers... more
AccidentsMonte Lupone accident (2): trial postponed to 16th June
Latina, Italy - For defect of notification
As already published today on AVIONEWS, the trial against the people in charge of air rescue at Ciampino airport Riccardo Manduzio, Marco Florissi and Maurizio Cappellano, with the charge of interrupting... more
CuriositiesManufacturing a helicopter? The Web and an old truck engine are sufficient
Hanoi, Vietnam - A Vietnamese farmer would have succeeded in it but authorities have confiscated his chopper
A Vietnamese farmer would have succeeded in manufacturing a helicopter by himself by using notions found on the internet. Nevertheless, authorities have prevent this brave 'engineer' from carry on his... more
PeopleStrike in Paris: severe hardships at Orly
Paris, France - Volareweb announces schedule of guaranteed flights
The strike called by Parisian flight controllers for 17th, 18th and 19th February has been causing severe hardships, especially at the Paris-Orly airport, where all long-range flights are guaranteed, while... more
Science and technologyOffended reporter following Israelian President Moshe Katzav
Tel Aviv, Israel - Offensive security checks at the airport stopped one of the most famous Arabian journalist in Israel
Yesterday, one of the most famous Arabian journalist in Israel, Lufti Mashur, has been stopped by Tel Aviv airport's security agents while he was following the President Moshe Katzav leaving for Paris.... more
Latest newsNorthrop Grumman to develop F/A-18G's electronic warfare systems
New York, USA - This new Hornet's version to replace the EA-6B Prowler
Waiting for replacing the outdated EA-6B Prowler, US Navy has decided to assign to Northrop Grumman the task of producing jamming systems for the new electronic warfare version of F/A-18, the F/A-18G,... more
Government actsParliamentary question: "Unavailability for commercial reasons of information on insufficient airline safety standards"
Rome, Italy - Presented to the European Parliament by Erik Meijer (European United Left)
Written question E-0035/04 by Erik Meijer (GUE/NGL) to the European Commission (07 January 2004). Subject: Unavailability for commercial reasons of information on insufficient airline safety standards. "1.... more
Government actsParliamentary question: "Urgent adoption of a directive on aircraft safety imposing stringent and uniform checks"
Rome, Italy - Presented to the European Parliament by Mario Borghezio (non-attached)
Written question E-0021/04 by Mario Borghezio (NI) to the European Commission (06 January 2004). Subject: Urgent adoption of a directive on aircraft safety imposing stringent and uniform checks. "A proposal... more
Government actsParliamentary question: "Flight safety checks"
Rome, Italy - Presented to the European Parliament by Raffaele Costa (European People's Party)
Written question P-0075/04 by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the European Commission (09 January 2004). Subject: Flight safety checks. "The European Union - via the European Parliament, the Commission and... more
Government actsParliamentary question: "Noise from aircraft at Eleftherios Venizelos airport of Athens (Greece)"
Rome, Italy - Presented to the European Parliament by Alexandros Alavanos (group of the European united left)
Written question E-4061/03 by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the European Commission (22 December 2003). Subject: Noise from aircraft at Eleftherios Venizelos airport. "The noise caused by aircraft... more
Civil aviationBacterium on a Turin-Paris flight
Turin, Italy - Legionella pneumophila bacterium found during a control
Yesterday the Legionnaires' disease bacterium has been found on an airplane at the airport of Turin bound to Paris. Legionella pneumophila organism cause lung infection, sometimes even bad pneumonia and... more
Government actsParliamentary question: "Standardised use of the European flag on aircraft of EU airlines"
Rome, Italy - Presented to the European Parliament by Salvador Garriga Polledo (European people's party)
Written question E-4018/03 by Salvador Garriga Polledo (PPE-DE) to the European Commission (17 December 2003). Subject: Standardised use of the European flag on aircraft of EU airlines. "The circumstance... more
PeopleStrike and a sit-in for Alitalia's employees
Rome, Italy - They are folding their arms from 10 am to 6 pm, a sit-in in front of the Treasury
Alitalia's employees are protesting today against the air company reorganization plan with a strike from 10 am to 6pm and a sit-in in front of the Treasury building in via XX Settembre in Rome. The protest,... more
HelicoptersNew Dutch Apaches in Afghanistan
Amsterdam, Holland - Parliament would be willing to give a green light for sending further six helicopters to the area
Dutch international military effort for area stabilization missions is increasing. Parliament is willing to authorize the sending of further AH-64 Apache attack helicopters to Afghanistan and it seems... more
PeopleActivists protest about Nato radar
Budapest, Hungary - Greenpeace and other conservation groups against a radar provided by Alenia
In these days on mount Mecsek on a protected nature reserve in the southern Hungary, Greenpeace and other conservation groups are protesting against a NATO radar. The radar station will be provide by Alenia,... more
AccidentsMonte Lupone accident: air rescue to court today
Latina, Italy - Captain Poggiali died in the plane crash
The people in charge of air rescue at Ciampino airport Riccardo Manduzio, Marco Florissi and Maurizio Cappellano, will be trialled today, at Rome's Court-house, with the charge of interrupting the research... more
IndustryLockheed Martin on the top for production agreements in 2003
Washington, USA - The 2003 fiscal report on USA defence spending has been published
The USA defence spending fiscal report has been recently published by US Department of Defense concerning companies which had been able to sign defence sector agreements with the best financing amount.... more
PeopleBritish pilots exasperated by security measures
London, UK - They are meeting today in the USA
A delegation of British civil pilots is meeting today in the USA to discuss the hardships caused by the tightening of anti-terrorism safety measures. Pilots are exasperated by the obligations imposed by... more
HelicoptersThe CH-149 combat ready soon again
Winnipeg, Canada - Technical problems due to fuel leaks are about to be definitively solved
After causing some worries for technicians and crews (see for details AVIONEWS), the CH-149 Cormorant (a specific EH-101 version) could start flying soon again in order to perform all the assigned tasks.... more
DefenseUS Air Force's priorities according to Secretary James G. Roche
Washington, USA - Special operations, close-air support and battlefield management
US Air Force Secretary, Dr. James G. Roche, has recently pointed out the USAF operative requirements consisting of men and means during the next years. In his opinion, the effectiveness of three kinds... more
IndustryNorthwest Florida Management awarded of a near 7 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F-16 aircraft
Northwest Florida Management, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., is being awarded a $6,806,318 fixed-price, incentive-fee with award-fee contract to provide for F-16 aircraft flight line maintenance for 14 each... more
IndustryRaytheon Space & Airborne Systems awarded of a over 9 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18 E/F aircraft
Raytheon Space & Airborne Systems, El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $9,650,784 firm-fixed-price contract for purchase of AN/APG-73 radar receivers (spares) used on F/A-18 E/F aircraft. Work will... more
AccidentsEmergency landing for a Taca’s Airbus 300
El Salvador, San Salvador - An hydraulic system trouble forced an Airbus to an emergency landing
A Salvadorean Airbus 300 belonging to Taca Airline and flying from Nicaragua to San Francisco (Usa) made an emergency landing in the San Salvador’s airport. The airplane flew over the airport for about a... more
PeopleBomb on the flight Ancona-Roma: notice of judicial investigation for the two artificers and a physician
Ancona, Italy - The mystery starts to clear up
The investigation into the case of the bomb found onboard an Atr operated by Alitalia leaving from Ancona to Rome, has come to an end. Three people are being investigated: two artificers, Giuseppe Cocci... more
AirlinesAirlines complain: "Single Sky" aviation plan is not good enough
Europe - Despite improvements, there is still a lot of work to do for the "Single Sky" project
Airlines are not satisfied by the final product regarding the "Single European Sky". Single Sky regulations are a good signal but not good enough to let the system working a treat. Airlines complain especially... more
PeopleFAA Commercial Space Office is developing Crew Safety Guidelines for RLVs
Usa - Public safety requires regulations
The FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) is developing crew safety guidelines for Reusable Launch Vehicles (RLVs). Existing regulations meets only minimal requirements such as crew r... more
AerospaceThe two American robots are still working on Mars
Washington, Usa – Spirit and Opportunity go ahead on the Mars’s surface exploration
The two American robots Spirit and Opportunity, landed on Mars respectively on 4th and 24th of January, are still working on the planet’s surface. Nasa scientists that are following missions on Mars r... more
PeopleEurocontrol wins ATC Maastricht 2004 Award with its tactical control system
Maastricht, Netherlands - Enhanced Tactical Flow Management System (ETFMS) allowed Eurocontrol to win an important prize.
Eurocontrol, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, won the 2004 ATC Maastricht Jane’s Award for its Enhanced Tactical Flow Management System (ETFMS). The ETFMS introduced on February 2... more
AirlinesRyanair cuts costs
London, United Kingdom - Passengers carrying luggage by themselves and new airplanes to save money
Ryanair, Irish national-flag airline, is developing new ideas to cuts costs on flights facing, in the first 3 months of the 2004, its only historical loss. Ryanair started buying new airplanes without... more
DefenseF-117A retirement Proposal Expected to draw Hill Scrutiny
Usa – U.S. Air Force continues its policy of plane’s retirement
U.S. Air force is continuing in reducing its air fleet. In the near future a five Lockheed Martin F-117A Nighthawk retirement proposal is expected to draw Hill Scrutiny. Retired F-117A will be replaced... more
HelicoptersOld but useful tanks to extend the Marines helicopter fuel reserve
Washington, USA - This solution was already tested during the Desert Storm
263rd Squadron's CH-46 Sea Knight Marines helicopters will have an extended internal fuel capability thanks to a solution which could apparently seem voted to lower costs but it appears an effective one.... more
DefenseRaytheon participates to the production of the Joint Common Missile
Washington, USA - This company wants to propose again the success of Tow and replace Hellfire
Raytheon will partecipate to the production of the Joint Common Missile (JCM), a guided air-to-surface rocket which has to be studied in order to replace US Army's AGM-114 Hellfire missiles thanks to a... more
AerospaceBoeing tests orbital introduction for the new US defence satellite system
Washington, USA - This system will have to defend the United States and their allies against several missile threats
Boeing has successfully completed the launch of a multi-staged spacecraft able to carry the new satellite defence system called DSP (Defense Support Program). Such a system will have to be able to defend... more
CuriositiesHornet on Ebay for the highest bidder
Washington, USA - An F/A-18A for 'merely' USD 1m
A US Navy acrobatic squad F/A-18A Hornet (the Blue Angel) is being sold on the well known bidding provider on line site, Ebay. The company which has put it up for sale, Landa and Associates, states it... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Eurocopter France model AS-332C, L, and L1 helicopters
Washington, Usa - To detect a bevel gear crack and prevent failure of the bevel gear, loss of torque to the main rotor system, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2002-SW-45-AD; Amendment... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Bombardier model DHC-8-102, -103, -106, -201, -202 -301, -311, and -315 airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent chafing of electrical wires, which could result in an uncommanded shutdown of an engine during flight
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2002-NM-11-AD; Amendment... more
AirlinesThe Alitalia affair (5): European Commissioner Monti points out the trend followed by major carriers in Europe
Brussels, Belgium - Three or four carriers of global relevance after the Air France-KLM alliance. Alitalia must respect the rules
The alliance between Alitalia and KLM seems to be step by step developed contextually with the evolution of European Commission’s point of view about its feasibility for which recently European Commissioner f... more
Latest newsF/A-18 Hornet's HUD are 1000
Washington, USA - Rockwell Collins has provided for the 1000th Head-up-Display for this Boeing's aircraft
Rockwell Collins, after starting its delivery for the first F/A-18 Hornet versions in 1977 and after supplying more than 600, has reached its 1000th HUD (Head-up-Display) produced and fixed on this Boeing... more
SecurityAir-traffic controllers' strikes: cancelled that on 20th February
Rome, Italy - Postponed to 21st March with the other agitations
The air-traffic controllers' strike planned for 20th February has been cancelled. It will be combined with those announced for 12th, 13th and 21st March in a single day of strike on 21st March 2004 from... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on McDonnell Douglas model 717-200 airplanes
Washington, Usa - To detect material defects in the inboard ends of the outer skin panels of the horizontal stabilizer at Station Xh=7.234, which could lead to cracks and an associated loss of strength in the attachments, and consequent reduced structura
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2002-NM-213-AD; Amendment... more