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Press releaseReggio Calabria Airport. Scopelliti: municipality administration has the merit of Air Malta links
Reggio Calabria, Italy - Mayor Giuseppe Scopelliti declared that
"The presence of the Maltese airline on our territory is born from a happy intuition of my administration about the community’s real needs. The activation of new flights to and from Rome and Malta with o... more
Press releaseNuance: Stefanel and Gecos disprove the rumours of the society's assignment
Milan, Italy - Two shareholders have issued a joint press release
"There is full confirmation and support to the management and to the industrial project of Nuance Group. The industrial plan 2005-2009, parallelly to an increase of the profitability, expects a progressive... more
Press releaseStefanel: Nuance confirmed at the Brisbane's airport until 2014
Milan, Italy - The times extended of the Nuance management of the Australian air station
The Nuance Group has concluded an agreement with Brisbane Airport Corporation Pty Ltd (Bac), in Australia, as per to which the expiry of the current airport concession managed by Nuance -expected for 2007-... more
Press release"Piloti Italiani Uniti" denounces a devastating and disastrous management by Alitalia Express
Rome, Italy - In the first four months of the year against 16.500 scheduled flight hours the cancellations are about a thousand
"Against the great premises with the renewal of the Alitalia Express’ pilots contract, the hodiernal reality reproduces unfortunately, a disastrous situation by the operative aspect, with innumerable c... more
Press releaseCataldo: solidarity to Roman Ryanair workers
Rome, Italy - The press release by Carlo Cataldo, Secretary of Roman Union of European Republican Movement
"Such easy scandal tendencies only put jobs in danger for Roman citizens employed at Ryanair base operating in Ciampino. It is deplorable to exploit some English TV inquiries, see AVIONEWS 1 and 2, in... more
Press releaseSULT: "Immediate and accurate investigation on Ryanair"
Rome, Italy - The Italian transport union presented a denunciation to the bench
"SULT, in cooperation with Officina, a non-union association, examined, wrote out and translated an English TV broadcast which revealed to have infiltrated two journalists among Ryanair flight attendants... more
Press releaseAlitalia: net financial position at March 31, 2006
Rome, Italy - It's equal to EUR 939
"- Net financial position of Group at March 31, 2006 is equal to EUR 939, with a light decrease of the net debt of EUR 12m (-1,3%) compared to the analogous situation on February 28, 2006 equal to EUR... more
Press releaseENAV: strike fixed for next May 5 called off
Rome, Italy - It was foreseen for four hours
"ENAV (Italian Flight Assistance Authority) communicates that the strike by air traffic controllers of Milan ACC, announced for next May 5 from 12am to 4pm, has been cancelled. Then, next Friday, the... more
Press releaseWizz Air: the carrier expands itself in Romania
Budapest, Hungary - The rest of the low-cost airline's statement
The Budapest-Targu Mures route represents the first Wizz Air entry in Romania’s market, the second Middle-Eastern Europe Country served by the airline, after Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Croatia a... more
Press releaseWizz Air sets foot in Romania
Targu Mures, Romania - The airline press release
Wizz Air, announced in Targu Mures that it is launching flights between Romania and Hungary. The Budapest-Targu Mures line represents Wizz Air’s first market entry into Romania, the 7th CEE country the a... more
Press releaseANSV: Agency's delegates accredited in Norway and in Spain for two different events
Rome, Italy - A crash and a serious trouble occurred, respectively, at the end of March and at the beginning of April
"The Italian Air Safety Board (ANSV) has accredited its own investigator in the technical inquiry performed by the equivalent Norwegian investigative Board on the crash occurred to an A-109, code LN-OLH,... more
Press releaseÁngel Mullor announces decision to step down as Iberia Chief executive officer
Madrid, Spain - The airline press release
Angel Mullor, Iberia’s Ceo, told the company’s chairman and the Appointments and Retributions Commission that he has decided to resign in order to take on new personal and professional projects. Mullor joi... more
Press releaseAustrian Airlines: Double-digit growth rates in the first quarter
Wien, Austria - The airline press release
"Even in the transition period from winter to summer timetable the Austrian Airlines group was able to achieve a disproportionately high traffic growth. The Focus East areas and the transfer traffic via... more
Press releaseNew Piaggio Aero shareholder underpins future growth Mubadala Development takes stake in leading Italian aerospace company
Genoa, Italy - Acquiring the 35% of the capital of the Italian industry
"Piaggio Aero Industries SpA, one of the world’s leading aerospace companies, today announced that Mubadala Development, a principal investment company wholly owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi, has a... more
Press releaseGalileo Avionica ready to win the Venus challenge
Rome, Italy - After an interplanetary journey of about five months
"After an interplanetary journey of about five months, the European probe Venus Express is now ready to enter the polar elliptical orbit of the planet Venus. Galileo Avionica’s star trackers will guide t... more
Press releaseENAC: Italian Civil Aviation Authority's meeting with carrier Tuninter
Rome, Italy - Effort for the full and immediate compensation to the victims' families and to the survivors
"ENAC, (Italian Civil Aviation Agency) unveiled that during the meeting occurred yesterday in Rome, the Tunisian carrier Tuninter, involved in the crash happened last August 6, 2005, has expressed the... more
Press releaseAlitalia (4). easyJet: It is not Alitalia to decide who is admitted in the Italian market
Rome, Italy - easyJet's country manager for Italy Arnaldo Munoz's statement
"We are surprised by the declarations of the Engineer Cimoli during the shareholders’ assembly today. Or he refuses to see the facts or he doesn’t know the market in which he operates. His declarations are... more
Press releaseAlitalia: decisions by shareholders' meeting
Rome, Italy - It has gathered under Cimoli's chairmanship
"The Alitalia stockholders’ assembly, gathered today in Rome under Cimoli’s chairmanship, has decided to approve the budget at December 31, 2005, from which a loss of EUR 160.237.795 results, of which EUR... more
Press releaseTelespazio: signed an agreement for the development of communication in Mozambique
Rome, Italy - It was announced by Finmeccanica's company in a statement
Telespazio, a Finmeccanica/Alcatel’s company, and Mozambique Minister of Defence signed an agreement which forecasts the development of the telecommunication in the African country, with particular attention t... more
Press releaseENAV assembly: budget 2005 approved and new Board named
Rome, Italy - The gathering named a new Board of Directors
The ENAV (Italian Flight Assistance Agency) assembly gathered yesterday in Rome in second convocation, under the chairmanship of Gen. Bruno Nieddu, with on agenda the approvation of budget 2005 and renewal... more
Press releaseFinmeccanica. Board of directors approves 2005 results: EBIT up to EUR 735 m; value of production up to EUR 11,469 m, operating cash flow of EUR 501 m
Rome, Italy - New orders up 46% at EUR 15,383 million; order backlog up 32% at EUR 32,114 million, equivalent to around three years’ activity
"• Finmeccanica once again saw improved results in 2005 thanks to growth from all sectors, particularly Aeronautics, Defence Electronics and Helicopters. • Organic growth made a major contribution to... more
Press releaseFirst cooperation between Dutch Defence Ministry and an Avio' subsidiary
Turin, Italy - The text of the press release
DutchAero (Avio 80%, Philips 20%), based in Netherlands, was selected by Dutch Ministry of Defence as "Preferential candidate" for a cooperation project, which scheduled the mixed partnership between public... more
Press releaseD'Arrigo's death. Cuffaro: he took the most beautiful face of Sicily in the whole world
Palermo, Italy - The solidarity and mourning statement of the President of Sicily Region, Salvatore Cuffaro
"A tragedy touching me as President of the Region but also as Sicilian. D’Arrigo was a man who, with his great sport and Sicilian temper, took the most beautiful face of our island in the whole world. S... more
Press releaseAlitalia-Volare: today the first meeting between two carriers
Rome, Italy - After the adjudication a week ago
"The first meeting, after the adjudication a week ago, between Alitalia’s management, led by President and CEO, Giancarlo Cimoli and the extraordinary commissioner, Carlo Rinaldini, and his team and m... more
Press releaseENAV-Vitrociset agreement procedures defined
Rome, Italy - A complex negotiation goes towards its end after delicate and deepened examination
"Agreement between Vitrociset and ENAV (Italian Flight Assistance Authority) has been defined also in its procedural passages for the buy-out by the latter of the enterprise sector concerning flight safety... more
Press releaseEuropean sky protected against unsafe airlines
Brussels, Belgium - Over the past five years the European Commission has spent almost EUR 80 million on programmes
"The European Commission has today adopted the first EU list of airlines which are banned in the European Union. This black list of unsafe airlines will now be published on the Commission’s website. T... more
Press releaseLufthansa and Swiss further intensify their collaboration coordinated schedules for South America and Southeast Asia
Frankfurt, Germany - The airlines press release
Lufthansa and Swiss will be further expanding their collaboration with the start of the 2006 summer schedules on March 26. The two quality airlines are to harmonise their schedules to and from South America... more
Press releaseVolare Group in controlled administration: adjudication to Alitalia
Rome, Italy - A letter by Rinaldini announced that to the national carrier
"Alitalia makes known that a letter signed by extraordinary commissioner, Carlo Rinaldini, has announced the adjudication of sale procedure concerning Volare Group transfer to the airline". more
Press releaseVolare. Rinaldini: we transmitted adjudication announcement to Alitalia
Rome, Italy - The text of extraordinary commissioner Carlo Rinaldini's release
"Volare Group joined an agreement about the enterprise transfer in extraordinary administration. Volare Group announces it received the authorization by Productive Activities Ministry to adjudication of... more
Press releaseAlcatel Alenia Space signed a contract with the Korean society KARI for the development of a radar
Paris, France - The company press release
Alcatel Alenia Space signed a contract with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), the Republic of South Korea Space Agency, to provide a SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) payload system for KOMPSAT-5,... more
Press releaseLockheed Martin Awards Contract to Parvus Corporation for F-22 Aircraft Electronics Power Management Module
Salt Lake City, Usa - Subsystem to satisfy power management needs for F-22’s evolving mission profile
Parvus Corporation today announced it has been awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics (Fort Worth, TX) to develop and produce a new electronics power management module for the F/A-22 Raptor... more
Press releaseAviation blacklist agreed by Committee of national experts
Brussels, Belgium - The list will be updated as often as is necessary and at least every three months
"The Aviation Safety Committee, responsible for helping the European Commission to draw up the list of airlines banned in the European Union, completed its work yesterday afternoon. The Committee’s unanimous o... more
Press releaseUP on Alitalia: the action by Piloti Italiani Uniti allows to the re-opening of the confrontation
Rome, Italy - Following the meeting of today at Productive Activities Ministry
"Following to the meeting happened today at the Productive Activities’ Ministry on the Alitalia’s matter, Piloti Italiani Uniti (Italian union) underlined and pointed out our clear and specific action has... more
Press releaseAlitalia's Board of Directors: predictable management evolution for 2006 running
Rome, Italy - The carrier confirms the target to reach a Ebitdar/Value production proportion equal to nearly 14% in the industrial plan's period
"- Achievement of positive result for 2006 running confirmed. - Nearly EUR 80m loss in terms of less proceeds and EUR 40m reduction in terms of operating result compared to 2006 running’s previsions f... more
Press releaseENAV: Italian strikes for March 4 called off
Rome, Italy - With the exception of the Brindisi and Padua's protests
"ENAV (Italian Flight Assistance Board) communicates that following to an agreement with the unions all strikes fixed at national and local level have been cancelled (excluding the protests for four hours... more
Press releasePakistan International Airlines receives the first Boeing 777/200LR Worldliner
Rome, Italy - the statement's test of Boeing Italy
"The first Boeing 777/200LR Worldliner, the longest range commercial aircraft of the world, was delivered to the launch client Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). Pakistanian flagship carrier forecasts... more
Press releaseENAV: next Saturday strike by air traffic controllers
Rome, Italy - Two national protests and several at local levl for four hours
"ENAV (Italian Flight Assistance Authority) communicates that next Saturday, March 4 2006, the air traffic controllers’ unions have fixed two national strikes and at local level, for four hours, in the f... more
Press releaseFinmeccanica board approves preliminary consolidated results 2005. EBIT EUR 735 million (+58%)
Rome, Italy - Value of production 11.5 billion (+25%). Order intake about 15.4 billion (approx +45%)
"Please note that the figures contained in this press release are currently being audited by PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS SpA, Finmeccanica’s external auditor for the period 2003-2005. The results of the audit w... more
Press releaseAlitalia denies today news published in an article of Italian economic newspaper "Il Sole 24 Ore"
Rome, Italy - Revision activity on 2005 budget still in progress
"As for news published today in an article of ’Il Sole 24 Ore’, Alitalia and Deloitte & Touche specify that the revision activity on 2005 budget is still in progress. Alitalia and Deloitte & Touche als... more
Press releaseAlitalia: net financial position on January 31, 2006
Rome, Italy - It is equal to EUR 890 million
"-Group’s net financial position on January 31, 2006 equal to EUR 890 million, with a little raise of the net borrowing of EUR 11 million (+1.3%) respect the same situation on January 31, 2005 equal t... more
Press releaseAlitalia's Board gathered yesterday approved the budget at December 31, 2005
Rome, Italy - Also ordinary shareholders’ meeting convocation decided for March 31, 2006 in first summoning and, if necessary, for April 3, 2006 in second one
"- Net revenues of the business year 2005 equal to EUR 4797m with a rise of 498m (+11,6%) compared to previous period. - Operative result of the 2005 negative for EUR 47m in improving of 728m compared... more
Press releaseFinmeccanica: Alenia Aeronautica signs agreement with Bulgaria for five C-27J aircraft and options for three more
Rome, Italy - The Italian and Greek air forces have also ordered 12 planes each
"Bulgaria’s Ministry of Defence today signed an agreement to supply five C-27Js, the tactical military transport aircraft produced by Finmeccanica subsidiary Alenia Aeronautica and the US company Lockheed M... more
Press releaseKabul airport: Italian contingent's activity managing Afghan air station
Rome, Italy - Defense general staff's press release text
"American C-5 Galaxy cargo plane’s loading, two Russian Ilyushins and one Air Force C-130J. This is the balance of a standard day for Italfor 12’s transit management at Kabul airport. After Taurin bri... more
Press releaseAustrian Airlines: we create EUR one billion per year for Austrian tourism economy
Vienna, Austria - Austrian Airlines Managing Director, Vagn Soerensen, said it
"The most incisive tool to carry on a market expansion is a strong act in emerging regions, and that is why we are present in particular in those areas in the world where a fast growth is recorded in local... more
Press releaseLamezia Airport: Saturday morning opening of the new route Lamezia-London served by Ryanair
Lamezia Terme, Italy - Sacal's statement
"Next Saturday morning, starting at 9:15 am, at the airport of Lamezia Terme, Calabria, the cerimony for the opening of the route Lamezia-London, operated by Irish carrier Ryanair, will take place (in... more
Press releaseHelvetic.com: new connection Olbia-Zurich starting from April 8
Olbia, Italy - The link will have weekly frequency
A new connection in Olbia, which will link it with Zurich Airport three times a week from next April 8, has been presented yesterday. This link will be made by the low-cost Swiss Helvetic.com Company.... more
Press releaseENAC: Agency's Board adopt the regulation for the certification of air traffic controller
Rome, Italy - According to the normative of "Single European Sky"
"ENAC’s board (Italian Civil Aviation Authority), reunited today, has decided the adoption of the Regulation to define the title for air traffic controllers’licence. The regulation was created according wit... more
Press releaseAlicos: Alitalia's call center employees next Wednesday, February 15, strike for eight hours
Palermo, Italy - The Provincial secretaries of Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl and Uiltrasporti, announced it in a press release
"Alicos’ employees (Alitalia’s call center) will be on strike Wednesday February 15 for eight hours (10am to 6pm) and they to hold a protest, from 10am to 1pm, in front of Via Cordova’s headquarter. The s... more
Press releaseENAV about Turin 2006: scheduled double air traffic
Rome, Italy - EUR 7,5 million for security and airport capability
"For the Olympics of Turin 2006 ENAV (Italian Agency for Flight Assistance) is ready to manage the increase of the air traffic also of the 100% on the airport ’Caselle’ of Turin. The investments scheduled by... more
Press releaseNormal traffic growth in 2005 masks market volatility, says Aea
Brussels, Belgium - The Association of european arlines has released 2005 traffic and capacity data for its members
"Passengers boarded during the year topped the 320 million mark, more than 13 million more than in 2004. In passenger-kilometre terms, the increase was 6.3%, which is the closest the industry has come... more