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Press releaseMeridiana Fly. Italian unions: four hour strike by flight assistants on June 6
Rome, Italy - From 10am to 2pm
"A national strike for four hours is fixed on Wednesday June 6 from 10 to 2pm by Meridiana Fly flight assistants. The protest has been announced by Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl, Uiltrasporti, Ugltrasporti, Anpav... more
Civil aviationAircraft and jobs: British Airways is going to close low-cost bmibaby by September 2012
London, United Kingdom - 800 jobs at risk
British Airways reorganization operations continue, and now the IAG-owned airline said it is going to close the small low-cost BMI subsidiary bmibaby. BMI and bmibaby was purchased by IAG last month... more
Fair and shows"Kadex 2012": Russia is looking to expand its presence in Kazakistan
Astana, Kazakhstan - The EADS-sponsored exhibition opened yesterday
Hundreds of exhibitors opened the "Kadex 2012" defense exhibition yesterday. The event is sponsored by EADS which participates with all is military subsidiaries such as Airbus Military, Eurocopter and... more
Military aviationUS Navy does not have money to pay for F/A-XX aircraft programme
Washington, USA - "If you do not have stealth by the year 2022 to 2025 you will be irrelevant"
An interesting investigation has revealed some details about the future US Navy F/A-XX programme which aims to replace the multi-role fighter aircraft F/A-18 Hornet and its latest version F/A-18 Super... more
ReportBin Laden planned to take down Obama's aircraft
Washington, USA - Plan unveiled with the publication of a seized document
Osama Bin Laden planned the downing of Air Force One, the US President's aircraft, in order to kill Barack Obama and General David H. Petraeus, former ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) commander... more
UAS-DronesShadow 200 drone-aircraft deployed in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - Australia replaces the ScanEagle after 32,000 hours of flying
Australia has enforced its presence in Afghanistan deploying the new drone-aircraft AAI Shadow 200 (NATO codename RQ-7B). The UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) will operate surveillance, intelligence and target... more
AirportsItaly. SEA (Milan airports): assembly approves 2011 corporate accounts
Milan, Italy - During the meeting in ordinary session
The shareholder assembly of SEA SpA (Milan airports management company) examined and approved the 2011 corporate accounts during the meeting of yesterday in ordinary session, under Giuseppe Bonomi's Presidency.... more
SecurityAircraft and transport: UK Home Secretary proposes to ease airport controls
London, United Kingdom - Necessity to avoid the long queues at the passport checks
Theresa May, UK Home Secretary, proposes her solution to mitigate the passport check inconvenience of these days in Great Britain, especially in London-Heathrow airport: ease the controls, according to... more
IndustryHawker Beechcraft seeks protection against bankruptcy
Wichita, USA - The Wichita aircraft-maker calls for Chapter 11
Hawker Beechcraft, the small aircraft-maker which had been rejected from the LAS tender (Light Air Support, a US Air Force tender for 20 light attack turboprop aircraft in Afghanistan), is seeking solutions... more
AirportsBalchik airport, in Bulgaria: operating as international civil air station from yesterday
Sofia, Bulgaria - The new Bulgarian airport becomes the sixth international of the Central-European State
The new civil and international airport in Balchik, the Bulgarian city on the Black Sea, is operating as of yesterday. The airport was sold last September 21 to the local civil authorities by the Air... more
Press releaseRights of the 5th freedom air link Milan-New York by Singapore Airlines: Italian ENAC agrees
Rome, Italy - Authorization to operate service
ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Authority) has communicated its agreement to release authorizations to operate air services in the 5th freedom (right to embark and disembark passengers or goods between two... more
AirportsItaly. "Colombo" airport in Genoa: +5.3% passengers in the first three months
Genoa, Italy - According to the Asseroporti figures
The Genoa airport's growth continues. The first three months of 2012 recorded a positive trend both for passenger number and for flights, with superior growth compared to the national average, after the... more
AirportsItaly. "Galilei" airport in Pisa closed 1Q12 with growth
Pisa, Italy - +3.6% compared to the same period in 2011
The "Galilei" airport in Pisa closed 1Q12 (January 1-March 31) with a growth of 3.6% of passenger traffic compared to the same period of the previous year. The passengers passed through Pisa airport in... more
ReportSixty-three years ago Torino FC's aircraft crashed in Superga, remembrance today on the hill near Turin
Turin, Italy - The victims of the tragedy were 31
The history of aviation accidents, in Italy and in the world, is unfortunately very rich, but very few of them have hit the collective imagination like the one occured on 4 May 1949, when the aircraft... more
HelicoptersX3 demonstrator, hybrid between helicopter and aircraft by Eurocopter, wins the prestigious "Howard Hughes Award"
Fort Worth, USA - Prize awarded by the AHS (American Helicopter Society)
AHS (American Helicopter Society) assigned to Eurocopter the prestigious "Howard Hughes Award" for the hybrid X3 demonstrator development. The prize was awarded Thursday 3 May 2012 during the 68th AHS... more
Press releaseItaly. Strike at Milan airports tomorrow May 4 2012
Rome, Italy - Alitalia: preventive measures to avoid inconveniences
Alitalia and Air One are going to cancel only a small number of flights due to the strike planned for tomorrow May 4 2012. The strike will involve SEA and SEA Handling (the companies which manage Milan... more
UAS-DronesFirst drone-helicopter to take-off from an Italian navy ship
La Spezia, Italy - It is Schiebel's Camcopter S-100
For the first time a UAS (Unmanned Air System) helicopter has taken off from an Italian Navy ship: it was the Camcopter S-100, a drone-helicopter made by the Austrian company Schiebel. The small aircraft... more
AirlinesAircraft and transports. Lufthansa crisis: 3500 jobs are in the balance in the German flag carrier
Cologne, Germany - 381 million Euro loss in 2012 first quarter
Lufthansa, the flag carrier of Germany and the largest airline in Europe in terms of overall passengers carried and fleet size, is feeling the effects of the crisis. A cut of 3500 jobs in the airline is... more
IndustryCessna and AVIC partnership strengthens supply for China Aviation needs
Shijiazhuang, China - Eventual jv whose purpose will be the final assembly, sales, and customer support for the Caravan
Cessna Aircraft Company signed a strategic agreement with the China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Company Ltd., (CAIGA) and the Shijiazhuang Municipal Government. This agreement is a progression stemming... more
IndustryATR: 1000th aircraft delivered
Toulouse, France - Destined to the Spanish airline Air Nostrum
ATR marked an important stage in its history today with the delivery of its 1000th aircraft, an ATR-72/600 which will be decked out in the colors of the Spanish airline Air Nostrum, which has a commercial... more
AirlinesFinnair lands in Vietnam: bases at Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh
Hanoi, Vietnam - It will connect the country with Finland and Europe
Today May 3, 2012, the Finnish flag carrier Finnair announced the opening of new bases in Vietnam, continuing the increase of its activities in South-East Asia. Finnair has opened offices at Hanoi and... more
AirlinesFirst Lufthansa B-747/8 airplane arrived in Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany - First scheduled flight on 1 June from Frankfurt to Washington
Lufthansa became the first airline in the world to take delivery of a B-747/8 airplane. After the handover at Boeing’s manufacturing facility in Everett, Washington, the new “Jumbo” with the registration D-ABY... more
DefenseTurkish Open Skies treaty aircraft flies over Russia
Moscow, Russia - A team of Turkish and US inspectors started recovering data
After checking Italy, Moscow is the next in line to be checked under the international Open Skies Treaty. This time a team of Turkish and US inspectors will make a joint observation flight over Russia... more
Military aviationAustralia delays the acquisition of the F-35 aircraft
Canberra, Australia - "We put a fair amount of padding in our cost and in our timetable"
Australia, which had planned to purchase only 12 F-35 fifth generation aircraft, will delay its acquisition by two years to save costs. The decision to buy the 12 aircraft will be postponed until 2014-2015. Only... more
Civil aviationChaos risk in UK airports: immigration staff announces one-day strike
London, UK - The main issue is about retirement age
The immigration service staff will strike on next 10 May 2012 in ports and airports in the UK and abroad: it is ISU (Immigration Services Union, the union which represents 4500 Border Agency staff) which... more
AirportsOsama Bin Laden death anniversary increases airport surveillance
Washington, USA - Human bombs: is this a concrete menace or just fiction?
US and European secret services have been on alert since yesterday May 2 2012. One year ago, the American president Barack Obama told the world about the secret raid of US commandos on the Bin Laden (the... more
Military aviationUSA assessed value of Japanese F-35 aircraft at $ 10 billion
Tokyo, Japan - This is an emergency measure to calm down Japan
US has assessed the price for the proposed sale of 42 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft (the "A" version, that is the one with traditional take-off and no hooks for aircraft carrier) to Japan... more
AirportsHeathrow airport risks chaos during the Olympics
London, United Kingdom - 600,000 estimated overseas visitors will cause havoc
The agency responsible for passport control at the Heathrow airport is being forced to reduce its budget by 20% by 2015 as part of the 79 million pound in spending cuts the government is implementing,... more
HelicoptersRafael tests new helicopter anti-RPG system
Tel Aviv, Israel - The next step is the downsizing of the system for a large-scale installation
Rafael, the Israeli industry which designs and produces missile systems, is developing a revolutionary defence system which would allow helicopters to survive heavy fire from unguided weapons, most of... more
AerospaceAirplanes on Mars? This is not Sci-fi
Washington, USA - Project ARES could become a milestone of the new space age
Not everyone knows that there is an innovative project among the programmes NASA is checking out: project ARES. ARES (Aerial Regional-scale Environmental Surveyor) is a project realized by Joel Levine... more
AirlinesMonarch Airlines announced new routes from Verona to Manchester
Verona, Italy - Twice per week, on Wednesday and Saturday
The new flights from Verona to Manchester are in service from yesterday with two weekly links (Wednesday and Saturday). Monarch Airlines is a British charter and scheduled airline. Its main base and... more
Military aviationIndia chooses Pilatus PC-7 aircraft and rejects the Korean KAI KT-1
Delhi, India - Seoul's objections dismissed
Indian Defence Ministry has dismissed controversy by Seoul concerning its basic light trainer competition. The Korean KAI KT-1 was rejected in favour of the Swiss Pilatus PC-7 Mk II. "The proposal regarding... more
DefenseFinmeccanica. Performance by sector: defence systems
Rome, Italy - Order backlog was EUR 3,722 million at 31 March 2012
Defence Systems. Oto Melara, WASS, MBDA (The data relating to the joint-venture are consolidated on a 25% proportional basis). New orders were EUR 314 million, up compared with the EUR 119 million posted... more
AerospaceFinmeccanica Board. Performance by sector: Space
Rome, Italy - Order backlog: totalled EUR 2,387 million
Space Telespazio, Thales Alenia Space (All data relates to the two jv - Telespazio and Thales Alenia Space – which are consolidated on a proportional basis at 67% and 33%, respectively). New o... more
IndustryFinmeccanica. Performance by sector: Aeronautics
Rome, Italy - Order backlog was EUR 8,929 million
Aeronautics Alenia Aermacchi, GIE-ATR (the data of the Consortium are consolidated on a 50% proportional basis), Alenia Aermacchi North America, Superjet International (The data of the Superjet International... more
DefenseFinmeccanica BoD. Performance by sector: Defence and Security Electronics
Rome, Italy - Orders amounted to EUR 1,076 million
Defence and Security Electronics. DRS Technologies, SELEX Elsag, SELEX Galileo, SELEX Sistemi Integrati New orders: amounted to EUR 1,076 million, down by EUR 137 million from the same period of 2011... more
Press releaseItaly. Bologna airport: BoD decided yesterday not to continue the integration procedure
Bologna, Italy - It analyzed results of the study
"The Board of Directors (BoD) of the 'Aeroporto Guglielmo Marconi' Company (SAB) in Bologna analyzed yesterday the results of the study, realized with the support of the advisor PricewaterhouseCoopers.... more
HelicoptersFinmeccanica. Performance by sector: AW helicopters
Rome, Italy - New orders: amounted to EUR 826 million
Helicopters: AgustaWestland New orders: amounted to EUR 826 million, a 21.5% increase from the same period of 2011 (EUR 680 million), and were broken down into 76% for helicopters (new helicopters... more
Military aviationAircraft and tenders: Rosoboronexport out of Indonesian tender
Moscow, Russia - But Russia is still delivering many fighters, helicopters and armored vehicles
Rosoboronexport, Russia's arms trading company, has pulled out of an Indonesia tender that was released in February. According to official declarations, the company pulled out because it had offered... more
IndustryPiper Aircraft keeps growing in the first quarter of 2012
Vero Beach, USA - Deliveries increased by 40%
Piper Aircraft does not seem to suffer the crisis, since it still goes on a growth trend already noticed during the past years, in spite of the aviation field difficulties. Airplane deliveries in the... more
IndustryLisa Airplanes will unveil its Akoya amphibious aircraft at "EAA AirVenture Oshkosh"
Oshkosh, USA - The Experimental Aircraft Association event will take place from 23 to 29 July 2012
"AirVenture Oshkosh 2012", America's largest annualaviation gathering, will have a display of particular interest: the presentation of the new amphibious aircraft Akoya by Lisa Airplanes. The French... more
Finance and economyFinmeccanica: the BoD approves the interim financial report at 31 March 2012
Rome, Italy - Key 1Q 2012 figures
Finmeccanica: the Board of Directors approves the interim financial report at 31 March 2012. Key 1Q 2012 figures · New orders: EUR 3.480 billion · Order backlog: EUR 45.721 billion · Revenues: EU... more
Finance and economyFinmeccanica: analysis of financial data
Rome, Italy - Orders amounted to EUR 3,480 million
Analysis of financial data The Board of Directors’ meeting of Finmeccanica, which was held on 2 May 2012 under the chairmanship of Giuseppe Orsi, examined and unanimously approved the interim financial r... more
DiscussionsUS deploy 5th generation fighter aircraft in Middle East
Washington, USA - For which reason should the US deploy these sky hunters?
An F-22 Raptor squadron has been deployed in the Middle East as a deterrent for new talks with Tehran. The F-22 is the US 5th generation air dominance stealth fighter. US spokesmen said it was a scheduled... more
UAS-DronesLockheed unveils new guided bomb for RQ-7 drone-aircraft
Washington, USA - The weapon impacted around eight inches from the target
The US Army has confirmed the successful demonstration of an undisclosed bomb for equipping UAVs. The bomb, which was built by Lockheed Martin, takes the name of Shadow Hawk and can be guided with laser... more
IndustryBoeing takes advantage of ETS to sell airplanes in China
Beijing, China - "It is very rare in this industry that someone buys their competitor's aircraft. We do not do it"
Chinese orders for Airbus aircraft have been recently frozen by China due to the ETS retaliatory measures Beijing started against the carbon taxes. Boeing has immediately moved to obtain this market... more
CuriositiesHeavy metal aircraft with Bruce Dickinson
London, UK - MRO base and new jobs in south Wales
Bruce Dickinson, the famous heavy metal "Iron Maiden" band singer, is also a qualified commercial pilot. Now the singer heads Cardiff Aviation Ltd, a new MRO service which will be based at the Twin Peaks... more
AirlinesAir Canada increases links from Italy during Summer
Rome, Italy - Daily flight Rome-Toronto from May 1
Air Canada increases the flights from Rome to Toronto with the arrival of Summer. The two cities are linked from May 1 with a daily non-stop connection, the AC891, departing from "Leonardo da Vinci" airport... more
PeopleItalian company Avio: the institutional relationships assigned to Giuseppe Coccon
Turin, Italy - He directly report to CEO Francesco Caio
Giuseppe Coccon, Avio Communication manager, accepted the role as Institutional relationships delegate of the international Group, assigned to Massimo Mazzola until now. Coccon in his position reports... more
AirportsNew link Bologna-London/Heathrow inaugurated last Sunday
Bologna, Italy - The airline aims at long range connections
Bologna directly linked from last Sunday to one of the most important and busiest European hubs: London-Heathrow. British Airways baptized a new daily service operated between "Guglielmo Marconi" and... more