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AirlinesBolzano province president meets Welcome Aviation Group managers
Bolzano, Italy - The meeting comes from the will to know the new airline's activity projects
The president of the autonomous province of Bolzano (northern Italy), the president of the South Tyrolean territorial committee yesterday met the managers of the new airline Welcome Aviation Group, born... more
SecurityIATA: security measures need to be harmonized
Geneva, Switzerland - International next generation solutions needed
IATA (International Air Transport Association) "Understands the need for government-mandated emergency security measures" as a result of the attempted downing of Northwest Flight 253 on 25 December 2009.... more
Military aviationAirbus: the A-400M programme will go on
Frankfurt, Germany - Reports of it being about to be closed denied
An Airbus spokesman stated today that the A-400M programme will go on, and it hopes that talks with governments might end by the end of January. The comment has been issued following reports by the newspaper... more
Civil aviationLombardy Region appropriates EUR 3,8 million to train aeronautical technicians in Malpensa
Milan, Italy - SEA, Aermacchi, Lufthansa Technick and Livingston involved into the project
Lombardy Region has granted EUR 3,8 million to fund a project of superior formation for aeronautical technicians and triennial courses for mechanical operator. The courses will take place into the Somma... more
AirlinesTurkish announces purchase for 14 A-321/200 and 6 A-319/100 aircraft
Rome, Italy - Deliveries planned between 2011 and 2012
The Turkey's flag carrier, Turkish Airlines, unveiled in a press-release to have ordered to Airbus 14 A-321/200 and 6 A-319/100 that will be delivered between 2011 and 2012. Turkish has also options for... more
AccidentsTwo years since the disappearance of the airplane in Los Roques
Rome, Italy - 14 people were on board, among which 8 Italians, whose fate is still a mystery
January 4, 2008 - January 4, 2010: two years have passed since the disappearance of Venezuelan Transaven's Let-410 aircraft while en route from Caracas to Los Roques with 14 people on board, among which... more
SecurityFAA AD on Turbomeca Arriel 1A1, 1A2, 1B, 1C, 1C1, 1C2, 1D, 1D1, 1E2, 1K1, 1S, and 1S1 turboshaft engines (2009-26-07)
Washington, Usa - To prevent uncommanded in- flight engine shutdown, possible engine fire, and an emergency autorotation landing
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: (Volume 74, Number 247)] [Page 68510-68512] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14... more
AirlineseasyJet: new routes into the Epiphany stocking
Milan, Italy - New international destinations from Milan and Rome as of next March
easyJet, European low-cost carrier, announces the further launch of three new international routes that, from next March, will link Rome-Fiumicino with Malta and Nice, and Milan-Malpensa with Menorca.... more
HelicoptersEurocopter delivers two EC-145 to Helicopteros Marinos
Donauwörth, Germany - For off-shore missions
Eurocopter has completed the delivery of two EC-145s to Helicopteros Marinos, an Argentinean off-shore operator that serves the oil and gas industry in the southernmost area of Argentina. The company is... more
Weather forecastsBad weather (2): still snow and storms on central-north of the Italian Peninsula
Rome, Italy - An additional notice for adverse conditions has been issued
"The persisting of wet flows on Italy will bring also tomorrow local snowfalls on north and precipitations on central regions. The Italian Civil Defense Department, on the basis of available forecast,... more
Military aviationThe second F-25B STOVL lands at Patuxent River
Patuxent River, USA - To start a four-year test campaign
The second Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter arrived at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, after successfully completing aerial refuelling en route... more
AirportsRussian Ski Charter in Turin, Italy
Turin, Italy - About ten flights reached Caselle for the Orthodox Christmas
About ten Russian charter flights landed at Turin-Caselle airport on Saturday, Januray 2, 2010, carrying hundreds of tourists that will pass the Orthodox Christmas on the northern-Italian mountains. Novelties... more
HelicoptersSwiss Air Force receives 20th Eurocopter EC-635 helicopter
Marignane, France - The industry completes contract on time and on quality
The Swiss federal procurement, technology and real estate competence centre, Armasuisse, handed over the last of 20 EC-635 helicopters to the Swiss Air Force. The delivery took place on December 17 at... more
AirlinesSAS sells 18 MD-80s to Allegiant Travel Company
Sockholm, Sweden - To match the capacity reduction
SAS has entered into a contract to divest 18 MD-80 Aircraft to Allegiant Travel Company, parent company of Allegiant Air, a US based airline. The group will reduce its capacity and as a result a result... more
AirportsCagliari-Elmas airport: more than 3 million passengers in 2009
Cagliari, Italy - +13.41% versus the previous year
"Cagliari-Elmas airport reached and passed for the first time in its history the goal of 3 million passengers. In 2009 the airport recorded 3,313,834 passengers, that is a +13.41% on the results of the... more
AirlinesItaly, Fazio about Ryanair: the airline's decision might damage our territory
Rome, Italy - The Mayor of Trapani called ENAC's president, Vito Riggio
"I hope that common sense will win in the end. I can't avoid noticing that Ryanair's contribution to the development of Trapani airport has been of great importance, but today the airline's decision risks... more
AirlinesJAL: from the risk of bankruptcy to a state bailout for a rescue in extremis
Rome, Italy - The Japanese airline will also have to chose its international partners
2009 had ended badly for the main Japanese airline, JAL-Japan Airlines, but now the clouds above its future seem to have been cleared. December 30 ended with a 24% slump in the stock market with the Japanese... more
SecurityFAA AD on The Boeing Company model 767-200, -300, -300F, and -400ER series airplanes (2008-11-01R1)
Washington, Usa - To prevent the potential for ignition sources inside fuel tanks which, in combination with flammable fuel vapors, could result in a fuel tank explosion and consequent loss of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: (Volume 74, Number 247)] [Page 68515-68518] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14... more
SecurityFAA AD on The Boeing Company model 707, 720 and 720B series airplanes (2008-04-11R1)
Washington, Usa - To prevent the potential for ignition sources inside fuel tanks which, in combination with flammable fuel vapors, could result in fuel tank explosions and consequent loss of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: (Volume 74, Number 247)] [Page 68505-68508] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14... more
AirlinesMisiani about Ryanair: it is crucial to avoid the airline to block its flights in Italy
Rome, Italy - "The Democratic Party will issue a question to the Transports' minister"
With the announcement by Antonio Misiani of the Italian Democratic Party of its intention to issue a question to the Transports' minister about Ryanair's decision to block all its Italian domestic flights,... more
SecurityFull body scanners to arrive at London-Heathrow
London, UK - BAA: "We will introduce them as soon as practical"
Full body scanners will be introduced at London-Heathrow airport after the concerns raised by Christmas failed terrorist attacks in the USA (see AVIONEWS), as confirmed yesterday by BAA, London airports'... more
Weather forecastsBad weather arriving on the central-north of Italy
Rome, Italy - Snow also at low altitude
"The Italian Civil Defense Department, on the basis of available forecast, has issued a new notice for adverse weather conditions. From yesterday afternoon, on January 3, 2010, precipitations mainly with... more
AirlinesAlitalia: information for departing passengers towards USA
Rome, Italy - Three hours before the planned flight's time
"Alitalia informs that following to added security measures in force for departing flights to USA, recommends to passengers departing to USA to arrive at check-in desks at least three hours before the... more
Fair and showsAir shows and exhibitions in the first week of January 2010
Rome, Italy - From Friday 8 to Sunday 10
Friday 08 - The Great Eastern Fly-in celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the RAAF at Evans Head. Evans Head Aerodrome, New South Wales, Australia. + 61 (0)2 6621 5592 www.greateasternflyin.com. Saturday... more
AirportsNew York: Newark airport closed in the night
New York, USA - A passenger had entered the boarding area without undergoing security checks
One of New York-Newark airport's terminals has been closed in the night after a man had managed to enter the boarding area without undergoing security checks, passing through the exit lane. The closure... more
IndustryFokker brand reborn after 14 years
Amsterdam, Netherlands - On 700 airplanes from January 1
The beginning of the new year brought the brand of a historical aircraft manufacturer, Fokker of the Netherlands, to be shown again on more than 700 airplanes, thanks to the decision of its successor group,... more
OccurrencesAir Berlin airplane skids off the runway in Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany - The pilot cancelled take off due to mistaken speed readings
An Air Berlin Boeing 737/800 yesterday skidded off the runway at Dortmund airport, in Germany, after the pilot had decided to stop the take off maneuver. It is likely that the runway's conditions, made... more
MiscellaneousAVIONEWS wishes a Happy New Year
Rome, Italy - The Agency will regularly open again next Monday, on January 4, 2010
AVIONEWS communicates to its subscribers and readers that the Agency will finish today the publication in 2009 of the news, for an extended holiday of end and beginning year, tomorrow and Friday. The... more
AirlinesThe ambitious project by Malaysian Airlines
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Increase of profitability and ownership of a third of fleet
"The Airbus A-330 to integrate our fleet composed by six A-380 and by 35 B-737/800, creating so a compact base for a growth of profits. We fund the purchases through a combination of issue of new shares... more
AirportsBody scanner at Amsterdam's airport: and controversies took off
Amsterdam, Holland - Announced its use at Schiphol for passengers towards USA
After the failed attack on Christmas, when a 23 year old man of Nigerian origins but British citizen Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, evading the controls at Amsterdam's airport was on board of a United's airplane... more
AerospaceItalian ASI. The top ten in 2009: a year of space
Rome, Italy - The Herschel and Planck missions. The satellite images of earthquake in Abruzzo. The Hubble's reparation. The events to remember
What will remain into space field in 2009? ASI, the Italian Space Agency, has tried to answer to retrace the main ten stages that have scanned for the Agency and for the other great space agencies, the... more
AerospaceItalian ASI (2). A year of space: Italy protagonist
Rome, Italy - The water on the Moon, the Italian astronauts, international collaborations, the allocations
6) The Moon's year In the year in which the entire world has celebrated 40 years of the moon-landing of Apollo 11, the Moon has been protagonist of a stunning discovery: there is water on our satellite,... more
SecurityFAA (Revision) AD on Bombardier, Inc. model CL-600-2B19 airplanes (2008-09-12R1)
Washington, Usa - To identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Federal Register: [Page 68132-68135] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part... more
SecurityFAA (Revision) AD on The Boeing Company model 727 airplanes (2008-04-10R1)
Washington, Usa - To prevent the potential for ignition sources inside fuel tanks which, in combination with flammable fuel vapors, could result in a fuel tank explosion and consequent loss of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Federal Register: [Page 66227-66230] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part... more
SecurityFAA AD on Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) model EMB-135BJ, -135ER, -135KE, -135KL, -135LR, -145, - 145ER, -145MR, -145LR, -145XR, -145MP, and -145EP airplanes (2009-26-02)
Washington, Usa - To identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Federal Register: [Page 66034-66038] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part... more
IndustryBoeing: Brigade Combat Team Modernization Increment 1 to Enter Production
St. Louis, Usa - The industry, as the prime-contractor, is responsbile for development of it
Boeing announced that Increment 1 of the U.S. Army's Brigade Combat Team Modernization program was approved to begin Low-Rate Initial Production early in 2010 as a result of the Milestone C production... more
AerospaceBoeing-built DIRECTV 12 satellite delivers 1st signals From Space
El Segundo, Usa - Together with twins DIRECTV 10 and 11, will expand DIRECTV's HDTV broadcasting in United States, Hawaii and Alaska
Boeing has received the first on-orbit signals from DIRECTV 12 nine hours after launch, indicating that the satellite is healthy and operating normally. DIRECTV 12 is a Boeing 702 commercial satellite... more
SecurityFAA (Correction) AD on Boeing model 737-300, -400, and -500 series airplanes equipped with a DTSD installed in accordance with STC (2009-20-11)
Washington, Usa - To prevent a potential of ignition sources inside fuel tanks, which, in combination with flammable fuel vapors, could result in a fuel tank fire or explosion and consequent loss of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Federal Register: [Page 68135] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket... more
Civil aviationIATA: continued traffic improvement
Geneva, Swizerland - International passenger and freight demands
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported international scheduled traffic results for November 2009. Passenger demand was up by 2.1% compared to November 2008 while freight demand recorded... more
Press releaseItalian ENAC: Riggio convokes Ryanair and CISA next January 7
Rome, Italy - Because the airline continues in an obstinate and ostensible manner to put uncertain the respect and rigidity of security controls by the Italian Authorities
"For the carrier continues, in a wilful and alleged manner, to put uncertain the respect and rigidity of security controls by the Italian Authorities, thing that creates baseless alarms and denigrates... more
AccidentsCrash in Jamaica teaches: don't land with wind in tail on short runway under violent tropical rains
Rome, Italy - The considerations by Capt. Renzo Dentesano, investigator of aeronautical accidents
In the late evening of last December 23 a Boeing B-737/800 aircraft of the American Airlines, took off from Miami (FL) with 148 passengers and six members on board, has tried a nocturnal landing on the... more
AccidentsDetails on the Seregno crash happened on Monday to a DA-40D aircraft
Seregno, Italy - One of the passengers is in a coma
The aircraft in question, a Diamond DA-40D, code HB-SDW, was landed last Monday at 5:10pm from the Lugano's airport: the pilot had informed via radio about a failure at the engine at 5:25pm; at 5:38pm... more
ReportCivil victims for Saudi air raids in Yemen
Sanaa, Yemen - Counter offensive by Yemeni guerrilla
A spokesperson by Yemeni ziditi guerrilla has unveiled that there are more 50 civil victims, killed in the extreme north of the country by a dozen of air raid made by Saudi aviation in the night. A hundred... more
Press releaseMovimento consumatori distrusts Ryanair to suspend some flights
Rome, Italy - And for passengers' right to use all ID
"Ryanair threatens to suspend the domestic routes from ten Italian bases as of January 23 because the ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Authority)'s orders oblige it to accept identification forms for passengers... more
Press releaseItalian Filt Cgil. Mauro Rossi about Ryanair: respect rules of the Italian Country also on work
Rome, Italy - The national secretary of the union is not surprised about the airline's behaviour
"'The procedures with which Ryanair is trying to impose its conditions even to the Italian Authority doesn't astonish me'. The national secretary of the Italian Filt Cgil union, Mauro Rossi declared it,... more
Latest newsThe parcel bomb, made exploded at Milan-Malpensa's airport, had trigger
Milan, Italy - No news about it had or not explosive
According to that declared by Polaria in Milan-Malpensa's airport, the parcel made exploded by bomb experts had a primer and a simple radio-receiver apparatus, but no news about of explosive. The bomb,... more
Latest newsSuspected parcel made exploded at Malpensa's airport
Milan, Italy - Found near the check-in area for flights at risk
Strict clampdown into the security checks in all airports, also in the Italian ones, after the failed attack last December 25, by a 23 year old man of Nigerian origins but British citizen Umar Farouk Adbul,... more
AirlinesRyanair dismisses false claims made by ENAC on a newpaper
Milan, Italy - The carrier has been forced to cancel its domestic routes in Italy
We receive and publish: "Ryanair dismissed the false claims made by ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Authority) on 'Corriere della Sera' daily. The carrier has been forced to cancel its domestic routes... more
AccidentsBeech Bonanza crashes in South African Republic
Johannesburg, South African Republic - A 4 people family destroyed
The thick fog seems to be the cause of the crash -happened yesterday in the early afternoon near Harrismith, into the KwaZulu-Natal, in South African Republic - against one of the Platberg Mountains. The... more
AccidentsCessna 182Q of the Mexican Civil Defense crashes at ground
Jilotlán Dolores, Mexico - The four people on board dead
Four people dead at 12 of yesterday (local hour) into a crash of a Cessna 182Q aircraft of the Mexican Civil Defense happened in an impenetrable area of "La Higueras" ranch, situated at 225 km far from... more