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ReportIndian private carriers retire the threat of a strike on August 18
New Delhi, India - The protest due to high fuel taxes
Claiming a lack of support by the Indian government to challenge the current crisis of air transport, several private airlines belonging to FIA (Federation of Indian Airlines) had announced a strike for... more
ReportAircraft with 16 people on board disappeared in Indonesia
Jayapura, Indonesia - Searches hampered by bad weather
A De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 of Indonesian Merpati Nusantara Airlines, en route from Jayapura to Oksibil with 16 people on board, yesterday disappeared from radars without leaving a trace.... more
ReportItaly: Giovanardi requires cocaine tests for aircraft pilots
Rome, Italy - If found positive, their mansion will be changed
Italian Prime Minister's Office undersecretary with responsibility for anti-drug policies, Carlo Giovanardi, suggested to introduce extended cocaine tests, in particular for airline pilots and truck or... more
ReportSpain: Mallorca airport opened again
Palma, Spain - It had been closed yesterday after ETA's terrorist attack
After being suspended yesterday after ETA's terrorist attack in which two Civil Guard agents have been killed (see AVIONEWS), operations at Mallorca airport and ports have been reopened just before 6:00... more
ReportItaly, Fantozzi: two offers received for Atitech and Alitalia Maintenance Systems
Rome, Italy - Payment of Atitech's salaries for July guaranteed
Augusto Fantozzi, Alitalia Servizi extraordinary commissioner, issued today a note communicating that two irrevocable purchase offers have arrived, within the deadline fixed by the Italian ministry of... more
ReportMallorca airport activities suspended
Mallorca, Spain - ETA's terrorist attack put airlines' programs at risk
According to airlines' schedules for the next days, from July 31 to August 3, on Balearic airports there would be 4,627 flights and for this reason 745,389 aircraft seats have been made available, departing... more
ReportItaly, Atitech: salaries will arrive thanks to IesMed?
Rome, Italy - The situation might be unlocked today
Atitech workers' salaries might be unlocked already today, after the agreement reached in these days between Investimenti e Sviluppo Mediterraneo (IesMed) CEO, Giovanni Lettieri, Alitalia-CAI extraordinary... more
ReportCrisis: airlines seek support from the European Commission
Brussels, Belgium - Meeting between Tajani and carriers' CEOs
Antonio Tajani, European commissioner for transports, has recently met CEOs from the main carriers who asked the Union for a help in passing through current difficulties, finding an institutional way in... more
ReportItalian IPA: Fabio Berti, ANPAC president, interviewed by AVIONEWS
Rome, Italy - The new association will give new strength to Italian pilots
A new Italian Pilot Association (IPA) has been founded yesterday (see AVIONEWS). To talk about this new entity within Italian trade unions, AVIONEWS interviewed commander Fabio Berti, ANPAC (Italian association... more
ReportEU: Tajani asks new rules for baggage losses
Brussels, Belgium - Lost or delayed in Europe, in the first 10 months of 2008, 4.6 million bags
European transport commissioner, Antonio Tajani, has reaffirmed its intention to propose new rules concerning baggage losses in the airports of the Union. In the first nine months of 2008, in fact, just... more
ReportItaly, Atitech: meeting today in Rome
Naples, Italy - The company is facing months of uncertainty and on Friday it risks to be closed
A meeting is going to be held today in Rome between representatives from the government, Alitalia-CAI (Compagnia aerea italiana) management and trade unions to save Atitech, Naples-based company that performed... more
ReportServisair Cargo workers "Kidnap" manager
Paris, France - To protest against possible layoffs
Around 60 employees of the airline Servisair Cargo tonight have "Kidnapped" a manager of the carrier, Abderrahmane El-Aouffir, preventing him from leaving offices at Paris-"Charles de Gaulle" airport as... more
ReportMyair.com suspension: third flop for former aerobatic pilot Soddu
Rome, Italy - After Volare and Alpi Eagles
With the suspension of the temporary license by ENAC, Italian Civil Aviation Authority (see AVIONEWS), low-cost carrier Myair.com's experience is closed. It is the third time that the Italian entrepreneur... more
ReportUS drone might have killed one of Bin Laden's sons
Islamabad, Pakistan - The news reported by American radio: 80-85% chance
Sa'ad Bin Laden, one of the sons of Al-Qaeda's leader, might have been killed at the beginning of the year in an aerial attack performed by an US drone in Pakistan. The news has been reported by the American... more
ReportContinental Airlines apologizes for frisking ex Indian president
New Delhi, India - New Delhi's government has charged the airline
Embarrassment for American Continental Airlines that has been forced today to express its official apologies to India after his staff in New Delhi had frisked the ex-president of the Asian country, A.P.J.... more
ReportItaly: helicopter discovers cannabis plantation near Livorno
Livorno, Italy - The field was irrigated thanks to photovoltaic cells
Italian financial police, helped by La Spezia's air naval group service, has discovered a cannabis plantation in a forest zone near Livorno. The operation has brought to the seize of 64 plants of various... more
ReportMoroccan passengers left on the ground by Myair.com returned with Royal Air Maroc
Venice, Italy - They were blocked in Italy since Monday
109 out of 172 Moroccan passengers that had been blocked in Venice-Tessera "Marco Polo" airport finally managed to depart this morning at about 11:00 am local time (9:00 am GMT). They had been left on... more
ReportAsia, eclipse of the century ruined by clouds
Shanghai, China - Scientists fly on military aircraft
Hundreds of million people have found themselves looking towards the sky this morning (night in Europe) to watch the spectacular show of what has been the longest solar eclipse in the 21st century: a similar... more
ReportUS drone missile attack kills 5 in Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan - The action criticized by Islamabad's government
A missile attack performed today by an US drone is reported to have killed at least six people inside a house in Pakistan, in North Waziristan region, considered as one of Taliban and Al-Qaeda rebel guerrilla... more
ReportRussian airline will race for US military transport to Afghanistan
Moscow, Russia - Volga-Dnepr Airlines operates the world's largest Antonov An-124/100 fleet
Volga-Dnepr Airlines will participate in the tender for US military supply transport to Afghanistan, in transit on the Russian territory. The deal to let American supplies pass through Russia had been... more
ReportThe body of the Italian paratrooper killed in Afghanistan has been repatriated
Rome, Italy - Welcomed by the "Folgore" honor guard. La Russa: "A 50-70 kg bomb"
The Italian Air Force C-130J carrying the body of the paratrooper killed on Tuesday near Farah, in Afghanistan, in a terrorist attack (see AVIONEWS), landed this morning at Rome-Ciampino airport. The coffin... more
ReportThe body of the Italian soldier killed in Afghanistan will be brought back home tomorrow
Rome, Italy - City mourning announced in Campobasso
The body of Alessandro Di Lisio, the Italian paratrooper killed yesterday in Afghanistan after a terrorist attack (see AVIONEWS), will be brought back home tomorrow on board of an Italian Air Force C-130.... more
ReportHelicopter crash in Afghanistan, death toll grows to 6
Sangin, Afghanistan - All occupants of the aircraft, maybe also a child on the ground
The death toll of yesterday's helicopter crash in the Helmand region, Afghanistan (see AVIONEWS), has grown to 6. All the passengers on board of the aircraft, a Pecotox-Air Mil Mi-26T, are understood to... more
ReportESA: MARS 500 mission accomplished
Moscow, Russia - 105-day simulation to simulate Human spaceflight on Mars
A crew of six completed their simulated Mars mission after leaving a special isolation facility in Moscow, Russia, for the first time in 105 days. Their mission is part of the Mars 500 programme that will... more
ReportThe school of aerospace engineering of "La Sapienza" University at Rome-Urbe airport
Rome, Italy - The move is scheduled for September 2009
The school of aerospace engineering of Rome's "La Sapienza" University will be moved to Rome-Urbe airport starting from September 2009. From San Pietro in Vincoli it will come back to the buildings and... more
ReportAfghanistan: Italian paratrooper killed in terrorist attack
Farah, Afghanistan - Further three military have been injured
An Italian paratrooper, 25-year-old Alessandro Di Lisio, has been killed this morning in Afghanistan, near Farah, in a terrorist attack. Besides him, further three paratroopers have been injured, even... more
ReportBouquet launched from an autogyro breaks the engine
Suvereto, Italy - Injured the two occupants, the passenger is in serious conditions
A marriage risked to end up in tragedy in Suvereto (Livorno, Italy) when two people, 61-year-old pilot Luciano Nannelli and 44-year-old Isidoro Pensieri, decided to launch the bride's bouquet from the... more
ReportNew airlines join the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group
Seattle, USA - Alaska Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, TUIfly and Virgin Blue
The Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group, an airline-led industry working group that aims to promote next-generation sustainable bio-fuels, today announced that several leading air carriers have been... more
ReportA German court ruling challenges Ryanair
Berlin, Germany - For the fees for paying by debit or credit card
Ryanair's practice of charging passengers extra for using credit and debit cards could be challenged following a court ruling in Germany. The no-frills airline lost a court case in Germany last month... more
ReportNTSB issued the final report on Steve Fossett's accident
Washington, USA - Downdrafts caused the death of the American billionaire aviator in 2007
The American National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued the final report on the accident that, on September 3, 2007, caused the death of the American billionaire aviator Steve Fossett (for a list... more
ReportHu Jintao flies to China to face the crisis in Xinjiang
L'Aquila, Italy - Dai Bing Gou, member of the State Council, represents Country at G8
The Chinese President, Hu Jintao, after to have received a call during the dinner, (yesterday he was in Florence for a visit) has taken off quickly last night from Pisa's airport on a B-747 airplane of... more
ReportVito Riggio (ENAC) welcomed US president Barack H. Obama
Rome, Italy - At Rome-Urbe airport
This morning, US president Barack Hussein Obama arrived at Rome-Urbe airport, coming back from the visit with Italian president Giorgio Napolitano, at "Quirinale" palace. American delegation has been welcomed... more
ReportBarack H. Obama and US delegation transit from Urbe airport in Rome
Rome, Italy - Destination: the G8 at L'Aquila
Rome-Urbe airport -the small airport usually reserved for general aviation and the Civil Defense units- has been picked as base for the arrival and departure of the US delegation and its president, Barack... more
ReportG8: leaders transferred by helicopter on the case of earthquake
L'Aquila, Italy - Underground bunker against terrorist attacks
It is all ready for the G8 summit that will be held in L'Aquila, Italy, from July 8 to 10. In particular to emergency plans have been prepared on the case of earthquake or of terrorist attack, the Italian... more
ReportThe Flying school of San Marino celebrates 40 years from the landing on the Moon
San Marino, San Marino Republic - The event will take place at the airfield of Torraccia from July 20 to 26
The Flying school of San Marino will celebrate at the end of July the 40th anniversary of the landing on the Moon. From Monday 20 from the airfield of Torraccia will start touristic flights by airplanes,... more
ReportHonduras, deposed president's comeback failed
Tegucigalpa, Honduras - The military opened fire on the crowd killing two people
Manuel Zelaya, Honduran president deposed by a military coup one week ago, attempted to come back in the country, but the military of the government led by Roberto Micheletti occupied the runway of Tegucigalpa... more
ReportBody found in the wheels of an aircraft at Gatwick
London, UK - Discovered during the routine safety checks after landing
The lifeless body of a man has been found in the wheels of the undercarriage of an aircraft at London-Gatwick airport, after the Boeing 757, flight GU101 from Accra, had landed yesterday morning arriving... more
ReportPassenger gets naked and forces pilot to land
Albuquerque, USA - On US Airways flight 705
The pilot of a US Airways Airbus A-320/200, en route from Charlotte to Los Angeles with 147 passengers on board, was forced to land in Albuquerque due to a passenger that, after getting naked, lost his... more
ReportNATO: SNMG2 takes over counter piracy operations from SNMG1
London, UK - The exchange of responsibilities was conducted in the Red Sea yesterday
"Yesterday saw the handover of responsibility from Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) to SNMG2 for conducting counter piracy operations off Somalia as part of the ongoing Operation 'ALLIED PROTECTOR'.... more
ReportAn Italian Air Force C-130J carries injured people from Viareggio to Turin
Viareggio, Italy - After tonight's disaster in the train station
The Italian Air Force is participating in helping the people involved in tonight's explosion of a tank-car carrying LPG on board of a freight train derailed tonight in Viareggio train station. The temporary... more
ReportAiut Alpin Dolomites's summer service started
Pontives, Italy - By an Eurocopter EC-135T2 helicopter
The summer service of Aiut Alpin Dolomites (AAD) has started. AAD is an Italian helicopter rescue organization that operates on the Trentino-Alto Adige region by its Eurocopter EC-135T2 helicopter based... more
ReportThe Italian Air Force carries an ambulance and an ultrasonography machine to Ghana
Kumasi, Ghana - On board of a C-130J aircraft of the 46th air brigade of Pisa
A C-130J aircraft of Italian Air Force's 46th Air Brigade of Pisa carried to Ghana, at Kumasi airport, a fully equipped ambulance and an ultrasonography machine. Part of these devices has been financed... more
ReportTomorrow the 29th anniversary of Ustica's tragedy
Bologna, Italy - On June 27, 1980, 81 people were killed in mysterious circumstances
On June 27, 1980, a DC-9 airplane of the Italian airline Itavia, en route from Bologna to Palermo, broke up in flight in circumstances that are still mysterious. 81 people were killed in the tragedy. Tomorrow... more
ReportAir France flight 447 tragedy: pilot and flight assistant's bodies identified
Paris, France - The airline's director general renews his condolences to the families
The bodies of the pilot and of one of the flight assistants have been identified today. They died on June 1 after flight AF447's crash in the Atlantic while en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris "Charles... more
ReportRussia: air traffic controller arrested for using drugs
Vladivostok, Russia - He was smoking a joint while driving home from work
Vladivostok's local authorities announced today that the Russian anti-drug police had arrested an air traffic controller at the local airport because he would have used drugs. According to the police's... more
ReportItalian transport minister, Matteoli, delays strikes scheduled for June 26
Rome, Italy - Another deferral for unions' protests
The Italian minister of transports and infrastructures, Altero Matteoli, decided to delay the strikes in air transport scheduled for next Friday, June 26. In particular, the FILT-CGIL union had announced... more
ReportAir France aircraft forced to land after passenger died
St. John's, Canada - The death for still unknown reasons. The airplane was en route from Montreal to Paris
These are not lucky times for Air France's intercontinental flights. Yesterday a 41-year-old passenger of AF-341 flight from Montreal to Paris suddenly felt sick, forcing the pilot of the Airbus A-340/300... more
ReportThe G8 will give an airport to L'Aquila
L'Aquila, Italy - Frantic works in Preturo to welcome the heads of state
After the G8 L'Aquila will have a brand new and efficient airport, in Preturo, in place of the previous airfield that was dedicated to sports and private aviation. This is ENAV's (Italian flight assistance... more
ReportAfghanistan: 200 Italian Carabinieri to arrive
Rome, Italy - They will train the Afghan police and army
Following yesterday's most cordial meeting at the White House between the Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and the American president Barack Obama, among other things, Italy has given its availability... more
ReportHumanitarian airplane took off last Friday towards Pakistani North West Frontier Province
Brindisi, Italy - It has arrived on Saturday in Islamabad with aids and goods for the population
The Italian ministry of foreign affairs issued a note stating: "Within the international commitment to face the serious humanitarian crisis in Pakistani North West Frontier Province, as required by minister... more