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Civil aviationItaly: Boeing estimates about 400-500 new aircraft in next twenty years
Rome, Italy - For a value of USD 40 billion
According to Boeing, the American aerospace giant, the Italian market will take up about 400-500 new aircraft in next twenty years for a total value equal to USD 40 billion. These data emerge from the... more
Civil aviationEuropean Commission: at risk the Websites of low-cost airlines
Brussels, Belgium - For irregularities on prizes, terms of agreement and proposed conditions
In the sights of Brussels there are the Websites of the low-cost airlines: irregularities connected to the prizes, to the terms of agreement, the sale conditions to which are added other options like airport... more
Civil aviationConsumers: EU crackdown on misleading airline ticket websites
Brussels, Belgium - The results of the investigation announced today
"EU Consumer Commissioner, Meglena Kuneva, today announced the results of an EU wide investigation - involving 15 EU national authorities as well as Norway – against misleading advertising and unfair p... more
Civil aviationIATA about European Parliament's vote on emissions trading
Geneva, Switzerland - To get priorities in the right order and focus on practical steps
"The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged the European Union to get its priorities in the right order and focus on practical steps to help reduce aviation’s CO2 emissions. IATA’s statement fol... more
Civil aviationItalian Chamber Transport Commission: on agenda the ratification of Galileo agreements with China, USA and Israel
Rome, Italy - In addition to the hearing of representatives of ENAV and various unions
During today's session of the IX Transport Commission of the Italian Chamber was discussed the ratification of the following agreeements: a) cooperation agreement relative to a civil GNSS (Global Navigation... more
Civil aviationThe route Bucharest-Cuneo is less and less frequented
Cuneo, Italy - Passengers are almost halved after the murder of Rome
One of the most crowded route of the Romanian workers seems to be empty. The brutal killing of Giovanna Reggiani and consequent decree on security (which regulates the expulsion, for reasons of law and... more
Civil aviationPreview of the EU session on air transport and quantities of gas emission
Strasbourg, France - Held today
The Chamber has examined a report on the inclusion of air transport in the EU system of exchange of greenhouse gas emissions strengthening the dispositions of the directive proposed, asking for the application... more
Civil aviation"Dubai Air Show 2007 (4): the statements of Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, Chairman of Emirates
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - The growth strategy of the Group and Dubai
Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, Emirates Chairman and Chief Executive said: "The A-350XWBs and A-380s will play an important role in supporting Emirates' and Dubai's growth plans. As the leading international... more
Civil aviationTransport strike (2): several troubles in the airport of Turin-Caselle
Rome, Italy - Airports of Milan are desert
Strike and wind have created several troubles in the airport of Turin-Caselle. Some flights have been moved to the airport of Milan-Malpensa and Genoa, and an unspecified number has been cancelled. For... more
Civil aviationIATA calls for transparency in Latin America
Cancun, Mexico - Four important areas: safety, infrastructure, liberalisation and environment
"The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for greater transparency in the Latin American airline industry to form a sounder basis for key policy decisions. IATA partnered with the Latin... more
Civil aviationEuropean Air Transport: nine Countries enter the Schengen area
Brussels, Belgium - On March 30th, 2008 also the air frontiers will be opened
The European Union has given the go-ahead to the entrance of other nine Countries in the Schengen area. These are: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and... more
Civil aviationAVIO secures engine revision contract with Air Dolomiti
Rome, Italy - Estimated value: € 25 million
Turin-based company AVIO has obtained a five-year contract, estimated € 25-million-worth, for the revision of PW-100 engines of the ATR-planes-fleet of carrier Air Dolomiti. The agreement is based on t... more
Civil aviationMore than 100 million air passengers in Italy in 2007
Rome, Italy - Data published by Assaeroporti
The growth of the Italian air traffic continues, led by the low-fares carriers: in the first nine months of 2007 it made register an increase in passengers of 9,9 percentage points compared to the same... more
Civil aviationLibyiah Afriqiyah Aviation Holding Company is born, new engine of the North Africa aviation
Tripoli, Libya - Network wih a very ambitious programme
Libyiah Afriqiyah Aviation Holding Company is born, a leader company in the Libyan aviation sector, of which it will be the main stakeholder with a capital of LD1 billion, equal to EUR 560 million. The... more
Civil aviationBoeing: evaluations for the South-East Asian market
Taipei, Republic of China - 1,930 aircraft in next 20 years
Boeing forecasts that South-East Asia airlines will need 1,930 airplanes worth USD 290 billion over the next 20 years. Air travel within South-East Asia will grow 6% during this period, above the world... more
Civil aviationEurocontrol: getting ready to meet the estimated traffic growth
Brussels, Belgium - Equal to 4.6% for Summer 2008
"Representatives of European air navigation service providers, airspace users and airports recently met at EUROCONTROL headquarters and have agreed on measures in order to handle the 4.6% traffic growth... more
Civil aviationAlso flight controllers will have to undergo drug tests
Rome, Italy - The decision made by the Unified Conference on October 30th
Italy's Unified Conference, joint seat of the State-Regions Conference and the State-Cities and autonomous communities Conference, has reached on October 30th the agreement on the controls of drug abuse... more
Civil aviationStar Alliance: ten years of growth in Malpensa
Milan, Italy - Supporting the business travellers in North of the Italian Country
"Ten years of growth and investments for the Star Alliance's airlines at Milan-Malpensa's airport supporting the business travellers in North of Italy. In 1998, the year of opening of the new Terminal,... more
Civil aviationIndia: kickbacks at high altitude
New Delhi, India - 25 pilots with corrupt licences
Several months ago, we talked about a debate opened by the India Security Aviation Agency concerning the Indian pilots with poor English to whom the licence was suspended, read here. Today, the "Times... more
Civil aviationStar Alliance: meeting to present the latest news of the alliance
Milan, Italy - Today at 1:00pm
The general managers of the carriers member of Star Alliance informed that today, Wednesday November 7th, 2007 at 1:00pm in the Finger Cafè Lounge & Restaurant, Milan (Via Albricci, 3) took place a meeting... more
Civil aviationEurocontrol hosted workshop on date for CPDLC implementation in Europe
Brussels, Belgium - The wokshop also discussed the considerable progress made with airlines operating CPDLC in the airspace controlled by the MUAC
"EUROCONTROL has hosted an important workshop to declare and discuss dates for implementation of Controller Pilot Datalink (CPDLC) in Europe. The workshop also discussed the considerable progress made... more
Civil aviationIncreasing traffic in Morocco's airports
Rabat, Morocco - More RaM passengers and cargo flights as well
According to data published by Onda, the Moroccan airports agency, the national carrier Royal Air Maroc (RaM) by the end of September this year has transported 3.381.187 passengers (2.907.261 in the same... more
Civil aviationTwo new air links between Germany and Canada
Frankfurt, Germany - Flights operated by Air Canada and Lufthansa
Lufthansa and Air Canada, both partners within Star Alliance, will each offer as of the next year a new non-stop link between Canada and the German hub of Frankfurt am Main. Lufthansa will namely begin... more
Civil aviationThe European Union discusses the conservation of flight passenger data for 13 years
Brussels, Belgium - The proposal presented by the Commission
The proposal presented yesterday by the European Commission, at the moment under exam by the member states, follows the programme put in place by the United States after 9/11 with the name of Passenger... more
Civil aviationEurocontrol: civil-military cooperation crucial for future of European air traffic management
Brussels, Belgium - The conference marked the first anniversary of Organization's Directorate
"Civil-military cooperation and coordination is crucial for the success of the future European air traffic management network and for the success of the Single European Sky, a high-level military conference... more
Civil aviationIATA: paper-free air freight era began
Geneva, Switzerland - It launches six e-freight pilots
"The International Air Transport Association (IATA) working with seven key cargo airlines (Air Canada, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, KLM, Martinair, SAS and Singapore Airlines), freight forwarders (DHL... more
Civil aviationSDL: general strike also in transports sector next Friday
Rome, Italy - For the air field from 10am to 6pm
"Next Friday, on November 9 is fixed a general strike announced by Italian intercategory SDL (Workers' union) in all the sectors. The strike will take place in particular: Air transport: operative... more
Civil aviationIATA: traffic demand strong despite economic uncertainty
Geneva, Switzerland - For passenger and freight traffic
"The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released traffic results for September 2007. The highlights are: Passenger Traffic - International passenger traffic increased 8.2% in September,... more
Civil aviationEurocontrol releases new guidelines for contingency planning for Air Navigation Services
Brussels, Belgium - To help States and providers to identify and decide their strategies
"EUROCONTROL, the European Organisation for the safety of air navigation today officially released new guidelines to help States and Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) identify and decide their contingency... more
Civil aviationThe Alpi Eagles case: the two different souls of ENAC
Rome, Italy - ENAC suspends the licence, at the same time releases a provisory one which then becomes almost... definitive
The matter of the Alpi Eagles airline set against the Italian national civil aviation authority ENAC, looks like a most funny comedy. AVIONEWS had already commented about the issue, considering that... more
Civil aviationThe fable of the Singapore Airlines A-380 first flight
Sydney, Australia - Collecting sensations of a unique moment
When the fog seems dissolved, the giant of the sky flew off, leaving the wake of heavy disputes behind. It was 8:00 am in Singapore when the A-380 took off. The bug of this unique event has kept all... more
Civil aviationThe A-380 aircraft landed to Sydney
Singapore , Singapore - There were 455 passengers on board
The new Singapore Airlines A-380 plane landed in Sydney a few minutes ago. The passengers have tendered to buy the tickets, and the proceeds have been committed to charity (travellers disbursed between... more
Civil aviationUSA, possible fines in sight for airlines operating delayed flights
Washington , USA - The results of an enquiry of the Transportation Department awaited
Last Summer the civil aviation in the United States reached one of its worst levels in terms of flight punctuality for years (see in regard to this AVIONEWS). Now is coming to conclusion an enquiry carried... more
Civil aviationIATA: passenger numbers to reach 2.75 billion by 2011
Damascus, Syria - Bisignani announced the forecasts during the AACO in Damascus
"The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released passenger and freight traffic forecasts projecting that in 2011 the air transport industry will handle 2.75 billion passengers (620 million... more
Civil aviationAICCRE: € 217 millions for more competitive and ecological air transportation
Rome, Italy - 36 highly innovative projects selected after this first tender
From AICCRE, the Italian section of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions: "The European Commission has revealed the results of the first tender for the presentation proposals relative to... more
Civil aviationAVIONEWS interviewed Carlo Griselli, Assoclearance's President
Rome, Italy - Following honorable Muscardini's parliamentary question
Following the parliamentary question presented by honorable Muscardini, (see for details the text), AVIONEWS published the reply sent by Assoclearance to Enac and interviewed the Assoclearance president,... more
Civil aviationThe Assoclearance clarification on a parliamentary question (2)
Rome, Italy - In other European Countries there is same situation
The same situation is in Denmark, where CPH (for 50%), the company which manages Copenhagen airport, SAS (for 41%) and Maersk Air (for 9%) divide up the management of Airport Coordination Denmark A/s. In... more
Civil aviationAssoclearance's statement about parliamentary question
Rome, Italy - Community rules on the authorities for slots assignment
Following a parliamentary question of some weeks ago (see AVIONEWS) in which honourable Cristiana Muscardini asked about a possible conflict of interest in the airport system as regards the slots assignment,... more
Civil aviationUS civil aviation less safe than it seems?
Washington, USA - NASA refuses to publish the results of a survey on safety matters
After in 1997 a commission of the White House proposed the objective to reduce the fatal accidents in the civil aviation by 80 percent, the NASA, famous US space and aeronautics agency, decided to task... more
Civil aviationEUROCONTROL: six more operators join ADS-B trials
Brussels, Belgium - They are Air France, Air Mediterranee, Air One, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines and Volkswagen
"Air France, Air Mediterranee, Air One, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines and Volkswagen have joined the ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast) Pioneer Airlines Project. The objective of this... more
Civil aviationBetween today and November strike series in Italy
Rome, Italy - Unrest of ground and flight staff
The Italian civil aviation sector is among the most hit in these days by unrest and union protests. Shortly will begin, at 12:00am, lasting until 4:00pm, the strike of the flight controllers of ENAV, the... more
Civil aviationEuropean Commission launched new generation of research projects for greener, more competitive air transport
Brussels, Belgium - They are four: Dream, Maaximus, Hirf Se and Scarlett
"The European Commission unveiled yesterday the results of the first EU-wide call for research proposals in aeronautics and air transport under the EU Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7). The... more
Civil aviationRyanair flight attendants do not speak Italian
Cagliari , Italy - In Sardinia the AN council group attacks the regional council
The council group of Alleanza Nazionale (Italian party) has heavily attacked Broccia, the Sardinia councillor of Transport and the governor Soru asking for the revocation of funds recently appropriated... more
Civil aviationEASA: Agency launches safety initiative for general aviation
Cologne, Germany - The first meeting occurred today
"Representatives of the General Aviation community from across Europe met today at the EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) headquarters in Cologne for the first meeting of the European General Aviation... more
Civil aviationEUROCONTROL and JAA sign agreement
Brussels, Belgium - To reinforce cooperation in aviation safety training
"EUROCONTROL and the Joint Aviation Authorities signed an agreement to formalise their objective of strengthening aviation safety by developing and delivering joint training programmes. The Memorandum... more
Civil aviationEgyptAir to join the Star Alliance
Cairo, Egypt - Strategic growth of the links' network in Middle East and Africa
"Star Alliance's Executive Committee accepted the nomination by Egypt Air, Egyptian flag carrier, that will become so a future member of the alliance. During the last five years the carrier has been transformed... more
Civil aviationEurocontrol has launched the "All Clear?"
Brussels, Belgium - It's a toolkit to reduce the number of runway incursions
"EUROCONTROL has launched a new toolkit which aims to reduce the number of runway incursions and level busts by improving air-ground communications. Problems with air-ground communications are the most... more
Civil aviationEU Parliament (5): the agreement with USA for the "One sky" has been signed
Strasbourg, France - The dispositions which the European Court of Justice judged incompatible with the community law have been overruled
Last Friday October 12th AVIONEWS published the main decisions of the EU Parliament about the air traffic (see AVIONEWS 1, 2, 3, 4). The EU Parliament signed an agreement with USA to realize a unique... more
Civil aviationIATA: Dutch ticket tax proposal is ineffective and inappopriate
Geneva, Switzerland - Surprise by Giovanni Bisignani, its Director General and CEO
"The International Air Transport Association (IATA) condemned the Dutch Government’s plans to impose further taxes on air passengers. The government is planning to tax passengers departing the Netherlands b... more
Civil aviationIATA standard paves way for global mobile phone check-in
Geneva, Switzerland - It deals of a bar code that will appear on mobile's display and other portables
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced a global standard that paves the way for global mobile phone check-in using two-dimensional (2D) bar codes. Mobile phone check-in enables... more