Government actsBrussels on 27-28 March 2003: Council of European Ministers of Transport meeting - Transport

Rome, Italy -- Effects of the war in Iraq on the aviation sector

Brussels, March 27-28, 2003 2499th Council meeting - Transport, Telecommunications and Energy - Brussels, March 27-28 2003. Aviation - Effects of the war in Iraq on the aviation sector. "The Council... more

Accidents"Iraqi Freedom": rescued by Truman aircraft carrier two civil pilots in Mediterranean Sea

USS Harry Truman - They were bringing supplies to the American fleet

They have been rescued just after the midnight on Monday two civil pilots when their helicopter crashed in the east zone of Mediterranean Sea, where are in progress also the military maneuvers of the Anglo-American... more

DefenseNorth Korea is ready to increase its military arsenal

Pyongyang, North Korea - Announcement come by Army Commander

"North Korea will not have other choice that to expand own military force, as deterrent in order to avoid a war and to defend own sovereignty and the security of the Country", Kim Yong-Chun, Commander... more

HelicoptersJapanese Apache helicopters to mount T700-701C engines

Tokio, Japan - A reliability engine, an order of USD 50m

The Japan Defense Agency Jda has communicated officially that it will be GE Aircraft Engines (division of the General Electric) to supply the engines for the Japanese fleet of AH-64 Apache helicopters.... more

Press releaseThe Sas Group traffic figures in March 2003

Stockholm, Sweden - It transported a total of 2,6 million of passengers

"The Sas Group transported a total of 2,6 million passengers in March 2003 vs 2,8 million in 2002, a decrease of 6,0%. Total traffic (RPK) decreased by only 4,5%. Overall group passenger load factor... more

Defense"Iraqi Freedom": Bush and Blair talk about the Iraqi situation

Belfast, North Irland - No a foreign government, but a new role for UN

The long-awaited meeting in Belfast between the American president George Bush and the English Prime Minister Tony Blair has been concluded few minutes ago, whose speeches are going to mark, unavoidablly,... more

Helicopters"Iraqi Freedom": coalition's helicopters fly over the center of Baghdad

Baghdad, Iraq - Republican Guard headquarter has been the target

Iraqi Republican Guard headquarter, in the South-Eastern zone of Baghdad, has been flown this morning by two American Apache helicopters. Before Marines attacked a landing strip in the South-Eastern of... more

Science and technology"Iraqi Freedom ": Us forces has attacked Iraqi Air Force airport of Baghdad

Baghdad, Iraq - Airport is far 5 kilometers from the center

Iraqi Air Force airport Rashid, in Baghdad, this morning it has been the target of a marines action, that have begun the battle for the conquest of airport. Rashid is far 5 km from the center and it is... more

Accidents"Iraqi Freedom": an Us A-10 shot down (2): the technical sheet

Rome, Italy - The real nightmare of every tank

It has been built as a support aircraft during the war of Vietnam but before that the airplane entered in production Usaf was undecided if to aim at the A-10 or the YA-9. The choice has fallen on the first... more

Accidents"Iraqi Freedom": an Us A-10 shot down, rescue the pilot

Centcom, Qatar - It's not a case of friend fire but an Iraqi attack

It has been the center commando (Centocom) to confirm the news of the shooting down of an A-10 Thunderbolt tank destroyer on last night at Baghdad airport, (the former Saddam Hussein), which would be,... more

AirlinesSingapore Airlines to re-thinks about future orders

Singapore - The period is still too uncertain

It continues the dominoes effect (intercrossed) of the Sars and the war in Iraq, that have placed serious doubts on economic recovery in short terms and launch shadows of recession. Therefore Singapore... more

AccidentsUs plane crashes in Colombia during anti-drug operation

Bogota, Colombia - It's the third disaster in three months

An American pilot died yesterday, on Monday, on board of his airplane, a T-65 Air Tractor, while trying to destroy some coke plantations. Indeed the American Government is actively engaged with the Columbian... more

Press releaseAirbus fleet changes at Us Airways to boost airline's strenght new contracts

Tolouse, France - And of new order/delivery plan

"Following US Airways’ successful emergence from bankruptcy protection (March 31, 2003) and months of coordination between customer and manufacturer, Airbus has worked with the airline to complete a r... more

Latest news"Iraqi Freedom": Predator in action over Iraqi capital's skies (2): the technical sheet

Rome, Italy - It's able to fly up tp 24 hours

Technically, the Predator Rq-C1 is not only an aircraft but an entire system. This last one consists of: four unmanned aircraft (UAVs); one ground station of control; telecommunicationses via satellite... more

Science and technology"Sars Emergency ": Italian is in isolation in Rio de Janeiro's hospital

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - He has been transported to the nosocomion, after the landing in the Brazilian airport

An Italian who has accused respiratory problems and high fever, during an Air France flight from Paris to Rio de Janeiro, has been hospitalized yesterday in isolation in Clementino Fraga University hospital,... more

DefenseAs soon as possible an Indian test for a long-range nuclear missile

New Delhi, India - According to the Government is part of a political vision

It continues without interruption India's arm-race that soon will be provided with a new formidable weapon, a long-range nuclear missile that, being able to hit very far targets, will surely raise the... more

Latest news"Iraqi Freedom": feelings from Us pilots who fight over Baghdad

USS aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk - The conditions for proper attacks become more difficult

The freeways over Baghdad, that is the air corridors for the American jet fighters, seem more congested local narrow lanes, where it is possible, becouse of a minimum mistake, to create a catastrophe.... more

Latest news"Iraqi Freedom": Predator in action over Iraqi capital's skies

Baghdad, Iraq - It could open up the way to the ground troop

To smooth the road to the advance of the Anglo-American troops within Baghdad it would have contributed also the Predator, the drone of the General Atomics, that since some time it is more and more present... more

Science and technologyFirst woman manager of a Nippon airport

Tokyo, Japan - She'll take over the activity at Fukuoka airport

There is always a first time, also in the Japanese society, very careful to not smash some taboo that even the secularization carried ahead by the technological outbreak after the Second World War seemed... more

Defense"Iraqi Freedom ": plant for the production of weapons of mass destruction has been discovered

Baghdad, Iraq - News communicated by Reuters

According to press agency Reuters, Americans experts of chemistries and biological weapons would have discovered an Iraqi plant for the storage of weapons of mass destruction. Plant is located in the... more

AirportsMedicine against the effects of nuclear devise explosion has been discovered

New York, Usa - The name is HE2100

Positive result for the first tests have to be confirmed, by experiments on wide scale, but if they will be replied and the drug is approved by Usa Food and Drug Administration, it could be available on... more

DefenseNorth Korea has threatened Usa, but after has opened the door to bilateral talks

Pyongyang, North Korea - Communist regimen said to not have a nuclear program

"Only a tremendous military forced deterrent, enough powerful to reject an attack supported by modern weapons, can remove a war and protect the Country's security. This is a lesson given by the war in... more

PeopleRussia and Afghanistan in talks about a cooperation in the air transportation

Moscow, Russia - Soony a resumption of the fights between the 2 countries

The Minister of the Afghani Civil Aviation Mirwais Sadeq has had, last week, important talks with his Russian peer, the Minister of Transport Sergei Frank, on the possibility of a cooperation in the field... more

Defense"Iraqi Freedom ": marines are inside two Saddam's palaces, but it is not the decisive battle

As Sayliya Camp, Qatar - This is Captain Thorp declaration

"This is a big demonstration of force, an operation whose scope is to send a strongly message to the regimen that we can go where we want, when we want", Captain Frank Thorp declared this morning from... more

Latest newsA Russian plane will land in Damascus in order to bring back the graduates to attacked in Iraq

Moscow, Russia - Announcement comes by the Ministry for the Emergencies

Alexander Yakovenko, Russian Secretary of Emergencies, has declared that, today, an airplane will take off from Moscow for Damascus, and it will bring back the graduates attacked while they tried to leave... more

HelicoptersThai Government cuts the purchase for 32 Black Hawks (2): the technical sheet

Rome, Italy - A versatile aircraft, also as air rescue

The UH-60 was realized by Sikorsky under explicit demand of the US Army for a multipurpose helicopter at the beginning of 70s, in order to replace the UH-1. The first one flew at the end of 1974 and... more

HelicoptersThai Government cuts the purchase for 32 Black Hawks

Bangkok, Thailandia - Financial problems would be the root reason

A war period doesn't mean automatically a good moment for the war industry too, that cannot reckon without the budget problems' host that several nations must face during a substantial negative economic... more

AccidentsAn Indian Mig-21 crashed on a dairy factory, hurting

New Delhi, India - More and more incidents involving Indian jets

An other Soviet-built Mig-21, serving with the Indian Air Force, has crashed this morning in the province of Haryana, north of India. The jet fighter would have hit a dairy plant, causing the wounding... more

Science and technology"Iraqi Freedom": a C-130 lands at Baghdad Airport, the first Us aircraft

Baghdad, Iraq - American control of the hub, but it's still being fighting hardly

Usually the first inaugural flights, in all the airports of the world, are celebrated in important way, even with some firework show and the brass band on the runways. A little different than what's... more

Weather forecastsAir shows and exhibitions in April 2003

CONKLIN & de DECKER FINANCIAL, ACCOUNTING, COST & TAX (FACT) SEMINAR FOR BUSINESS AVIATION…April 7-8, Atlanta, Ga. Info: (508) 255-5975; Web site: www.conklindd.com. IPEC 2003 CORPORATE MANAGEMENT S... more

Press releaseAvion Capital: a new financing tool for Airbus aircraft

Toulouse, France - The society has its operational base in Dublin, Ireland

"Airbus, CIT Group Inc., Crédit Agricole Indosuez (CAI) and Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) announce the creation of Avion Capital Limited. This new joint venture company will provide, on a non-exclusive b... more

AccidentsAH-1W Super Cobra crashed killing 3 Marines

Centcom, Qatar - It was not hostile fire, Us command asks for an investigation

They have died the two Marines on board of AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter crashed on Saturday in a central zone of the Iraqi territory for causes still to be verified. Indeed, in order to make clear about... more

IndustryRaytheon awarded of a delivery contract

Usa

Raytheon Co., Bedford, Mass., is being awarded a sole source contract to deliver an initial Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) radar as the first radar in the BMDS family of radars. This effort is... more

IndustryNorthrop Grumman awarded of a over 25 USDm contract

Usa

Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems, Litton Systems Inc., Navigation Systems Division, Woodland Hills, Calif., is being awarded an estimated $25,130,744 indefinite-quantity contract with options for purchase... more

AerospaceIss orbit has been changed to allow the Soyuz' dock for the end of April

Moscow, Russia - The Russian space cargo Progress used as an engine

According to sources of the Russian control space center of Koriolov the orbit of the Iss (International Space Station) has been modified in order to allow the Russian space shuttle Soyuz to dock without... more

IndustryA poor performance for Boeing in this first-quarter

Seattle, Usa - But the employees will experience more cuts, about 35,000 by the end of the year

According to a cautious optimism that still spread the worst is passing by, and after the conflict in Iraq the American locomotive would start again to pull and to haul also the rest of the world. But... more

Security"Iraqi Freedom": Iraqi sources says 25 US soldiers captured while landing in helicopter

Baghdad, Iraq - They were trying to occupy a neighbourhood in the capital

According to Iraqi sources, that need obviously of a confirmation from part of the allied forces, a group of American soldiers, perhaps 25, would have been captured while trying to come down in helicopter... more

DefenseHard replay of Pyongyang against the Us sanctions for North-Korean missile export

Pyongyang, North Korea - After 50 days the regimen leader has reappeared

North-Korean communist regimen has communicated today that "Its missile program is defensive and is has exported tanks to a normal programs of military cooperation, while the Usa employ thousand of weapons... more

Science and technology"Iraqi Freedom ": Baghdad airport's runways are unsuitable (2)

As Sayliya Camp, Qatar - This is Gen. Brooks declaration, who announces the location of a center for the chemical war

General Richard Brooks, spokesman of the Us Headquarter in Qatar, has declared today that Baghdad International Airport's runways are unsuitable for aerial operations. General has asserted, however, that... more

AerospaceRussia found the money for the Iss, the spacial program will go ahead

Moscow, Russia - A new allocation has been approved by the government

It seems to be ended positively Iss' vicissitude, that until to some days ago it seemed destined to be "cathedral in the space", because of the lack of American support provoked by the disaster of Columbia... more

DefenseIraqi Freedom": according to former Cia's Chief it has begun the quarter world war

Los Angeles, Usa - Iran, Iraq, Syria and Al Qaeda are the Us enemies

"The third world war has been the Cold War, the quarter is directed against three enemies: the religious governors of Iran, the Fascists in Iraq and Syria and the Muslims extremist of Al Qaeda", declared... more

Press releaseEurocopter: five AS-365N3 Dauphins for the Greek Merchant Navy

Marignane, France - The worth of the contract is close to EUR 47m

"The contract signed by Eurocopter, and the Greek MoD/DGA (General Delegation for Armaments), in conjunction with the Greek Merchant Navy Ministry, became effectives at the end of March 2003. Worth close... more

Finance and economyUSD 3,5bn to the Us airlines in order to damp the losses provoked by war

Washington, Usa - Congress allocates new funds in order to face up the war's costs

Us Congress has approved two amendments that authorize new funds in order to face up the costs of the war and in order to begin the reconstruction in Iraq. It has also allocated funds for the Us airlines,... more