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AirlinesLufthansa: two moves to control the air transport market
Strong interest in Alitalia and Norwegian Air
Among the next moves of the airline Lufthansa there will be a new consolidation on the market in an attempt to increase its capabilities and its presence, establishing itself as the main European Group... more
Finance and economyAircraft-helicopters. Boeing: 2018 results and 2019 guidance
Commercial aircraft, defense, space and security, global services
Boeing announced the results for 2018 and forecasts for 2019.The highlights:Fourth Quarter 2018Record revenue of $28.3 billion and record operating profit of $4.2 billion driven by higher volumeRecord... more
ReportNuclear weapons. Meetings in Beijing to avoid any crisis
Among the delegates of permanent members of the UN
This morning in Beijing the representatives of the United States, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom met -permanent members of the UN Security Council to discuss the next steps to be taken in... more
AccidentsSala aircraft crash: found seat parts in France
It would be from the Piper PA-46 he was travelling on
The first wreckage of the Piper PA-46 Malibu on which the football striker Emiliano Sala flew was found, disappeared on Monday, January 21st during the flight between Nantes and Cardiff. On a French beach... more
ConferencesCybertech. Netanyahu warns about the risks of cyber attacks
Weaker and more exposed system that of civil aviation
Speaking at the Cybertech event in Tel Aviv -yesterday and today-, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke about the necessity to increase cyber security capabilities in order to avoid attacks... more
AirlinesHop! will be reabsorbed by the Air France carrier
The rationalization desired by CEO Benjamin Smith continues
A "new" closure in Air France-KLM since Benjamin Smith has been appointed managing director because in the next few weeks the carrier Hop will disappear tool that will be fully reinstated in Air France,... more
Civil aviationEASA certifies A-330neo aircraft for "Beyond 180 minutes" ETOPS
Operators will benefit from more direct long-haul routes -TECHNICAL SHEET
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has approved the A-330/900 for ETOPS (Extended-range Twin engine aircraft Operations) “beyond 180 minutes” diversion time. This significant achievement means tha... more
DefenseGermany: half of the Eurofighter and Tornado aircraft are grounded
Huge problems in the German Armed Forces
A report by the German Parliament about the state of the Armed Forces is very worrying, because Germany would be ready to use less than half of the Eurofighter Typhoon and Panavia Tornada aircraft and... more
ReportUSA: 1500 flights cancelled for frost
Winter wave that will cause problems also today
The incredible wave of frost that is hitting the midwest of the United States, where temperatures have also reached -50 degrees, yesterday forced the carriers to cancel around 1500 flights that should... more
Military aviationROKAF receives first A-330MRTT airplane
The aircraft can be configured in a variety of layouts -TECHNICAL SHEET
The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) has taken delivery of its first A-330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft.The new-generation airplane extends the endurance and range of the ROKAF’s fighter a... more
AirlinesNorwegian Air: target to receive 353 million dollars from the shares
The search for an industrial partner for the carrier continues
In a conference call with journalists Norwegian Air Chief Executive Officer Bjoern Kjos announced plans to raise approximately $ 353 million at the end of the sale of shares in the stock market, in an... more
AirlinesJet Airways. New idea: a conversion of debt into shares
One more (desperate) attempt to save the carrier
In the event that the conversion of part of the Jet Airways debt into shares is approved, the State Bank of India (SBI) should enter into the shareholding of the carrier, controlling 30% of it. A measure... more
ConferencesICAO Council President; aviation investments needed in strategic infrastructure
Institutional capacity building, and next generation aviation professionals
In his keynote address to the Global Aviation Investment Summit in Dubai last Monday, the President of the ICAO Council, Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, reminded the many dignitaries and participants in attendance... more
AirlinesAll Nippon Airways: $ 4.33 billion for new aircraft
A way to reduce trade surplus with the US?
In the near future, the Japanese airline All Nippon Airways (ANA) is expected to invest $ 4.33 billion to order 38 new aircraft from Boeing and Airbus, as well as purchase a substantial share of Philippines... more
AirlinesAirplanes. Ryanair purchases Laudamotion entirely
Shares up to 100%. Other aircraft, new routes and 400 new jobs
Laudamotion, Austria’s low-fares airline, today on January 29 confirmed that Ryanair has completed the purchase of 100% shareholding in Laudamotion GmbH from NL Holdings in late December. The carrier b... more
AerospaceThe carbon fiber engine will be used for new Ariane 6 and Vega C launchers
The qualification test of the motor has taken place at the European Space Centre in Kourou
The qualification test of the P120C solid rocket motor has successfully taken place at the European Space Centre in Kourou, French Guyana. The outcome of the test – the second for this motor– is a key... more
Government actsEP. Question on Fincantieri-Stx France case
The agreements signed confirmed excluding any political influence
Presented by three MEP Fitto, Sernagiotto and Maullu (ECR) more
Civil defenseBabcock Italia participates at the world's first simulator Canadair aircraft
It will allow greater safety in firefighting operations and more effective use of airplanes
Italy the first country in the world to equip itself with a CL-415 FFS more
IndustryBoeing: P-8A Poseidon aircraft contract from US Navy
Worth USD 2.4 billion
US Navy orders next group of aircraft; 19 jets support world-wide customers more
Science and technologyANA to test driverless bus inside Tokyo Airport
Goal is to implement this technology at Haneda by 2020
All Nippon Airways (ANA) is beginning the second stage of testing for an autonomous, driverless bus at Tokyo's Haneda Airport.The airline is conducting these trials together with the companies. The test... more
Military aviationSwitzerland: 5 offers for the new fighter aircraft
Now the analysis and test phase. Fleet modernization program will close in 2025
The five candidates interviewed presented their offers last January 25, 2019 regarding the new combat jet airplanes to Arma Suisse. The analysis and test phase starts with the presentation of the offers.On... more
UAS-DronesRussia: soon a drone capable of capturing those potentially hostile
Karnivora will take the first flight in the next few months
Russia would have developed a small drone (UAV, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) with the ability to intercept and shoot down other UAVs in flight, through the use of high-potential fragmentation grenades. In... more
AirportsEgypt: new Cairo airport inaugurated
Is it a key to increase the number of tourists?
The Sphinx International Airport of Cairo was inaugurated last Saturday, which according to the government should allow to reduce the aircraft traffic from the Egyptian capital's other airport, giving... more
IndustryItaly and F-35: it is suspended the plan for the purchase of new aircraft
The weight of the factory in Cameri (Novara) tip the balance
The Undersecretary of Defense Angelo Tofalo met -on last Saturday- his US counterpart Ellen Lord during the institutional visit to Washington, during which the exponent of the Five Star Movement had the... more
IndustryBoeing delivers first two KC-46A Pegasus aircraft to USAF
Two more tankers in the coming weeks - TECHNICAL SHEET and VIDEO
The first two Boeing KC-46 Pegasus aircraft departed Everett’s Paine Field last Friday morning for McConnell Air Force Base, where the 22nd Air Refueling Wing will be the first unit to have the world’s new... more
IndustryFincantieri. Bono: "Political skirmishes must stay out of our projects"
To lose -he warned- would be the whole of Europe
On the sidelines of the launch of the new FREMM "Spartaco Schergat" of the Italian Navy-MMI- (AVIONEWS) in Riva Trigoso shipyards, the CEO of Fincantieri Giuseppe Bono is back on the decision of the European... more
IndustryThe ninth multipurpose frigate "Spartaco Schergat" launched
The Italo-French FREMM program continues
The launching ceremony of the “Spartaco Schergat” frigate, the ninth of a series of 10 FREMM vessels – Multi Mission European Frigates, took place today at the integrated shipyard of Riva Trigoso (Geno... more
AirlinesAlitalia: tomorrow the decision of the international partner of FS for the relaunch
Only Delta and Air France-KLM remained in the running
In the next board of directors of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) scheduled for Tuesday will be decided the international partner for the creation of the newco of Alitalia, with which to collaborate in order... more
Civil aviationAircraft and transport in Italy. The strikes planned this week
Several protests are scheduled today
The Italian Transport Ministry released the list of strikes predicted this week in the air transport sector in Italy.In detail the protests concern:28/01/2019 Filt-Cgil/Uilt-Uil/Ugl-TA flying personnel... more
AirportsParis-Roissy Airport: in the next few months it will be decided for enlargement
Works costing between 8 and 9 billion euros for a new terminal
Between 12 February and 12 May the future of the project for the construction of a new terminal at the "Charles de Gaulle" airport in Paris will be decided, in a series of meetings and consultations where... more
Government actsEP. Committee of Transport: Opininon on EASA
About the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2017 -ATTACHMENT
The Committee of Transport and Tourism of the European Parliament discussed the OPINION of the Committee on Transport and Tourism for the Committee on Budgetary Control on discharge in respect of the implementation... more
DefenseChina tries to sell the Chengdu J-10 aircraft
First markets for Laos and Bangladesh -DATA SHEET
China is trying to increase the sales of the fourth-generation Chengdu J-10 aircraft by trying to convince the Laos and Bangladesh government to buy them, in the hope of being able to persuade even Pakistan... more
IndustryBrexit. Do Enders' statements hide political motives?
Strong fear of a slowdown in aircraft production
The declarations of the CEO of Airbus Tom Enders regarding the risks for jobs in the United Kingdom in the case of a "hard Brexit" could hide political motives? An idea brought forward by the British press... more
Government actsEP. Committee on Transport: Opinion on SESAR
Rapporteur Innocenzo Leontini -ATTACHMENT
The Committee on Transport and Tourism of the European Parliament has discussed the OPINION of the Committee on Transport and Tourism for the Committee on Budgetary Control on discharge in respect of the... more
CuriositiesBahrain: a B-747 aircraft will be sunk for a dive park
Critics from environmentalists to the project
A curious use in the future of a Boeing B-747 aircraft that will be made to sink into the Persian Gulf in the territorial waters of Bahrain, in such a way as to make it the central and main attraction... more
UAS-DronesRussia: Okhotnik combat drone unveiled
Photographs taken of "hidden" would reveal the shape
Some photographs of what should be the new Russian drone were released on "Twitter". Pics that would have been "stolen" at Novosibirsk airport in Siberia, where last November the UAV was tested on the... more
Civil aviationShutdown. US carriers: "Soon impacts on finances"
Warning to the Congress and to Trump
With the opening on the 35th day of shutdown in the United States the financial problems for the carriers could be getting closer, so much so that American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airways, Southwest... more
AccidentsUK: hypothesis of ice on the wings on the Sala aircraft
It could have been the cause of the accident
The rescuers of Guernsey concluded yesterday their research of the Piper PA-46 Malibu aircraft probably crashed in the English Channel on Monday 21 January during a flight between Nantes and Cardiff, on... more
AerospaceAirbus completes SRR for Telesat LEO constellation
And it is currently working on the detailed system design
Airbus Defence and Space has successfully completed the Telesat LEO Constellation System Requirements Review (SRR) and is now working on the detailed design of the system. Development of key technologies... more
DefenseNATO: an air base in Albania in 2023
51 million to renovate the Kucova airport
NATO will begin to modernize the Kucova airport, near Tirana, in order to create a new tactical base in Albania where to deploy transport aircraft, fighters and -if necessary- US bombers. The announcement... more
HelicoptersSouth Korea: new tender for Navy helicopters
Despite the fact that Leonardo had remained the only bidder
For the new South Korea anti-submarine helicopter it seemed that Leonardo had the road to an order of 840 million dollars (740 million euros) for 12 AW-159 Wildcats. For the Italian company, however, things... more
AerospaceUSA. Did Trump propose unlimited funds to get to Mars?
Objective to return to the Moon in July 2026
United States President Donald Trump in 2017 would offer -according to "Business Insider"- to the former NASA director Robert Lightfoot an unlimited funding to bring man to Mars by 2020, in an attempt... more
AirlinesIAG will sell the shares of the Norwegian Air
Unknown the reasons, but it is probabily related to the financial status of low-cost
The IAG Group -owner of British Airways, Iberia, Vueling and Aer Lingus- announced that it will sell 3.93% of the shares of Norwegian Air, which had already fallen by 0.68% as a result of the acquisitions... more
AirlinesJet Airways: note about its situation
It denies rumors and speculations appeared in the media
We receive by the carrier Jet Airways and publish the press release issued on the situation of the Indian airline and resolution plan:"We refer to the various media reports concerning a communication alleged... more
AerospaceTAS-Maxar: achieved milestone in design phase of Telesat’s LEO satellite constellation
Success of SRR demonstrates increasing momentum and agreement on key innovations
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%) and SSL, a Maxar Technologies company, have completed an important milestone for the Telesat LEO constellation. The success... more
AirlinesAir France: go-ahead to the referendum on the SNPL's pilot agreement
The production balance with KLM will also be changed
The council of the national pilots union (SNPL) voted yesterday in favor of the agreement reached with the carrier Air France, marking a step forward towards the resolution of the last diatribe left standing... more
Civil aviationFrance: 12 new Rafale aircraft for Egypt?
Agreement will be signed during Macron's visit
Despite the stop imposed by the United States in the exportation of Dassault Rafale aircraft to Egypt, because together with the fighter it would have sold the MBDA Scalp cruise missile that contain US... more
Civil aviationEuropean aviation report: continued growth of sector poses environmental challenges
EASA to take on a leading role -ATTACHMENT
Outgoing Commissioner of Transport Violeta Bulc received the 2nd European Aviation Environmental Report (EAER) which has been prepared and published by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA),... more
IndustryBoeing warns Trump and Congress: shutdown must end
Potential problem for the aerospace company's finances
The problem of the government shutdown in the United States is not only investing federal employees who have not received their salary for more than a month and despite this many of them have been preconditions... more
CuriositiesPhoto. First fully electric e-tron car on display at Munich Airport
Until mid-March passengers and visitors can see it at MAC between T1 and 2
Photo. Audi has yet to start shipping the first units to customers in Germany. But the new, fully electric Audi e-tron car has already landed at Munich Airport – in a multi-storey meteorite. From now u... more