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AirlinesLAN CHILE S.A. REPORTS SECOND QUARTER AND ACCUMULATED FIRST SEMESTER 2001 RESULTS
SANTIAGO, "Lan Chile S.A., Chile's largest domestic and international passenger and air cargo carrier, announced today its audited, consolidated financial results for the second quarter and first semester... more
HelicoptersFIRST TEST FLIGHT FOR SIKORSKY MH-60R
STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT, The first test flight for MH-60R helicopter has been successfully performed, starting basic flight Acceptance Test Procedures, including engine power checks, auto rotation and... more
Latest newsINDONESIA MULLS BUYING RUSSIAN FIGHTERS
JAKARTA, Indonesia is considering purchasing an unspecified number of Sukhoi Su-30 military aircrafts to modernise its fleet, Atara news agency reported quoting military sources. Su-30 Flankers cost about... more
AirlinesSINGAPORE AIRLINES: ''WE'LL NOT SLOWED DOWN BY ECONOMIC DOWNTURN''
SINGAPORE, According to declarations of Singapore Airlines (SIA) executive vice-president (technical) Bey Soo Khiang, carrier strategies will not affected by the current economic slowdown. According... more
AirlinesIBERWORLD AIRLINES LEASES AIRBUS A330-200
SPAIN, Spanish Iberworld Airlines is to lease a Trent 772B-powered Airbus A330-200 aircraft. The airline is to become the first spanish operator of that type of plane. more
AccidentsPIPER CRASHES IN ALASKA
ALASKA, A Cherokee Piper yesterday crashed near Glacier Bay National Park, killing six people. The plane, operated by LAB Flying Service of Haines, was on a sightseeing flight. Ll the six people on board,... more
Science and technologyMIDDLE EAST AIRLINES CARRIES ON A RESTRUCTURING PLAN
LEBANON, Lebanese Middle East Airlines has reduced its staff by 1.530 in the course of a restructuring plan by retirements, resignations and redundancies. The airline has also reached a deal with ground... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON BOEING 767 AIRCRAFTS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON AEROSPATIALE ATR42 AND 72 AIRCRAFTS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration The following Airworthiness Directive issued by... more
Science and technologyPUERTO RICO LIKE CATANIA: VOLCANO ERUPTIONS CAUSE AIRPORT CLOSURE
PUERTO RICO, CARAIBI, Also at Puerto Rico, like Catania, in Italy, the eruption of a volcano provoked a precautionary closure of the airport. The volcano Soufriere on Montserrat island started to emit... more
IndustryBOEING ACQUIRES SBS
USA, U.S. aeronautical industry Boeing has acquired SBS International, a 30-year-old company specialized in crew-scheduling systems. According to a Seattle based company spokesman, this acquisition, the... more
Industry1 USDBN CONTRACT FOR MCDONNELL DOUGLAS
USA, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $1,000,000,000 contract to provide for C-130 avionic aircraft modifications, integration support, and other services outside the... more
AccidentsDELTA FLIGHT FORCED TO LAND AT TOKYO FOR COCKPIT SMOKE
TOKYO, JAPAN, A Delta Air Lines flight, a MD-11 aircraft with 216 passengers and 14 crew on board, en route from Nagoya to Los Angeles, made an emergency landing at Tokyo's Narita airport, due... more
Weather forecastsMILITARY AVIATION 2001 EVENTS
., MILITARY AVIATION EVENT CALENDAR Aviation Week Conferences & Exhibitions Aviation Week and Overhaul & Maintenance Magazine present: MRO Europe 2001 - Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul Scottish... more
AccidentsDELTA PLANE MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING
TOKYO, A Delta plane flying to Los Angeles had to make an emergency landing at Tokyo Narita airport after reporting smoke in the cabin. The MD-11, carrying 230 passengers, landed safely and nobody was... more
HelicoptersHELICOPTER CRASH IN BRAZIL, TWO MISSING
BRAZIL, An helicopter crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil's southern coast on Friday with four passengers aboard. Two of the four people on board, the pilot and 20-year-old model Fernanda Vogel,... more
AirlinesGULF AIR'S CARGO TRAFFIC UP IN 1H
USA, Gulf Air recorded a 9,2 increase in cargo traffic in the first six months, compared to the same period last year. "All carriers are feeling the effects of the economic slowdown. Gulf Air operates... more
AccidentsSMALL PLANE CRASHES IN USA, FOUR KILLED
WASHINGTON, A small plane on a sightseeing tour crashed into the backyard of a suburban house in Washington. Four of the six people aboard were killed, including the pilot. The two others were seriously... more
AirlinesAIR CALEDONIE INTERNATIONAL TO PURCHASE TWO AIRBUS A330
USA, Air Caledonie International (ACI) is to buy two A330s from Airbus Industrie. The planes are to be delivered within 18 months. ACI's fleet actually includes a Boeing 737 and a leased A310. more
Latest newsMOLDOVA TO SELL MILITARY AIRCRAFTS
MOLDOVA, Moldova's parliament today approved the sale of six MiG-29 warplanes and 13 ground-to-ground missile launchers due to the lack of funds to maintain them. Moldova already sold 21 MiG-29 warplanes... more
AirlinesAEROFLOT TO EYE AER RIANTA
MOSCOW, Aeroflot is to propose irish Aer Rianta to create a new Ireland-based airline which would operate at Shannon airport. Aeroflot's board would examine plans for the new carrier in the next two months.... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON AEROSPATIALE ATR42 AND 72 AIRCRAFTS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation... more
HelicoptersCOLOMBIA RECEIVES FIRST BATCH OF THREE BLACK HAWK HELICOPTERS
COLOMBIA, Colombian government received the first batch of three Black Hawk helicopters by the US government. The choppers are to be used against drug dealers in order to sweep cocaine plantations away.... more
PeopleBRITISH GOVERNMENT WORRIED FOR SPAIN-DIRECTED TOURISTS
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, HM Government is worried for the tens of thousands of Britons setting off for destinations in Spain, despite the third terrorist act this week in which many people were injured also... more
AccidentsSRI LANKA AIRLINES: THREE AIRBUS COULD BE REPAIRED
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, According to a Sri Lanka Airlines spokesman, three of the six Airbus jets damaged in Tuesday's attack by separatist Tamil Tiger rebels could be repaired in two or three months. The... more
Science and technologyPASSENGERS UP AT FRANKFURT AIRPORT
FRANKFURT, Almost 21 million passengers used Frankfurt airport in the first six months of the year, up 2,6% compared to the same period last year. The increase was higher in the first quarter, almost 6%,... more
AirlinesVLM AIRLINES TO ABANDON FEW ROUTES
LONDON, VLM Airlines is reported to be considering abandoning the London City Airport-Monchengladbach (Dusseldorf) service as part of a cost-cutting program due to the high fuel price and the high dollar... more
PeopleGB AIR TRAFFIC DELAYS STARTS TO WORSE
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, According to British Travel Agents (ABTA), has been estimated that,as the summer travel season reached its peak, 1.5 million people were expected to fly from British airports... more
AirlinesAOM-AIR LIBERTE: COMMERCIAL COURT OF CRETEIL RULES IN FAVOR OF HOLCO BID
FRANCE, The Commercial Court of Creteil in France ruled in favor of the Holco bid, led by Air France pilot Jean-Charles Corbet and backed by Canadian bank CIBC, for AOM Air Liberte. Up to 3600 of the airline's... more
AirlinesAIR NEW ZEALAND WON'T SELL ITS STAKE IN AIR NEW ZEALAND
SINGAPORE, Singapore Airlines' chief executive Cheong Choong Kong has said the airline will not sell its stake in Air New Zealand. Australian Qantas was hoping to buy that stake and then sell the New Zealand... more
PeopleATA BELIEVES THE US CARRIERS WILL LOSE ABOUT USD1.5BN FOR 2001
USA, According to the Air Transport Association analysts, US airlines predicted to go in red for the end of this year, losing about USD1.5bn, the largest airlines' loss since 1993 the end of a five-year... more
Science and technologyTHOUSANDS OF PASSENGERS GROUNDED DUE A KLM MECHANICS STRIKE
SCHIPHOL, THE NETHERLANDS, Thousands of passengers remained ground due to a Amsterdam Schiphol Airport KLM mechanics wildcat strike, which forced airline to postpone all 13 international flights in the... more
AirlinesSWISSAIR AND LUFTHANSA IN TALKS FOR CODE-SHARING AGREEMENT
ZURICH, Swissair and Deutsche Lufthansa have begun talks about selling seats on each other's flights, swiss newspaper Sonntagszeitung reported. Swissair Chief Executive Mario Corti and Lufthansa Chief... more
DefenseX33, THE NEW SUBORBITAL BOMBER IS STUDIED BY PENTAGON
USA, U.S. Pentagon would be on studying a new suborbital bomber, called X-33, which characteristics are not common with these of the current bombers like B-2. The X-33 is developed to fly at 100.000 meters... more
PeopleAIRLINES SUED FOR DVT MISINFORMATION
AUSTRALIA, British Airways, Dutch carrier KLM and Australia's Qantas Airlines have been sued to have ignored thrombosis threat for thirty years, and, thus, to have disinformed their passengers. According... more
AirlinesNO FURTHER MOVES ON UNITED-US AIRWAYS MERGER
USA, Probably due to the strong opposition of the U.S. Justice Department for antitrust involvements, United Airlines and US Airways Group yesterday called off their USD$4.3 billion deal, defined one... more
IndustryLOCKHEED MARTIN AWARDED A $21,000,000 CONTRACT
USA, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Littleton, Colorado., is being awarded a $21,000,000 contract to provide for research and development for the XSS-11 Experimental Satellite System Microsatellite Program.... more
AirlinesSATISFACTION EXPRESSED BY FRENCH AND ITALIAN GOVERNMENTS FOR ALITALIA-AIR FRANCE AGREEMENT.
ROME, ITALY, According to press release from French and Italian Transport and Financial Ministry, satisfaction has been expressed for the agreement signed between Alitalia and Air France carriers, which... more
AerospaceNASA "FORGOT" TO HAVE DISCOVERED LIFE ON MARS 26 YEAR AGO?
USA, According to a Nasa reasercher, the neurobiologist Joseph Miller, a new analysis of the Viking probe experiments held on Mars 26 years ago would reveal the presence on "evident" life on the Red Planet.... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON BOEING 747AIRCRAFTS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration The following Airworthiness Directive issued by the... more
AirlinesCROSSAIR: ALMOST 3 MILLION PASSENGERS IN 1H
SWITZERLAND, Crossair carried 2.9 million passengers in the 2001 first half with an average passenger load factor of 51.6%. more
AirlinesDELTA SEES $150 MLN A YEAR FROM ALITALIA ENTRY INTO SKYTEAM
ROME, Delta CEO Leo Mullin said this morning at a press conference that the airline expects receipts of $150 million a year from Italian carrier Alitalia's entry into the SkyTeam global alliance, which... more
AirlinesALITALIA JOINS SKYTEAM
ROME, Alitalia has officially joined Skyteam global alliance this morning during a ceremony attended by CEOs of founding alliance members. Alitalia's board gave the green light to SkyTeam membership Wednesday... more
AirlinesKRASAIR LAUNCHES NEW KRASNOYARSK-ALMATHY SERVICE
KRASNOYARSK, Russian regional carrier KrasAir has inaugurated a new service between Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk and Almathy, Kazakhstan. The new flight will be operated with a Tupolev Tu-134 plane on Mondays... more
AccidentsSAS PLANE FORCED TO MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING
STOCKHOLM, A SAS Boeing 737 en route from Stockholm to Oslo had to return to the swedish capital owing to smoke in the cabin.The plane was in the air for ten minutes then it turned around and landed... more
AirlinesCHINA SOUTHWEST AIRLINES RECEIVES FIRST BOEING 737-600
CHINA, The Boeing Company recently delivered China Southwest Airlines' first 737-600 airplane. Two others are planned to be delivered by the end of the year. "We are pleased that China Southwest Airlines... more
AirlinesSRI LANKAN AIRLINES SHIFTS OPERATIONS TO SINGAPORE AND DUBAI
SRI LANKA, SriLankan Airlines yesterday announced it is moving operations to Dubai and Singapore after the Tamil rebels attack at Colombo airport. The airline's chief executive officer, Peter Hill, said... more
Science and technologyDELAYS DOWN IN 1H ACCORDING TO FAA STATISTICS
USA, The number of delays overall during the first half of 2001 dropped 5% compared with the previous year, FAA statistics show. Operational delays, in the first half of the year, have been 197.859, against... more
AirlinesSINGAPORE AIRLINES TO INAUGURATE CHICAGO-AMSTERDAM-SINGAPORE SERVICE WITH NEWLY DELIVERED BOEING 777
SEATTLE, Singapore Airlines yesterday celebrated the delivery of its 24th Boeing 777, one of two 777-200ER (extended range) airplanes that will be used to inaugurate the carrier's new Chicago-Amsterdam-Singapore... more
AirlinesVIRGIN ATLANTIC BOOSTS FLIGHTS TO ORLANDO
USA, Virgin Atlantic is to add two further flights between London Gatwick and Orlando on Fridays and Saturdays starting from Nov. 2. The airline also will add another flight to Antigua every Friday beginning... more