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IndustryTAR RULING ABOUT AGUSTA'S APPEAL POSTPONED TO APRIL 11
ROME, The TAR's ruling regarding Agusta's appeal about the bid to supply italian Corps Of Forest Rangers with 49 helicopters was today postponed to April 11 to get more and new documents and allow a closer... more
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AirlinesALSO SUTER RESIGNS FROM SAIRGROUP
SWITZERLAND, Moritz Suter resigned his charge, taken in January, of general manager of air sector of SAirGroup, keeping the task of director of Crossair regional airline. Before Suter, also the president... more
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DefenseSOUTH KOREA APPROVED U.S. SPACE SHIELD
SEUL, SOUTH COREA, After a meeting between U.S. president Bush and South Korea president Kim Dae-Jung, a joint document has been diffused, in which is denied that South Korea is opposing to U.S. "space... more
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PeopleBRUXELLES POSTPONES DECISION ON EUROPEAN ATC HARMONIZATION
BRUXELLES, BELGIUM, In a bulletin diffused by European transport Commissioner Loyola De Palacio, European Commission postponed to Stockolm meeting decisions about European air traffic control harmonization,... more
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DefenseGERMAN AND U.S. DEFENSE MINISTERS WILL TALK ON SPACE SHIELD
WASHINGTON D.C., German defense Minister, Rudolf Scharping will meet today, in his american visit, his U.S. colleague Donald Rumsfeld to discuss about space shield, a project at which U.S. are very... more
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AirlinesDE PALACIO: NO COMMENT ON ALITALIA RICAPITALIZATION
BRUXELLES, BELGIUM, European member of Transport board Loyola De Palacio denied to answer about ricapitalization of Alitalia of 1997, worth 1300 USDm, which was blocked by European Commission; the EC... more
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SecurityAGUSTA-CORPS OF FOREST RANGERS: TOMORROW TAR'S JUDGMENT
ROME, Tomorrow Administrative Regional Court (TAR) of Lazio, Italy, would have to put an end to Augusta-Italian Corps of Forest Rangers litigation: the helicopter company protested against the advertisement... more
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AerospaceRUSSIA WILL LAUNCH SATELLITES FOR NIGERIA
LAGOS, Russia is to launch three satellites to be used to monitor the atmosphere and environment of a region covering Nigeria: the three satellites are part of a new high-tech program, which Russia plans... more
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Press releaseRUSSIAN FEDERATION AND EUROPE OPEN TALKS ON CIVIL AVIATION
MOSCOW, "A meeting between ECAC (European Civil Aviation Conference)/EC (European Commission), led by Alfredo Roma, president of ECAC and Italian ENAC (Ente Nazionale per l’Aviazione Civile) and... more
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AirlinesNEW PARTNERSHIP KENYA AIRWAYS-AIR TANZANIA FORM
NEW YORK, According to an international agency a new memorandum of understanding has been signed between Kenya Airways and Air Tanzania that will enable the carriers to offer double daily passenger flights... more
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Science and technologyISRAELI AIRPORTS UNREST ENDS
TEL AVIV, The workers strike ended today after less than one day. Normal operations should resumed in a few hours, said a spokesman for the workers union. It's not yet clear how many flights were grounded... more
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AirlinesAIR ALLIANCE: 2 NEW SERVICES
TORONTO, Air Alliance announced that its subsidiary Air Georgian Limited will launch 2 daily non-stop air services between Manchester and Montreal, and Albany and Montreal commencing Monday, April 9, 2001.... more
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Civil aviationFAA AD ON BOEING 767 AIRCRAFTS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation... more
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Civil aviationEMERGENCY FAA AD ON S-76B AND C SIKORSKY HELICOPTERS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation... more
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DefenseAKASH TESTED FOR THE THIRD TIME
NEW DELHI, India on Wednesday successfully tested for a third time since Feb. 27, 2001 its multi-target surface-to-air missile "Akash": this missile weighing 650 kilograms, has a range of 25 kilometres... more
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AerospaceMIR (2): THE SPACECRAFT INSURED FOR $200 MLN
MOSCOW, After months shrugging off foreigners' protests that the Mir space station could come crashing down on a populated area, Russia is negotiating a $200 million insurance policy against any damage... more
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IndustryBOMBARDIER DELIVERS DASH 8 TO AIR NIPPON OF JAPAN
CANADA, "Bombardier Aerospace today delivered the milestone 600th production Dash 8 aircraft, a Q300* model, to Air Nippon Co., Ltd. (ANK) of Tokyo, Japan. The aircraft is the first of three 56-seat... more
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AirlinesFT: KLM MAKE A NEW CONDITIONED OFFER FOR GO
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, U.S. financial newspaper Finacial Times launched again the news according which Dutch carrier KLM submitted a conditional offer to take over Go, British Airways' low cost subsidiary,... more
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DefensePOLISH GOVERNMENT APPROVES ARMED FORCES MODERNIZATION
WARSAW, The polish government yesterday approved a $26,3 billion six-year financing program to modernize armed forces in order to turn them closer to Nato standards. The bill, which has to be cleared by... more
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AirlinesNEW JETBLUE SERVICES
NEW YORK, Press Release: "JetBlue Airways, New York's hometown, low-fare carrier, today announced new daily nonstop service to Denver, CO, and Seattle, WA, from John F. Kennedy International Airport, New... more
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Science and technologyMAILBAGS STOLEN AT DUBLIN AIRPORT
DUBLIN, Up to 30 mailbags were stolen last night at Dublin airport. The mailbags had to be loaded on an Aer Lingus cargo plane headed to for Manchester. An airline's spokesman siad the theft took place... more
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AirlinesTHAI AIRWAYS REWARDS INFORMATIONS ABOUT POLITICAL BOMBER
THAILAND, Thai Airways said it is to offer a cash reward of $22.500 for information leading to the arrest of suspects who bombed the jet scheduled to carry Thai PM last saturday. The carrier's president... more
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AirlinesDEMONSTRATION FLIGHT FROM NEW YORK TO BEIJING OVER THE NORTH POLE
ATLANTA, Press release: "Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL - news) today announced it conducted a demonstration flight on a polar routing from New York (JFK) to Beijing, China, March 3-4, 2001, using a Boeing... more
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AirlinesEASYJET JAN PASSENGER TRAFFIC RISES
LONDON, The airline's number of passenger in February rose to 531,235 in February, from 413,469 in the same month a year before. Load factor was steady at 82,3%. Internet sales, as a proportion of total... more
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AirlinesAEA JAN TRAFFIC GOES UP
BRUSSELS, The Association of European Airlines reported that members' passenger traffic rose 6,%% in January. The overall load factor rose 2.2%. International freight traffic increased by 3.1%. Jugoslav... more
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AirlinesAIR CANADA FORCED TO CANCEL ALL FLIGHTS FOR NEW YORK, FILADELFIA ANDI BOSTON.
NEW YORK ,USA, Extreme bad weather conditions on northeastern U.S. forced Air Canada to cancel all flights from eastern Canada to New York, Philadelphia and Boston. These thunderstorms, affected heavily... more
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AirlinesJOINT VENTURE TRANSAERO-CHINA AIRLINES
MOSCOW, Transaero chairman Alexander Pleshakov said that private Russian airline and China Airlines will begin jointly operating a Moscow-Taipei route in October: flights will be performed once a week... more
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DefenseDEPLETED URANIUM AMMUNITION RADIATIONS ARE NOT DANGEROUS
BRUXELLES, BELGIUM, An independent group of researchers presented to European Union the results of their studies, demonstrating that residual radiations emitted by depleted uranium (DU) ammunitions could... more
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Latest newsRUSSIAN AIR FORCE WONTS TO MODERNISE ITS FLEET
MOSCOW, Gen. Anatoly Kornukov, its chief, said that the Russian air force will gradually modernise its aging fleet over the next few years, after a decade of funding shortages that have plagued the force:... more
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PeopleLOCKHEED MARTIN PROBABLY WILL RENEW U.S.ATC SYSTEMS
USA, According to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) spokesman, the Agency is ready to award Lockheed Martin Corp. to design and build a replacement for the aged long distance domestic ATC system. The... more
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IndustryCIT ORDERS NEW AIRCRAFTS TO BOEING
SEATTLE, USA, Cit Aerospace, a branch of Cit Group, Inc, ordered to Boeing twenty 737-700NG, which will be delivered between 2003 and 2004 and five 757-300 airplanes to be delivered in three years starting... more
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AerospaceMIR DUMPING ONCE AGAIN POSTPONED
MOSCOW, The earliest date of Mir's dumping is March 6, but the most likely dates are between March 13 and March 18 or possibly later. The station is currently circling about 257 kilometers above the Earth,... more
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AirlinesINDIAN WOMAN GIVES BIRTH ON AN AEROFLOT FLIGHT
MOSCOW, Gurmeet Kaur, an indian woman has given birth to a daughter on an Aeroflot flight from Singapore to Moscow. The plane was diverted to Calcutta for an emergency landing to take the baby to h... more
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AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASH IN ITALY, THREE INJURED
ROME, An Agusta A 109 Power helicopter crashed yesterday afternoon in Malagrotta, near Rome. The helicopter went down shortly after takeoff. Three people were aboard, the pilot, Raniero di Bartolomeo,... more
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AirlinesNORTHWEST AIRLINES REPORTS FEBRUARY TRAFFIC
MINNEAPOLIS, USA, "Northwest Airlines today announced a systemwide passenger load factor (LF) of 70.8 percent in February 2001, a decrease of 0.3 points from last year's February load factor. Northwest... more
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AirlinesSINGAPORE AIRLINES JAN LOAD FACTOR GOES UP
SINGAPORE, Singapore Airlines today said January overall load factor was up to 0,1%, compared with the same period of 2000, at 67,7%. more
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PeopleENAV TO PURCHASE 300 RADIOMEASURING HOURS
ROME, ENAV, the italian national authority for flight assistance, is to purchase 300 radiomeasuring hours from a swedish company. This firm operates 12 aircrafts equipped for this task. The checks will... more
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AirlinesUS AIRWAYS: FEBRUARYTRAFFIC
ARLINGTON, "US Airways reported today that revenue passenger miles for February 2001 were up 12.6 percent compared to February 2000, while available seat miles for the month increased 9.7 percent. The... more
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IndustryAIRBUS SAYS JAPANESE INDUSTRIES MUST DECIDE SOON WHETHER JOINING A380 PRODUCTION OR NOT
TOKYO, Andreas Sperl, European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co NV unit Airbus Industrie's financial director, said japanese aeronautic industries must decide by the summer whether taking part in A3XX production... more
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IndustryCIT AEROSPACE ORDERS 25 BOEING PLANES
SEATTLE, CIT Aerospace, a division of The CIT Group a leading global source for financing and leasing, has placed a firm order for 20 Next-Generation 737-700 and five 757-300 airplanes from The Boeing... more
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AirlinesSOUTHWEST AIRLINES: NEW NON STOP SERVICES
DALLAS, Press Release : "Southwest Airlines Adds New Nonstop Service DALLAS, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV - news) today announced it will add new daily nonstop and direct flights... more
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Civil aviationIMMEDIATE FAA AD ON EUROCOPTER HELICOPTERS EC-120
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department... more
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AirlinesAMERICA WEST: FEBRUARY TRAFFIC
PHOENIX, "America West Airlines (NYSE: AWA - news) today reported record traffic statistics for the month of February 2001. Revenue passenger miles (RPM) for February were a record 1.5 billion, up... more
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IndustryTHE ONCOMING SIGNING OF MBDA BOOSTS FINMECCANICA SHARES
MILAN, Finmeccanica shares this morning went up by 4,56% on the italian stock market. This score is related to the board of the company which is called for tomorrow and is expected to give the go ahead... more
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IndustryFRANCE ANNOUNCE EXCEPTIONAL 200 YEAR FOR AERONAUTICAL INDUSTRIES
PARIS, FRANCE, According to Gifas, the French grouping of aeronautical and aerospace industries, year 2000 was an exceptional year for the sector, with an increment of 40% compared to 1999. Incomes of... more
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Weather forecastsAIRSHOW AND MEETING IN MARCH 2001
., March 2, 2001 Aircraft Resourcing Options Workshop NBAA Savannah, GA USA March 5 - 6, 2001 Regional Airline Training Conference & Tradeshow FlightSafety International Orlando, FL USA +44... more
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AerospaceCUTS ON NASA FINANCIAL AIDS FOR ISS
WASHINGTON D.C., Bush administration reduced financial aids for International Space Station of 4 USDbn, about Nasa requests for U.S. participation to production of station systems. Cuts will have effects... more
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AirlinesAIR 2000 TO ACQUIRE MORE BOEING 757
BERLIN, "Boeing today confirmed European leisure airline Air 2000 intends to acquire up to eight Boeing 757-200 jetliners. Delivery of the airplanes is to begin in spring 2003 and continue through 2005.... more
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IndustryAN-70 PRICE TO BE REDUCED
MOSCOW, Ukraine and Russia are looking into opportunities to slash production costs of the brand-new An-70 transport plane to make it attractive for air forces of the both nations: the plane price tag... more
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Science and technologyWHITE HOUSE UNDECIDED ABOUT THIRD CHICAGO AIRPORT
WASHINGTON, The "Chicago tribune" reported that business and political leaders from Chicago's south suburbs met with top White House officials Monday but were offered no guarantees the Bush administration... more