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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Civil aviationIMMEDIATE FAA AD ON EUROCOPTER HELICOPTERS EC-120
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department... more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

IndustryBOEING PRESENTS ITS NEWS SATELLITE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
SEATTLE, USA, Boeing presented its new service, digital cinema, capable to deliver by satellite to multiple movie theaters an high definition digital media,with a quality comparable with a normal film.... more

AirlinesVANGUARD AIRLINES: FEBRUARY 2001 TRAFFIC
KANSAS CITY, Press Release: "Vanguard Airlines, Inc. (Nasdaq: VNGD - news) reported traffic for the month of February 2001 of 81.6 million revenue passenger miles (RPMs). Capacity was 125.6 million available... more

AirlinesNEW CHATTANOOGA NONSTOP SERVICE TO PITTSBURGH BY US AIRWAYS EXPRESS
CHATTANOOGA, USA, "Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport officials today announced that starting, May 6, 2001, USAIRWAYS/USAIRWAYS EXPRESS will begin twice daily nonstop service between Chattanooga Metropolitan... more

AirlinesNORTHWEST AIRLINK TO LAUNCH NEW SERVICE TO MONTERREY, MEXICO
MINNEAPOLIS, USA, "Northwest Airlines (Nasdaq: NWAC) announced today that they will celebrate being the only carrier to offer non-stop service from Memphis, Tenn. to Monterrey, Mexico, by offering low... more

AirlinesAIR FRANCE AND GANDALF TOGETHER TO RAISE FLIGHT NUMBERS IN ITALY
PARIS, FRANCE, Sharing for the first time some domestic flight with Italian carrier Gandalf,Air France proceed in its development, placing its services also on Parma, Trapani and Pantelleria, raising the... more

DefenseITALIAN UNDERSECRETARY MINNITI OPENED WEAG MEETING
NAPLES, The 4th Weag (Western European Armament Group) meeting started today in Naples. Weag is a 19-european countries organization for the cooperation in Weag army system. The round table will concern... more

AirlinesBULGARIAN GOVERNMENT STRIPS BALKAN AIRLINES OF ITS AVIATION LICENSE
SOFIA, Bulgarian government yesterday revoked Balkan Airlines aviation license, three weeks after the carrier grounded all its aircraft due to the dispute between the Zeevi Holdings Group, the Israeli... more

IndustryBOEING X-31 TAKES FLIGHT AGAIN
ST. LOUIS, "The X-31 thrust-vectoring aircraft, first used in the 1990s to successfully demonstrate enhanced combat maneuverability, has taken flight again in a new program called VECTOR, focused on demonstrating... more

Science and technologyCHINA: GUANGZHOU AIRPORT TO BE READY IN 2003
CHINA, The new Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou will be inaugurated by late October 2003. The airport will have two runways and will be capable of handling 60 planes at a time. The airport is... more

AirlinesPILOT PROTEST, HARD TIMES FOR IBERIA
MADRID, According to the biggest financial news-papers, Spanish state-controlled airline Iberia due to be floated on the stock market next month, said around 60 percent of its flights were delayed on Monday... more

AerospaceITALIAN-BUILT MODULE LEONARDO TO BE LAUNCHED ON THURSDAY
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, Space shuttle Discovery is to be launched after tomorrow from Kennedy Space Center on a mission named STS 102. Discovery will have to deliver a relief crew to Space Station Alpha... more

AirlinesBAD WEATHER: AIR CANADA ADVISORY FOR FLIGHTS CANCELLED TO NORTHEASTERN U.S.
MONTREAL, Press release: "Air Canada advises that due to continuing severe winter storm conditions in the northeastern U.S., all Air Canada flights to New York (La Guardia, Kennedy and Newark), Philadelphia... more

AirlinesAIR CANADA TO LAUNCH NEW ROUTE OTTAWA-SAN JOSE
TORONTO, The first daily non-stop service between Ottawa (Silicon Valley North) and San Jose California (Silicon Valley South) was inaugurated yesterday. Air Canada created this convenient to satisfy the... more

DefenseCHINA IS NOT HELPING IRAQ IN AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT
PEKIN, CHINA, According to Chinese Foreign Office Minister, Tang Jiaxuan, "China is not helping Iraq in improvement of its air defense systems". The declaration comes during a press conference held... more

DefenseCHINA WILL RAISE 17% IN DEFENSE INVESTMENTS
PEKING, CHINA, Chinese financial Minister, Xiang Huaicheng, announced, during National Popolar Congress, that China will raise in this year its defense expenses of 17%, due to requests for a technological... more

IndustryBAE SYSTEMS SIGNS CONTRACT WITH RAYTHEON SYSTEMS
UK, BAE Systems has received a contract for more than $30 million from Raytheon Systems to deliver five Defensive Aids Group (DAG) integrated systems for the UK's Ministry of Defense Airborne Stand-off... more

AerospaceWHERE ITALY WANT TO GO ABOUT GALILEO?
BRUXELLES, BELGIUM, The future of the planned new European Global Positioninig System (GPS) named Galileo, for which Italy, with a law, allocated about 310 EURm, is not clear about its definition. In... more

AerospaceNASA TO CANCEL X PROGRAMS
USA, The five-year 4,5 USDbn Space Launch Initiative program is undergoing heavy cuts. The X-33 and X-34 rocket planes have been cancelled last week and a third program, the X-38 lifeboat for space station... more

DefenseITALIAN UNDERSECRETARY MINNITI TO OPEN WEAG MEETING IN NAPLES
NAPLES, The Weag meeting for the Western Europe's countries will start tomorrow in Naples. Weag is an organization for the cooperation in Weag army system. The european group includes nineteen countries.... more

AirlinesLUFTHANSA TO BOOST INTERNET AND MOBILE-PHONE BOOKING SERVICE
FRANKFURT, The german carrier yesterday said it will boost internet and mobile phones booking service aiming at selling a quarter of tickets that way by 2005. Lufthansa took 250.000 internet bookings last... more

AccidentsTHAI AIRCRAFT ON GROUND WAS DESTROYED BY A BOMB
BANGKOK, THAILAND, Thai authorities confirmed that was a bomb which destroyed the Boeing 737-400 operated by Thai Airways which have to carry Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Fortunately,... more

AirlinesPHILIPPINE AIRLINES TO RESUME SERVICE TO CANADA
MANILA, PHILIPPINES, Philippine Airlines said today it is to resume flights to Canada on April 3 after a three-year period of financial straits. The nonstop Manila-Vancouver service will operate three... more