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AccidentsSINGAPORE AIRLINES CRASH: DEATH TOLL ROSE TO 83 VICTIMS
TAIPEI, TAIWAN, Rescue teams pulled other two dead bodies out of the wreck of the Boeing 747-400 crashed while taking off from Taipei airport. So the death toll rose to 83 victims. more
AccidentsAIR CRASH IN BRAZIL, 8 KILLED
BRAZIL, A single-engine plane crashed yesterday in the south of Brazil. All killed the eight aboard. The accident happened near the town of Joao Pinheiro, 400 km northern of Sao Paulo. The cause of the... more
AirlinesALITALIA SAID IT DIDN'T LEARN ABOUT EXCHANGE RATE PROPOSAL OF SWISSAIR
ROME, Alitalia said in a press release it didn't learn about Swissair's proposal of rate exchange. That proposal would allow SairGroup, of which Swissair is part, to buy some Alitalia's shares. more
Science and technologySYDNEY AIRPORT TRAFFIC UP
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, Sydney airport handled more than 23 million passengers in this year. The growth was particularly due to the Olympics. There was a 6% rise compared to 1999 and the total of 23.26 million... more
AirlinesMAERSK AIR TO INAUGURATE FLIGHT MILAN-BILLUND
MILAN, Maersk Air inaugurated a new connection between Milan Malpensa and Billund and return. Another flight to Denmark, from Venice, is operative since March of last year. The aircraft used for the new... more
Finance and economyALITALIA SHARES RISE 3,4% BY GOSSIP OF RATE EXCHANGE WITH SWISSAIR
ROME, Alitalia shares this morning registered a 3,4% rise at italian stock exchange as consequence of the gossip reporting a possible agreement between the italian airline and Swissair. Alitalia officials... more
AirlinesDRAGONAIR TO BUY 2 BOEING 747-300 AND TO BOLSTER ITS PRESENCE IN CARGO MARKET
HONG KONG, Chinese airline Dragonair, based in Hong Kong, signed a contract with Singapore Airlines to purchase two 747-300 Combi airplanes. Both aircrafts will be converted to full freighters. Therefore... more
AccidentsCOULD SIA PILOT BE FOOLED BY RUNWAY LIGHTS?
TAIPEI, TAIWAN, According to a Singapore Airlines spokesman, airline will investigate whether or not closed runway on which Boeing 747-400 accident has occurred, had lights on. This could have fooled pilot... more
PeopleCIT AEROSPACE ORDERED 50 NEW AIRBUS AIRCRAFTS
FRANCE, Leasing company CIT Aerospace ha ordered 35 Airbus A320 and 15 A330, worth some $3.5bn. The new order takes to 80 the number of Airbus aircraft ordered by CIT, The first aircraft was delivered... more
AirlinesBA CONFIRMED TO PUT GO ON SALE
LONDON, BA confirmed this morning it will put low cost airline Go on sale. The decision was announced in an official statement. more
PeopleCONCORDE CRASH COMPENSATION: NO AGREEMENT REACHED
PARIS, FRANCE, The fourth meeting between lawyers for the airline and for the victims' families failed to reach agreement. Acoording to lawyers of victims' families the french airline had still not made... more
AirlinesBA TO RISE PROFITS
LONDON, Ba announced today its profits climbed well ahead of expectations. Costs were held despite a 57 per cent rise in fuel prices. Profits rised to GBP£200m. Operating results advanced 125 per cent... more
AirlinesPOSSIBLE RATE EXCHANGE BETWEEN ALITALIA AND SWISSAIR
ZURICH, A Swissair spokesman said the proposal of a rate exchange between Alitalia and the swiss airline will be put to the vote in the next board of directors' meeting scheduled for November 22. more
AirlinesBA TO SELL GO
LONDON, BA could sell low cost airline Go because of its seesawing profits. The carrier registered a decrease of profits in the first half of the year and a following rise during summer. more
IndustryCHINA WILL BE THE MOST INTERESTING AVIATION MARKET OUTSIDE USA, ACCORDING BOEING
SEATTLE, USA, The official Chinese Xinhua news agency has quoted the words of Boeing's vice-president of commercial marketing Randy Baseler; according him, China will be the world's most interesting and... more
PeopleIRAQ FLIGHTS DESPITE EMBARGO
BAGHDAD, IRAQ, Two passengers aircraft, an Antonov and an Ilyushin used for domestic flights, have been sent by Iraqi from Baghdad to Basra, with 114 people on board and from Baghdad to Mosul with 42... more
AccidentsABOUT AIRLINES COMPENSATION
., Singapore Airlines, after the crash of its Boeing 747-400 in Taipei which killed 81 people, offered the relatives of the victims a $400.00 compensation. It was the highest sum ever offered from an airline... more
AirlinesSPAIN: IBERIA TO CANCEL FLIGHTS FOR BAD WEATHER
SPAIN, Spanish national airline Iberia cancelled all flights to Galicia, Cantabria and south France because of the bad weather striking Spain. Civil Defense declared a state of emergency in several areas... more
AccidentsRELATIVES OF TAIPEI ACCIDENT VICTIMS REJECT AIRLINE COMPENSATION
TAIPEI, TAIWAN, Several relatives of the 81 victims of the Singapore Airlines SQ006 flight crash occurred on take off at Chiang Kai-shek Taipei airport have rejected the sum offered as compensation for... more
IndustryP&WC NEW SERVICE CENTRE OPENS IN BRASIL
LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC, Pratt&Whitney Canada Corporation (P&WC) has announced that it has officially opened a new service centre at Sorocaba State Airport, 90 km west of S. Paulo, Brazil, to provide engine... more
IndustryCIT AEROSPACE PLACES MAJOR ORDER FOR AIRBUS AIRCRAFT
FRANCE, Airbus has announced that CIT Aerospace, a company of the CIT Group, has signed a firm order for 35 A320 family aircraft and 15 A330s, confirming an intent announced in July. The deal in valued... more
DefenseEUROFIGHTER: FINAL ASSEMBLY HAS STARTED IN ENGLAND
LONDON, The final assembly of the euopean aircraft Eurofighter has started today in a hangar of Warton air base, England. The new was confirmed by BAe Systems. The fighter will be completed before the... more
Airlines6 AMERICAN EMPLOYEES ARRESTED ON MARIJUANA SMUGGLING CHARGES
USA, Federal investigators arrested yesterday 20 people, including six employees of American Airlines, on marijuana smuggling charges. A U.S. attorney said the suspects had smuggled 10 tons of drug in... more
AccidentsFAA INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE NEAR MISS DURING RADAR OUTAGE
INDIANA, USA, FAA is investigating wether two planes came too close to each other after Indianapolis airport air traffic control center lost radar and radio communications. Also the cause of the outage,... more
IndustryLATECOERE TO EXPAND
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC, French Group Latecoere, owning czech company Letov LV, announced it will invest 12 billion of Euro over the next five years in Prague company, raising the number of employees from... more
AirlinesLAN CHILE AND ECUATORIANA AIRLINES TO SIGN NEW COMMERCIAL AGREEMENT
SANTIAGO, CHILE, Lan Chile announced that it has signed a new two year commercial agreement with Ecuatoriana Airlines. It allows Lan Chile to operate its aircraft on Ecuatoriana's international routes... more
AirlinesUNITED MECHANICS SUSPENDED CONTRACT TALKS WITH THE AIRLINE
USA, United Airlines mechanics decided to suspend contract talks with the airline saying they want the company to get serious and place officials at bargaining table who are able to complete the negotiations.... more
AccidentsFURIOUS PASSENGER FORCES JETLINER TO LAND
LONDON, A Virgin Atlantic operated jetliner heading Los Angeles from Heathrow, has been forced to land in Calgary airport (Canada) when a U.S. passenger, Albert Roche, of Santa Monica in California was... more
AerospaceDANGEROUS SPACE SUITS FOR ASTRONAUTS
USA, Nasa found out that a few space suits were eqipped with units for oxygen supply in case of emergency containing oily hydrocarbon. As everybody knows oxygene in contact with fat may determine an explosion.... more
DefenseINDIA ORDERED 32 RUSSIAN FIGTHER PLANES
LONDON, India will take delivery of the first batch of ten 32 Sukhoi Su-30MKI multirole fighters from Russia late next year The remaining planes will arrive before the end of 2003. The Indian Ministry... more
AerospaceNASA IS TESTING ESCAPE VEHICLE FOR ASTRONAUTS
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, USA, NASA performed a series of successful drop tests of the X-38, a prototype escape vehicle for astronauts to use to return to Earth in case of an accident or emergency. The unmanned... more
AccidentsSINGAPORE AIRLINES CRASH: TAIWAN SAFETY COUNCIL PUT THE BLAME ON PILOT
TAIPEI, TAIWAN, Taiwan's Aviation Safety Council officially blamed the pilot for Singapore Airlines jumbo jet crash in a statement. Chee Kong Foong, tried to take off on a runway closed for repair and... more
AirlinesQANTAS TO BUY 18 AIRBUS
AUSTRALIA, Qantas Airways will buy 12 A3XX superjumbos and six A330-200 wide-body airliners from Airbus Industrie. The order is valued almost USD$4 billion. The australian airline would take options on... more
SecurityBRUSSELS: STRIKE CALLED BY LUGGAGE HANDLERS AFTER ROBBERY AT AIRPORT
BRUSSELS, Laggage handlers called a strike to protest against the lack of safety after the robbery at airport. On Tuesday there was a robbery on a Lufthansa plane, parked in the airfield, carrying five... more
AccidentsANTONOV CRASHED IN ANGOLA WAS NOT SHOT DOWN BY UNITA REBELS
ANGOLA, An official of angolan air force said the Antonov 26 crashed down the other day was not shot down by UNITA rebels. The plane exploded 20 minutes after takeoff from Saurimo. It seems it was probably... more
Science and technologyFRANKFURT AND SCHIPOL LAUNCH AIRPORT ALLIANCE
FRANKFURT, Two major european airports, Flughafen Frankfurt/Main AG and The Netherlands' Schiphol Group, signed an alliance. The CEOs of Flughafen Frankfurt/Main AG (FAG), Dr. Wilhelm Bender, and of Schiphol... more
IndustryTURBOMECA TO UNVEIL ARRIUS NEW VERSIONS
FRANCE, Turbomeca, the french helicopter engine manufacturer, unveiled a special version of Arrius 2B1 called 2B1A with a powershaft of up to 750 shp in emergency condition. Another Arrius turbine, 2B1C... more
AccidentsNTSB SENDS INSPECTORS TO ASSIST TAIWAN AUTHORITIES
TAIPEI, TAIWAN, NTSB, National Transportation Safety Board has sent a team composed by eight technicians led by by senior investigator Al Dickinson, in order to provide assistance to Taiwan air authorities... more
AirlinesIBERIA AND AIR EUROPA SIGNED AGREEMENT TO NEGOTIATE POSSIBLE MERGER
MADRID, General managers of Iberia and Air Europa signed today an agreement in Madrid to start talks for "possible merger". The two airlines set a term of 45 days to pull off the merger deal which would... more
AccidentsSIA AIRCRAFT TURNS BACK FOR GENERATOR PROBLEMS
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA, A Singapore Airlines (SIA) aircraft, on flight from Sydney, Australia to Singapore has turn back for a generator fault, occurred three hours from departure. The pilot, for safety reasons,... more
AccidentsRUNWAY MISTAKE COULD HAVE CAUSED TAIPEI DISASTER
TAIPEI, TAIWAN, The air accident occurred on monday at Singapore Airlines's aircraft could be due to a runway mistake: according to China Airlines aircraft pilots declarations, waiting near 05L runway... more
AirlinesBA TO ALLOW ITS WOMEN TO WEAR THE TROUSERS
LONDON, British Airways is to allow its air-hostesses to wear the trousers after a survey reported that seven out of ten of them siad to prefer trousers to skirts. Five designers will frame the new uniform... more
Science and technologyVANISHED CONSIGNMENT OF DIAMONDS
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, A consignment of diamonds vanished from a plane on transit at Brussels airport. The robbery reminds of the recent missing of gold stocks at Paris airport. The last airline to fly... more
HelicoptersMDHI AND FAA SIGNED PARTNERSHIP FOR SAFETY AGREEMENT
USA, MD Helicopters and Federal Aviation Administration signed an agreement to maximize their work together for business practices and in conjunction with certification issues. MDHI was the fourth helicopter... more
HelicoptersU.S. POLICE TO OPERATE MD EXPLORE HELICOPTERS
NEW YORK, The Suffolk County (New York) Police Department will be the first agency to use MD Explorers in the United States. They are slated for delivery next summer. These helicopters will be used for... more
AerospaceSOYUZ BOARDED ISS
KOROLYOV, RUSSIA, Soyuz capsule boarded the orbiting International Space Station. The three astronauts, the american Bill Sheperd and the russians Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev, as first priorities,... more
PeopleFLIGHT DELAYS CONTINUES IN SEPTEMBER
USA, According to figures released by FAA,Federal Aviation Administration, even after the summer peak, flight delays continue to plague U.S. civil aviation world. Only in september, there were 46,273... more
AccidentsSINGAPORE AIRLINES CRASH: DEATH TOLL HAS RISEN TO 81
TAIPEI, TAIWAN, The death toll of Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400 disaster has risen to 81 after the bodies of two missing were identified. Fourty-four people were injured and taken to hospital, other... more
AirlinesANSETT TO TAKE CARE OF SICHUAN AIRLINES MAINTENANCE
AUSTRALIA, Ansett Australia signed a $1,3 million contract with Air New Zealand Engineering Service, unite in joint venture in ANNZES, and chinese Sichuan Airlines to take care of its planes maintenance:... more
AirlinesSWISSAIR TO USE HANDCUFFS ON ROWDY PASSENGERS
ZURICH, Swissair is planning to introduce handcuffs on board against rowdy passengers. The carrier has already started training staff to use them. An airline's spokesman said "We are authorized to order... more