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AirlinesBLU PANORAMA INVOICES $70 MILLION
ROME, Blu Panorama, owned by Distal for 66%, offers flights to ukrainian city of Kiev and charters to the most popular tourist places distant less than five hours of flight from Italy as Egypt and Red... more
IndustryBOEING GETS FAA APPROVAL FOR BUINESS JET WING EXTENSIONS
SEATTLE, FAA has granted "Supplemental Type Certificate" approval for Aviation Partners Boeing's "blended winglets", upward-swept extensions to airplane wings currently offered on the Boeing Business Jet... more
Industry15,400 NEW AIRCRAFT WORTH USS 1,3 NEEDED OVER NEXT 20 YEARS
TOULOUSE, Almost 15,400 new airliners and freighters valued at US$1,3 trillion will be required by passenger and cargo airlines during the next 20 years. The new was reported by Global Market Forecast... more
PeopleAIRCRAFT COMMANDER REFUS TO EMBARK STOWAWAY FOR SAFETY REASON
FLORENCE, About fifty stowaways have been expelled after they were found out sleeping in some wagons of Leopolda and Cascine railway stations in Florence. Two romanians, who were taken to Peretola airport... more
Science and technologyPEOPLE LIVING AROUND MALPENSA ARE MOVING
MALPENSA, The citizens of some municipal districts, the closest to the airport of Malpensa, have started to move to areas far from noise pollution. The citizens of Ferno, Leonate Pozzuolo and Somma Lombarda... more
AerospaceAMERICAN MILLIONAIRE PAYS TO BE LAUNCHED IN ORBIT WITH MIR SPACE STATION
MOSCOW, Dennis Tito, american millionaire aged 59 was authorized by medical staff of russian Space Agency to begin training that will take him aboard Mir space station. Tito is planning to walk next year... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING IN PEKING FOR AN AIRBUS
PEKING, An Airbus A-340 of Austrian Airlines, carrying 253 passengers, had to make an emergency landing at Peking airport during its flight from Shangai to Vienna. The emergency landing was due to a loss... more
AccidentsPART OF ENGINE FALLS DOWN ON THE GROUND, NOBODY INJURED
JAKARTA, A Boeing 747-300 of Japanese Airlines, flying to Tokyo, lost a part of an engine. The piece, after the explosion of the engine, fell down on the ground in the suburbs of Jakarta, not far from... more
DefenseRUSSIA LOST 23 HELICOPTERS IN CHECHNYA
MOSCOW, Russian agencies reported 23 helicopters were shot down in the combats in Chechnya in last year. It is an hard blow for russian forces. The helicopters shot down by chechnya rebels are 11 Mil Mi-24,... more
HelicoptersROBINSON: 183 NEW HELICOPTERS DELIVERED IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR
TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA, Robinson Helicopter Industry completed the first half of the year delivering a total of 183 new helicopters, 114 model R44 and 69 model R22. The sales went up for both models compared... more
Science and technologyCHINA OPPOSING TO USA SPACE SHIELD
PEKING, Chinese government is aiming at complete abortion of U.S. project of antimissile space shield to carry on the efforts for a world control of weapons and to prevent a world ruled by Usa. President... more
AirlinesISRAEL: EL AL AIRCRAFT WILL FLY THE DAY OF HEBREW REST
JERUSALEM, A twenty years law is going to be broken in Israel, the one regarding El Al flights in the day of hebrew rest. It was announced by the Minister of Transport Amnon Lipkin-Shahak. The decision... more
DefenseTALKS BETWEEN CHINA AND TURKEY FOR MISSILE MANUFACTURING
ANKARA, Turkish minister of Defense Sabahattin Cakmakoglu left Turkey today for a state visit to China to negotiate a missile manufacturing by the two countries. Before leaving Cakmacoglu said bilateral... more
AccidentsFIREFIGHTING AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN FRANCE: TWO PEOPLE DIED
PARIS, A cargo plane, a C-130 Hercules equippped for firefighting by water bombing, has crashed in a mountainous area near the small town of Burzet in the south-eastern France, killing two people and injuring... more
DefenseENGLISH PARACHUTIST IN SENEGAL TO RELEASE SIX SOLDIERS
LONDON, The british government sent 150 parachutists "as a precaution" in the efforts to release the six soldiers captured by rebels in Sierra Leone. A spokesman of Minister of Defense denied a military... more
AirlinesFLIGHT DELAYS: UNITED AIRLINES WILL INFORM FAMILIES AND COLLEGUES
NEW YORK, Are you angry because your wife gets bored wating u to come back home with an intercontinental flight? Are you worried your chief could consider it a justification to skip working? No problem.... more
AirlinesPRIVILEGED FLIGHTS ON CONCORDE ROUTE
PARIS, President of Air France, Pierre-Henri Gourgeon, has declared that the airline will operate a new flight, in lieu of Concorde Paris-New York flights, where the passengers will be granted of offering... more
DefenseMARINES PUT ON FLIGHT TWO OSPREY
WASHINGTON, The Marine Corps V-22 Osprey aircrafts which were grounded Aug. 25 have been cleared to fly again and the rest are expected to be back in the air by mid-September, after they have been... more
Science and technologyFRENCH AIRPORTS GOING HAYWIRE FOR TRUCK DRIVERS STRIKE
NICE, French truck drivers are marching on the warpath to ask for measures to balance the oil rise. They also demand long term measures to absorb possible floating of fuel price. National flights of Nice... more
PeopleDENIED TO GREEK PRIME MINISTER THE PERMISSION TO ENTER YUGOSLAVIAN AIR SPACE
ATHENS, A diplomatic incident occurred in the sky of Athens. The aircraft carrying the greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis was flying to the United States for Millennium Summit but it was denied the... more
AccidentsCONCORDE: CONTINENTAL RESPONSIBLE TO RELATIVES AND VICTIMS
PARIS, Continental Airline could be responsible of Concorde disaster in which on July 25 113 people were killed. A lawyer representing the families of four victims accused Continental adding that in case... more
SecurityITALIAN MILITARY AIRCRAFT WILL FLY SARAJEVO CHILD TO BOLOGNA FOR ANTITUMOUR TREATMENT
SARAJEVO, The italian contingent force in ex-Yugoslavia will acoomplish a humanitarian task. A cancer affected child aged 11 will return to Italy tomorrow with a military flight to undergo a new medical... more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE RAISES PROFITS DESPITE CONCORDE CRASH
PARIS, Air France profits rose 19,2% in the second quarter of the year. This increase was due to "the high activity and thanks to rise of revenue". Despite Concorde disaster net profit was Euro 267... more
DefenseAUSTRALIA DELAYED DECISION ON AWACS ACQUISITION
CANBERRA, The australian government has decided to suspend for some time and delay to a date to be arranged the decision for acquisition of six or seven AWACS aircraft for nationwide air surveillance.... more
AccidentsGULF AIR CRASH: POSSIBLE HUMAN FAULT
MANAMA, Investigators of Gulf Air Airbus A320 crashed into the sea last August 23 in Bahrain, killing all the 143 passengers, are seriously considering the assumption of human fault. "All the clues seems... more
AirlinesBRITISH AIRWAYS AND KLM ARE READY TO SELL BUZZ
LONDON, British Airways and Klm are ready to sell Buzz, the low price airline belonging to the dutch carrier, to get from European Union the authorization to merge. The proposal of the two companies is... more
DefenseTHOMSON-CSF PARTS FOR SOUTH AFRICAN HAWK
SOUTH AFRICA, The french Thomson-CSF company has signed a commercial agreement with south african company Advanced Technologies and Engineering (ATE) to supply cockpit display and navigation sensor for... more
AirlinesGANDALF, NEW ROUTE VENICE-PRAGUE
MILAN, Gandaf, the second regional airline for number of aircrafts, inaugurated a new route between the Venice international airport "Marco Polo" and the airport of Prague. The aircraft used for this route... more
PeopleTRAFFIC JAMS IN THE SKY AND AIRCRAFT TO SCRAP: SECURITY EMERGENCY IS ON
ROME, The efficiency and working of means of many airlines could give a wrong idea of security for people travelling. The alarm was given by Alfredo Roma, president of Enac and Ecac from last June. Ecac... more
Civil aviationAIRCRAFT SCRAPING, UNO IS DEVELOPING A PROTOCOL
ROME, Icao, the International Civil Aviation Organization of United Nations, which has 148 members, is working to develop a protocol of agreement which will have to be approved by state members to grant... more
AirlinesDELTA AIR LINES, NEW SERVICES AND ROUTES
MILAN, New services and routes for Delta Air Lines, which with its daily network of 52999 flights to 362 places of 58 different countries around the world, is going to be a company at the cutting edge... more
AirlinesDELTA AIR LINES, INTERNET SITE TO CHOOSE THE SEAT ON BOARD
MILAN, Delta Air Lines introduced an interactive map which allows passengers to choose their seat on the flight connecting to the url www.delta-air.com. All Delta passengers members of Skymiles program... more
AccidentsTHE DISASTER PREVENTED IN THE SKY OF LONDON: THE SIMILAR CASES
ROME, Only in the british air spaces every year are recorded, on the average, 41 prevented collisions, the 20% of which are considered to be at high risk. Here are some of the most recent collisions... more
AccidentsCLOSE TO DISASTER IN THE SKY OF LONDON
LONDON, On August the 20, in the sky of London, it was close to occur a terrible disaster, with at least 700 killed people, as that was the number of the passengers on a United Airlines jetliner and... more
AccidentsPARACHUTIST GETS CAUGHT TO AIRCRAFT AFTER PARACHUTING: UNHURT AT LANDING
NEW YORK, Terrible misadventure for Andy Judy, a universitarian of West Virginia, boarded on a small plane in the sky of Pennsylvania to parachute. Something went wrong when he dropped: a part of his equipment... more
SecurityTHE ABORIGINE PROTEST HUMAN CHAIN WILL TAKE PLACE AT SYDNEY AIRPORT
SYDNEY, They will be the main entrance of Sydney airport and the aerea around it the place in which the protest human chain set up by the Earth Council, the authority representing Aborigines. The happening,... more
SecurityLEBANESE MILLIONAIRE HARIRI, THE NEXT PREMIER, OWNS A BOEING 747
BEIRUT, Rafic Hariri, 55 years old, the next Premier, came under the spotlights not only for having been an important politician in his country from 1992 to 1998, but also for some caprices which suits... more
IndustryALENIA-EADS-THOMSON: NEW PARTNERSHIP TO EQUIP AIRCRAFTS WITH RADAR
PARIS, Alenia, Eads and Thomson-Csf are on the verge of conlcluding a strategic alliance which will make the three avionic industries closer. The target would be the settlement of a european centre of... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING AT ISTANBUL FOR AN AIRBUS 310 OF TURKISH AIRLINE
ANKARA, Emergency landing for An Airbus 310 of turkish national flagship airline. The pilot was forced to stop the right engine while the plane was flying from Ankara to Dusseldorf and then he made the... more
AccidentsAIR 2000 BRITISH PLANES FAILS TAKING OFF FROM CYPRUS AIRPORT
NICOSIA, A british Air 2000 plane, carrying 178 passengers, failed taking off from the international airport of Paphos on the west coast of Cyprus. The aircraft, headed to Cardiff, was rolling on the... more
AccidentsNINE DIE IN AUSTRALIAN AIR CRASH
AUSTRALIA, A Beechcraft King Air 200 twin turboprop aircraft, with nine people on board, crashed in the Queensland state. The aircraft burst into flames when it smashed into the ground. Police believe... more
Science and technologyPARLIAMENTARY QUESTION OF DEPUTY SANTANDREA ABOUT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF "BOLOGNA AIRPORT SERVICE"
ROMA, Deputy Daniela Santandrea, of Lega forza nord per l'indipendenza della Padania (LFNIP) called a parliamentary question to ministry of Transport about the procedures of establishment of "Bologna Airport... more
DefenseTAIWAN: CHINA LAUNCHES NEW MILITARY SATELLITE
TAIPEI, China is supposed to have launched a new military satellite. The alarm was given by the ministry of Defense of Taiwan government, Wu Shih wen. According to him the members of Communist Party's... more
AccidentsCOLOMBIA: MILITARY AIRCRAFT CRASHES, KILLED THE ENTIRE CREW
ROMA, A military aircraft of colombian Air Force crashed the other day on the way back to base after fighting leftist rebels. The plane was an american made AC-47. The entire seven-man crew was kil... more
AccidentsPIPER CRASHES DURING AIR SHOW, 4 KILLED
CLEVELAND, A Piper Cherokee Six 300 crashed the other day during an Air Show in Cleveland. Four people were killed and another seriously injured. more
Civil aviationUSA: SOON TV CAMS IN THE FLIGHT DECK
USA, The black boxes could not be enough to reconstruct the moments preceding an air crash and to find out the technical reasons of a diaster. This alarm was given by National Transport Safety Board, which... more
AccidentsTHE METAL PIECE FOUND ON THE RUNWAY OF CONCORDE CAME FROM A CONTINENTAL DC-10
PARIGI, French accident investigators said the stray metal piece found on the runway from which concorde took off came from a Continental Airlines DC-10. A statement from Bea said said a DC-10 of Continental... more
Science and technologyNEW LEADERS FOR AEROPORTI DI ROMA
ROMA, The company managing Rome's airports, privatized in June when it was purchased by "Leonardo Consortium", will have a new managing director, Paolo Maria Pappalardo, who replaces Gaetano Galia, the... more
AccidentsALITALIA FLIGHT RETURNS TO NEW YORK FOR EMERGENCY
NEW YORK, A Boeing 747 of Alitalia airline, flying from New York to Malpensa, Milan, was forced to return to JFK airport after three hours of flight for some smoke spread in "Magnifica" class. more
Finance and economyALITALIA OUT OF TOP RANKING
MILAN, The Mib 30 index of Piazza Affari has been renewed as always and the national airline went out of the group of the best 30 shares, it was replaced by the publishing group "l'Espresso". The new index... more