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Science and technologyThe Italian base at Terra Nova Bay is open again
Rome, Italy - Twenty men arrived to reopen the station
Friday the Italian Antarctic Base "Mario Zucchelli" at Terra Nova Bay has been opened again, on the field of the national program of researches in the Antarctica (PNRA). Twenty men arrived to Terra Nova... more
Science and technologyRussian spy plane which search for hurricanes maybe will launch satellites
Rome, Italy - The M-55 Geophisyca celebrates its fifth year of activity
The Russian former spy plane M-55 Geophisyca is operating since 10 years in Italy, as a flying laboratory containing 2500 scientific equipments to study the weather changing, and now it seems it could... more
Science and technologyHoles in airplane wings to save fuel
Stuttgart, Germany - A German research
A group of researchers from the Gas Aerodynamics and Dynamics Institute of the Stuttgart University assured that some micro holes in airplane wings help to reduce fuel consumption by 15%. Markus Kloker... more
Science and technologyNASA: a supersonic roar reduction system is being tested
Washington, USA - The "Quite Spike" is tweaked with Gulfstream
An F-15B by NASA is the testing aircraft for a technology that reduces roars produced by supersonic planes. A "Nose" has been installed in the jet, being able to extend up to seven meters, tweaked by Gulfstream... more
Science and technologyNew Bangkok International Airport: problems in luggage sorting
Bangkok, Thailand - The opening is scheduled in few days
A few days before the inauguration scheduled on September 28, tests of the new "Suvarnabhumi" Airport in Bangkok revealed some problems in the management of the luggage sorting system, which is very different... more
Science and technologyAgreement Bulgaria-Fraport for airport management
Sofia, Bulgaria - The contract has a 35 years last and a value of EUR 403m
"The concession of the two airports will be very important for Bulgaria’s economy and image", Bulgarian transportation minister, Petar Mutafchiev, stated after the signing of the agreement between Bulgaria’s gov... more
Science and technologyFiumicino: passengers are afraid of the breakdown and refuse to board on the plane
Rome, Italy - The aircraft of Air Memphis stopped in Rome for a technical breakdown and had to fly to Milan
Yesterday morning the 65 passengers of an Air Memphis flight refused to continue the trip to Malpensa, after the plane where they were flying had to make a stopover at Fiumicino for a technical breakdown.... more
Science and technologyThe Kangding Airport will be the second highest of the world
Kangding, China - It will greet Boeing 737-300 and Airbus A-319
Recently, the Chinese government begane construction of the Kangding Airport, in Sichuan, in Southeast China. At an altitude of 4280 meters it will be the highest second airport in the world, after that... more
Science and technologyRFID tracking at San Francisco airport
San Francisco, USA - Based on automatic luggage-passenger coupling
San Francisco airport will use, starting from next Spring, a tracking and automatic luggage-passenger coupling RFID system that should replace current system based on bar codes. The system should improve... more
Science and technologyESA asks for proposals to enterprises
Paris, France - On the field of Leading-Edge Technology program
The European Space Agency (ESA) has advanced a request for innovative technological developments on the field of the Leading-Edge Technology program (LET) to small and average enterprises of the Agency’s M... more
Science and technologyLebanon: end of the air block, the Beirut airport opens again
Beirut, Lebanon - An aircraft of the Lebanese airline MEA has landed yesterday after 6:00pm at "Rafik Hariri" airport
As already announced yesterday by Olmert himself, the Beirut airport has been freed by the air block and can resume its activity of civil flights. In the past days the embargo has been violated two times... more
Science and technologyJuly-record for Hong Kong airport
Hong Kong, China - There have passed 4,1 million of passengers, 8,6% plus compared with July 2005
The airport of Hong Kong has signed record numbers for what concerns passengers traffic on the month of July 2006. In fact 4,1 million of travellers have passed in the terminal, 8,6% plus compared with... more
Science and technologyLow-cost airlines against new Berlin airport
Berlin, Germany - The new air terminal will gather the three already existing, the low-fare carrier fear an increase on airport taxes
It’s begun the building of the new Berlin airport (vedi AVIONEWS), the Berlin Brandenburg International Airport, and the polemics are already raising. The low-cost carriers are not favorable to the construction o... more
Science and technologyCancun airport: wireless check-in
Cancun, Mexico – 10 new mobile reception desks
Purchasing 10 mobile reception desks, Cancun International Airport, Mexico, is the first –and the only one by now- air station in Latin America to have wireless technology for passenger check-in procedures. T... more
Science and technologyChechnya: Grozny airport opens in October
Grozny, Chechnya – After more than eight years
Chechen Premier, Ramzan Kadirov, announced that Grozny airport, in the ex-Soviet Republic Capital, will be opened next October 5 again, after more than eight years of inactivity. In the runway of this... more
Science and technologyNew Berlin airport: the works started today
Berlin, Germany - It will be ready in 2011
The works opening ceremony for the new Berlin airport has taken place today, after a sentence did not agree last March with environmentalists opposing the building of the Berlin Brandenburg International... more
Science and technologyAdR should decide today if it intends to acquire Alitalia's real estates
Rome, Italy - The deadline for interest expression is today
Today is the deadline for interest expression concerning acquisition of real estates that Alitalia wants to sell near Rome and Milan airports. Aeroporti di Roma is the only company which expressly considered... more
Science and technologyHeathrow: 120 laptops "Forgotten" every month by passengers
London, United Kingdom - The British terminal is the one that registers the biggest number of missing laptops
It doesn’t seem one of those devices you can easily forget and yet at London airport of Heathrow every month 120 laptops are found missing by their owners, that often in a hurry run toward the gates l... more
Science and technologyFog at Rome-Fiumicino airport: cancellations and delays
Rome, Italy - A dozen flights did not take off
A Malaysia Airlines flight, coming from Kuala Lumpur, which should have landed at 6 am this morning at Rome-Fiumicino airport, proceeded to Milan-Malpensa, that was scheduled as the prosecution air station... more
Science and technologyFiumicino: flames in a landing gear of a Boeing 767
Rome, Italy - The fire has been immediatly put, no discomforts for passengers
Yesterday morning at Fiumicino airport a Boeing 767 of the US company American Airlines, due to take-off, has been involved in a beginning of a fire at the landing gear, causing an emergency that however... more
Science and technologySogas. Bi-weekly direct connection from/to Zurich: the conference next Wednesday
Reggio Calabria, Italy - From September 12 the link takes off served by Helvetic Airways
"A delegation of Helvetic Airways to arrive in Reggio Calabria next Monday for the last details about the departure, on Tuesday September 12, of the first scheduled flight from/to Zurich. The link, twice... more
Science and technologyGander International Airport will soon close down
Gander, Canada - It was one of the key-air stations on September 11
National authorities have decided the imminent closure of Gander International Airport in Canada. The air station, that was born during the Second World War as advanced Atlantic base for planes flying... more
Science and technologySingapore airport keeps growing
Singapore, Republic of Singapore - In the month of July 19,9 million passengers have passed by it
New record for Singapore’s Changi airport. In the first seven months of 2006 the terminal of the South-East Asian Country has reached the number of 19,9 million passenger transported. The international a... more
Science and technologyBAA replies to monopoly accuses
London, United Kingdom - A sector fragmentation would not be good for English economy
BAA, the management company of seven airports in the UK, including three London airports of Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted, replied to airlines that complained a monopoly risk in its strong presence in... more
Science and technologySpecial maintenance at Osaka airport
Osaka, Japan - Structural intervention to face its worrying gradual sinking
"Kansai" Airport in Osaka keeps on sinking more than it had been foreseen. According to Japanese press, the six steel pillars sustaining three connection freeways have slanted 1.5 degrees, confirming signals... more
Science and technologyCagliari airport: landings will be suspended tomorrow from 3:30 pm to 5 pm
Cagliari, Italy – Take off could be delayed
Sogaer, management company of Cagliari-Elmas airport, makes known that the flying control activities of light visual devices, which are used for aircraft instrument landing, were not made yesterday morning... more
Science and technologyHelsinki airport: expansion works due to begin
Helsinki, Finland - They will start in September and will cost EUR 143m
In the mid September are going to start the expansion works for the international departures terminal at Helsinki-Vantaa airport, that will allow to the Finnish terminal to welcome 15 million passengers... more
Science and technologyAlmost all the runways of Beirut airport have been repaired
Beirut, Lebanon - They had been destroyed by the Israeli bombings
Yesterday the Lebanese press agency "Nna" retailed that the Beirut airport can dispose again of all its runways, but one. In fact the works for rebuilding of the Lebanese terminal’s strips, devastated b... more
Science and technologyLuggage mistakes (2). SEA: Milan-Malpensa is among the best European airports
Milan, Italy - After accuses of a trade unionist
Dario Balotta, an Italian trade unionist, attacked SEA, management company of Milan-Malpensa airport, through the data of the Association of European Airlines (AEA), according to which the number of not-delivered... more
Science and technologyLuggage mistakes: AEA publishes a ranking of European airports
Brussels, Belgium - Data of last July
AEA, the Association of European Airlines, published a statistic on airports performances concerning luggage management, with mistakes and discomforts including loss or delayed delivery to passengers.... more
Science and technologyNew terminal at Siem Reap airport in Cambodia
Phnom Penh, Cambodia - It's been realized thanks to a deal with France
Cambodia has became an ever more requested touristic site during last years, as proved by the 860,000 air arrivals in 2005 against 230,000 in 1999. In the aim to increase them ever more the Asian Country... more
Science and technologyNew airport in Durban on occasion of the World Championship in 2010
Durban, South Africa - The South-African city is one of the nine that will host the matches of World Cup
South Africa is preparing to welcome the World Football Championships of 2010, and makes it by building new international airports, like the one of Durban whose building is set to be completed within the... more
Science and technologyThe security measures keep beeing active in English airports
London, United Kingdom - The English Minister of Transports has announced the reconfirm of the severe rules on baggages
In British airports keeps staying active the strong security measures introduced after the failed terrorist attacks of last August 10. The English Minister of Transports stated that he has reconfirmed... more
Science and technologyThere are still discomforts on luggages delivery: yesterday 45 minutes of waiting at Malpensa
Milan, Italy -The Milan Municipality will create a controll office for the quality of services by Sea
Still don’t get better the situation of baggages delivery in Italian terminals, and in fact the Town Councilor of Milan has announced it will be created an office for the control of quality on services b... more
Science and technologySITA: USD 8m contract for check-in systems at Shangai airport
Geneva, Switzerland - The IT solutions provider won the farming together with SIIC Shanghai International Trade
SITA, the global information and telecommunication provider for air transport industry, and SIIC Shanghai International Trade won the USD 8m contract to equip Shangai-Pudong airport’s new Terminal 2 i... more
Science and technologyBA asks for more competition in London's airports control
London, United Kingdom - And it wishes the end of BAA monopoly
Heathrow and Stansted cannot be controlled by the same company, as it happens today with BAA. This is what British Airways and other airlines think, as they see a lack of competition in the fact that the... more
Science and technologyAmsterdam-Schiphol airport increases operating profit
Amsterdam, Holland - Data of the first semester 2006
The management company of Amsterdam-Schiphol airport, which should be listed on the Stock Exchange by the end of the year, had EUR 76.6m net profit in the first semester, a goal that is similar to the... more
Science and technologyMalaysia: visa at the airport for tourist
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - To promote arrivals from 23 Countries in the world
After the 2006 reprise of tourism in Malaysia, with arrivals comeback of 5.4% in the first 5 months (7.2 millions), Tourism Malaysia, the Government Agency that regulates and promotes tourist flows in... more
Science and technologyPositive summer for Cuneo airport
Cuneo, Italy - Good results for the flight to Bucarest, since September it will be the operative air terminal of "Emergency"
The flights Cuneo-Bucarest and Cuneo-Olbia have played an important role on the reaching of the good level of confluence since the beginning of this summer until now at Cuneo-Levaldigi airport. And particularly... more
Science and technologyBAA strengthen staff next week-end
London, United Kingdom - It intends to prevent flight cancellations this way
BAA, the management company of London’s Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted air stations and of four more British airports, announced it is putting additional resources in place in order to face increased s... more
Science and technologyChina: third expansion of the International Airport of Beijing
Beijing, China - New air aisles to reduce the delays in air traffic
In view of the Olympiad of Beijing 2008, the Chinese Authorities have started the third expansion of the International Airport of the Capital, a new mastodontic structure that will cover 300,000 square... more
Science and technologyPalermo Airport: fault to the data transmission line provokes delays to check-in
Palermo, Italy - No problem for Alitalia and AirOne
Yesterday morning, a fault to the data transmission line created the interruption of one hour and half, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., to the Palermo Airport’s check-in. All the personnel has been mobilized t... more
Science and technologyStanstedt: 54-hours-strike of the ground staff
London, United Kingdom - It's the result of an unsolved dispute against Swissport
The strike of the operators for luggages transport and for check-in at the London airport of Stanstedt that will last 54 hours, has been proclaimed by the Gmb syndicate, following a dispute against Swissport,... more
Science and technologyAlitalia: flight Rome-Munich returns for technical reasons
Rome, Italy - The security of flight has not been prejudiced
Yesterday afternoon, an Embraer 145 of Alitalia directed to Munich with 31 passengers on board has been obligated to return in the Fiumicino Airport half hour after the take off for technical reasons,... more
Science and technologyDelays in the luggages delivery at Fiumicino airport for a strike by AdR Handling
Rome, Italy - 200 employees of the airport services society are holding a meeting in these hours
It’s taking place in these hours at "leonardo da Vinci" airport of Fiumicino an assembly of 200 AdR Handling employees, to protest against the selling of the airport service society to the Spanish Fcc, f... more
Science and technologyRecord traffic in the Roman air stations for the Middle Summer departures
Rome, Italy - The data have been communicated by AdR
AdR, society that manages the two Roman airports of Fiumicino and Ciampino has made known the data about the passengers traffic in the two airfields regarding the period between August 12 and 14. With... more
Science and technologyFire yesterday at Brussels airport
Brusselles, Belgium - The flames caused the closure of a part of the airfield: cancellations and delays
Yesterday afternoon at about 6:00pm the Brussels airport has been partially closed for several hours because of a fire burnt in the underground tunnel network. Biac, the society that manages the Belgian... more
Science and technologyToday opens again for the commercial flights the airport of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon - The first flight of the Lebanese flag air company will land at 12:00am
A plane of the Lebanese flag air company Middle East Airlines (MEA) will land today at about 12:00am at the international airport of Beirut; the first commercial flight after 34 days of war to operate... more
Science and technologyIt could be cancelled the privatization of Amsterdam airport
Amsterdam, Netherlands - The Government has postponed to the end of September the discussion about the Schiphol Group privatization
The Dutch Government has communicated during last days that the topic about Amsterdam-Schiphol airport privatization will be discuss not before of the end of September. But in this way many fear that the... more
Science and technologyZurich airport: bar are closed for who flyes to US
Zurich, Switzerland - As precautionary measure for the terrorist attacks
The Zurich-Kloten that deals every day 12 flights with 8 US destinations, carrying daily hundreds of people, has announced, trough Joern Wagenbach, spokesman of the airport society, that has closed all... more