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Fair and showsBel Air takes delivery of its first AW-189 and signs for a third helicopter
Amsterdam, Holland - During an official ceremony held at "Helitech International"
Finmeccanica–AgustaWestland announced that Bel Air of Denmark has taken delivery of its first AW-189 super medium helicopter during an official ceremony held at "Helitech International" yesterday (Amsterdam, O... more
SecurityAirplanes and safety. EU: more cooperation between Member States on airport controls
Brussels, Belgium - The European Commission will audit screening efficiency in African airports
The European Commission "Will immediately undertake an audit of exit screening systems in place in the affected countries... to check their effectiveness and reinforce them as necessary", said European... more
AirportsAirplanes and airports. Mexico City: the “Benito Juárez” will be converted in a green area
Mexico City, Mexico - Airplanes and airports. Mexico City: the “Benito Juárez” will be converted in a green area
The most important Mexico’s commercial airport will be transformed into a huge green lung in the Federal District (the metropolitan area of the capital) with a rain water basin. A public open competition w... more
SecurityAirplanes and safety. Suspect case of Ebola at Madrid airport
Madrid, Spain - The man came from Nigeria after stop-over in Paris
A passenger on an Air France airplane from Paris arrived in Madrid showing possible Ebola Symptoms: fever, sweat, and headache. Barajas airport authorities immediately activated emergency protocols. An... more
ConferencesAircraft and transport. EASA Safety Conference on General Aviation comes to a close
Cologne, Germany - The Agency is working to make simpler, lighter better rules a reality for this sector
The EASA Safety Conference 2014 on General Aviation (GA) was closed by EASA Executive Director, Patrick Ky. The two day conference had more than 350 attendants, representing 250 organisations from 30 countries.... more
HelicoptersAvincis finalized order for two EC-135T3 helicopters
Amsterdam, Holland - Airbus Helicopters and Priority 1 Air Rescue bring their training cooperation to "Helitech International"
Airbus Helicopters to build on its partnership with Avincis, a Babcock International Group company, with an order for two latest-generation EC-135T3s for emergency medical service (EMS) operations. Avincis’ s... more
HelicoptersRoyal Jordanian Air Force purchased eight R-44 helicopters
Torrance, Usa - To replace its fleet of Hughes 500D aircraft, in service since 1981
The Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) chose Robinson Helicopter Company’s R-44 Raven II to replace its fleet of Hughes 500D helicopters that have been in service since 1981. Equipped with Garmin and A... more
Military aviationAirplanes and defence. Russia: military expense grows despite economic contraction
Moscow, Russia - Record defence budget at 81 billion dollars in 2015
Russia is increasing military expense although it is in economic contraction, as low oil prices, inflation and Western sanctions over the Kremlin's role in the Ukraine crisis hit the country. According... more
IndustryAirplanes and industry. Italian Stock Exchange authority asks for explanations on the Finmeccanica’s debts
Rome, Italy - The Group CEO said that “Actual debt” is greater than in 2013 during hearing at the Senate
Statements pronounced by Finmeccanica CEO Mauro Moretti during an informal hearing at the X Commission for Industry of the Italian Senate (for details see AVIONEWS) caught the attention of Consob, government... more
SecurityAirplanes and safety. USA: infected nurse travelled by plane last Monday
Dallas, USA - Authorities search for passengers on the same flight. Meanwhile in the UK airport screening is extended to Heathrow terminals 2 and 5 and Gatwick
Second Ebola case in the United States: Amber Wilson, a nurse, has been infected after treating “Patient zero” Thomas Eric Duncan who died on October 8 (for details see AVIONEWS). American authorities wer... more
Defense"Noble Justification". NATO naval drills begin in Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean
Rome, Italy - Terrestrial and maritime assets, aircraft and special forces participate
A large fleet of naval vessels is taking part in the multinational “Noble Justification” military exercise which is underway in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. More than twenty warships, and... more
IndustryFinmeccanica’s takes part in "World Food Day 2014"
Rome, Italy - The Group supports the initiative through its “Responsible Canteens programme”
Finmeccanica is supporting "World Food Day 2014" promoted by FAO, through its “Responsible Canteens programme”, a project implemented in partnership with the Fondazione Banco Alimentare Onlus, the Sit... more
SecurityMeasures against Ebola in Italy: two C-130 airplanes to transport infected people
Rome, Italy - The Council of Ministers decided to implement more severe controls in ports and airports
Italy will strengthen ports and airports controls and will provide passengers with information leaflets on contagion by Ebola. These are the main results of yesterday’s summit at Palazzo Chigi (the official r... more
Fair and showsAirbus Helicopters received the "Outstanding Supplier Award" from Erickson Helicopters
Amsterdam, Holland - Recognizing innovative & responsive customer services
"Exceptional customer support" provided by Airbus Helicopters –along with Airbus Helicopters Inc. (AHI) and Vector Aerospace– has been recognized with Erickson Helicopters’ "Outstanding Supplier Award... more
Fair and showsAirbus Helicopters launches new service offers to secure repair cycles
Amsterdam, Holland - During the "Helitech International 2014" in Amsterdam
To better serve customers and deliver Airbus Helicopters’ best support and services offering, the company has launched a comprehensive improvement effort that is yielding visible results for customers. "The i... more
AirlinesAircraft and transport. Germanwings: substituted flight schedule to the strike of today (from midday to midnight)
Cologne, Germany - The 80% of the 500 connections confirmed
Germanwings responds to the strike with a substituted flight schedule. The protest announced by the German pilots' union Cockpit is fixed for today, October 16, for 12 hours (from midday to midnight).... more
HelicoptersBAIC signs multi-year contract for AW helicopters
Cascina Costa, Italy - Deliveries are scheduled to start in mid-2015 and continue through to 2019
Finmeccanica–AgustaWestland announced that Beijing Automotive Industrial Corporation (BAIC) of China has signed a multi-year contract for the purchase of 50 AgustaWestland helicopters of various models, i... more
ReportMalaysian airplane crashed in Ukraine: passengers’ personal belongings taken to Kharkiv for further investigation
Kiev, Ukraine - Dutch experts reached the Ukrainian town to resume investigation
Search for the bodies of the victims of July 17 airplane crash go on. On that day, a Malaysian Airlines Boeing-777/220 was shot down while flying over Donetsk, in Ukraine. The Kharkiv region administration’s p... more
Military aviationFirst German Air Force A-400M airplane made its maiden flight
Seville, Spain - Lasted around five hours
The first Airbus A-400M new generation airlifter ordered by the German Air Force has made its maiden flight, marking a key milestone towards its delivery. The aircraft, known as MSN18, took off from Seville,... more
IndustryAirbus: IndiGo signs MoU for 250 A-320neo aircraft
Toulouse, France - The carrier has previously placed orders for 280 airplanes
India’s largest domestic airline by market share, IndiGo and its Co-Founders, Rakesh Gangwal and Rahul Bhatia, Group Managing Director of InterGlobe, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for 2... more
HelicoptersMilitary helicopters. Boeing and Sikorsky will fly first SB-1 Defiant in 2017
Washington, USA - The new helicopter has been designed to replace US Air Force Apache and Black Hawk
The SB-1 Defiant helicopter, developed by Boeing and Sikorsky, should do its first flight in 2017. The aircraft is competing with Bell Helicopter V-280 in the JMR-TD (Joint multi-role Technology demonstrator)... more
Finance and economyAirplanes and carriers. Etihad Airways: revenues +29 per cent in Q3 2014 following passenger and cargo growth
Abu Dhabi, UAE - Total revenues of USD 1.8 billion
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, yesterday reported total revenues of USD 1.8 billion for the third quarter of 2014, an impressive increase of 29 per cent year-on-year,... more
Military aviationMilitary airplanes. Russia: two new bases operative in 2016 and 2017
Kazan, Russia - The facilities are located in Belarus and Yakutia and will deploy respectively airplanes Sukhoi Su-27 and MIG-31
The Russian Air Force Commander-In-Chief Colonel General Viktor Bondarev met journalists on Wednesday October 15 during a visit at the construction yard of a new air base in Babruysk in eastern Belarus.... more
AirlinesAirplanes. Alitalia strengthens connections between Italy and France thanks to the Rome-Marseille flight
Rome, Italy - The links between the two Countries to 178 per week
Starting October 26th Marseilles will join the Alitalia network thanks to the launch of a new international direct connection to Rome-Fiumicino. The new flights will be operating on a daily basis with... more
SecurityAirplanes and safety. Heathrow airport: confusion on Ebola screening’s first day
London, United Kingdom - Controls appear to rely on the passengers’ will
Confusion at Heathrow on the first day of the anti-Ebola screenings announced by the UK health secretary Jeremy Hunt to the Parliament on Monday (for details see AVIONEWS). As reported by “The Guardian”, som... more
HelicoptersNorsk Luftambulanse signs for an AW-169 helicopter
Amsterdam, Holland - During the "Helitech International 2014"
Finmeccanica–AgustaWestland announced that Norsk Luftambulanse (NLA AS) of Norway has signed a contract for one AW-169 light twin-engined intermediate helicopter for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) i... more
ConferencesAirplanes and safety. AVIONEWS at the EASA conference (2): over 300 representatives of 200 organizations of 29 European countries in Rome
Rome, Italy - A two days rich of themes: General Aviation and drone aircraft. ENAC's note
"Today and tomorrow (October 15 and 16), over 300 exponents of 200 organizations of 29 European States meet in Rome for the EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) annual conference about safety. The... more
ConferencesAirplanes and safety. AVIONEWS at the EASA annual conference in Rome
Rome, Italy - Two days of events dedicated to the General Aviation
More than 300 representatives of 200 organizations of 29 European countries gathered in Rome and for the first time in Italy today and tomorrow for the EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) annual conference... more
HelicoptersGeneral Electric expands its business to helicopter leasing
Dublin, Ireland - The American corporation announces the purchase of Milestone, leading company in the sector
Milestone Aviation Group is a Dublin-based company who buys and leases helicopters to commercial operators all around the world. Its fleet, made by 168 rotorcraft, is valued at 2.8 billion dollars (2.2... more
HelicoptersFinmeccanica-AgustaWestland: EUR 400m contract with Chinese BAIC for 50 helicopters
Rome, Italy - Strategic partnership between the two Groups for parapublic mission aircraft
Finmeccanica–AgustaWestland has signed a contract with Beijing Automotive Industrial Corporation (BAIC) of China for the purchase of 50 AgustaWestland helicopters of various models for parapublic missions. T... more
AirlinesAirplanes and labour. Meridiana pilot and steward climb over a tower for protest
Olbia, Italy - The two men would stay there until layoffs are revoked
The deferment of yesterday’s institutional meeting to discuss Meridiana controversy at the minister of Labour contributed to worsen an already tense and complicated situation, involving the future of a... more
UAS-DronesRussia designs a warship equipped with drone helicopters
Moscow, Russia - The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Gorizont is made in Russia under license of the Austrian Schiebel
Gorizont drone will be part of the equipment of a new Russian war corvette still under design. According to unconfirmed reports, the ship’s keel will probably be laid next year in St. Petersburg’s Sev... more
Defense"EUMC Away Days"
Florence, Italy - Florence hosts informal meeting of the EU Military Committee
The "EU Military Committee Away Days" takes place today in Florence in front of the Italian Chief of Staff of the Defense, Admiral Luigi Binelli Mantelli. It is in the context of the activities linked... more
SecurityAirplanes and safety. Two false Ebola-alarms in Italy yesterday: is it a psychosis?
Rome, Italy - But yesterday the first death in Germany was recorded too
Two false Ebola-alarms were recorded in Italy yesterday. In the morning, a Ryanair airplane going to London-Stansted was grounded for over an hour on the “Canova” airport runway in Treviso. The reason was... more
Weather forecastsBad weather in Italy is still interesting the Northern regions
Rome, Italy - An orange criticality on North-Western of Lombardy and on North of Lazio
The Italian Civil Defense Department, on the basis of available forecasts, issued a bulletin for adverse weather conditions. It integrates and extends those diffused in the last days. An orange criticality... more
ConferencesNew airplanes, drones and space tourism focus of attention of a conference in Naples (October 22-23)
Rome, Italy - Aerospace: ten of thousands of new jobs in Italy
The aerospace sector could create ten of thousands new jobs in Italy and hundred of thousands in Europe in the next years. The international conference "Create job opportunities through aerospace" (October... more
Fair and showsAgustaWestland at "Helitech International 2014": the industry exhibits its helicopters and Customer support solutions
Amsterdam, Holland - The AW-169 in EMS configuration and the AW-189 super medium twin engined
Finmeccanica–AgustaWestland exhibits its market leading range of commercial helicopters at "Helitech International 2014" alongside a range of the company’s latest customer support and training solutions. The... more
UAS-DronesAirplanes and technology. NASA working on a drone to study hurricane
Portsmouth, USA - Global Hawk will allow more accurate forecasts on the developing of tropical storms
NASA is working on the development of a drone collecting data to understand the processes that drive hurricanes. The unmanned airplane, called Global Hawk, has been in the experimental stages for three... more
IndustryAirbus: VietJetAir's A-320 airplane enters final assembly
Toulouse, France - The first of up to 100 aircraft that will be acquired by the airline under a deal finalised last February
Final assembly of VietJetAir’s first A-320 on order from Airbus is now underway in Toulouse, France. This is the first of up to 100 of the single aisle aircraft that will be acquired by the airline u... more
Military aviationAirplanes and alliances. Turkey would allow the use of its bases for the overthrow of Assad
Ankara, Turkey - Ankara wishes a no-fly zone to protect a training area for Syrian rebels
Turkey has not changed its mind: a broad support to the anti-Isis coalition depends on the US government will to include overthrowing Bashar al-Assad’s government in Syria among the objectives. Ankara d... more
AirportsAirplanes and airports. Aena privatization: the committee selects the three new shareholders
Madrid, Spain - 28% of the stake will be divided between two Spanish companies and an English investor
The committee for proposals evaluation decided over the purchase of Aena, the Spanish airport management giant: the core of private shareholders will be made by Corporación Alba with 8% of shares, Ferrovial... more
Civil aviationAircraft and transport. Aci Europe: airports support EU coordinated response on Ebola
Brussels, Belgium - Such coordination should involve clear and unequivocal communication of risk assessment as regards the possible spread of the virus in Europe
In the midst of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa, rising public concerns about its potential spread and an evolving array of national responses in Europe, the European airport trade association... more
IndustryAirplanes and industry. Finmeccanica: governance is obsolete
Rome, Italy - The Group CEO Mauro Moretti defends his own conduct during hearing at the Senate
“A company doing too many things, with obsolete governance”. This is, in synthesis, the content of the informal hearing by Finmeccanica CEO Mauro Moretti at the X Commission for Industry of the Italian Sen... more
AirlinesAircraft and carriers: Alitalia and airberlin sign code-share agreement
Rome, Italy - Milan-Linate new airport for all German airline and NIKI flights
airberlin, Germany’s second largest airline and Alitalia, Italy’s leading carrier, have signed a code-share agreement to offer more choice and greater convenience to their guests. All of their 412 wee... more
Civil aviationNatural disasters on Japan and India: hundreds of airplanes grounded
Tokyo, Japan - Typhoon Vongfong and cyclone Hudhud ravaged the two Asian countries
After Panphone (for more details see AVIONEWS), another typhoon has stricken Japan. Its name is Vongfong and, after crossing the country from South to North, it is leaving the country to release its last... more
SecurityAirplanes and safety. Ebola: controls at Heathrow airport start today
London, United Kingdom - But measures taken have raised criticism
Special anti-Ebola tests will be implemented from today at Heathrow Airport Terminal 1 in London. There are no direct flights to the UK from affected West African countries but travellers can reach the... more
Military aviationItalian Air Force: Combined Joint Personnel Recovery Standardisation Course
Rome, Italy - The course certified the capability to lead and to manage the rescue missions of military and civil staff in crisis areas
The Combined Joint Personnel Recovery Standardisation Course (CJPRSC) is finished satisfactory. This was the final CJPRSC to be conducted by the EAG prior to it being handed over to the European Personnel... more
Fair and showsItalian Air Force: 54th acrobatic season for MB-339 airplanes by Italian PAN-"Frecce Tricolori"
Rome, Italy - The last leg on Torrejon airport in Spain to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Ejercito dell'Aire
The 54th acrobatic season of the "Frecce Tricolori" airplanes ended with the last leg in Spain at the Torrejon airport, in the occasion of the celebrations for the 75th anniversary of the Ejercito dell'Aire.... more
AirlinesAirplanes and airlines. Air France-Klm ready to create a new low-cost if pilots do not sign
Paris, France - September’s strike costed the carrier at least 500 million Euros
Despite last month strike, Air France-Klm president Alexandre de Juniac did not give up his project of a low-cost subsidiary in the Group. Company and trade unions went back to negotiations after walkout... more
Science and technologyAirplanes and environment. Norwegian Air Shuttle to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Oslo, Norway - The Scandinavian low-cost carrier is waiting for 222 new aircraft in 2015
“The best an air company can do to cut greenhouse gas emissions is to fly modern planes”. Norwegian Air Shuttle low-cost airline CEO Bjoern Kjos said these words during the “Global Reuters Global Clima... more