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Press releaseAlitalia: net financial standing on July 31 2005
Rome, Italy - It is worth EUR 1710m
Alitalia indicated its net financial standing on July 31, 2005, being worth EUR 1710m. Debt proved lower and financial leasing consisted of around EUR 278m. The 400m bridge loan is covered by State’s w... more
Press releaseUP about Alitalia: new commissioning's rumours?
Rome, Italy - Despite the sustained efforts by employees and pilots and some positive results reached
"Unione Piloti (Italian Airline and Civil Pilots Association) had declared, about a year ago, that the Alitalia’s commissioning perhaps wasn’t a worse hardship. Today, the UP proposes again the extraordinary com... more
Press releaseENAC about Blue Panorama airline
Rome, Italy - To make a statements about Egyptian carrier suspended in Belgium
Enac, Italian Civil Aviation Board, said to have already carried out verifications into Blue Panorama airline from which no negative results came to light. Moreover, regarding Belgium Civil Aviation... more
Press releaseIBAR wrote ENAC on the air transport's safety
Rome, Italy - "Incomplete carriers lists" create only confusion
"IBAR, the association that regroups 78 delegates of national and international airlines operating in Italy, has sent a letter to the ENAC’s President, Vito Riggio, in which invites the Board ’To decline in... more
Press releaseANSV: ATR-72's wreckage, sank last August 6 near Palermo, came to the surface
Rome, Italy - In addition to the corpse already found yesterday, the other two bodies that result still missing are searching
"ANSV (Italian Air Safety Board) informs that in early morning of today, through the special equipment used by Ares ship engaged in the operation, the nearly totality of the ATR-72 wreckage, sank last... more
Press releaseMyair: World Focus' operational activities have been lifted
Milan, Italy - Following technical problems occurred for an aircraft from Bari to Bergamo on last Thursday night
Following technical problems occurred for a World Focus’ aircraft from Bari to Bergamo on last Thursday night, a carrier which had been requested by MyAir.com to operate the related 8I-1061 flight, MyAir.com d... more
Press releaseENAC confirms that carriers suspended in Europe not operate in Italy
Rome, Italy - The proposals presented by Italian Civil Aviation Authority at the ECAC' General Directors meeting
"ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Authority) confirms that none of the airlines temporarily suspended by the other European countries (Black list) is operating on the Italian territory. ENAC reaffirms that... more
Press releaseInformation on carriers which can be fund by a green number and the ENAC's official website
rome, Italy - Details on certified carriers
ENAC (Italian National Civil Aviation Agency) provides a gree number and data by its official website on carriers certified by proper procedures. Details available concern national airlines, EU airlines,... more
Press releaseAustrian Airlines achieves an European record
Vienna, Austria - The carrier received permission to perform RNP RNAV approach
The Boeing B-737 fleet of Austrian Airlines has just become the first fleet in Europe to receive permission to perform RNP RNAV (Required Navigation Performance Area Navigation) approaches. This new concept... more
Press releaseENAC: Board of Directors' meeting on the Tuninter accident on August 6 2005
Rome, Italy - To analyse ther problems related to foreign carriers' safety checks also with reference to the accident
Italian National Civil Aviation Agency (ENAC) Board of Director met in order to analyse ther problems related to foreign carriers’ safety checks also with reference to the accident of the ATR-72 Tuninter. T... more
Press releaseENAC on the state of assessments and measures undertaken during the Summery season and flight safety initiatives to introduce to national and communitarian level (2)
Rome, Italy - Proposals that ENAC introduced both to national and communitarian level
On the strength of the JAA (Joint Aviation Authorities) check procedures, in the course of ramp inspections on foreign aircraft, a check-list containing 54 inner and external controls is examined. ENAC... more
Press releaseENAC on the state of assessments and measures undertaken during the Summery season and flight safety initiatives to introduce to national and communitarian level
Rome, Italy - Results of the meeting held today
Today it has been carried out by the ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Body) office, a reunion attended by the Air Transport Customers and Consumers Committee, the Maritime and Air Navigation Department of... more
Press releaseItalo-German co-pilot flew the Lufthansa A-321 "Regensburg" bringing in Italy Pope Benedict XVI
Cologne, Germany - Flight LH 3856 followed a particular route, overflying some cities where the present Pope played an active role
Francesco Sciortino, born in Germany from Sicilian parents, was the co-pilot who together with Capt. Martin Ott has brought back Pope Benedict XVI in Italy by the Airbus A-321 by Lufthansa named "Regensburg"... more
Press releaseEmbraer trains Embraer 170/190 crews in Europe
São José dos Campos, Brazil - Company’s Embraer 170 Full Flight Simulator is the first to operate in the continent
"Embraer today announced that Europe’s first Embraer 170 Full Flight Simulator (FFS) has entered service to provide professional cockpit crew instruction for customers based in the region. Fully owned b... more
Press releaseAlitalia: "Banca Intesa has not undertaken engagement of guarantee on carrier"
Rome, Italy -It has not reached yet any agreement regarding capital increase
Alitalia said that Banca Intesa has not undertaken engagement of guarantee related to the planned Alitalia’s recapitalisation. Alitalia said that Banca Intesa and Deutsche Bank involvement depends on m... more
Press releaseSULT-Alitalia: meeting with Investigation Committee on Strikes proved unsuccessful
Rome, Italy - Strikes on August 30 and 31 have been confirmed
The meeting between SULT and Investigation Committee on Strikes to avoid the strikes on August 30 and 31 proved unsuccessful. Government is expected to act in order to solve the problem as indicated by... more
Press releaseSULT: "Alitalia, press' statements prove false and dangerous"
Rome, Italy - Reactions against criticism expressed against the union's strategy and its choices in Alitalia
Italian SULT union reacted against some statements made on Italian press such as Corriere della Sera by Prof. Ichino and some others coming from CGIL union. In the first case, SULT cannot accept that one... more
Press releaseICAO: biometrics featured at global symposium on machine readable travel documents
Montreal, Canada - The appointment at Montreal for September 29-30
"On 29 and 30 September 2005, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) will hold a global symposium on Machine Readable Travel Documents (MRTDs) and biometric-enhanced e-passports, at its Headquarters... more
Press releaseSULT: "In case the dispute is not settled, transports will be stopped"
Rome, Italy - "The times in order to find a resetting of the dispute are tightest and we continue to demand a direct participation of the Government"
The Investigation Committee on Strikes summoning of Alitalia and SULT, even if positive, includes an inborn weakness that does not make to hope SULT for a positive outcome of the dispute. Summoning the... more
Press releaseANSV: "ATR-72's disaster is at a cross-roads"
Rome, Italy - The Italian Board is providing all elements available to recover flight recorders
ANSV, the Italian Air Safety Board, informs that Italian Navy has spotted the black boxes belonging to the ATR-72 dropped off Palermo last August 6. The ANSV is providing all elements available to recover... more
Press releaseUPS places its first order for Boeing 747-400 Freighters
Washington, USA - The first delivery is scheduled for June 2007
"UPS, a global leader in package delivery, specialized transportation and logistics services, announced an order for eight 747-400 Freighters today, the Boeing Company confirmed. The firm order is the... more
Press releaseShut down of SULT Flight Attendant's Union: a letter to Italian institutions
Rome, Italy - "It is not possible asking union and workers for accepting passively such situation when legality is trampled on"
The SULT union, which represents the 60% of Alitalia’s flight attendants, confirmed its plan to strike next August 30-31 to protest the Italian airline’s efforts to shut down their union. It wrote a l... more
Press releaseFinnair to land in Tuscany
Helsinki, Finnish Republic - The Finnish carrier's fourth connection in Italy
Finnair will launch direct flights from Helsinki to "Galileo Galilei" Florence Pisa International Airport next Spring. Finnair will operate the route with its Airbus A-320 fleet, flying directly to the... more
Press releaseSULT's letter to Investigating Committee on Strikes about August 30-31 protest
Rome, Italy - "Workers must select their representatives, not the companies"
SULT (Italian United Transport Workers Union) sent a letter to Italian Investigating Committee on Strikes about a Committee’ resolution regarding the August 30-31 protest over flight attendant contracts d... more
Press releaseFinnair: strong growth in 2005 2nd quarter's turnover
Helsinki, Finland Republic - "The airlines' growth is among the best in the Finland's industry"
Finnair’s turnover rose by 15.6 per cent to EUR 471.9 million in April-June. Finnair’s growth is among the best in the industry, and turnover will increase by at least EUR 200m at the end of this year, sai... more
Press release"Telefono Blu": carriers' black list published on website
Rome, Italy - Also after recent events
"’Telefono Blu’ (Italian Association for the tourists’ tutelage) will publish on the website (www.telefonoblu.it), also after recent events, the ’Black list’ of carriers, indicated by FAA in USA which... more
Press releaseEnac about the checks system on foreign carriers and on publishing of the airlines' list with Icao reliefs
Rome, Italy - The Italian Civil Aviation Authority has already convoked a meeting for next August 23
"ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Authority) remembers that the request to adopt similar positions has been presented by General Director last October 2004 in community ambit, regarding the news about the... more
Press releaseEnac: a Greek airplane landed in emergency at Milan-Malpensa
Rome, Italy - The Alexander Air's MD-80, from Zacinto to Manchester, with aboard 159 passengers and 7 crewmembers
"ENAC, (Italian Civil Aviation Authority) communicates that at 12:30pm of today an airplane of the Greek carrier, Alexander Air, passing through Italy, took off from Zacinto and directed to Manchester,... more
Press releaseEuropean Commission - working to combat fire and drought in the EU
Brussels, Belgium - Recent years have witnessed an increase in forest fires in the EU Mediterranean region
"Recent years have witnessed an increase in forest fires in the EU Mediterranean region. In 2003, the total area burnt by forest fires was 740,000 hectares (almost 3 times the surface area of Luxembourg).... more
Press releaseENAV on the ATR-72 airplane accident
Rome, Italy - The talks performed till the emergency just regarded ordinary flight activity
"ENAV (Italian National Traffic Management Authority) makes clear that circumstances described by Italian newspaper ’La Repubblica’ today regarding the supposed talks between Ciampino Air Traffic Cen... more
Press releaseAeradria SpA on the charter carriers' list "defeated" in USA and operating in Italy
Rimini, Italy - The management society of "Federico Fellini" Airport will adapt to every type of revision decided by Enac
"About the news published today on the press regarding the charter carriers’ list "defeated" in USA (by FAA) and operating in Italy on the Adriatic Riviera, Aeradria SpA, (management society of the Rimini’s Int... more
Press releaseAlitalia about Sult's union rights revocation
Rome, Italy - Regarding declarations of the flight assistants' union
"Concerning the declarations of the flight assistants’ union of Sult published in these days on the press, Alitalia specifies that the decision to suspend, with immediate effect, the union rights comes f... more
Press releaseENAC assures maximum cooperation in the inquiries ongoing by Magistrature and ANSV
Rome, Italy - Every other communication by the Italian Civil Aviation Authority will be reserved to the investigators
"With reference to the air crash occurred last Saturday, the ENAC, (Italian Civil Aviation Authority), confirming that all the hypothesis until now formulated are within the theoretical reconstructions... more
Press releaseEnac: its President intervenes on SAFA's controls and convokes the customer's Committee and Board for next August 23
Rome, Italy - General Director, Manera, responsible to verify all the authorizations for charter flights, in consequence of Palermo's crash
"The President of ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Authority), Vito Riggio, cites the report on the safety presented to the Transport Commission of the Chamber of Deputies last month from which results that... more
Press releaseANSV: the inquiry about Palermo's crash continues at a fast rhythm
Rome, Italy - With French BEA' investigators and those ones of Tunisian AIB
"The Italian Air Safety Board (ANSV) informs that the international inquiry about the technical inquest of the ANSV’s competence has begun starting from yesterday afternoon, with arriving the investigators o... more
Press release"Telefono Blu" about ATR-72's tragedy
Rome, Italy - Safety on charter flights and to intervene with urgency, according to the Italian Association for the tourists and customers' tutelage
"The ATR-72’s tragedy Bari-Djerba, with the death of many tourists direct towards holidays, opens an enormous problem, according ’Telefono Blu’, about the charter flights safety. According to the Prof.... more
Press releaseUP on the AVIONEWS' report regarding the contracts between Ryanair and airports
Rome, Italy - "Many Italian airport operators pay out generously Ryanair a lot of money, both directly and undirectly"
"Unione Piloti (Italian Airline and Civil Pilots Association) communicates that thanks to the recent report published by AVIONEWS, regarding contracts between Ryanair and airports, an other voice, surely... more
Press releaseANPAC on AVIONEWS' report concerning contracts between Ryanair and management airport societies
Rome, Italy - "Today we feel still more motivated, receiving confirmations from the press agency’s news of that we already suspected"
"ANPAC (Italian Commercial Pilots Association) members express great concern for the serious declarations showed by AVIONEWS and concerning a report about ’Forms and procedures used by Ryanair to stipulate c... more
Press releaseAnpac: Air One's pilots strike called off today
Rome, Italy - Fixed for next September 19
"Air One’s pilots strike, fixed for next September 19, has been called off today by Anpac after the signature of an agreeement. This last is the beginning of a renewed atmosphere of industrial relationships b... more
Press releaseAlitalia: decisions of the bondholders' meeting and that one of shareholders’ extraordinary meeting
Rome, Italy - Financial net situation at June 30, 2005
"Last Friday, the Society bondholders’ meeting and that one of shareholders’ extraordinary have gathered, under the leadership of Eng. Giancarlo Cimoli. They have decided regarding the Board’s proposals: in pa... more
Press releaseAir Dolomiti: flights to Vienna and Sardinia
Ronchi dei Legionari, Italy - For all Summer season from Verona's Airport to the Austrian capital and towards the island from the main national airports
"Air Dolomiti launched special tariffs to fly all Summer season to Vienna from Verona’s Airport and towards the Sardinia’s beaches from the main Italian airports. Purchasing an Air Dolomiti’s ticket until... more
Press releaseFinmeccanica acquires 52.7% of Datamat SpA
Rome, Italy - The company will provide Finmeccanica with operations and key skills in IT for aerospace, defence and public administration
"Finmeccanica announces the purchase of 14,869,829 shares representing 52.7% of the capital of Datamat SpA, a company listed on the telecoms (TechStar) segment of the Italian Nuovo Mercato. The group... more
Press releaseItalian Navy: the Polish Navy's ship to visit in our Country
Livorno, Italy - It remains until next July 21
"The Polish Navy’s ’Wodnik’ ship has arrived yesterday at Livorno’s port, where it will stay until next July 21. The Polish ship’s visit is conducted within the cooperation activity between the Italian N... more
Press releaseAirbus signed agreement with Chile for the A-400M
Santiago of Chile, Chile - The deliveries forecast between 2018 and 2022
"The Chilean Air Force signed a MoU with Airbus Military in which declares its own intention for purchasing until three A-400M, the military transport airplanes. The document, signed last July 15 in Santiago... more
Press releaseSult: the strike of next Monday confirmed
Rome, Italy - By Alitalia's flight assistants
"The union Sult confirms the strike fixed for next Monday, July 18, for 24 hours by Alitalia’s flight assistants. Sult wants: - to renew to the society the starting request of a serious meeting; - t... more
Press releaseAlitalia: specification about the reorganization proposal of the bond loan
Rome, Italy - The modified bond will be negotiated at the Exchange from next August 1st 2005
"Alitalia Linee Aeree Italiane SpA specifies that, regarding the modification proposal of the bond loan ’Alitalia 2,9% 2002-2007 convertible’, the modified bonds will be negotiated at the Exchange fro... more
Press releaseFinmeccanica: shareholders’ meeting appoints new board of directors
Rome, Italy - Pierfrancesco Guarguaglini confirmed as Chairman and CEO
"At today’s meeting in Rome, shareholders appointed the new Board of Directors, whose mandate will last from now until the meeting to approve the 2007 results. Shareholders also voted that the Board s... more
Press releaseAlitalia: press release according to article 102 of Government decree nr 58 of 24/2/1998 and article 37 of Regulations adopted by Consob
Rome, Italy - With resolution nr 11971 of May 14, 1999 and following modifications
"Alitalia - Linee Aeree Italiane SpA - communicates that it has promoted the reconstruction of the convertible bond issue named ’Alitalia 2,9% 2002-2007 convertible’ qualifiable according to the article 102... more
Press releaseEnac's President, Vito Riggio, in London during the next days
Rome, Italy - To meet the British Civil Aviation Authority
"The Enac’s President, Vito Riggio, will go to London during the next days to see the Caa (Civil Aviation Authority) management, for a meeting finalized to analyze several topics regarding the security a... more
Press releaseAnsv: the Italian Air Safety Board' investigation on the accident occurred to S-64 F in Fiumicino became international
Rome, Italy - The NTSB has nominated Accredited Representatives in our country
"The ANSV (Italian Air Safety Board) has started the prescribed technical investigation of the accident occurred to an Erickson Skycrane S-64 F helicopter on July 6th at Rome-Fiumicino Airport (LIRF),... more