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Science and technologyGermany and Switzerland towards an agreement for Zurich Airport
Berlin, Germany - These two countries could share noise pollution for such air station
German Chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, has recently met Swiss Confederation President, Joseph Deiss, in Berlin. During this meeting, a particular importance has been recognized for air transport, and the... more
Science and technologyUS Navy and Saratov for a new aviation programme
Moscow, Russia - The EKIP could be subsidized be US Navy for firefighting missions
US Navy would be willing to subsidize a Russian programme belonging to Saratov company. It deals with the EKIP (a Russian acronym for ecology and progress), an aircraft with a structure which appears very... more
Science and technologyAeroports of Paris privatisation is partially realised
Paris, France – The airport will remain a public service
French Prime Minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, said today that the state would retain a majority stake in Aeroports de Paris (ADP) once partly privatized. He also said that the status of Charles de Gaulle... more
Science and technologyWar residual removed at Catania airport
Catania, Italia – WWII bomb
This morning a WWII bomb, found yesterday at Fontanarossa airport of Catania from a worker; has been removed by Army experts came from Palermo. The bomb was twenty kilogramms heavy. The operation took... more
Science and technologyFiumicino airport is already opened to flights
Rome, Italy – At Leonardo Da Vinci airport all the runways are operative
From 7:00 of this morning the meteorological conditions above Fiumicino Hub are returned into normality. A dense fog-bank has created serious problems for flights coming from and to the airport. Starting... more
Science and technologyOn three of May Reggio Calabria Airport will re-open its runway (2): the airport terrain will be reclaimed from WWII residuals
Reggio Calabria, Italy – The operations for the new runway will not be delayed
Finding WWII residuals will not add any late in the airport re-opening, foreseen, as told in technical terms, at 10:00pm Zulu of the two of May (see AVIONEWS article). SOGAS technicians, helped by artificers,... more
Science and technologyOn three of May Reggio Calabria Airport will re-open its runway
Reggio Calabria, Italy – New delay for airport opening
As declared by the administration of Sogas SpA, the company that manages the airport sited close to the strait of Messina, (see AVIONEWS article) the airstation will open on May the 3rd 2004. At the moment... more
Science and technologyAmerican representative found with a gun in his luggage
Louisville, USA - Detained for security controls, he didn’t remember to have a weapon
Republican Indiana representative, John N. Hostettler, has been stopped while he was going through a checkpoint at Louisville, Kentucky international airport. In his briefcase the security workers found... more
Science and technologyBar codes in order to reduce the loss of the baggages
Jacksonville, Usa - Cost? "Only" USD 300,000
By now we are habituated to see them everywhere, from the packages to the books, from the boxes to newspapers. Now the intelligent bar codes - Rfid - will find application also in the reduction of the... more
Science and technologyFlorence Airport's personnel is on strike
Florence, Italy - Against the shortage of ADF's willingness to cooperate with trade unions and the worsening of employment condition
A strike by Florence Airport's ground personnel is currently under way. This stopping of activity by employees has started this morning at 10:30 am and it will go on untill 2:30 pm. This protest regards... more
Science and technologyReggio Calabria: airport reopening delayed again
Reggio Calabria, Italy - The delay was imputed to the contracting company
The Reggio Calabria airport will not reopen even on the 20 April. It has been announced by Sogas, the airport’s managing company, which had already announced a first postponement in the reopening from t... more
Science and technologyPalermo: flights diverted due to blasts of wind
Palermo, Italy - The "Falcone-Borsellino" has remained open
Problems at the Palermo airport due to blasts of wind that make impossible for aircraft to land. Because of wind, which has reached 64 knots, six flights were diverted between noon and 2pm today: two to... more
Science and technologyVienna: airport traffic on the rise in March
Vienna, Austria - It increased by 18.1% compared to one year ago
The traffic at the Vienna airport has risen by 18.1% in March compared to one year ago. It has been announced by Flughafen Wien, the company that manages Vienna's hub, where both regional and long-range... more
Science and technologyMarch passenger record at the Turin airport
Turin, Italy - 285 thousand passengers used the airport
The Turin airport has set a new record for amount of passengers in March: lat month 285 thousand people used the Turin-Caselle airport, beating the previous record of March 2001 (279 thousand passengers).... more
Science and technologyTwo Italians arrested at Milan-Malpensa for cocaine traffic
Milan, Italy - One of them had swallowed 82 pellets containing 1.26 pounds of drug
The Carabinieri have arrested two Italian citizens arriving at Milan-Malpensa from Brasil with the charge of international traffic aimed at cocaine dealing. One of them had swallowed 82 pellets containing... more
Science and technologyTraffic at British airports is on the rise
London, UK - The seven airports managed by Baa showed a 10.4% increase in March
The seven major British airports, managed by Baa, showed a 10.4% increase in passenger traffic in March, with 10.8 million passenger. In the year that finished in March, instead, the increase amounted... more
Science and technologyCatania: airport closed because of low clouds
Catania, Italy - Flights diverted to Trapani, Palermo, Vibo Valentia, Lamezia and Naples
The Catania "Fontanarossa" airport was closed from 10pm on 9 until 10 April in the morning due to low clouds which made landing impossible for aircraft. Flights were diverted to the Trapani, Palermo, Vibo... more
Science and technologyMore connections and quality at the Rimini airport
Rimini, Italy - The "Federico Fellini" offers flights to most of Europe as well ad to Africa and the Americas
The international Rimini "Federico Fellini" airport keeps on getting more important as a strategical air station, being situated along the Romagna Riviera, one of Italy’s most developed touristic areas, a... more
Science and technologyBlack out at Los Angeles Airport
Los Angeles, USA - A bird stopped all communication systems and sensors for an hour and a half
Los Angeles International Airport was involved in a black out on last Monday April 12, so causing the stopping for a great part of activities and, most of all, producing several flights delays. For at... more
Science and technologyUilm against international tenders for radar maintenance
Rome, Italy - At risk safety and employment
The Italian union of metal-mechanical workers (Uilm) is against the possible decision by Enav (Italian authority for air navigation services), to extend the access to tenders for the assignment of the... more
Science and technologyElectromagnetic energy catapults on the new US aircarriers
Washington, USA - They will be produced by General Atomics
New generation American aircarrier scheduled with the name of CVN-71 (its manufacturing has been forecasted for 2007) will resort to electromagnetic thrust catapult for its own shipped aircraft. US Navy... more
Science and technologyPublic Prosecutor appeals against exoneration of truant air traffic controllers
Milan, Italy - The radar-men had been exonerated of the charge of interruption of public service
20 air traffic controllers of the Milan-Linate airport Crav (Air traffic control center) had been accused, along with some another 40 colleagues, of interruption of public service for illegitimately absenting... more
Science and technologyLunardi: the real hub for the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region is Venice
Gorizia, Italy - According to the Italian Minister of Transport, Trieste's airport must be the base for low-cost carriers
During his meeting with the presidents of the Friuli Venezia Giulia and the Veneto regional government held yesterday in Gorizia, Italian Minister of Transport, Pietro Lunardi, interviewed about the Trieste... more
Science and technologyBrindisi: equipments detect explosive, it was detergent
Brindisi, Italy - A Sri Lanka passenger stopped last Sunday
False alarm at the Brindisi airport last Sunday, when traces of explosive were detected on the clothes of a Sri Lanka passenger leaving with his family to Rome. The man was stopped by the customs police,... more
Science and technologyRome-Fiumicino: very strict security controls during Easter time
Rome, Italy - Surveillance to be boosted, especially in the North American airlines areas
As Easter time approaches - with an increase in travellers flow - security measures at the Rome-Fiumicino airport will be reinforced, as it happened during Christmas holidays. Security measures will be... more
Science and technologyUmbria Airport: restoration for Copenaghen route and new projects
Perugia, Italy - Also Olbia and Palma de Mallorca have been rehabilitated. Alghero link is being studied
Umbria Airport restores a series of links for Summer period and new routes are being introduced in cooperation with several carriers. Flights to and from Denmark are in fact starting again (even since... more
Science and technologyMilan Attorney carries on its investigation about airport surveillance services
Milan, Italy - New airports in which operate IVRI's companies to be controlled
Milan Attorney has decided to extend its own investigation activity about contracts granted to IVRI (Italy Joined Surveillance Institutes) by some Italian airports (such as Malpensa and Linate). Surveillance... more
Science and technologyFlorence: 15 flights cancelled due to strike
Florence, Italy - Employees of the managing company Adf are protesting
A few days after its reopening following runway restoration works (see AVIONEWS), the Florence airport is blocked today due to a strike involving the workers of Adf, managing company for the airport, for... more
Science and technologyReggio Calabria: reopening of airport postponed to 20 April
Reggio Calabria, Italy - The airport, closed since 1 March for works, was due to open on 4 April
The reopening day for the Reggio Calabria airport, scheduled for 4 April, has been postponed to 20 April. The airport was closed on 1 March for runway restoration works (see AVIONEWS). The decision has... more
Science and technologyUsa: boarding passes with chips to track passengers
Washington, Usa - Proposed by TSA; privacy advocates don't like it
TSA (Transportation Security Administration) has produced the proposal to provide boarding passes with Rfid (Radio Frequency ID) chips to allow security personnel at American airports to track passengers,... more
Science and technologyLanding for baggage alert: Enac suspends Pisa airport employee
Pisa, Italy - Unions: "He must not be the only one to take consequences"
The investigation started by Enac (Italian authority for civil aviation) on the case of an Air France airplane flying from Pisa to Paris on 26 March, forced to land in Milan-Malpensa because a piece of... more
Science and technologyArab carriers award Adr Handling for service quality
Rome, Italy - A plaque was presented to President Federico Nuccio
The 11 airlines belonging to the Aaco (Arab Air Carriers Organization) have presented Adr Handling with a prize for the quality handling service provided at the Rome-Fiumicino intercontinental hub. Adr... more
Science and technologyVenice: financial police arrests priest carrying 6.6 pounds of drug
Venice, Italy - He thought he would go unnoticed, but was searched
Don Ernesto, a priest from Venezuela, was arriving at the Venice airport from South America when the Italian financial police arrested him. He thought he would probably go unnoticed by wearing the clerical... more
Science and technologyNew aviation engines to be powered by coal
Washington, USA - Pennsylvania Energy Institute's researchers are sure of it
After the proposal suggested by some US researchers for resorting to soya oil in order to produce a new kind of aviation fuel (see for details AVIONEWS), a study carried out at Pennsylvania Energy Institute... more
Science and technologyFog at Rome-Fiumicino with 30/40-minutes delays
Rome, Italy - No disruption at Rome-Ciampino
Fog banks caused disruption this morning at the Rome-Fiumicino airport. Due to poor visibility, flight operations were carried out in category two, meaning only one out of three runways were used. Delays... more
Science and technologySolar Impulse project is ready
Lausanne, Switzerland - Piccard's solar-powered airplane will try to fly around the world
Bertrand Piccard tries it again. After the success of the flight around the world aboard of a balloon in 1999 (see for details AVIONEWS), he would be now ready to accomplish the production of an airplane... more
Science and technologyCatania: airport closed today from 1.00 pm to 4.00 pm for works
Catania, Italy - Flights diverted to Palermo
The Catania "Fontanarossa" airport has been closed today since 1 pm for works of maintenance of the control tower. The airport will be opened this afternoon at 4.00 pm, when the installation of the external... more
Science and technologyCatania: yesterday airport stuck due to poor visibility
Catania, Italy - Most flights diverted to the Palermo airport
Due to poor visibility, the Catania airport faced a slowdown yesterday, although it was not closed. Most flights did not land at the "Fontanarossa" airport, but were diverted to the Palermo airport: from... more
Science and technologyRome-Ciampino: new low-cost flights to Zurich and Coventry
Rome, Italy - Connections are operated by Helvetic Airways and Thomsonfly
The offer of low-cost flights from the second airport of Rome, Ciampino, keeps growing, with a new flight to Zurich inaugurated last Sunday by Helvetic Airways and one to Coventry, England, by Thomsonfly,... more
Science and technologyCagliari airport: after fog alert stressed the need for runway adequation
Cagliari, Italy - As early as in September 2002, Sogaer had requested the completion of the Resa
Following the closure of the Cagliari airport yesterday and in this morning due to to fog and heavy rain, Sogaer, the company that manages the airport, has stressed the need for the completion of the Resa... more
Science and technologyThe Eu proceeds against eight member States including Italy for acoustic pollution regulations
Brussels, Belgium - The Countries have not notified the regulations relative to the European directive
Eight Eu Countries - Italy, Germany, Greece, Luxemburg, The Netherlands, Austria, Finland and Sweden - have received a motivated opinion by the European Commission for not having submitted the regulations... more
Science and technologyProbable resignation for Venice airport head of security
Venice, Italy - A fake bomb passed security checks on 19 March
On 19 March, following the Madrid terroristic attack, inspectors of the Italian authority for civil aviation (Enac), placed a fake bomb at the Venice airport, which passed security checks (see AVIONEWS).... more
Science and technologyVenice airport: revenues risen by 51%
Venice, Italy - It is the third airport in Italy for amount of passengers
The accounts of Save, the company that manages Venice airport registers an increase in revenues by 51% compared to the previous year, with a EUR 45m growth. Ebidta (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation... more
Science and technologyNaples: the 'Mediterraneo' prize awarded to Gesac
Naples, Italy - The managing company for Naples' airport rewarded for its contribution to local touristic development
The ceremony during which Gesac, the company that manages Naples' airport, is awarded the 'Mediterraneo' prize will be held on Friday, 2 April. The prize was conceived by Grande Albergo Mediterraneo and... more
Science and technologyCagliari's airport closed for fog: first flight landed at noon
Cagliari, Italy - Only two airplanes took off, the others cancelled or diverted
The 'Elmas' airport of Cagliari was closed today during the morning because of thick fog that had reduced visibility to 0.93 miles (1.5 km) for departures and 3.1 miles (5 km) for arrivals. Only the first... more
Science and technologyGenoa: emergency landing for a passenger's indisposition
Genoa, Italy - The pilot feared it was a heart attack, but it was hypotension
An Iberia airplane fliying from Barcelona to Venice made an emergency landing in Genoa at about 5.30 pm last Saturday. A 50-year-old Spanish passenger had a sudden indisposition so the pilot, fearing it... more
Science and technologyLanding for baggage alert: Enac starts inquiry
Rome, Italy - The suitcase had not passed security checks
Enac (Italian authority for civil aviation) has started an inquiry on the episode - reported by AVIONEWS - of the Air France flight 1567 departed last Friday from Pisa to Paris, forced to land at Milan-Malpensa... more
Science and technologyTrieste: connections to Moscow to restart
Trieste, Italy - The flight will be operated weekly by Russja Airlines from June to September
The Trieste-Moscow flight has been confirmed for the fourth year in a row. The connection will be operated by Russja Airlines every Saturday from 12 June to 25 September using Tupolev TU-154 aircraft with... more
Science and technologyHypersonic unmanned plane X-43A to fly next Saturday
Washington, USA - Its speed is 7 times that of light
After the first flight of the unmanned hypersonic plane X-43A failed three years ago, Nasa is ready to try again. As already published by AVIONEWS, the second attempt was suspended due to an incident with... more
Science and technologyIndia: passengers questioned about money carried with them
New Delhi, India - To discover any illegal funding for upcoming elections
The Indian Election Commission has ordered airport authorities to carry out accurate checks on passengers carrying large amounts of money. Those who are caught with more than one million rupees (about... more