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Science and technologyPress conference at Brescia's airport tomorrow
Brescia, Italy - To explain the Brevivet's flight programme
The airport "Gabriele d'Annunzio" of Brescia-Montichiari and Brevivet communicate that tomorrow, Wednesday May 19, at 11,30am it will held the press conference, near departures room of the airport, during... more
Science and technologyUnioncamere promotes an upgrading for Southern Italy's airports (2): AVIONEWS interviewed Sandro Pettinato of Unioncamere
Rome, Italy - We have to valorize by honouring the specific vocation for every single airport and by adapting the overall infrastructural local situation
AVIONEWS interviewed Dr Sandro Pettinato of Unioncamere, competent in infrastructures matters: AVIONEWS: Dr Pettinato, Unioncamere promoted yesterday in Catania an important initiative aimed to valorize... more
Science and technologyAfrican Scorpions at Malpensa Airport
Milan, Italy - They have been found out in the import area of the air station, and then carried to Varese Zoo after a long disinfestation activity
After some alarming hours at Malpensa Logistica Europa's buildings, activities partially started again at about 07:30pm yesterday. The reason for this problem: three venomous scorpions arrived in company's... more
Science and technologyUnioncamere promotes an upgrading for Southern Italy's airports
Catania, Italy - By an adaptation of transport and service territorial infrastructures
Unioncamere officially showed yesterday in Catania a research devoted to analyze Southern Italy's airports situation. During a conference entitled "Accessibility of Southern Italy Airports" promoted together... more
Science and technologyADR management company personnel's strike at Fiumicino and Ciampino airports has started (2): demonstration at "Leonardo da Vinci"
Fiumicino, Italy - ADR's employees ask for more safety, new recruitment and higher payment
ADR's employees at Rome-Fiumicino Airport is demonstrating in front of management company offices headquarter, so causing some hardship for motor traffic. Law enforcement units are warranting the regular... more
Science and technologyADR management company personnel's strike at Fiumicino and Ciampino airports has started
Rome, Italy - Not quantifiable hardships though delay and lower flight activity can be forecasted
All appears confirmed concerning strikes which have been scheduled for today (from 12:00 to 04:00 pm) called by ADR management company personnel at Fiumicino and Ciampino airports. Forecastable hardships... more
Science and technologyStill closed new Tehran airport
Tehran, Iran - Are not already clear the causes that stay behind this decision
The new airport of Tehran is already closed (see AVIONEWS article), Imam Khomeini, even if the Iranian army, that on May the 8th ordered its closing , yesterday was positive for its re-opening. For some... more
Science and technologyDanzica airport was re-named Lech Walesa
Warsaw, Poland – The former President has recently celebrated his 60th birthday
Danzica airport since yesterday brings the name of Airport Lech Walesa, from the name of Solidarnosc founder, 1983 Nobel prize winner and Poland President from 1990 to 1995. At the ceremony participated... more
Science and technologyTeheran international airport kept close by the Army
Teheran, Iran - Iranian government calls for legal action to reopen Teheran's new airport
The Iranian Army kept Teheran's new airport closed on Monday in a row over the operating company, as the government called the move illegal and said it would act against "irresponsible officials". Imam... more
Science and technologyNasa’s hot rod
Washington, USA – Some of the aircraft have 1960s configuration
Nasa is slowly adding performance upgrades and longevity to its fixed-wing fleet of aircraft under tight budget constraints. The agency’s largest number of aircraft are located here at the former Ellington A... more
Science and technologyDubai Airport has been hit by an electronic virus
Dubai, UAE – Sasser stops even one among the most important air station in the entire Middle East area
The new virus which is affecting the internet during the last days has hit Dubai Airport as well. This air station has been stopped yesterday from 08:00 am till the evening, so causing hardships for passengers.... more
Science and technologySea: maiden flight for Bangkok served by Thai
Milan, Italy - Tomorrow morning at 11.30am at Milan-Malpensa
Sea, the management company of the Milan airports, communicates that tomorrow, on Tuesday May 4, 2004, at 11,30am (near the Malpensa Terminal 1 - Piano Arrivi - Sala Albinoni) will be held the maiden flight... more
Science and technologyAir One flight from Rome to Genoa diverted to Pisa
Genoa, Italy - Bad weather forced the diversion
Rain and low clouds provoked today the diversion to Pisa of 09:45 Air One flight coming from Rome. Passengers leaving for Rome with the same aircraft are been brought to Pisa by coach. Many discomforts... more
Science and technologyAirports of Rome annual accounts approved
Rome, Italy - 2003 accounts had a revenue rising of 1.6%
The Airports of Rome board has approved 2003 annual accounts with revenue equal to Eur 518.2m (+1.6%), a net income of Eur 1.1m, a gross operational margin of Eur 217.9m (+4.3%) and operating results of... more
Science and technologyThe enforcement of commercial routes for Brindisi airport
Brindisi, Italy – Even Hapag Lloyd express should be interested in a link with Stuttgart
The start, foreseen for tomorrow, of a new route for Ryanair from Brindisi to London, could be a good sign for the internationalization process of the airport, said the Brindisi chamber of commerce president... more
Science and technologyZurich Canton's citizens ask for the lowering of air activities at Kloten Airport
Zurich, Switzerland - A maximum figure of some 250.000 operations has been promoted in order to face noise pollution
Reducing air activities number at Zurich-Kloten Airport down to a maximum figure of some 250.000. This is the goal of citizens’ representatives in this area, as they are firmly willing to definitively s... more
Science and technologyBologna airport out of order for runway extension
Bologna, Italy – It will stay closed from May the 3rd to July the 2nd
The "Marconi" airport of Bologna will be closed to permit to make the runway longer, from May the 3rd to July the 2nd. During this period the airflights traffic will be diverged to Forli and Rimini Airports.... more
Science and technologyItaly for the rebuilding of Iraqi airports
Rome, Italy - Two contracts have already been published on Enac's web site
Italian Government intends to perform an important role regarding infrastructures and related services reconstruction in Iraq. With reference to such purpose, ENAC (Civil Aviation National Agency) and... more
Science and technologyInstrumental landing for Zurich-Kloten Airport by October 2005
Zurich, Switzerland - Airplanes will be able to land with real all-weather capabilities
By October 2005, Zurich-Kloten Airport will be provided with an ILS (Instrumental Landing System) apparatus. Approval by UFAC (Ufficio Federale dell’Aviazione Civile/Civil Aviation Federal Office) gets a... more
Science and technologyDuty free services have been extended for Italian national airports
Rome, Italy - Tourism as an impulse for such provision
Customs Office has decided to extend ruling related to Circular 44/D, with reference to tax exemption for purchases in the large hubs, also to national air stations which simply provide routes for Schengen... more
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