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Science and technologyNew runways in the hubs, a Baa's u-turn?
London, UK - According to previous pacts no extension work would be scheduled
Only yesterday AVIONEWS had dealt with the decision from part of Baa (British Aviation Authority) to inform the Government on the necessity to equip the South-Eastern of Great Britain with other three... more
Science and technologyToronto airport's infrared scanner is already vanished
Toronto, Canada - It was installed last Wednesday
Last week in Toronto's international airport was inaugurated an anti-Sars infrared scanner, instrument able to instantaneously measuring temperature. Today, according to the daily newspaper "Il corriere... more
Science and technologyAs soon as possible three runways more at south-east English airports
London, UK - Baa urges government to act quickly
Answering to the questions of the government about the capacity of the aviation in Great Britain and the right development for the next future, the Baa (British Aviation Authority) has declared that three... more
Science and technologyBaa: passengers traffic in decrease for long distance flights
London, United Kingdom - Increase the number on the European and national routes
British Airport manager Baa has declared that Sars virus and war in Iraq have pushed in decrease the number of the passengers in flight on the long distance routes, Baa has specified that in its seven... more
Science and technology"Sars Emergency": Russian authorities send back home a Chinese airplane
Moscow, Russia - On board of the aircraft about one hundred Chinese employers
In application of a governmental directive that prohibits the arrival in Eastern Russia of people coming from Chinese territory, last Saturday, Khabarovsk's authorities, in the Siberian Far East, has sent... more
Science and technologyLittle outbreak at Us airport
San Francisco, Usa - It was not an outrage, just a trite incident
A little outbreak at the airport of San Francisco has yesterday thrown into panic a hundred of passengers directed to Hawaii islands with a flight operated by United Airlines. Indeed at the moment of... more
Science and technologyBiometric scanning technology at London City Airport
London, UK - Since the end of 2004 to be used for all the passengers towards the Usa
The first hub in Europe to be equipped with a system that uses the fingerprints as a control in order to check the passengers will be the London City Airport, although the technology is by only used by... more
Science and technology"Sars Emergency": infrared scanner are operating in Toronto's hub
Toronto, Canada - A special camera is able to take temperature at a distance
Since yesterday, in Toronto's international airport are operative crosses with anti-Sars infrared scanner, instruments able to instantaneously take persons temperature. Bill Graham, Canadian Secretary... more
Science and technology"Sars Emergency": Ue is divided about controls in the airport
Brussels, Belgium - In Brussels summit Italian proposal of screening in entrance has been rejected
"It would be a false emergency and we cannot allow it", declared yesterday in anti-Sars Brussels summit, Klaus Theo Schroeder, vice German minister of the Health, referring to the Italian proposal to control... more
Science and technologyUs airports: passengers showing Sars symptoms will be kept
Washington, Usa - All airport employees asked for higher surveillance
According to a disposition of the last hour from part of the American authorities, the airport employees have been authorized to detain at the airports whoever passenger showing the symptoms of Sars. The... more
Science and technologyKansas City airport has suspended the flights for tornado
Kansas City, Usa - Us Midwest involved by phenomenon that has provoked 38 deads
Kansas City international airport, the largest in the region, has suspended all the flights for the violent tornado in the city. The terminals have been emptied and the disembarked passengers to that they... more
Science and technologyThird generation mobiles could change the in-flight communication
London, UK - The don't make any problems to the aircraft's instruments
Once upon a time there was a period in which the mobile phones wasn't permitted during flying, because of the interferences that could provoke to the delicate instruments in the cockpit, when every passenger... more
Science and technologyThe management of Iraqi airports will go to Skylink Air and Logical Support
Baghdad, Iraq - Signed a contract with the Usaid of USD 10,2m
American "Skylink Air and Logical Support" will be the company that will manage Baghdad, Bassora and Mosul airports. Us Agency for the International Development(Usaid) has signed in fact a contract with... more
Science and technologyBaa to invest GBP 8,4 bn to the development of Londonian airports
London, UK - In 10 years passenger numbers will grow of 50%
In a this morning announcement from part of Baa (British Aviation Authority), after a consultation with the involved carriers, it has been confirmed the investment of GBP 8,4bn for the widening and the... more
Science and technologyBlast at Amman airport, an employee was killed
Amman, Jordan - A device found in a Japanese journalist's baggage
The security at Queen Alia international airport of Amman has become tighter since the beginning of the war in Iraq and after the pillage of the Iraqi museums, of which it is hoped to find some "piece"... more
Science and technologyTsa lays off 6,000 screeners
Washington, Usa - The Congress tries to keep as low as possible the expenses
Tsa (Transport Security Administration) has announced that by September they will be 6000 the screeners to be laid odd, on a total of 55.000 workers, that is 11% of the work-force. 3000 have been already... more
Science and technologyRabbits' invasion poses a threat at Miami International Airport
Miami, Usa - The rodents attract many birds, the real hazard for the flying planes
A group of rabbits that lives near the international airport of Miami is creating not little problems to the operation of the hub because of the incredible proliferation of the community. The rabbits... more
Science and technology"Sars Emergency": measures also for Cairo airport
Cairo, Egypt - At present there are not suspiciones cases signaled in Egypt
The rigorous preventive measures against the spread of the Sars have been taken also in the airport of Cairo. News has been communicated by airport sources. The measures regard the passengers in arrival... more
Science and technologyAmerican soldiers seize airport in north of Iraq, near the border with Iran
Baghdad, Iraq - An important outpost to lead military operations in Diyala Province
The American soldiers have seized, on last Saturday, a military airport near the city of Baqubah, in the Northeastern of the Iraqi territory, along the border with Iran. An important conquest from the... more
Science and technology"Sars Emergency": next week security measures also for Swiss airport
Bern, Switzerland - Passengers coming from the risk countries will have a card
Swiss Federal Office of the Public Health has declared today that next week also the Helvetic country will take security measures in the airports, against Sars (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome). According... more
Science and technology"Sars Emergency": inadequate controls in the Chinese airports risk to diffuse virus in Europe
Berlin, Germany - Denunciation come by an Who's expert
According to Wolfgang Preiser, Who's expert and virologist in the University of Frankfurt, prevent controls in the Chinese airports would be inadequate to avoid the sick passengers boarding. This situation... more
Science and technology11 dependents of NY La Guardia airport has been arrested for the theft of 400.000 alchool bottles
New York, Usa - Robbery would have yielded USD 1,5m
Eleven Lsg Sky Chefs dependents of NY La Guardia airport have been arrested for theft and they risk seven years to prison. According to the accusation, arrested persons have made disappear from a Queens... more
Science and technology"Sars emergency": infrared thermograph at the Nippon hubs
Tokyo, Japan - They can identify a persons with high fever
Whichever measure is allowed in order to fight the Sars (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) and Japan has decided to resort to the most sophisticated technologies, which could be a valid aid to whom make... more
Science and technologyNew theft in the airports: 27 "Charles De Gaulle"'s dependent arrested
Paris, France - As a result of an inquiry of several months
A phenomenon seems to spread in the airports of all the world, it is that one of thefts perpetrates by baggages employed of hub's handling company. Suitcases cut or forced, objects vanished and the cost... more
Science and technologyOpened the first Bulgarian military airport according to Nato standards
Sofia, Bulgaria - In short time another hub will be available
The signature for the entrance of Bulgaria on last November in the Atlantic Alliance has engaged the Government of Sofia in an updating work of its military infrastructures in order to satisfy the standards... more
Science and technology"Iraqi Freedom": International airport of Baghdad will be reopened within a week
Baghdad, Iraq - Now flights will be limited at humanitarian
"Within a week Baghdad International Airport will be opened for humanitarian flights", declared Us General Bufort Blount. International Airport Saddam has been occupied by Us troops of the Third Division... more
Science and technology"Iraqi Freedom": Austrialian forces have discovered 51 Iraqi jet fighters
As Saliyah Camp, Qatar - The aircraft were in a military airport
"In the last 24 hours, in an Iraqi Air Force airport, we have discovered 51 jet fighters abandoned by Iraqis", Mark Eliott, Australian lieutenant-colonel, has declared today, but model is not specified.... more
Science and technologyPlated gold Kalashnikow has been seized in Heathrow
London, United Kingdom - It's similar to that one founded in the palace of the Saddam's son
According to the British newspaper Daily Mirror, an Ak-47 plated gold Kalashnikov, similar to that one uncovered last week in the palace of Uday, Saddam Hussein's son, yesterday it would have been seized... more
Science and technologyCoalition Force are preventing the landing in Erbil of an airplane with on board medical supplies
Erbil, Iraq -This is the denunciation of Rob MacGillivray, responsible of Save the Children
"Coalition Force are preventing since more than a week the landing in Erbil of an airplane with on board medical supplies, in order to cure 40,000 persons". This is the denunciation of Rob MacGillivray,... more
Science and technologyLapa has suspended Easter holiday flights and in Argentine is chaos
Buenos Aires, Argentine - Passengers have blocked hub and assault the air company leaders
"The oil company Repsol Ypf does not grant more credit to us and it refuses to supply the fuel to us for the aircraft", yesterday said Argentine airline Lapa, after having taken the decision to suspend... more
Science and technology"Iraqi Freedom": there are still combats in a military airport of Baghdad
Camp As Saliyah, Qatar - Several combatants died and prisoners are more than 100
"Arrival of a land unit of the Quarter infantry division provoked a battle near the military airport of Taji, in the northern of Baghdad. Soldiers have killed a part of the enemy Forces, they have destroyed... more
Science and technologyZurich airport has cancelled 20 flights in arrival and 6 in departure
Zurich, Switzerland - Restrictive dispositions adopted in Germany have effects in Switzerland
Some restrictive dispositions adopted by Germany for its aerial space, are beginning to strongly penalize Zurich airport's air. The decisions taken by Berlin, in order to extend of two hours the night... more
Science and technologyAlso Manchester airport lowers its fees in order to woo more operators
Manchester, UK - It's pointing on low-cost carriers
Also the International Airport of Manchester is adapting to the bad moment that is marking the field of the air transport, and its management therefore has decided to reduce the taxes to the carriers that... more
Science and technology"Iraqi Freedom": strong explosion in the military airport of Baghdad
Baghdad, Iraq - During the explosion was travelling an Us convoy
A strong explosion has been recorded this morning in the military airport of Al Muthanna, near the railway station of Baghdad. Qatar's television Al Jazeera has transmitted the images of a large black... more
Science and technologyThe Cuban police has avoided a skyjack
Havana, Cuba - News communicated by Cuban Government
An official Havana's Government note, transmitted by Cuban network, said last night the local police has avoided an skyjack. Aircraft was landed in Island of the Youth, situated in South-Eastern of the... more
Science and technologyTo be installed at Heathrow the first Wi-Fi hotspots in England
London, UK - At Terminal 1 the possibility to surf the net wireless
Also in periods of such an uncertainty the technology cannot be stopped and proposes always new solutions, more useful to the requirements of the passengers, especially for whom every minute cannot be... more
Science and technologyAutogrill to operate at Minneapolis airport until 2015
Minneapolis, Usa - The authorization has been renewed, USD 220m revenue is expected
HmsHost, American subsidiary of the Italian Autogrill, has assured the renew for other 12 years of the food and beverage retail license at the international airport of Minneapolis, that every year counts... more
Science and technologyAlso for Heathrow airport a toll will be paid, GBP 5 to go in
London, UK - The tax to fund alternative ways and to discourage the car use
Heathrow like the center of London if the proposal of Mayor, Ken Livingstone, to apply a toll to whoever enters in airport with the private car had to be accepted. Indeed, in the intentions of Livingstone... more
Science and technology"Iraqi Freedom": Baghdad airport has become Us headquarter
Baghdad, Iraq - 7000 marines are inside the airport
Saddam Hussein international airport, of Baghdad, has become new Us Forces headquarter in the Iraqi capital. In the airport area, located about 20 kilometers from capital, there are already allocated 7000... more
Science and technology"Iraqi Freedom": Us Force gets the military airport of Baghdad (2)
Baghdad, Iraq - News has rendered note by Us Army sources
Us Army sources have declared that marines have get military airport Rashid of Baghdad. The battle for the airport, that is far 5 kilometers by the center of the Capital, was started this morning (as published... more
Science and technology"Iraqi Freedom ": Us forces has attacked Iraqi Air Force airport of Baghdad
Baghdad, Iraq - Airport is far 5 kilometers from the center
Iraqi Air Force airport Rashid, in Baghdad, this morning it has been the target of a marines action, that have begun the battle for the conquest of airport. Rashid is far 5 km from the center and it is... more
Science and technology"Sars Emergency ": Italian is in isolation in Rio de Janeiro's hospital
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - He has been transported to the nosocomion, after the landing in the Brazilian airport
An Italian who has accused respiratory problems and high fever, during an Air France flight from Paris to Rio de Janeiro, has been hospitalized yesterday in isolation in Clementino Fraga University hospital,... more
Science and technologyFirst woman manager of a Nippon airport
Tokyo, Japan - She'll take over the activity at Fukuoka airport
There is always a first time, also in the Japanese society, very careful to not smash some taboo that even the secularization carried ahead by the technological outbreak after the Second World War seemed... more
Science and technology"Iraqi Freedom": a C-130 lands at Baghdad Airport, the first Us aircraft
Baghdad, Iraq - American control of the hub, but it's still being fighting hardly
Usually the first inaugural flights, in all the airports of the world, are celebrated in important way, even with some firework show and the brass band on the runways. A little different than what's... more
Science and technology"Iraqi Freedom ": Baghdad airport's runways are unsuitable (2)
As Sayliya Camp, Qatar - This is Gen. Brooks declaration, who announces the location of a center for the chemical war
General Richard Brooks, spokesman of the Us Headquarter in Qatar, has declared today that Baghdad International Airport's runways are unsuitable for aerial operations. General has asserted, however, that... more
Science and technology"Iraqi Freedom": Baghdad airport is not under alley control yet
Centcom, Qatar - Very prudent the English position, no comment from Us officials
As it had happened at the beginning of the conflict with the taking of Bassora, that was thought fallen after just 72 hours, the same consideration has been made yesterday, when it was shown the conquest... more
Science and technologyLiverpool airport goes larger
Liverpool, UK - The facilities will be powered and 700 jobs be created
No doubt that the surprise of the last years in the field of the civil aviation has been the low-cost airlines, the leading prime mover of a reality that in the last two years has met more disappointments... more
Science and technology"Iraqi Freedom": Us forces arrive to Baghdad 's airport
Baghdad, Iraq - According to Us sources soldiers are ready to the combats
According to Us sources, American soldiers would have arrived to "Saddam Hussein" international airport of Baghdad. The sources has specified Army forces are settling for the battle. (0035) more
Science and technologyAVIONEWS at the inauguration of new daily Finnair flight between Helsinki and Rome
Helsinki, Finland - Also the hub of the capital becomes really international
Invited by the commercial division of Finnair, for the inauguration of new daily flights from and to Italy, AVIONEWS could admire also the new look of the International Airport of Helsinki-Vantaa, in which... more
Science and technologyThe number of passengers directed in Middle East from Amsterdam hub decrease of 60%
Amsterdam, Holland - Clear bending also for the flights directed in Asia
"In the week since March 20 to 28, we have recorded a decrease of 60% of the number of passengers in travel from Amsterdam towards the Middle East", declared Gerlach Cerfontaine, President of Amsterdam-Schipol... more