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AerospaceENDEAVOUR ASTRONAUTS TO FACE REPAIR JOB ON SPACE STATION WING
USA, Nasa came up with a plan for Endeavour's astronauts to tighten a slack solar wing on the international space station. The tricky mission will be undergone by the two astronauts Joe Tanner and Carlos... more
AerospaceBOEING BUILT SATELLITE COMPLETED INITIAL OPERATIONAL TEST PHASE
EL SEGUNDO, USA, Thuraya-1 satellite completed succesfully its IOT, Initial Operational Test. The solar wings, C-band antenna and L-nabd reflector were deployed and tested. During the next months Boeing... more
AirlinesNATIONAL JET TO EXPAND THE FLEET
LONDON, National Jet Italia, the airline operating in franchising with BA, has expanded an expansion of the fleet. A new twice-weekly service from Rome to Athens will begin from January 1 2001. BAe 146... more
AirlinesMALEV WILL REDUCE ITS ROUTES
HUNGARY, To rebalance its budget Malev Airlines will be reduce some routes because of escaleting fuel price: to cut the costs the carrier will be replace its five Tupolev 145s by Boeing 737s, more modern,... more
IndustryAIRBUS TO BOOST A3XX ORDERS
PARIS, Phillipe Camus, chairman of EADS, which owns 80 per cent of Airbus, said that the industry forecasts to reach 450 orders in 2000 for A3XX. Discussions are ongoing with Lufthansa, Virgin Atlantic,... more
AccidentsCONTINENTAL AIRLINES PLANE FORCED TO LAND FOR ENGINE TROUBLES
USA, A Continental Airlines operated aircraft, flight 1888, with 60 passengers on board, landed in emergency at Corpus Christi international airport for a malfunctioning engine, occurred few minutes after... more
DefenseEADS TO SIGN AGREEMENT WITH RUSSIA
PARIS, Philippe Camus, chairman of EADS, the European aerospace consortium, said he expects to sign an agreement with russian government before the end of the year. EADS will cooperate with Russia in three... more
AccidentsAAIB UNVEILS APRIL 19TH AIR ACCIDENT CAUSES
ESSEX, GREAT BRITAIN, UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch released report on an air accident. occurred on last April, 19th in which two aircraft collided, claiming lives of all persons on board. One... more
AccidentsFOKKER 50 OVERCOME RUNWAY END FOR STRONG WIND
CLERMONT-FERRAND, FRANCE, A french Regional Airlines operated Fokker 50 aircraft, from Lyon has overcome runway end in landing at Clermont-Ferrand airport, due to strong wind. No one of the 12 passengers... more
AirlinesCATHAY PILOTS SEEKING TALKS WITH THE CARRIER
HONG KONG, The pilots of the airline would negotiate with the carrier in order to avoid an industrial action which could lead a disruption of flights over the Christmas and New Year holiday period. Pilots... more
AirlinesSRI LANKA TO BEGIN NEW SERVICE TO SRI LANKA
ZURICH, The airline will operate three flights per week between Colombo and Zurich with SriLankan Airlines as its code sharing service partner. The new was announced by Swissair's General Manager for India,... more
AirlinesEMIRATES SIGNS LEASING CONTRACT FOR SIX 777-300
UNITED ARAB EMITATES, United Arab Emirates airline Emirates, signed a leasing contract for six Boeing 777-300 acquisition, which deliveries are expected between 2002 and 2003. B-777-300 is the world's... more
AirlinesFOUR RUSSIAN AIRLINES ESTABLISH ALLIANCE
MOSCOW, Russian airline companies Domodedovskiye airlines, Krasnoyarskiye airlines, the Chelyabinskiye airlines and the Aviaexpresskruiz company established an alliance yesterday to protect their interests... more
PeopleARAFAT'S PLANE DELAYED BY FOG
EL CAIRO, The plane of the palestinian leader yesterday circled over the fog bound Cairo airport for an hour before being granted the permission to land. The heavy fog delayed or rerouted 32 flights and... more
AccidentsOLD CONCORDE ACCIDENTS UNVEALED
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, After that all Concorde fleet has been grounded, due to Air France crash in which 113 people died, has been unvealed that a single supersonic plane, operated by British Airways,... more
AirlinesBA TO SHAKE UP OPERATIONS AT LONDON GATWICK AIRPORT: 1000 EMPLOYEES TO BE FIRED
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, The airline is to cut long haul routes from 43 to 25. The plane, which is to be phased in two years, will cancel a few loss making routes and transfer some long haul destinations... more
AirlinesDELTA'S TRAFFIC GOES UP IN NOVEMBER
ATLANTA, System traffic increased 2,4% on a 3.5 percent increase in capacity. Load factor reached 69,5%. Domestic traffic rose 1,9%, international traffic 4,2%. The airline is adjusting its flight schedule... more
AerospaceTURKISH SAT IN ORBIT BETWEEN FRIDAY AND SATRUDAY
PARIS, Alcatel Space's EURASIASAT 1, a turkish sat, will be launched in orbit by an Ariane-4 rocket in the nigth between friday and saturday. This is third turkish sat launched by european rockets. EUROASIASAT... more
Press releaseBULGARIAN PRESIDENTIAL PLANE UNINTENTIONALLY DAMAGED IN ATHENS
ATHENS, The Bulgarian presidential airplane has been damaged to one of the wings today by chance wile parked at Hellinikon airport in Athens. The airplane, a Tupolev, has been unintentionally hit to a... more
AccidentsBRITISH TORNADO JETTISONED MISTAKENLY FUEL TANK
LOSSIEMOUTH, GREAT BRITAIN, A RAF fighter-bomber Tornado jet in training flight mistakenly jettisoned fuel tanks, containing about 3000 liters of kerosene, during take off from RAF Lossiemouth airfield.... more
AirlinesQANTAS ORDER FOR BOEING 747/400 LONG RANGE AND AIRBUS A3XX, AIRLINE'S STRATEGY
MELBOURNE, The order for six new Boeing 747-400s long range and twelve Airbus A3XXs (plus an option for other 12), seven A330/200s and six A330/300s placed by Qantas could be due to the intention of... more
PeopleEUROCONTROL PROPOSES TO HALVE VERTICAL SEPARATIONS
BRUSSELS, There is an intricate debate inside the European Community about RVSM (Reduce Vertical Separation Minimum) proposal made by Eurocontrol and explained by Joe Sultana, director of Eurocontrol's... more
HelicoptersBA609 CONVERTIPLANE: WINGS AND FUSELAGE MATED
ARLINGTON, TEXAS, In Bell Textron's Flight Research Center, in Arlington, Texas, has been made the mating between fuselage and wings of the new Bell/Agusta convertiplane BA-609. The aircraft is under development... more
Press releasePETS TO SHIP ON US MILITARY AIRCRAFTS
USA, Rabbits, horses, snakes and fishes are only some of the family pets people have tried to board on american military aircrafts. But pets, as emphasized by Sgt. Mitch Conley, means dogs and cats only.... more
Science and technologyNEW TERMINAL OPENS AT S.FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, The new international terminal of the San Francisco airport opened officially to passenger traffic. The new 2,4 USDbn terminal has 24 gates and expected to manage 8 million passenger... more
DefenseAUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCED ARMY REJUVENATION
AUSTRALIA, Australian prime minister John Howard announced a large upgrade of country's armed forces which will receive conspicuous quatities of new warplanes (about 100), new helicopters and electronic... more
AirlinesUS AIRWAYS TRAFFIC GOES UP
ARLINGTON, The revenue passenger miles for November 2000 were up 15,8% compared to November 1999. Load factor reached 70,8%, with an increase of 1,6%. The three wholly owned subsidiaries of US Airways... more
AccidentsCOLOMBIAN MILITARY AIRCRAFT CRASH IN LANDING
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA, A military, spanish-made, CASA aircraft of Colombian Air Forces crashed in a night landing at the military airport of Tres Esquinas, about 300 kms. southeast of state capital Bogota.... more
AirlinesCOMPUTER GLITCH AT DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG YESTERDAY DELAYED HUNDREDS OF LUFTHANSA FLIGHTS
GERMANY, The glitch cut off Lufthansa's computers at airports from the airline accounting centre delaying hundreds of Lufthansa flights across Germany, Austria and the United States for up to 30 minutes.... more
AerospaceMILITARY SATELLITE LAUNCHED FROM CAPE CANAVERAL
CAPE CANAVERAL, USA, U.S. Air Force lauched a military satellite from Kennedy space center near Cape Canaveral, using a Atlas 2A booster. The kind of missions that satellite will cover, requested by a... more
AccidentsDELTA AIRLINES AIRCRAFT SLIDES OFF RUNWAY AT SCHIPHOL
SCHIPHOL, AMSTERDAM, An aircraft operated by Delta Airlines coming from Atlanta slided off runway landing at Schiphol Airport (Amsterdam) wednesday morning. The airplane slided into the grass surrounding... more
AerospacePOWER CABLES WRESTLED ON SPACE STATION ALPHA
USA, Two astronauts of the space Shuttle Endeavour, Joe Tanner and Carlos Noriega wrestled with a pair of power cables to link the solar arrays they installed on Sunday with the station power grid. The... more
DefenseBRITAIN WILL TAKE PART IN EU FORCE ONLY IF IT WON'T UNDERMINE NATO
LONDON, "We have made it quite clear that we will not sign up for anything that in any way jeopardises Nato, our trans-Atlantic relationship" said Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon. He added that "it is simply... more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE RISES PROFITS
PARIS, Airline’s net profits reached USD 353m in the half ending September 30, climbing by 38%. The turnover grew to 6,13 billion euro. Traffic rose 10,3%, load factor 3,6. Jean-Cyril Spinetta, chairman o... more
AccidentsPLANE MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING IN KAZAKHSTAN
KAZAKHSTAN, The Kazakstan Air Boeing 737 was en route from Almaty to Moscow. It had to make an emergency landing at capital Astana because of a mulfunctioning of the air conditioning system. The jet was... more
AirlinesLAUDA AIR SPA TO BEGIN NEW TRANSOCEANIC ROUTES
MILAN, The airline, which will receive new aircrafts in 2001, was authorized by Enac, the italian civil aviation authority, to operate new routes to Cuba, Mexico, Falkland islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand,... more
PeopleAMERICA WEST AIRLINES WILL INSTALL DEFIBRILLATORS ON ITS AIRCRAFT FLEET
USA, U.S. America West Airlines announced it will install the cardiac defibrillators on its aircraft fleet, training flight attendants for use of device. Some of cardiac problems that will occur to a passenger... more
AirlinesKLM LOSES LAWSUIT FOR ALLEGED MINOR MOLESTATION
THE NETHERLANDS, KLM dutch airline losed lawsuit filed by a minor parents, as then 15 years old girl declared to be molested by two man in a long-haul flight from Kuala Lumpur to Great Britain. Her parents... more
AirlinesCONTINENTAL AIRLINES ANNOUNCES DAILY SERVICE BETWEEN NEW YORK AND MELBOURNE, FLA
HOUSTON, USA, Continental Airlines, one of largest U.S.A. airlines , announced yesterday the new daily service between NY/Newark and Melbourne, Fla, beginning Feb. 15, 2001: the airline will operate... more
AirlinesCHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES TO START NEW SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA
SYDNEY, China Southern Arlines, one of the major chinese airlines, will begin Boeing 777 service from Guangzhou, China to Sydney and Melbourne starting tomorrow. The new service is due to the increased... more
AccidentsSABENA SHOOTED AIRCRAFT (4): FLIGHTS TO BURUNDI SUSPENDED
BRUXELLES, BELGIUM, Sabena airline, of which an aircraft has been hit by several bullets during landing at Bujumbara airport, in Burundi, has decided to suspend indefinitely flights for the African... more
PeopleIRAQ ASKS THE RETURN OF THE CIVILIAN AIRCRAFTS IMPOUNDED SINCE THE GULF WAR
BAGHDAD, IRAQ, Iraq's foreign minister said that Jordan and Tunisia have agreed to hand back Iraqi civilian airliners impounded since the Gulf War, but Jordanian aviation sources said that they did... more
AirlinesLAUDA AIR SPA TO REVIVE IN 2002 WITH AN IMPORTANT PARTNER
VIZZOLA TICINO, VARESE, ITALIA, Lauda Air SpA's managing director Andrea Milinari said "the airline will consolidate its position and it will increase the investments in agreement with an important... more
PeopleFAA FINES ALASKA FOR NEARLY 1USDM
USA, Federal Aviation Administration fined Alaska Airlineswith nearly USD1m for a series of violation occurred in its jetliner maintenance. The FAA officials said that some of these violation could be... more
AccidentsSABENA SHOOTED AIRCRAFT (3): AIRLINE PRESS RELEASE
BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI, The belgian airline Sabena, sent this press release about its aircraft shooted in Burundi: Today at 5:56 pm GMT (6:56 pm Belgian time), a Sabena Airbus A330-200, flying SN877 on... more
AirlinesAIRBUS A310-300 DELIVERED TO TRANSAERO
RUSSIA, It is the first-ever Airbus in the airline service. It has 185 seats in a two-class layout and PW4000 power plants. The aircraft will be used on on both scheduled and charter flights, including... more
AirlinesBRITISH MEDITERRANEAN AIRWAYS TO ORDER TWO AIRBUS A321-200
PARIS, The new was announced by Airbus in a press release. The contract worhts about $60 million. The delivery of the two aircrafts is scheduled in February and March 2001. The planes will be used to expand... more
Science and technologyITALY TO PROPOSE DE PALACIO TO INCREASE FLIGHTS TO LINATE AIRPORT
ROME, The proposal was made by Transport minister of italian government Bersani in order to find an agreement with Transport european commissioner Loyola de Palacio. Bersani proposes a daily flight to... more
AirlinesDELTA INAUGURATES DAILY SERVICE BETWEEN ATLANTA AND BOGOTA
USA- ATLANTA, Delta Inaugurates yesterday daily service between Atlanta and Bogota, Coulombia: the flights will operate by international Boeing 757 aircraft, configured in two classes, business and... more
AirlinesBA LOSES IN COURT AGAINST RYANAIR
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, In a lawsuit following a Ryanair controversial advertisement, British Airways failed action against low cost carrier, as the judge has not valued the advertisement "offensive... more