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PeopleEND OF EMERGENCY INSURANCE COVER ANNOUNCED BY SWISS GOVERNMENT
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, In a press release, the Swiss government has informed that it will not give further extension of emergency insurance cover from the government for potential damage caused by war... more
PeopleBRANSON HIRES FORMER CATHAY PEANUT THROWING PILOT
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, Captain Scott Munro who was sacked by Cathay Pacific due to have thrown peanuts at his chief executive has been hired by Sir Richard Branson, head of Australian airline, Virgin... more
PeopleBRITISH GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO HELP AIRLINES IN DIFFICULTIES
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, The British Government decided to help financiarily airlines affected by the September 11 attacks in the United States sharing a GBP£40 million (USD$57.6m) compensation... more
PeopleRUSSIAN ATC OPERATORS MAKE STARVING STRIKE
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Several Russian ATC controllers ae making a starving strike in order to ask for a better wages, work hours reduction and to cancel an approved law which prohibit unions to intervene in... more
PeopleCANADA ANNOUNCES NEW SECURITY MEASURES
OTTAWA, CANADA, Canadian government has announced that it will invest 80 USDm per year in the improvement of air transport and airport security, following the announcement of yesterday, in which it said... more
PeopleFOUND SMOKING, A IRANIAN PASSENGER LAUNCH THREAT OF DEATH: ARRESTED HE COULD FACE 20 YEARS IMPRISONMENT
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, An Iranian but U.S. naturalized passenger, found by flight assistant to smoke in the toilette of a Air Canada flight from the assistants, he have hardly reacted to them, menacing... more
PeopleFRENCH ATC STRIKE (3): HEAVY COMMENTS BY DE PALACIO
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, According to declarations of the Transport European Commissioner Loyola De Palacio spokesman, the current French ATC operators has been "manipulated". The spokesman said that this... more
PeopleFRENCH AVIATION OPERATORS STRIKE (2) HEAVY PROBLEMS FOR ALL AIRLINES
PARIS, FRANCE, The French air traffic control operators strike, which attained a minimum of 60% participation, and 100% in several airports, has created disruption in flights of the most airlines which... more
PeopleFRENCH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS STRIKE(4): A PROTEST AGAINST EUROPEAN AIR TRAFFIC PLAN
PARIS, The strike of french air traffic controllers was called by several national unions, representing the workers employed in the civil aviation, USAC/CGT, FNTE/CGT, SNAC/CFTC and SPAC/CFDT, to protest... more
PeopleFRENCH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS STRIKE TO DISRUPT FLIGHTS
PARIS, A strike called by french air traffic controller is expected to disrupt air travel until Friday. The unrest is to start today at 6 pm to end on Friday at 7 am. Unions are to protest against a Europe-wide... more
PeopleHONEYWELL WILL PRODUCE A SATELLITE REAL TIME COCKPIT VOICES MONITORING SYSTEM
USA, Honeywell said yesterday that it will produce, in response to a US FAA request, a satellite communications link that would send continuous live cockpit audio utilizing the Motorola Iridium Satellite... more
PeopleNTSB RECOMMENDATION TO FAA
WASHINGTON, USA, The National Transportation Safety Board recommends that the Federal Aviation Administration: Revise the General Aviation and Air Taxi Activity Survey data collection system to more... more
PeopleINDIAN OPPOSITION PROTEST AGAINST US AIR SPACE VIOLATION
NEW DELHI, About 150 deputies of indian opposition walked out the parliament today to protest against the air space violation by a US helicopter which flew over a nuclear installation near Madras city.... more
PeopleESTONIA RESUMES AN-28 FLIGHTS
TALLINN, Estonia yesterday resumed An-28 flights after the ban imposed following an An-28 crash last Friday. "The experts reached a conclusion that this was not a technical fault of a certain type of plane... more
PeopleTWO YEARS SENTENCED THE HEATHROW HOAXER
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, A British court has sentenced two years detention for a eighteen-year-old British student who made a hoax bomb call to London's Heathrow Airport four days after the September terror... more
PeopleITALY AND SPAIN ALLIANCE AGAINST U.S. DUMPING
ROME, ITALY, In a meeting between Transport Ministers of Italy, Pietro Lunardi, and Spain, Francisco Alvarez Cascos, the latter proposed a collaboration between the two countries against the U.S. airliness... more
PeopleBUSH PARTICIPATES IN A TV SPOT TO PROMOTE U.S. AIRLINES
WASHINGTON, USA, U.S. president George W. Bush taken part in a TV spot in which he wants to convince Americans to return to fly, thus increasing the tourism, heavy hit by the September 11 attacks. more
PeopleACCORDING TO ANALYSTS THE AVIATION CRISIS WILL LED TO A SECTOR RATIONALIZATION
ROME, ITALY, From analysis effectuated about the aviation crisis, seems that this will led to a rationalization of the sector. This kind of operation has become indispensable for airline, that, otherwise,... more
PeopleFOR THANKSGIVING AMERICANS ON THE ROADS RATHER SKIES
USA, According to U.S. Department of Transportation, for Thanksgiving day most Americans will use ground vehicles to travel rather aircrafts, on which the passenger reduction for this period will be at... more
PeopleFRENCH CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY ORDERS AIRBUS INSPECTION
PARIS, The french Civil Aviation Authority has called for security checks of all Airbus A300-600 and A310 aircrafts. The airlines will have to carry out a visual inspection of the 407 aircrafts' tail fin... more
PeopleU.S. CONGRESS READY TO REVIEW AVIATION SECURITY
WASHINGTON, USA, According to a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman, the U.S. Congress is ready to vote a new series of measures to improve the security in the civil aviation sector. These measures... more
PeopleU.S. GOVERNMENT AID TO AIRLINES CONCERNS EUROPEAN COMMISSION
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, European commission has expressed its concern for the position of unfair advantage in which the U.S. government financement to airlines put them, in respect to European carriers. more
PeopleEXPIRED NOTAM ON NUCLEAR PLANTS
WASHINGTON, USA, FAA informed that the notam which prohibited the fly over nuclear plant, in a 20 km radiusfor private flight under 16,000 fewet is expired. more
PeopleBASELER, BOEING: MIDDLE EAST WILL REQUIRE 650 AIRCRAFTS UP TO 2020
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, According to declarations of Randy Baseler, vice president Boeing marketing, the Middle East will require at least 650 new aircrafts up to 2020, for a value of over 60... more
PeopleCUBA HIT BY HURRICANE MICHELLE, ALL FLIGHTS CANCELED
HAVANA, CUBA, Cuban authorities ordered 150,000 people evacuated in Havana for the incoming of the Hurricane Michelle which could endanger also Florida and the Bahamas. The government airline, Cubana... more
PeopleITALY: LIUTENANT GENERAL ANDREA FORNASIERO APPOINTED CHIEF OF THE CIVIL AVIATION COMMITTEE
ROME, The Liutenant General Andrea Fornasiero has been appointed chief of the Italian Comittee for the Handling and Control of Civil Aviation activities. The committee, which will be composed of five members,... more
PeopleIATA RECORDS A -17% PASSENGERS IN SEPTEMBER
USA, According to a International Air Transport Association (IATA) spokesman, in the month of September has been recorded a reduction of 17% in air passengers traffic in comparison to the same period... more
PeopleFAA PROHIBITS NUCLEAR PLANT FLY-OVER
USA, Federal Aviation Administration issued prohibition for private aircrafts, valid until November, 7, to fly over nuclear power plants in a 20 kms radius from them, for flights effectuated under 16,000... more
PeopleAIR AFRIQUE STRIKE PREVENTS MINISTERS TO ARRIVE AT CEDEAO MEETING
LOME, AFRICA, The Air Afrique strike, which has been invoked by several days, has created disruption to CEDEAO meeting bacause most of ministers have experienced difficulties to rrive to Lome, where the... more
PeopleFEAR ON BOARD OF A GO AIRCRAFT INTERCEPTED BY A FRENCH JETFIGHTER
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, A British airline Go operated Boeing 737-300 aircraft, with 130 passengers on board, heading London Stansted from Malaga, has been intercepted by a French Air Force Mirage F-1 in... more
PeopleFRENCH PASSENGER TRAFFIC SLOW DOWN OF 7,37% IN SEPTEMBER
PARIS, FRANCE, The French passenger air traffic has experienced a serious slowdown in the month of September, reaching a loss of 7,37%. In this situation, the maximum reduction amount of 26,1% has been... more
PeopleCHINA CLOSES FLIGHTS TO MUSLIMS TRAVELLERS
PEKING, CHINA, According to Chinese Xinhua official press agency report, Peking government decided to ban Muslims citizens, from 19 countries, from Chinese flights, in order to protect them from terroristic... more
PeopleA RESERVE FOR 90 DAYS FOR MOST OF U.S. AIRLINES
USA, According to declarations of the spokesmen of the most of the U.s. airlines, there are "reserves" for about 90 days, before the carrier enters in a real crisis, from which the smallest will be forced... more
PeopleAL QAEDA AT UK AND U.S. MUSLIMS: DO NOT FLY AND STAY IN HIGH BUILDINGS
QATAR, The Al Qaeda spokesman, Sleiman Abu Gheith, appeared on Qatar's television Al Jazeera, on which many proclamas of Taleban organization linked to Osama bin Laden appeared in the last days. In his... more
PeopleAIR FRANCE: CONCORDE WILL FLY AGAIN ON NOVEMBER 7
PARIS, FRANCE, After near a year and half after the tragic air accident of Gonesse, the Concorde will start again its Paris-New York route on Wednesday November 7. The aircraft will take off from Roissy... more
PeoplePILOT REFUSES TO BOARD ARAB PASSENGERS
STOCKHOLM, The pilot of a Premiair charter flight from Stockholm to Las Palmas refused to fly three men of arab ancenstry, despite they were cleared by police. "Everything went well when we checked... more
PeopleU.S. SENATE APPROVES FIREARMS FOR PILOTS
USA, The US Senate has approved by a unanimous vote an amendment to the Aviation Security Act (§1447), proposed by Senator Bob Smith, that will allow pilots to carry a firearm in the cockpit for the... more
PeopleU.S. AVIATION CRISIS: PILOT'S SHARES LOSS UP TO 90%
NEW YORK, USA, New York's Avionews correspondant, pointed out one of the heaviest problems that are involved in the U.S. civil aviation crisis, after the September 11 attacks. Most of pilots, in their... more
PeopleAIR FRANCE AND BA TO RESUME CONCORDE FLIGHTS
PARIS, Air France and British Airways are to resume Concorde flights from Nov. 7, an industry source reported today. The source confirmed that the two airlines plans to resume commercial flights simultaneously.... more
PeopleU.S. AIRPORT SECURITY AGENCY INVESTIGATED FOR LAW OFFENDERS ENGAGEMENT
USA, The largest U.S. firm that is engaged in supply security personnel for american airports, Argenbright, is newly under FBI investigation, accused to have provided personnel with penal charges in 13... more
PeopleDE PALACIO. WE ARE LOOKING TO AN EUROPEAN AIRLINE
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, According to European Commissioner Loyola De Palacio, it will be a good thing if there will be a whole European airline, regardless nations concerns. The Commissioner looks to the... more
PeopleDE PALACIO. LINATE WOULD HAVE THE GROUND RADAR
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, According to an interview released to APBiscom press agency by European Transport Commissioner Loyola De Palacio, the airportof Milan Linate would have the ground radar, and the causes... more
PeopleSECOND CONTINENTAL BOMBARDIER TAKES TO THE SKY
WICHITA, USA, The second aircraft in Bombardier Aerospace's Continental Program succesfully completed its first flight on monday, eight weeks after the first jet completed its maiden voyage. During the... more
PeopleALMOST SIX OF FBI IDENTIFIED AS DEAD TERRORISTS ARE ''NORMAL'' PEOPLE LIVE
USA, After FBI diffused images and names of the 19 individuals believed to be the hijackers of the four U.S. airliners that crashed into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Virginia and... more
PeopleDRUNKEN SOCCER FANS GROUNDED AT GLASGOW
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, More than 100 Celtic and Rangers fans were grounded at Glasgow airport, because the commander of the EasyJet aircraft which have to carry them to Belfast, decided they were too drunk... more
PeopleCYPRUS REFUSES TO GIVE LIST OF ARAB PILOT LICENSED IN ISLAND
CYPRUS, The Cyprus government denied supplying foreign intelligence agencies with the names of 20 Arabs who trained as pilots in Cyprus between 1997 and 98, on suspicion they might be linked to the... more
People767 RETURNS UNDER FIGHTER ESCORT DUE TO PASSENGER THAT UTTER AN ANTI-AMERICAN THREAT
USA, Due to a passenger who have uttered an anti-American threat caused Air Canada flight 792, with 145 people on board, to back to Los Angeles escorted by two F-16 fighters. The passenger, Javid Naghani,... more
PeopleRUSSIAN GOVERNMENT WILL GUARANTEE AIRLINES
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, The Russian government announced today it will guarantee airlines against hijacking and terrorist risks, after the insurance companies have reduced their responsibility for this kind of... more
PeopleANTONOV GROUNDED BY RUSSIAN CUSTOM WITH EXPLOSIVE ON BOARD (2) : ALL IN ORDER
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Sources of the Moscow Domodiedovo airport informed that the explosive load carried on an Antonov 12 grounded by Russian custom in that airport is fully regular. The eight tons of explosive... more
PeoplePRESIDENT BUSH GRANTS AUTHORIZATION TO SHOOT DOWN HIJACKED AIRCRAFTS
WASHINGTON, USA, According to U.S. newspaper New York Times, President George W. Bush would have authorized Air Force to shoot down hijacked aircraft which could endanger U.S. cities safety. This would... more