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PeoplePASSENGERS LEAVED GROUND BY MNG AIRLINES
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, A dozen of passengers of MNG Airlines, ready to fly to Bodrum, Turkey, have been leaved ground, because, as declared by the carrier personnels, the aircraft was full. The passengers... more
PeopleFAA PROPOSES A NEAR 100.000 USD FINE TO AMERICAN AIRLINES
USA, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposed a 99.000 USD fine for American Airlines for flights security violations involving also improper carrying of unaccompanied and unidentified bags... more
PeopleBRITISH GOVERNMENT WORRIED FOR SPAIN-DIRECTED TOURISTS
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, HM Government is worried for the tens of thousands of Britons setting off for destinations in Spain, despite the third terrorist act this week in which many people were injured also... more
PeopleGB AIR TRAFFIC DELAYS STARTS TO WORSE
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, According to British Travel Agents (ABTA), has been estimated that,as the summer travel season reached its peak, 1.5 million people were expected to fly from British airports... more
PeopleATA BELIEVES THE US CARRIERS WILL LOSE ABOUT USD1.5BN FOR 2001
USA, According to the Air Transport Association analysts, US airlines predicted to go in red for the end of this year, losing about USD1.5bn, the largest airlines' loss since 1993 the end of a five-year... more
PeopleAIRLINES SUED FOR DVT MISINFORMATION
AUSTRALIA, British Airways, Dutch carrier KLM and Australia's Qantas Airlines have been sued to have ignored thrombosis threat for thirty years, and, thus, to have disinformed their passengers. According... more
PeoplePEACE IN SIGHT BETWEEN CHINESE PASSENGERS AND JAL
TOKYO, JAPAN, According to a Japanese carrier Japan Airlines JAL spokesman, it could be a reconciliation agreement between a group of Chinese passengers and airline. These passengers, over 90, were... more
PeopleOKLAHOMA AIRPORT HIT BY AIR RAGE
OKLAHOMA CITY, USA, According to local newspapers, seems that at the Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport, an outbreak of air rage has been occurred in the past few days. Reports of three seperate... more
PeopleU.S. GOVERNMENT LIFT RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVEL TO CUBA
USA, A voting effectuatred in the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday lifted restrictions on travel to Cuba by U.S. citizens. According to Rep. William Delahunt, the blocking of travels to Cuba... more
PeopleDIRECT FLIGHT BETWEEN VENICE AND TOKYO OPERATED BY LAUDA AIR ITALIA
VENICE, ITALY, With an operation to promote Japanese touristic traffic in Venice, the management company of the Venice International Airport, Save, launched a new charter direct flight between Venice... more
PeopleSTRIKE OF MEXICAN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS
MEXICO CITY, A strike action of Mexican air traffic controllers has been staged for an indefinite time affecting airports in Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta. The decision of strike has been taken by National... more
PeopleBA EXPECT TO FLY CONCORDE AGAIN FOR SEPTEMBER
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, UK airline British Airways is planning to restart supersonic Concorde passenger flights in September. Also the other carrier which owns the supersonic aircraft, Air France expects... more
PeoplePAKISTANI PLANE FORCED TO LAND IN MOSCOW AFTER VIOLATING RUSSIAN AIR SPACE
MOSCOW, A Boeing 747 of a pakistani airline which entered russian air space without permission was forced to land at Moscow Sheremetvo airport from a russian air force Mig 29. The jetliner was en route... more
PeopleTAP'S GROUND STAFF STRIKE DISRUPTS FLIGHTS IN PORTUGAL
LISBON, A 48-hour walkout by the ground staff of Tap Air Portugal is causing delays and cancellations at the country's major airports. A spokeswoman for the carrier warned that flights were expected to... more
PeopleNOW IS OF ABOUT 350.000 USD THE AMOUNT OF THE AIR TICKETS BUYED BY CHIRAC
PARIS, FRANCE, According to the French newspaper "Le Monde" the real sum of the air tickets buyed by French President Jacques Chirac is about 350.000 USD, and not 320.000 as indicated by the same Chirac.... more
PeopleALL OK FOR THE FIRST SUPERSONIC FLIGHT OF BA CONCORDE
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, The first supersonic flight of the British Airways Concorde, which have taken off form London Heathrow at 13:20 GMT and landed at Brize Norton Oxfordshire air base three hour and... more
PeopleAEA CONCERNS FOR 2001 AIR TRAFFIC
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, In a Airline European Association, Aea, meeting hel yesterday at Bruxelles, the 28 airline associated expressed their concerns for the 2001 air traffic, considering that the profits... more
PeopleRUSSIA FORCED TO GROUND TU-134 JETLINERS
MOSCOW, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov today told the press that Tu-134 flights are to be suspended after the International Civil Aviation Organization will introduce new noise standards.... more
PeopleVIETNAM AND CHINA TO OPEN NEW SERVICES
VIETNAM, A Vietnam Airlines official said Vietnam and China are expected to fly soon new routes to meet growing demand for flights connecting the two countries. The new routes will be Hanoi-Beijing, from... more
PeopleBA TO FLY CONCORDE TOMORROW
LONDON, British Airways is to fly a new modified Concorde on Tuesday afternoon from Heathrow airport. The supersonic jet will make a 3 hours and half test flight to check performances and flight conditions.... more
PeopleUSA AND ISRAEL MAKE AVIATION DEAL
JERUSALEM, United States and Usa signed a new code-sharing agreement, Israel's Transport Ministry said yesterday. The deal will allow El Al Israel Airlines to boost its destinations and code-share with... more
PeopleIMPROVED ON TIME PERFORMANCE IN MAY
USA, According to an U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) survey, conducted on major US airlines, in month of May, they completed 81.5 per cent of flights on time. This is the best performance... more
PeoplePILOT SACKED BECAUSE ''TOO OLD'' COMPENSATED WITH 100.000 USD
AUCKLAND, Godfrey Smith, 58, an Air New Zealand senior pilot, with 34 years of service, has been compensated by airline for $100,000 because he was sacked for being too old. The Judge decided that... more
PeopleU.S. FLIGHT ASSISTANT MOBILIZED AGAINST AIR RAGE
USA, A flight assistant delegation has been received at White House to ask "all possible initiatives" in order to eliminate the air rage problem. According to flight assistant associations, every years... more
PeopleSOME U.S. AIRLINES GROUNDS SEVERAL BOEING 757
USA, Boeing announced that some U.S. airlines including Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines, Trans World Airlines, United Airlines and United Parcel Service have grounded several of their 757s after detecting... more
PeopleCONCORDE ACCIDENT: THE VICTIMS RELATIVES WILL BE COMPENSATED SOON, BUT IS UNKNOWN THE VALUE
BERLIN, GERMANY, According to the lawyers that have followed the case of the crashed Concorde, the relatives of the victims of the accident will be compensated soon, but the value of this compensation... more
PeopleTUPOLEV CRASHED YESTERDAY (4): RUSSIA WILL NOT GROUND TU-154
MOSCOW, Vladimir Rudakov, head of the flight safety supervision office in the Russian Transportation Ministry, said Tu-154's flights will not be banned after yesterday's air crash. "We do not doubt the... more
PeopleDAMAGES FOR MILLION DOLLARS FOR BALEARIC ISLANDS DRIVERS STRIKE
BALEARIC ISLANDS, SPAIN, The financial damages caused by bus drivers stike, occurred in the last days at the Balearic islands, is worth many million dollars. Airline and hotels had to "requisite" alla... more
PeopleDUE TO A PUBLIC TRANSPORT STRIKE, THOUSANDS OF TOURISTS STRANDED AT BALEARIC ISLANDS
BALEARIC ISLANDS, SPAIN, Thousands of holidaymakers remained stranded in the Balearic islands due to 72-hour coach drivers' strike which ended at midnight on Sunday and which caused disruption for travels... more
PeopleCHINA TO BUY 400 CIVIL AIRCRAFTS IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS
PEKING, China plans to buy 400 jetliners over the next five years, China Daily reported. The plan would boost passenger numbers to 100 million from 67 million passengers last year and it would increase... more
PeopleGRAT EXPANSION EXPECTED IN CHINESE CIVIL AVIATION
CHINA, According to Chinese press agency Xinhua, the Chinese civil aviatioin authority would expand largely the China's air transport possibilities, acquiring some 400 new aircrafts and building 43 new... more
PeopleIRANIAN COURT SENTENCES THREE MEN TO DEATH
IRAN, An iranian court has sentenced to death three men who tried to hijack a russian Yak-40 to Usa last November. The plane was en route from Ahwaz, in southern Iran, to Bandar Abbas, in the Gulf. It... more
PeopleTHAILAND AND USA NEAREST IN AIR TRAFFIC PACT
WASHINGTON, USA, According to U.S. Transport Department sources, after some ten years of talks, an air traffic pact could finally developed between Usa and Thailan for the use of respective airspaces.... more
PeopleEUROPEAN UNION IS NOT CONVINCED ON THE NEW NEAR-SUPERSONIC BOEING AIRCRAFT
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, According to declarations of Margot Wallstrom, European commissioner for the Environment, the Boeing's Sonic Cruiser project, for a near-supersonic jetliner, which could realize a 10/15%... more
PeoplePAM FLIES AGAIN IN ANGOLA
LUANDA, ANGOLA, The World Food Program , after six days of disruption, in which it has suffered two attacks to its aircrafts, started operations for humanitarian flights in Angola. The attacks caused the... more
PeopleRELEASED CIVIL CERTIFICATION FOR C27J
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Enac, Ente Nazionale Aviazione Civile, released today the civil certification for C27J Spartan aircraft, realized in cooperation between Alenia Aerospazio and Lockheed Martin. Certification... more
PeopleALENIA MARCONI SUPPLIED SYSTEMS FOR THE NEW MALTA ATC
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Italian-British industry Alenia Marconi System completed the new Malta Air Traffic Control Center tests operation. Now, with the Malta's government approval, the new center is fully... more
PeopleRUSSIA CLOSES ITS AIR SPACE TO GEORGIAN AIRLINES
MOSCOW, Russia has closed its airspace for Georgian airline companies last friday June 15. Deputy transport minister Pavel Rozhkov has told the press that the closure was due to the over $3,5 million debt... more
PeopleFRENCH TRANSPORT MINISTER HOPES CONCORDE TO FLY IN AUTUMN
PARIS, Jean-Claude Gayssot, french Transport Minister, told in an interview to Europe-! radio that tests on the supersonic Concorde are running smoothly and the grounded aircraft would likely return to... more
PeopleSCOTSMAN FACES JAIL FOR AIR RAGE
GREAT BRITAIN, A 29-year-old Scotsman, David McCallum, from Edinburgh, has been condamned to an year jail for threatening to burst open the door of a Britannia Airways Boeing 757 which was flying at 30.000... more
PeopleEGYPTAIR STATEMENT ON INVESTIGATION ON 999 FLIGHT CRASH
EL CAIRO, EGYPT, EgyptAir, after the National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB draft on the investigation into the Flight 990 accident which occurred on October 31, 1999, released the following statement:... more
PeopleEUROPEA COMMISSION GIVE GREEN LIGHT TO AGREEMENT BETWEEN BMI, LUFTHANSA AND SAS
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, European Transport Commission give its "green light" to the expected agreement between British airline British Midland, bmi, German Lufthansa an Scandinavian Sas, which allow the smaller... more
PeopleENAV: ITALY AT THE FIRST PLACE IN EUROPE FOR LOWER NUMBER OF FLIGHT DELAYS
ROMA, According to Italian Ente Nazionale per l'Assistenza al Volo, Enav, and a analysis of Eurocontrol, the European organization which assure safety and coondination in flight traffic control, Italia... more
PeopleFOR THE ANALYSTS, MAY WAS THE ''WORST MONTH'' FOR AERONAUTICAL INDUSTRIES
USA, According to financial analysts, the aeronanautical market suffered in May of "substantial losses", as was not reported in a period of ten years. According to evaluations, the previous "worst month"... more
PeopleRUSSIAN PASSENGER JAILED FOR SIX MONTH FOR AIR RAGE
ATHENS, GREECE, A Russian passenger, who have caused, for his violent and abusive habits during a flight operated by Cyprus Airways, a flight diversion to Thessaloniki Airport, has been sentenced to six... more
PeopleCENDANT IN TALKS FOR GALILEO ACQUISITION
USA, Travel franchising firm Cendant confirmed that it is in talks to acquire Galileo International, the computerized travel reservations circuit. According to a Cendant spokesman, the terms of the transactions... more
PeopleNEW MICHELIN TYRE FOR CONCORDE
FRANCE, French Michelin has designed a new light weight and super- strong tyre for Concorde. The new Near Zero Growth (NZG) tyre has passed all the tests and the full 'taxiing, take-off, landing and taxiing'... more
PeopleTAIWAN AND HONG KONG AGREEMENT WILL EXTEND TO YEAR'S END
TAIPEI, TAIWAN, The aviation agreement between Taiwan and Hong Kong, which contemplate the relationship in air transport between the two countries, due to expire June 12, will be extended to the end of... more
PeopleBOEING LAUCHES AMBITOIOUS PLAN TO SOLVE SOME AIR TRAFFIC PROBLEMS
USA, U.S. aeronautical industries Boeing today announced an ambitious plan in order to change the United States air traffic system that is becoming overwhelmed by the numbers of flights and weather... more
PeopleBUSH INTERVENE TO BLOCK AIR STRIKES
USA, President Bush intervened to stop a strike by mechanics of Northwest Airlines carrier and was prepared to block a Delta Airlines pilots' strike. According with U.S. unions presidents, this Bush action... more