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PeopleU.S. DOD GROUNDS ALL ''FARMERS'' AIRCRAFTS
WASHINGTON, USA, The U.S. Defense Department has "precautionally" grounded all aircrafts normally used for agricoltural field insecticide spraying to avoid danger that they could be used for biochemical... more
PeopleU.S. STATE DEPARTMENT ADVISE AGAINST TRAVEL RISKS
WASHINGTON, USA, The Department of State diffused an advice that warns U.S. citizens to evaluate carefully the implications for their security and safety before deciding to travel to Pakistan. The current... more
PeopleAFTER ATTACKS (3): EU CONSIDERS POSSIBILITY TO GIVE FINANCIAL AIDS TO ARILINE
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, According a declaration of Didier Reynders, current president of EU Finance and Economy Ministers, also European Community could consider possibility to give a financial aid to the airline... more
PeopleAFTER ATTACKS: U.S. GOVERNMENT PAY ATTENTION IN AIRLINES HELPS ANNOUNCEMENT
USA, Claire Buchan, President Bush spokeswoman, informing media about government support at airlines in difficulties, due to the recent attacks, avoided to say that Bush administration is favourable to... more
PeopleU.S. AIRLINES HOPES IN A GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
WASHINGTON, USA, According to U.S. government members, all airlines, which have declared their heavy losses due to the attacks, are waiting a law, from Washington, able to support the air transport sector. All... more
PeopleUSA ATTACKS: TALEBAN CLOSES THEIR AIRSPACE
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, According a Tagikistan diplomatic information, Afghan Taleban have closed their airspace to all flights including humanitarian ones. Taleban threats to shoot down every aircraft which... more
PeopleISRAEL REOPENS ITS AIR SPACE
JERUSALEM, Isralei Transport Ministry said in a statement that the country's air space is to be gradually reopened. It was closed to all flights except for the ones operated by El Al after terrorist attacks... more
PeopleSOON THE .AERO SUFFIX TO POINT OUT THE AVIATION INTERNET SITES
MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY, According Louis Touton, law advisor of the Icann, the organization which develop the procedures for the names assigning in Internet, declared that soon could be implemented the suffix... more
PeopleFIRST SUKHOI PASSENGER JET TAKES FLIGHT
RUSSIA, The first Sukhoi passenger aircraft, the Su-80, has successfully made its maiden flight in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in the Far East, in Russia. The plane carries 35 passengers or 8 tons of cargo and... more
PeoplePASSENGER RECORD IN FLIGHTS FROM AND TO AUSTRALIA
PERTH, AUSTRALIA, According to the latest figures from the Federal Department of Transport, about 17 million passengers flew to and from Australia in the year to April, setting a new record and 10 percent... more
PeoplePERU WANTS DRUG FLIGHTS TO BE RESUMED
PERU, Peruvian government said it plans to urge U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell to resume the anti-drug flights. Also colombian president Pastrana urged Washington to restart the interdiction program... more
PeopleCONCORDE: BILLION TO ONE CHANCE OF A NEW CRASH
LONDON, Mike Bell, the CAA's head of design and production standards, said there is less than a one in a billion chance Concorde will crash again. He added that "with the new tyre not being able to rupture... more
PeopleAFGHANISTAN: TALEBANI LOOK TO CLOSE THEIR COUNTRY AIRSPACE
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, According to local sources, Talebani, the Coranic students of afghanistan, are thinking to close the airspace of their country to all foreign airlines flights due to lack of funds to... more
PeopleTRANSEX SUES UNITED AIRLINES OVER CLOTHES ROW
USA, A United Airlines passenger, the passport of whom at "sex" reported "male", was ordered off the plane and told to change into men's clothing. Why? The passenger the name of whom on the passport... more
PeopleVIRUS SPREADS ON JETLINERS
CANADA, Professor Martin Hocking told a London conference that Poor air quality in passenger aircraft is leading to the spread of diseases and particularly TB. "The risk of exposure to airborne diseases... more
PeopleTESTS ALSO FOR CONCORDE PILOTS
PARIS, FRANCE, After the satisfactorily tests conducted by British Airways and Air France, also the pilots who fly the sole currently operated civil supersonic aircraft of the world are under test: in... more
PeoplePRIVATE AIRLINE TO RESUME FLIGHTS BETWEEN SYRIA AND IRAQ
DAMASCUS, A private airline will resume daily flights between Damascus and Baghdad from next Saturday, syrian official sources reported. The service between the two countries had been suspended in... more
PeopleALMOST READY TO FLY THE CONCORDE
PARIS, FRANCE, According to declarations of French Transport Minister, Jean-Claude Gayssot, relased a month ago, the return to sky for the concorde is am etter of weeks. In effects, both carrier which... more
PeopleDELTA TO COMPENSATE PASSENGER FOR LANDING TRAUMA
USA, Katy Weaver, a Montana woman who suffered emotional trauma during an emergency landing aboard a Delta Air Lines flight in 1996 was awarded $1.25 million in damages by a jury. A Delta MD-11 jet... more
PeopleUS WARPLANE MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING IN KUWAIT
KUWAIT, A U.S Boeing Co C-17 Globemaster military transport aircraft landed safely in Kuwait early on Thursday after one of its engines caught fire. The accident was reported by al-Rai al-Aam newspaper.... more
PeopleAIR ALFA LICENSE REVOKED TODAY
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, Tourism Commissioner near the Communitary European Commission declared that today has been officially revoked the Air Alfa travel agency license. more
PeopleSTILL PESTICIDES ON JETLINERS: UNITED AIRLINES SUED BY A FLIGHT ASSISTANT
USA, U.S. United Airlines has been sued by a flight attendant Susan Matthews claiming to have suffered health damage due to insect pesticides that are sprayed on planes serving Australia and New Zealand. This... more
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