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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
PeopleUS AND EUROPEAN AVIATION REGULATORS TO ORDER AIRBUS INSTALL MORE ENGINE SAFETY DEVICES
NEW YORK, U.S. and European aviation regulators would soon order Airbus install more engine safety devices on hundreds of planes to guard against a crash-causing fault, the Wall Street Journal yesterday... more
PeopleIATA 57TH ASSEMBLY YESTERDAY CLOSED IN MADRID
MADRID, The 57th Assembly of the International Air Transportation Association (IATA) closed yesterday in Madrid. The representatives of 274 airlines discussed of airport capacity and air traffic increase,... more
PeopleTAR ALLIANCE RISKS TO LOSE TWO OF ITS MEMBERS
USA, According to a Star Alliance airline group spokesman, there are possibilities that two airlines decided to leave the alliance. One of these two, Thai Airways International has some problems for lose... more
PeopleFAA AMERICAN AIRLINES AND AMERICAN EAGLE AGAINST DANGEROUS OBJECTS
USA, American, American Eagle and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) started an educational program to inform passengers about hazardous materials they can't took with them on board aircrafts. This... more
PeopleENAV ENTERS IN CANSO
ROME, ITALY, Italian Ente Nazionale per l'Aviazione Civile, ENAV, is entered in Canso, the Civil Air Navigation Services Organization which represent the private and public organizations that provide air... more
PeopleBRITISH AIRWAYS ANNOUNCE SEVERE MEASURES AGAINST AIR RAGE
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, After have registeres 232 episodes of air rage in 2000 on its aircrafts, British Airways decided to prohibit embarkation for a period of 12 months to passengers responsibles of air... more
PeopleRUSSIA INVESTS IN CIVIL AVIATION
MOSCOW, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov said today that Russia plans to put more than 1000 new planes into service by 2015, ITAR-Tass news agency reported. The goivernment will rise state support... more
PeopleCHINA COULD LIFT VETO TO BOEING'S 737 NG SALES
SHANGHAI, CHINA, After the authorization given to China Southern Airline to buy two Boeing 747-400F Freighter aircrafts, China's government could also give green light to a yet scheduled 30 737 Next Generation... more
PeopleSLIGHTLY REDUCED SECURITY MEASURES AT CANADIAN AIRPORTS
CANADA, Canadian authorities decided to slightly reduce the controls on passengers to avoid import in Canada of foot and mouth disease. However, the agency will continue safety measures put in place... more
PeopleBOEING ''BRUSH UP'' THE SATELLITE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL PROJECT
SEATTLE, USA, U.S. aerospace company Boeing "brushed up" a project of some time ago, based on a dense satellite net to provide precise and depepndable, "intelligent" civil and, probably, military, air... more
People17 ''HIGH'' DUTCH BUSINESSMEN ORDERED OF THE AIRCRAFT BECAUSE TROUBLESOME
AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND, 17 Dutch businessmen, decisively "high", were ordered off a flight departured from Amsterdam to Nice, after having started a "cushion war" with the life jackets in the cabin. The aircraft... more
PeopleEUROPEAN COMMISSION CONCERNED FOR IATA DECISIONS
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, European Commission sent a "scolding letter" to IATA, concerned for its decisions about cargo transport fees, which Brussels consider to be an obstacle to a free competition. more
PeopleIRAN AND IRAQ IN TALKS TO RESUME REGULAR FLIGHTS
IRAN, Iraq and Iran have started talks to resume scheduled flights after a break of over two decades. An Iraqi Ministry of Transport and Communications source said that "talks are currently going on with... more
PeopleGO AHEAD BY EC FOR UK AIR TRAFFIC CONSORTIUM
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, A UK consortium of seven airlines,British Airways, Britannia Airways, BMI british midland, easyJet, Monarch Airlines, Virgin Atlantic and Airtours International, born to collaborate... more
PeopleHEAVYLIFT TO PREPARE SECOND AN-225 DEBUT (2) TEAMING UP WITH AIR FOYLE
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, HeavyLift which split from Russian airline Volga Dnepr in January, as already reported by WAPA, decided to team up with Air Foyle, its rival since always. The two companies, however, stress... more
PeopleHEAVYLIFT TO PREPARE FOR THE SECOND AN-225 DEBUT
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, As already reported by WAPA, the air giant An-225 is getting ready for flying to Paris air show, scheduled for next month, waiting for "going back to work" in October. Its smaller cousin,... more
PeopleSANDSTORM DIVERTS FLIGHTS IN EGYPT
EGYPT, A sandstorm diverted several flights in Egypt. El Cairo's airport officials said that five international flights were diverted to Cairo or Hurgada, on the Red Sea. Weather forecasters said the sandstorm... more
PeopleHAILSTORM IN NEBRASKA: 13 AIRCRAFTS AND OVER 200 CARS DAMAGED AT EPPLEY'S AIRPORT
OMAHA, NEBRASKA, A hailstorm damaged 13 planes and broke the windows of more than 200 cars at Eppley airfield, Nebraska. The storm seriously damaged several aircrafts' engines and wings, taking them out... more
PeopleUK AIRPORTS REGISTERED A SLOW DOWN DUE TO FOOT AND MOUTH PROBLEMS
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, The UK's biggest airports operator, BAA, has put attention on the costs of the foot-and-mouth epidemic which has swept Britain and hit the tourist traffic. April passenger traffic... more