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PeopleNEGLIGENCE AND LACK OF EXPERIENCE BEHIND THE TWO PLANES NEAR TO COLLIDE IN JAPAN
JAPAN, The reports of the investigation said that flight records showed that the avoided collision was due to lack of experience of an air traffic control's radar operator and to the neglicence of his... more
PeopleBRAZIL COMPLAINS OF AIR SUBSIDIES
CANADA, According to "Financial Times", in a further escalation of their aircraft dispute, Brazil has formally complained to the World Trade Organisation about export subsidies granted by Canada to its... more
PeopleKENIA NEWLY INTRODUCES TOURIST VISAS AND RAISE AIRPORT TAXES
NAIROBI, KENIA, Kenia's government reintroduces tourist visa and raise airport taxes, angering tour operators which scaring to have thousands of cancellations. Visas will be now payed at 50 USD and... more
PeopleUS ROUTES DENIED TO BRITISH MIDLAND
UK, The U.S. government, "given the current state of US-UK aviation relations", has denied a bid by British Midland to code-share with United Airlines on flights from London Heathrow to US cities on the... more
PeopleMAN CONDEMNED FOR MOLESTING SLEEPING WOMAN
SINGAPORE, An Indian man convicted to three strokes of the cane and a year in a Singapore jail for to have molested a woman on an airplane while she slept. The 27-year-old computer engineer's claim that... more
PeopleNEW REGIONAL JET SERVICE NEW YORK/NEWARK AND BOSTON WITH AMERICAN EAGLE
NEW YORK, American Eagle, the regional affiliate of American Airlines, today introduced regional jet service linking Boston and New York/Newark with seven daily round trips. The airline operates the... more
PeopleABN AMRO'S LOAN TO OLYMPIC
ATHENS, GREECE, Dutch bank ABN Amro made a loan of 67.5 billions of drachmas ($184 million) to help the Olympic Airways to move from the old to the new Airport of Athens, operating from March. The loan... more
PeopleCHINA NORTHWEST AIRLINES INCREASES ROUTES TO JAPAN
XI'AN, CHINA, China Northwest Airlines announced the intention to increase the routes to Japan. According to a plan, regular air routes from Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province, to Kagoshima, Matsuyama,... more
PeopleLOCKERBIE DISASTER SENTENCED: ONE GUILTY, ONE ABSOLVED
CAMP ZEIST. HOLLAND, According to judgement conclusions, has been emitted the final verdict which put the end at the Lockerbie legal case, which has been defines the more expensive in the British justice... more
PeopleSAMARAT WILL CONTROL CAMBODIAN AIR TRAFFIC
CAMBODIA, Samart Corporation has been awarded a 15-year concession to provide air traffic control services in Cambodia. A company source said that throughout the concession, Samart was likely to receive... more
PeopleBOEING TO PROPOSE NEW AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM
USA, Boeing Co. is trying to persuade the government to overhaul air traffic control system in order to advance it. The industry said it could give the FAA a new project in the next months. Boeing's chairman,... more
PeopleAMERICAN EAGLE LAUNCHES REGIONAL JET SERVICE BETWEEN DETROIT/NEW YORK LA GUARDIA
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, American Eagle, the regional affiliate of American Airlines, announced today that it will start regional jet service between Detroit Metropolitan Airport and New York's La Guardia... more
PeopleON ON-LINE AUCTION OBJECTS OF AIR FORCE ONE
WASHINGTON, After the last presidential travel of Clinton on Air Force One, from the airplane they are "disappeared" tens of gadget and several objects mysteriously reappeared the successive day on eBay,... more
PeopleATA CONFIRMED TO DEVELOP AN EMPLOYEE TRAINING FACILITY
CHICAGO, Today ATA (American Trans Air, Inc.) confirmed that will develop an employee training facility near Midway Airport on Chicago's Southwest Side. The new training complex will contain two flight... more
PeopleKOREAN AND JAPANESE AIR CARRIERS WILL OPERATE CHARTER NIGHT- FLIGHTS
TOKYO, From Feb.16, five Korean and Japanese air carriers, Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Japan Air System, Korean Air and Asiana Airlines will operate charter flights from Tokyo's Haneda airport.... more
PeopleNEW ZELAND INCREASES FLIGHTS WITH JAPAN
NEW ZELAND, The Government approved a deal to increase flights between New Zealand and Japan, boosting the potential number of Japanese tourists who can visit New Zealand by 30,000 a year. Air New Zealand... more
PeopleNEPAL'S CIVIL AVIATION MINISTER RESIGNS
NEPAL, The Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation, Tarini Dutta Chatuat, being investigated in a financial irregularity case, has resigned from the government of Nepal's constitutional monarch. Chatuat... more
PeopleOPEN SKIES BETWEEN MANILA AND SINGAPORE
MANILA, PHILIPPINE, Economic Mobilization Group, or EMG, a technical group of the Philippine's government, has recommended that Manila start an open skies agreement with Singapore to increase tourism traffic... more
PeopleRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FRANCE E TURKEY COMPROMISED
PARIS, The relationships between France and Turkey have been compromises because of the acknowledgment from Government of Paris of the genocide perpetrated from the Ottoman Emir to the damages of... more
PeopleSAIRGROUP OUSTS BOSS
ZURICH, SAirGroup, holding of Swissair, announced yesterday the resignations of the Ceo Philippe Bruggisser immediately replaced on an interim basis from Chairman Eric Honegger. The apexes' change happens... more
PeopleOTHER ANSETT AIRCRAFTS GROUNDED
AUSTRALIA, Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority decided to ground other three Ansett Boeing 767-200 airliners, after its inspector have found some hairline cracks on two of these aircrafts. Other... more
PeopleLIBERIA TO GROUND ITS AIRCRAFTS
LIBERIA, Liberia announced it has grounded all the registered aircrafts until their owners prove they are not involved with criminal activities. The decision was taken following an accusing United Nation's... more
PeopleICAO DECIDES TO CUT HALF OF AIRCRAFT NOISE
MONTREAL, CANADA, ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization, decided to issue a series of recommendations in order to cut an half of aircraft noise in the next years, equivalent to 10 decibel. United... more
PeopleCAROL CARMODY IS THE NEW VICE-PRESIDENT OF NTSB
USA, Carol Carmody is the new National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) Vice Chairman. Carmody, who has been a Member of the NTSB since June 2000, before worked as a aviation consultant, focusing... more
PeopleFIRST SAUDI FEMALE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS
SAUDI ARABIA, For the first time in the history a saudi Arabian women are to be allowed to act as flight cabin attendants, but they will have to be accompanied by a "male guardian" and will can to work... more
PeopleCHINA AND JAPAN AGREE TO INCREASE FLIGHTS
CHINA, The agreement will provide an increase in flights between the two countries of up to 50% to meet the growing demand on passenger services and cargo routes. The agreement is to be effective on April... more
PeopleNEW SERVICE TO PALM BEACH AIRPORT
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA, Southwest Airlines today inaugurated a new frequent and low cost service from Palm Beach County International Airport. Southwest Airlines began its service with six daily nonstop... more
PeopleFINAL TOUCHES TO AVIATION POLICY IN INDIA
INDIA, Official sources said that Indian Civil Aviation Minister Sharad Yadav and his top ministry officials are to put final touches on India's long-awaited Civil Aviation Policy before sending it for... more
PeopleNEW AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM IN AFGHAN
AFGHAN, Today is unveiled the climax to a six-year project to update Afghanistan's antiquated air traffic control system. It's the most sophisticated infrastructure project in Afghanistan for years. The... more
PeopleTHREE NEW REGIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTERS IN CHINA
CHINA, China's Civil Aviation Administration (CAAC) is to install, with a total investment estimated at nearly two billion yuan (USD$242.1 million), three new regional air traffic control centers in Shanghai,... more
PeopleAIR FRANCE CONCORDE TO FLY AGAIN
PARIS, Today at 12.03 GMT an Air France Concorde took off from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport to an air force base at Istres near Marseilles in southern France. It was the first flight after the crash... more
PeopleBRITISH GOVERNMENT CRITICIZED OVER DELAYS IN WORK FOR NEW AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTRE
LONDON, The House of Commons transport committee criticized the british government over the delays in construction of a new air traffic control centre at Prestwick in Scotland. The commitee underlined... more
PeopleOASIS LEADER BOTHERS AN HOSTESS
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, Noel Gallagher, the brawling leader of British musical group Oasis, after to be charged of drug possession and aggression to reporter and fans, is charged now to have heavily... more
PeopleUSA AND ISRAEL TO SIGN NEW CIVIL AVIATION AGREEMENT
WASHINGTON, According to the new deal, which was signed last week at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, El Al access will have access to 28 destinations in the US within two years and will be enableb... more
PeopleAN U.A. PLANE MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING FOR SMOKE
LOS ANGELES, A United Airlines plane from Melburne, Australia, to Los Angeles was been forced to an emergency landing in Pago Pago, on Samoa ilands, because of smoke was seen around an engine: none of... more
PeopleECONOMY CLASS SYNDROME WILL BE DISCUSSED IN A MEDICAL MEETING
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, At the end of this month, a medical meeting will discuss the effects of DVT, deep vein thrombosis, also known as "economy class syndrome", due to the fact that, according to medical... more
People$23 MLN LOAN FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL IN THAILAND
BRUSSELS, The European Investment Bank (EIB) will loan $23 million for an air traffic control system at the Second Bangkok International Airport to Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Ltd. This new airport... more
PeopleDEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS: AIRLINES KNOW IT SINCE 30 YEARS
LONDRA, According to the British newspaper "The Observer", the economy-class syndrome has been known to airlines for at least 30 years; airlines boycotted in several ways any attempt to make serious medical... more
PeopleAP-24 CERTIFICATION FOR TU-204
RUSSIA, Kazan-based Gorbunov Aircraft Production Association announced that its Tu-204 passenger jet received an international quality certificate. This certificate attests that the plane fully complies... more
PeopleTAX EXEMPTIONS FOR RUSSIAN AIRLINE ALLIANCE
MOSCOW, Domodedovo Airlines, KrasAir, Aviaexpresscruise and Chelyabinsk Air Enterprise which established an alliance in November 2000, is preparing an appeal to the Russian Government, emphasizing... more
PeopleSAN FRANCISCO FLIGHTS DELETED BY STORM CONDITIONS
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Yesterday 169 flights were deleted at San Francisco International Airport as storms hit California. Drenching rain, hip-deep snow and towering waves clobbered California on Thursday... more
PeopleAMELIA EARHART DAY
USA, Yesterday several commemorations have been carried out all over the world to remember Amelia Earhart: Lady Lindy, this the nickname that the American press gave them, was one of the more famous women... more
PeopleCOMMISSION CLEARS AVIAPARTNER STAKE IN SCANDINAVIAN AIRPORT GROUNDHANDLER NOVIA
BRUSSELS, The European Commission has cleared the acquisition by Belgian airport services company AviaPartner N.V. of a stake currently owned by LFV Holding AB in Novia Holding. In doing so, AviaPartner... more
PeopleRADAR FAILURE AT HELSINKI AIRPORT
HELSINKI, FINLAND, Aviation officials have admitted that the radar at Helsinki Airport has failed to detect some Russian aircraft. But they insist air safety has not been jeopardised. The Helsingin... more
PeopleBRITISH OLYMPIC ATHLETES SUFFERED THROMBOSIS SYMPTOMS
UK, Three athletes from the British Olympic team in Sydney were treated for "economy class syndrome" after their long-haul flight, Ananova reported today. It shows that even the most fit and healthy... more
PeopleTWENTY STATES OPPOSE AIRLINES' PROPOSAL FOR JOINT VENTURE IN ONLINE RESERVATIONS
USA, Twenty states signaled opposition to a planned industrywide Internet airline-reservation system, citing fears of online collusion in ticket pricing by the major carriers. In a filing with federal... more
PeopleJIM CARREY TO BUY PRIVATE JET
UK, Jim Carrey paid $41 million for a Gulfstream V private jet. Other celebrities own this plane, among them John Travolta and Tom Cruise. more
PeopleU.S., JAPAN SET AVIATION TALKS DATE
USA, Japan and the United States will hold their first bilateral civil aviation talks under the new Bush administration in Washington on Feb. 21-22. Washington aims to reach an open skies agreement with... more
PeopleUNITED PARCEL SERVICE ORDERS 60 AIRBUS FREIGHTERS
FRANCE, UPS placed a firm order worth $6 billion for an additional 60 A300-600 freighters from Airbus Industrie to handle long-term growth in its air business. The order also includes options for an additional... more
PeopleAIRLINE TRAINING INTERNATIONAL - ATI - APPOINTS VETERAN IT EXPERT
TORONTO, Airline Training International Inc. (ATI) is pleased to announce the addition of Stephen B. Grant to its management team. Grant will assume the role of Vice President of Information Technology... more