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PeopleJAPAN: TEMPORARY SUSPENDED MILITARY FLYING TRAINING
TOKYO, All military flying training have been suspended in Japan after three accidents happened in just one week, killing 8 people. Before went missing a transport plane on flying training, then the other... more
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PeopleCONTINENTAL AIRLINES' FLIGHT FORCED TO RETURN FOR FRANTIC PASSENGER
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, A flight of Continental Airlines departed from Anchorage was forced to return because of a frantic passenger who hurled a can of beer at one flight attendant and bit another member of... more
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PeopleMENINGITIS ON BOARD, OVER 400 PASSENGERS ARE RISKING
NEW YORK, A passenger of flight El Al 17 deceased just after landing for a meningitis which doctors of airport took at the beginning for a strong cold. Joseph Ferraro, aged 24, of Rochester, in NY state,... more
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PeopleUSA-CANADA AGREEMENTS
WASHINGTON, An exchange joint agreement between Usa and Canada was signed in order to allow both countries to accept civil air certifications regarding planning, manufacturing and manteinance of aircrafts.... more
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PeopleTRANSPORT: DE PALACIO WANTS A STRONG PUBLIC STRUCTURE
LUXEMBOURG, European commissioner for Transports, Loyola de Palacio, in reply to french air traffic controllers' strike, declared that she "never talked about privatization". Eu Commission aims at "a strong... more
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PeopleFRANCE: AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS TODAY ON STRIKE
PARIS, Today's strike of french air traffic controllers will be massive. Civil aviation's board of directors and the main airlines are expecting almost 90% of flights to be cancelled. Air France announced... more
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PeopleCASH REFUNDS FOR VICTIMS OF OVERBOOKING
FIUMICINO, ROMA, Cash refunds, from 50 to 150 euro, for victims of overbooking. This is one of the measures illustrated by european commissioner for Transports, Loyola de Palacio to protect travellers.... more
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PeopleDE PALACIO: ONE SKY FOR EUROPE
ROME, European commissioner for Transport, Loyola de Palacio, visiting Rome in these days, declared commission's intention "to create one european air space". The purpose is to speed up and improve air... more
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PeopleDE PALACIO: STOP WITH OVERBOOKING
BRUXELLES, European Commissioner for Transports, Loyola de Palacio, declared war on the unfair custom of overbooking, used by many airlines. This system involves the selling of more tickets of the effective... more
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PeopleDE PALACIO-BERSANI TALKS TODAY OR TOMORROW
BRUXELLES, European commissioner for Transports, Loyola de Palacio, declared she is going to meet italian Minister of Transports today or tomorrow. About the contents of talks the commissioner said they... more
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PeopleCOMMISSIONER DE PALACIO TOMORROW IN ROME
ROME, Loyola De Palacio, european commissioner of transports,will arrive to Rome tomorrow to visit Telespazio centre. The following day she will participate to launch of campaign for passengers rights,... more
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PeopleD'AMBROSIO AND UNIONS REPLY TO DER SPIEGEL ABOUT ITALIAN SKIES' DANGEROUSNESS
MILAN, The article of german magazine Der Spiegel, which is a sharp criticism to the irresponsible behaviour of some air traffic controllers of Malpensa's airport,accusing italian skies of being unsecure,... more
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PeopleENAC. SCIACCHITANO ELECTED JAA VICE CHAIRMAN
ROME, Enac (Civil Aviation National Company) vice-president, eng. Salvatore Sciacchitano, was elected vice-chairman by JAA Commitee in occasion of the 17th JAA (Joint Aviation Authorities) and FAA (Federal... more
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PeopleABANDON ALASKA AIRLINES AIRCRAFT FEARING ACCIDENT
WASHINGTON, Six people, four passengers and two flight assistants, left an aircraft of Alaska Airlines just before taking off after hearing a pilot was not sure about aircaft's safety. The fact happened... more
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PeopleAIR DOLOMITI ORDERS THREE AIRCRAFTS TO ATR
PARIS, Air Dolomiti ordered to ATR, Italian-French Aeronautic Consortium of Regional Transport, three aircrafts plus an option for other 4 units. They are ATR 42-500. Consortium was created by Alenia and... more
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PeopleBELUGA BECOMES INDEPENDENT
BERLIN, A new ramp is being manufactured in Airbus Transport International (ATI) for the famous transport aircraft produced by Airbus. The new ramp, trasported by the same aircraft, will permit loading... more
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PeopleFIRST EUROPEAN 427 DELIVERED DURING ILA
BERLIN, During ILA 2000 aerospace exhibition the first Bell 427 helicopter will be delivered to a european customer, Jet Service of Warsaw. Bell received 80 orders for this aircraft, orders coming from... more
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PeopleGREEN LIGHT FOR NH-90
BERLIN, Italy, (Agusta), Germany and France (Eurocopter), Holland (Fokker), are going to sign up an agreement for the combined making of new helicopter NH-90 that will be used for average transport. About... more
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PeopleSCHROEDER IS GOING TO VISIT ILA 2000
BERLIN, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is going to visit ILA 2000 exhibition in Berlin on thursday. Since the german capital moved from Bonn to Berlin, this city reached an higher importance from... more
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PeopleEIGHT HOURS IN THE STANDING AIRPLANE
WASHINGTON, Bad weather raging on american east coast is responsible for more than 100 flights to be cancelled. The worst event happened to passengers of flight 1806, of United Airlines, leaving from Chicago... more
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PeopleBALL WATCHING INSTEAD OF AIRCRAFT WATCHING
MILAN, About eighty air traffic controllers received a notification of investigation. The count of indiction was fraud towards Enav. About fifteen controllers would be prosecuted for breaking and disturbing... more
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PeopleSPECIAL SAFETY BELT FOR QUICK TEMPERED PASSENGERS
LONDON, An ex police man thought up a device called "Body restraint package" that will be used by flying attendants on airplanes to "cool down" passengers furies in case they are taken by paroxysms dangerous... more
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PeopleNO AGREEMENT BETWEEN EGYPT AND ISRAEL FOR FLIGHT ZONES
EL CAIRO, The agreement between Israel and Egypt about flight zones, which would have allowed the aircrafts coming from El Cairo to cross the air corridor to get to Gaza airport, has failed. Israel resolution,taken... more
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PeopleENAC IS GOING TO GRANT LICENSES TO TECHNICAL STAFF
ROME, Enac, credited to release licences for technical staff, National Organization for Civil Aviation, received JAA (Joint Aviation Authorities- international organization collecting aereonautical authorities... more