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PeopleFIRST BRITISH CONCORDE PILOT DIES
LONDON, Brian Trubshaw, the first British test pilot to fly Concorde has died on saturday in his sleep at the age of 77. Trubshaw made the first 22 minutes supersonic aircraft flight in Gloucestershire... more
PeopleAIR DISASTER RISK IN AFGHANISTAN FOR ONU ECONOMIC SANCTIONS
AFGHANISTAN, ONU's economic sanctions against Taliban risk to provoke air disasters on domestic Ariana Airline routes, already bannedfrom international routes, since 1999, because of the difficult availability... more
PeopleIRAQ ACCUSES UK AND USA OF AIR BLOCKADE
IRAK, Acording to iraqi newsagency INA "The American and British representatives on the UN Sanctions Committee have blocked, despite support from seven other committee members, demands from Jordan and... more
PeopleNTSB RELEASED YEAR 2000 AVIATION ACCIDENTS STATISTICS
USA, The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released statistics summerizing U.S. civil aviation accidents in year 2000 According with these figures, accidents in the year 2000 decreased to... more
PeopleINQUIRY BETWEEN PASSENGERS: ''AIRLINES TOLERATE VIOLENCE ON BOARD AND IN AIRPORTS''
USA, According to a research between passengers conducted in the airports, the U.S. airlines do little or nothing concrete to curb the growing cases of violence on board and in the airports perpetrated... more
PeopleRESEARCH ON MORE THAN 30,000 FREQUENT FLYERS REVEALS AIRLINES FAULTS
USA, A research on more than 30,000 "frequent flyers", those who, in other words, uses often planes for their travels, conducted for a year by Tim Zagat, in his "Zagat Survey", revealed many curiosities... more
PeopleSIX A-380 ''RESERVED'' FOR ALITALIA
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, In Airbus Industrie A380 backlog there is a "gap", before the fortieth order, which, according to Aeroflot officials in visit at French aeronautical group, includes six A380 aircrafts "reserved"... more
PeopleSOUTH AFRICA TO WITHDRAW LAST FLOOD-RESCUE AIRCRAFT
SOUTH AFRICA, South Africa completed yesterday the withdrawal of aircraft and personnel it provided Mozambique for rescue and relief operations in the massive flooding of the central Zambezi River basin.... more
PeopleFAA: NUMBER OF FLIGHTS TO INCREASE MORE THAN A THIRD IN THE NEXT DECADE
USA, The FAA released its forecasts in conjunction with the annual aviation conference and predicted and increase of number of flights by more than a third in the next ten years. This growth will put... more
PeopleFAA FORECAST ONE-THIRD INCREMENT OF THE AIR TRAFFIC IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS
USA, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) forecasts that in the next 10 years the number of flights to increase by more than a third, putting new pressure on an already overburdened airline system.... more
PeopleSPANISH PROSECUTOR DEMANDS SIX YEARS JAIL FOR FLIGHT AGGRESSOR
MALAGA, SPAIN, A Spanish prosecutor demanded a six-year jail sentence for a British tourist who attacked drunken an hostess with a broken bottle while on a Airtours charter flight to Malaga. Steven... more
PeopleETHIOPIA-U.K. AGREEMENT
ADDIS ABEBA, Ethiopian and British governments have recently signed an agreement to reinforce their cooperation in the aeronautical transport field: Ethiopian Airlines (EAL) and British Airways (BA) will... more
PeopleEGYPT: TOURISM REVALUATION
EGYPT, In the next years Egypt will invest a lot on the tourism and on the revaluation of the own natural and cultural wonders: the Tourism Minister has already approved of the financings, between the... more
PeopleTHE U.S. AIRLINE DOT BLACK LIST
USA, U.S. Department of Transport (DOT) diffused, as every month, the 11 U.S. major airline performance report in relationship with customers, called Air Travel Consumer Report. In the issue of January,... more
People1ST EVER DOMESTIC CODE SHARE PACT IN CHINESE AVIATION
GUANGZHOU, CHINA, According to TransportNews.com, China Southern Airlines, the largest airline in The People's Republic of China announces that it has formalized a new code share pact with China Yunnan... more
PeopleAIRLINES SUSPEND FLIGHTS TO BUJUMBURA
BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI, The army in Burundi says it has liberated the northern suburbs of the Burundian capital, Bujumbura, from a Hutu rebel force which had been holding out there. Kenya Airways, Ethiopian... more
PeopleBRUXELLES POSTPONES DECISION ON EUROPEAN ATC HARMONIZATION
BRUXELLES, BELGIUM, In a bulletin diffused by European transport Commissioner Loyola De Palacio, European Commission postponed to Stockolm meeting decisions about European air traffic control harmonization,... more
PeopleLOCKHEED MARTIN PROBABLY WILL RENEW U.S.ATC SYSTEMS
USA, According to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) spokesman, the Agency is ready to award Lockheed Martin Corp. to design and build a replacement for the aged long distance domestic ATC system. The... more
PeopleENAV TO PURCHASE 300 RADIOMEASURING HOURS
ROME, ENAV, the italian national authority for flight assistance, is to purchase 300 radiomeasuring hours from a swedish company. This firm operates 12 aircrafts equipped for this task. The checks will... more
PeopleU.S. WEATHER (2): FIRST HARDSHIPS IN EAST AIRPORTS
WASHINGTON D.C., According to U.S. Weather Office, the bad weather conditions on east coast is quickly worsening and several airlines cancelled flight for local airports, i.e. Swissair cancelled its flight... more
PeopleAIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT BETWEEN GREECE AND CROATIA
ATHENS, The two countries have ratified an air transport agreement allowing commercial flights between Athens and Zagreb. Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis told reporters after meeting Croatian counterpart... more
PeopleFLIGHTSAFETY IN FRONT LINE FOR FLIGHT SIMULATORS
NEW YORK, FlightSafety International has signed contracts whith Air France for the provision of pilot training services for its regional airline subsidiaries and associates. One agreement, covering a seven-year... more
PeopleBOMBARDIER WINS ORDER FROM CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS FOR ADVANCED PILOT TRAINING
MONTREAL, Bombardier Aerospace's Press Release: "Bombardier Aerospace announced today that Cathay Pacific Airways, one of the world's most prestigious airlines, has placed one firm order and one option... more
PeopleKOREA RISES TOKYO SEAT CAPACITY
SOUTH KOREA, The Korean Ministry of Construction and Transportation said in a statement that the national carrier will increase its passenger seat capacity on the Seoul-Tokyo route to meet rising demand.... more
PeopleSTRIKE OF AIR LIBERTE' GROUND PERSONNEL
PARIS, FRANCE, A strike is on course in several French airport, held by SetAA company, which serves French regional airline Air Libertè for ground services. The strike is more evidenti n Toulose airport... more
PeopleSINGAPORE AIRLINE CRASH SURVIVORS SUE AIRLINE, BOEING AND TAIPEI AIRPORT AUTHORITY
TAIPEI, TAIWAN, At least 40 of the survivors of the Singapore Airlines crash occurred in last October are suing the airline, Boeing Co. and Taiwan airport authorities hiring an American lawyer, specialized... more
PeopleSOUTH KOREA BUYS RUSSIAN BE-200
MOSCOW, A Irkutsk Aircraft Production Association's (IAPO) spokesman reported that South Korea will become the first foreign country to buy new Russian-made Be-200 amphibious aircraft: this is a multi-purpose... more
PeopleSABENA: EUROPEAN AIRLINES VERSUS UE
BRUSSELS, Four leading European airlines are planning to complain to the European Commission about the Belgian government's plans to pump E100m into Sabena as part of a E250m ($227m) recapitalisation of... more
PeopleFAA WINS TECHNOLOGY AWARD
U.S., According the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) one of its weather products has been recognized as a model of excellence in government information technology by Government Technology magazine. T... more
PeopleU.S. FLIGHT ATTENDANTS UNIONS AUTHORIZE STRIKES
USA, On about 23,000 american unionized flight attendant, the 96% voted to authorize a strike if no resolution in the talks for working contract renewal will be reached. Since two years this contract wait... more