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AirlinesAlitalia (9): the meeting among the carrier's board and the unions to start again at 05:00 pm
Rome, Italy - Italian union UIL Piloti would have ensured it does not intend to promote strikes currently
The meeting among the trade unions and Alitalia's board scheduled for 03:00 pm today would have been postponed till 05:00 pm due to the extension of the meeting among the unions, aimed to analyse the situation... more
AirlinesSN Brussels Airlines: flights from Berlin will take off at "Tegel"
Berlin, Germany - In sight of the next closure of "Tempelhof" the Belgian carrier has dislocated in an other air station the German route towards Brussels
As from the next October 31, SN Brussels Airlines will operate the own flights to Brussels from the Berlin "Tegel" airport, because of the next closing of the "Tempelhof" air station. The timetables of... more
Industry"Bush's attack on subsidies for Airbus? It is just election-year politics"
Brussels, Belgium - It would have been stated by European Commissioner for Trade Pascal Lamy
"Bush's threats related to the possibility for appealing to the WTO against European subsidies devoted to Airbus? It is just election-year politics". It would have recently been maintained by European... more
HelicoptersThe SAPHIR-M Dispenser for the NH-90 and the Tiger
Paris, France - Eurocopter would have signed with MBDA the related delivery contract to significantly increase its own helicopters' self-protection degree
The Eurocopter Tiger and NHI NH-90 helicopters will be endowed of the SAPHIR-M chaffs/flares dispenser produced by MBDA. It would have unveiled by Eurocopter's representatives, while the first mounting... more
PeopleCoflight EFDP: the Italian-French-Swiss prelude to the European Single Sky
Geneva, Switzerland - It will warrant a better air traffic management among the three countries increasing the general safety degree
The sign of the agreement related to the development of the new flight data processing system named Coflight EFDP occurred in Geneva yesterday. The protagonists of such deal were ENAV (Italian National... more
CuriositiesA passenger causes one hour delay for joke, and he will compensate airline
Amsterdam, Holland - Klm plans to be reimbursed from the American citizen who ironized on the bomb presence aboard
Curious adventure the last week on a Klm flight in departure from Amsterdam and directed to Minneapolis, in the United States: it seems that before the takeoff, an American passenger addressing to a travel... more
DefenseMission failed for the Israeli Ofek-6 spy satellite
Tel Aviv, Israel - The rocket carrier devoted to put it into orbit would have exploded in flight just after its takeoff
Israel experienced the failure of an important launch related to the Ofek-6 military satellite yesterday. The related aerospace programme scheduled to put into orbit the new national-made spy satellite... more
AirlinesAlitalia (8): unions still willing to talk on condition that the business plan is changed
Rome, Italy - European Commissioner for Transport de Palacio confirms the need for job cutting
While waiting for the next step of negotiation among the Alitalia's board and the trade unions' representatives, unions' doubts about the feasibility of the company's business plan appear increasing. Italian... more
AirlinesEasyJet: the passenger traffic increases in August
London, United Kingdom - Over 2 million travellers who have flown by the low-cost carrier
August on the up for easiJet, although its fears had to the high-crude oil and to the war expressed the last June: the British company low-cost today in fact has announced that in the month of August 2,46... more
AirportsS&P gives the profit-alarm for the airlines more than ever oppressed from the high-oil
London, United Kingdom - The high-fuel could soon trigger a domino effect that it would be involved also the manufacturing industries
The rating agency Standard&Poor's gives the profit-alarm for the European airlines: the oil crude price continuing to go up would make to increase in fact the worry for the continental carrier profits,... more
AirlinesUSA: Appeal Court acquits Air NZ for a case of DVT
San Francisco, Usa - Protagonist a man who collapsed after a flight of 12 hours from Los Angeles to Auckland
The San Francisco Federal Appeals Court has established that the airline Air New Zealand is not guilty for the deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of which a its passenger was victim, Adriene Rodriguez, in 2000,... more
PeopleDirect flights between Italy and China are necessary
Rome, Italy - The Astoi President asserts it : "It will serve to raise the tourist field "
The Astoi President, the Italian tour operator Association, complains the lack of a direct aer connection between Italy and China: the Rising Sun market would be in fact a source of great potentiality,... more
AirlinesBritish Airways: August positive for the British airline
London, United Kingdom - Passenger and goods traffic increase respect a year ago
The carrier British Airways have reported the data relative August as soon as passed, for that it regards the passenger capacity in increase of 2% regarding the same month of 2003; the traffic capacity,... more
HelicoptersNew Zealand: a new helicopter for troop transport
Auckland, New Zealand - The NH-90 would appear to be ahead of competitors
Four candidates for the modernization programme related to the troop transport military helicopters for New Zealand Army: the NHI NH-90, the Eurocopter Super Puma, the AgustaWestland/Bell AB-139 and the... more
MiscellaneousIsraeli helicopters attack a Hamas' training site
Gaza City, Gaza Strip - 14 died and 50 were wounded while the Palestinian movement threatens a firm reaction in order to revenge its own members
Israeli combat helicopters and tanks would have performed a massive surprise attack against several Palestinian movements' militiamen, nearby Gaza City last night. At least 14 persons would have been killed... more
AerospaceIss: the Alenia Spazio Cupola module is ready
Turin, Italy - It's been delivered yesterday to ESA: it is equipped by 7 windows that will concur of having a good external environment visibility
Yesterday the Alenia Spazio has delivered to ESA, European Space Agency, during a ceremony kept in Turin, the Cupola module (see news AVIONEWS) for the International Space Station (Iss): it would be a... more
MiscellaneousAttempt against Baghdad's Governor: a quick reaction by the American fighter-bombers
Baghdad, Iraq - No effects for the city's institutional representative but bombing activities would have even killed and wounded some civilians
Struggles are raging during these hours in Baghdad and nearby the Iraqi capital, following the attempt against city's Governor, a surprise bomb attack which would have at first taken the escorting American... more
AirlinesAlitalia (7): the job cutting policy of the traditional carriers
Rome, Italy - A common phenomenon in Europe that affected the company's situation for important airlines
Alitalia is not the only traditional carrier forced to resort to remarkable cost cutting, in order to face a crisis which most of all was due to the difficulties caused by events such as the September... more
AirlinesAlitalia (6): insufficient measures in order to save the carrier
London, UK - Financial Times' analysts would be convinced of it as they would consider the 5000 job cuts and the bridge loan as insufficient
Financial Times proves very sceptical with reference to the solutions suggested by Alitalia's board in order to prevent the Italian national carrier's bankruptcy. According to FT, 5000 redundancies will... more
AirlinesAlitalia (5): workers on a war footing
Rome, Italy - Italian unions SULT and CISL would have criticized the carrier's insufficient statements regarding the real relaunch perspectives
Also the Italian unions SULT and CISL prove very worried about the employment solution suggested by Alitalia's board yesterday in the evening. SULT would have already met workers today as they have decided... more
AccidentsLufthansa: a B-737 carries out an emergency landing at Palermo air station
Palermo, Italy - It has been carried out regularly, the passengers have continued their travel by a A-319
A Lufthansa B-737, taken off from the Valletta (Malta) and directed to Stuttgart with 122 passengers aboard, yesterday afternoon, 10 minutes before 4:00pm, it would have carried out an emergency landing... more
Weather forecastsOther air shows and exhibitions in September 2004
Rome, Italy -
CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY SYMPOSIUM…Sept. 8-9, Westin Hotel, Dallas, Texas. Info: (254) 776-3550; www.sgmeet.com. CHARTER OPERATOR AND MANAGEMENT TAX COURSE…Sept. 9-10, Airtel Plaza Hotel, Van Nuys, Cal... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): local Governments mobilize in favour of workers
Rome, Italy - Lazio Region President, Storace would have appealed to Italian Government following the CUB union's letter to support employees
Among the institutional protagonists which followed the Alitalia's matter and that considered the serious effects related to the employment issue, one must surely bear in mind the local governments, in... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): Italian union CUB Trasporti's plan in order to save the carrier and the employment"
Rome, Italy - No denationalization and splitting but aids through public investments thanks to a profitable plan
Italian trade union CUB Trasporti not only threatened serious effects for the air transport in Italy by protests, but it would have also put forward an operative proposal in order to save Alitalia, by... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): "The job cutting indicated by the carrier is a massacre beyond any expectation"
Rome, Italy - The representatives of the Italian union CUB Trasporti prove convinced of it and the employees would have started a hunger strike
A heard reaction by the trade unions after the showing of the Alitalia's business plan, with reference to the matter related to 5.000 redundancies indicated. Most of all, Italian union named CUB Trasporti... more
AirlinesAlitalia: here is the business plan
Rome, Italy - The carrier's board indicates the existance of 5000 redundancies and schedules to split the company into two different operative activities
Alitalia's board finally officially showed yesterday the new business plan aimed to the reorganization and the relaunch of the airline. The plan, as based on a denationalization process and on a splitting... more
AirlinesBritish Airways Italy: on Friday, September 10, a dependent 4 hour strike
Rome, Italy - The British airline Italian branch workers protest for the contract renew
On Friday, September 10, the British Airways Italian branch staff will abstain themselves from the job from 2:00pm to 6:00pm, in order to strike in favor of the business integrating contract renew, that... more
AirlinesAlitalia (7): "Government, carrier's CEO and ENAV have so far supported the airline"
Rome, Italy - ENAV's President, Bruno Nieddu, proves confident when considering the contribution provided for the carrier by such three protagonists
Also ENAV's (Italian National Flight Assistance Agency) President, Bruno Nieddu, commented regarding the delicate Alitalia's matter. Nieddu would have maintained that the situation is not necessarily destinated... more
AirlinesAlitalia (6): no comment by competitors on possible investments
Rome, Italy - British Airways, Lufthansa and Air France avoid of suggesting hypotheses of participation before the results of the meeting with the unions
The delicate situation of Alitalia is being constantly followed also from abroad and in particular by competitors, considered as possibly interested in appraising the hypothesis of investments in the future... more
MiscellaneousA bomb-car kills seven Marine Corps' soldiers nearby Falluja
Falluja, Iraq - Military helicopters are overflying the area
The dead persons' figure following the attack performed by a bomb-car against a convoy in Saglawiya, nearby Falluja, this morning consists of seven Marine Corps' soldiers and three Iraqi guards killed,... more
PeopleEU: "Many achievements in the air transport despite early scepticism"
Brussels, Belgium - European Commission's outgoing President Romano Prodi proves convinced of it
European Commission’s outgoing President, Romano Prodi, recently analysed the general situation of what produced during his leading role within EU Government. On such occasion, Prodi has underlined the r... more
Science and technology"Guglielmo Marconi": a telephone call stops a flight for an alarm-bomb
Boulogne, Italy - Groundless signalling, controls do not find some device aboard
Yesterday an Air France flight leaving at 6:35pm directed to Paris and taken off from the "Guglielmo Marconi" airport in Boulogne, it seems is landed at Geneva air station, because of a telephone call... more
Weather forecasts"AIR 04: a success beyond any expectation
Payerne, Switzerland - Patrouille Suisse proved the undisputed protagonist of the Show but also the PAN and the Red Arrows shined
The Swiss AIR 04 Air Show, occurred in Payerne on last Saturday and exclusively dedicated to military aviation, proved a great success (see for details AVIONEWS). Producers forecasted at first some 200.000... more
MiscellaneousJapan: alert in the airports for the tsunami risk after the earthquake of yesterday
Tokyo, Japan - The country has been invested also from the Songda typhoon, the third in the last 3 weeks
Transports paralyzed from yesterday evening in Japan: the country has shaken in fact under the blows of two seismic jolts around the 7:00pm local hour on Sunday, that would have interested the zones comprised... more
MiscellaneousUsa: airlines forced to cancel hundreds flights because of the Hurricane Frances
Miami, USA - Airports in Florida interrupted their activity or closed the air stations
The airlines AirTran, Independence Air, JetBlue and Us Airways during this week end would have cancelled hundred of flights because of the Hurricane Frances incoming to Florida. American Airlines has cancelled... more
Latest newsNato: a more flexible instrument for the defence of Europe
Brussels, Belgium - The usual difference among competent operative areas has disappeared in order to ensure higher reaction flexibility
The major military representatives of NATO's members gathered at the end of August, in order to analyse the situation related to the evolution of Atlantic Alliance's aerial vehicles deployment philosophy.... more
AirlinesAlitalia (5): the unions between talk willingness and inalienable conditions
Rome, Italy - Angeletti would think no alternative solution to talk exists, while Solari focuses on social safety valves and the carrier's future role
Wait for the meeting among Alitalia's board and the trade unions' representatives on the occasion of the official release of the business plan is increasing. FILT-CGIL union's leader Fabrizio Solari and... more
IndustryAirbus: "We will stay at the top till 2006"
Toulouse, France - The European aerospace company's representatives prove sure it can outstrip Boeing in the global selling until then
The challenge with no holds barred between Airbus and Boeing goes on in order to achieve the top regarding commercial aircraft orders. After the victory occurred last year, Airbus thinks it can anyway... more
Science and technologyUSA: a program to render the control-security faster
Washington,USA - A preventive examination of the travellers name and address could accelerate the check-in operations
In the United States approximately 10.000 persons has been enlisted for a government program which should have to test the speeding passengers through the check-point of the airports. This program, that... more
AirlinesTen new Airbuses for Royal Jordan Airlines
Amman, Jordan - The choice would have been made due to the failure of negotiation with Boeing
After the failure of negotiation with Boeing, Jordan carrier called Royal Jordan Airlines has decided to ask Airbus for new airplanes again in order to satisfy the exigencies of fleet innovation. Carrier's... more
Military aviationThe Beriev BE-200 comes to Italy
Rome, Italy - A leasing for some months will enable Italian Civil Defence Department to appraise the effectiveness and the reliability of the firefighter
The Beriev Be-200 comes to Italy. Italian Government has decided to perform an evaluation of the twin-engined firefighter on field by a leasing for one aircraft lasting for few months, at least till the... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on McDonnell Douglas model MD-10-10F, MD- 10-30F, MD-11, MD-11F, and 717-200 airplanes
Usa - To prevent, under certain conditions during the FMS PROF descent, the uncommanded descent of an airplane below the selected level-off altitude, which could result in an unacceptable reduction in the separation between the airplane and nearby air tr
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Federal Register Information [Federal Register: September 3, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 171)] [Page 53794-53795] Header Information Header... more
DefenseBoeing successfully tests the SLAM-ER missile's targeting system
Washington, USA - The weapon system succeeded in tracking its moving target without problems
The SLAM-ER (Stand-Off Land Attack Missile Expanded Response) air-to-surface missile produced by Boeing appears more and more a persuasive answer for the renewed need for the US Navy's fighter-bombers,... more
Press releaseAlitalia (4): "De Palacio must not interfere in matters regarding our country"
Rome, Italy - Italian trade union SULT's press release
"Italian Minister Maroni goes on threatening workers just when we are waiting for the meeting with Alitalia's board. Even European Commissioner for Transport de Palacio does the same, attacking the unions... more
Miscellaneous"Charles de Gaulle": child disappeared inbound from holidays
Paris, France - Investigators found her few hours after, she had been kidnapped from an unbalanced woman
The last Friday, an only 3 years female child from Kosovo, returned in Paris air station by a flight landed at 8:40pm to the terminal 2B, after a period of holiday in Slovenia with her mother and 2 brothers,... more
Latest newsUnited Arab Emirates: here are the first fourth generation Vipers
Dubai, UAE - The pilots of the Arab country start their training stage on the latest version of the Fighting Falcon, the F-16E, in the USA
The United Arab Emirates' pilots recently started training in the United States on the F-16C Block 60s (also called F-16Es), the latest version of the Fighting Falcon and presently purchased by such Middle... more
AerospaceIss: accomplished the 4th spacewalk
Washington, USA - Astronauts have replaced one valve, installed some antennas and executed an immobility test
On Saturday, September 4, the 4th spacewalk have been carried out by the Russian Gennady Padfalka and the American Mike Fincke, the astronauts couple who from 5 months operates in the International Space... more
AccidentsA Russian military transport helicopter performs an emergency landing in Chechenya
Moscow, Russia - All communications with its base were lost just half an hour after its leaving, but everything was well
A Russian Mil Mi-8 Hip military transport helicopter, which took off at 06:00 pm (Moscow local time) from Severny Airport in Grozny (Chechenya) officially appeared disappeared just a few hours ago, as... more
Press releaseCUB Trasporti about the Alitalia's situation
Rome, Italy - Relaunching the demonstration initiative against the denationalization and liquidation of the carrier
"CUB Trasporti relaunches its own initiative against the denationalization and splitting of Alitalia, in order to save its employees. The carrier can be saved as a publicly owned company. The airline must... more
Civil aviationDouble security alarm at Los Angeles Airport
Los Angeles, USA - Three terminals were closed and evacuated for four hours with significant delay
Much fear occurred at Los Angeles International Airport on last Saturday. Three terminals of the air station would have been closed and evacuated at about 07:00 am (local time) due to two warning signals... more