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Civil aviationKlm presents the Flying V prototype
The airplane of the future aims at energy efficiency. It will be launched between 2040 and 2050 -VIDEO
The prototype airplane of the future on which the Dutch carrier KLM has decided to bet will be presented in October at Amsterdam-Schiphol airport. It's called Flying V, designers said it will be able to... more
AirportsVienna: proposal to name the airport to Niki Lauda
The airport of the Austrian capital could follow the other metropolises
There was the track where he raced at full speed. And then there was the runway to take off. Niki Lauda's second passion, recently deceased at the age of 70, was flight. He had also become an entrepreneur... more
Civil aviationAireon system certified by the EASA
It represents the culmination of a three year long collaboration
Aireon was officially approved by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) as an Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) Organization to provide Air Traffic Management (ATM)/Air Navigation Service... more
DefenseS-400, Erdogan: "We do confirm the purchase"
The Turkish president said he won't withdraw from the agreement with Russia
Turkey will not turn back on the S-400s. "We have an agreement that is currently being implemented; there is no intention to leaving, we have committed ourselves", said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,... more
AirlinesDelta Air Lines: Ed Bastian speaks freely
About the transatlantic alliance with Virgin, on Alitalia, and around Air France-KLM
Despite the vicissitudes that have shaken the French-Dutch Group, Delta Air Lines does not regret having entered its capital. The CEO Ed Bastian from Seoul told the press yesterday, at the conclusion of... more
DefenseUsa, Pompeo: new nuclear deal with Iran is possible
The US Secretary of State met Angela Merkel in Berlin
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Heiko Mass in an official visit to Berlin. He has spoken with the German government about the question of military spending,... more
AirlinesPlanes. British Airways re-establishes links with Pakistan
Routes suspended 11 years ago after the terrorist attack at the "Marriott Hotel"
British Airways returns to Islamabad. It does so after 11 years restoring the link with London interrupted following the bloody attack in September 2008, when a truck packed with explosives crashed into... more
UAS-DronesYemen, rebels launched drone attack
UAV was used against the loyalist military parade
In Yemen, the Houthi insurgent movement launched a drone against military parade of Arab Saudi-led coalition forces in the southern port city of Aden. The news was given by the media linked to the rebels,... more
Civil aviationKLM to host 76th IATA AGM in Amsterdam
It will be the third time for the Netherlands
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will host the 76th IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit in Amsterdam, the Netherlands,... more
PeopleCarsten Spohr new IATA Board Chairman
For a one year term
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Lufthansa Group Chief Executive Officer, Carsten Spohr, has assumed his duties as Chairman of the IATA Board of Governors (BoG) for a one-year... more
ReportTrump on a State visit to London
Great commercial expectations from three days in the UK -2 VIDEO
The American president Donald Trump and the first lady Melania landed this morning from the "Air Force One" presidential plane coming from Maryland, at London-Stansted airport for a three-day official... more
PeopleWalter Cho appointed as Chairman of SkyTeam Alliance board
And elected to IATA BoG
Walter Cho, Chairman and CEO of Korean Air, has been confirmed as SkyTeam Alliance Board Chairman. The appointment was endorsed at a meeting of the SkyTeam Alliance Board at COEX Convention Center in Samseong-dong,... more
AirlinesB-737 MAX airplane, Azal cancels order worth 1 billion for security reasons
The Azeri company would have bought ten aircraft from Boeing
The flag carrier of Azerbaijan, Azal, has cancelled an order for ten B-737 MAX, worth $ 1 billion, for security reasons. The Azeri carrier has canceled the purchase by Boeing following the fatal accidents... more
SecurityBoeing and FAA inform: defect on B-737 NG and MAX aircraft
The problem on the leading edge slat tracks concerns 312 units in the world
There seems to be no peace for the new family of 737 Boeing aircraft, already heavily hit by the grounding of the MAX variant after the two known accidents (Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines) that caused... more
AirlinesPlanes. Delta in Alitalia: start talking about money?
The CEO Bastian: "We plan to invest in recapitalization". But it will take months
On the sidelines of the Iata Annual General Meeting which will end today in Seoul, the CEO of Delta Air Lines, Ed Bastian, has let himself go to the press statements about the entry of the Atlanta carrier... more
PeopleAstaldi: new chief restructuring officer
The BoD has appointed Paolo Amato
The Board of Directors (BoD) of Astaldi SpA met last Friday and appointed Paolo Amato as Chief Restructuring Officer (“CRO”) to support the Group in the ongoing corporate restructuring. His role is to a... more
Airlines20 years of Aegean Airlines
And it launches a promotion for this occasion
Aegean Airlines celebrates its twenty years of activity.Born from the merger of Aegean Aviation, the first private company with an air operator certificate in Greece, and the Vassilakis group of companies.... more
Military aviationJapan receives its first E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft
Variant that offers a big-generation jump in terms of radar technologies
Northrop Grumman informs that it has delivered to Japan the advanced variant D of its E-2 Hawkeye, a twin-engine turboprop naval, an all-time aircraft with Airborne Early Warning tasks for the Japanese... more
AirlinesEtihad increases the Abu Dhabi-Moscow route
Starting from October
Etihad Airways has announced the launch of additional daily flights between Abu Dhabi and the Moscow-Domodedovo airport starting next October 27 on an Airbus A-320 plane. The decision, according to the... more
AerospaceAirbus will build three satellites for Inmarsat
GX 7, 8 and 9 based on OneSat, the new satellite product line of the industry
Airbus has signed a contract with Inmarsat, a company in global mobile satellite communications, to design, manufacture and build the first in their next generation of geostationary Ka-band satellites,... more
UAS-DronesAirbus and Spanish Air Force to develop drone aircraft
Digital technologies first tested on the A-400M and then on C-295 and CN-235
The Spanish Air Force has become one of the first air forces worldwide to support the development of Airbus’ drone and augmented reality-based maintenance inspection services, with the aim of drastically re... more
AirportsMoscow's plan to expand 6 airports in the Far East of Russia
In the Chukotka region, rich in oil, gas, gold and tungsten
The head of the Department of Transport, Communications and Roads of the autonomous regional government of Chukotka has announced that within the framework of the State program for the development of the... more
ReportFanatic group threatens to paralyze Heathrow airport
In June and July, the airspace was invaded with drone aircraft
They are called Extinction Rebellion (XR), and they are a socio-political movement that protests in a peaceful way against climate change, biodiversity loss, the risk of human extinction and ecological... more
AerospaceYamal-601 satellite in orbit
Designed and built by TAS for Russian GSS -VIDEO
The Yamal-601 telecommunications satellite, designed and built by Thales Alenia Space (TAS) for the Russian operator Gazprom Space Systems (GSS), was successfully launched yesterday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome... more
CuriositiesKorean Air repaints Qantas A-380 aircraft
The first of four airplanes
Korean Air has completed its first repaint of a Qantas A-380 airplane with a new livery. Qantas Airways is in the process of repainting its fleets ahead of its 100th anniversary in 2020. In July 2018,... more
Military aviationUpdate of Il-80 and Il-86 command and control aircraft concluded
Ready to join the ranks of the Russian Air Force
According to reports in the local press, Russian Deputy Minister of Defense Aleksej Krivoručko informed that the modernization of Ilyushin Il-80 and Il-82 command and control airplanes was successfully... more
AerospaceInaugurated the ExoMars 2020 ROCC
It will control its surface operations
The ExoMars 2020 Rover Operations Control Center (ROCC) was inaugurated today by Thales Alenia Space-TAS- (the joint-venture between Thales 67% and Leonardo 33%), ALTEC (Aerospace Logistics Technology... more
PeoplePope Francis in Romania by an Alitalia plane
Take-off tomorrow on an A-320 aircraft
Pope Francis will take off tomorrow morning at 8:10 am for Bucharest with AZ 4000 flight for the apostolic journey "Let's walk together". The landing is scheduled at 11:30 am at Otopeni airport. The flight... more
AccidentsB-737 MAX aircraft, Muilenburg (Boeing): "I apologize to the victims' family members. We failed"
On the flight software error there was a lack of communication with authorities
"I personally apologize to families: as a leader of this company it is something that strikes me directly". Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing CEO, apologizes to the families of the 346 victims killed in the two... more
Military aviationKA-52 helicopters towards modernization
In view of the acquisition of 114 units by the Russian Defense
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko said in these hours that his Ministry predicts to conclude a contract in 2020 for the acquisition of 114 units of the modernized KA-52 attack and reconnaissance... more
AccidentsUkraine: MIL Army helicopter crashes
Four victims
A Ukrainian Mil Mi-8 military helicopter of the Army crashed last night near the village of Sestriatyn, Radyvyliv district, Rivne region, in Ukraine. The aircraft had taken off from Brody's military base... more
DefenseMoscow-Tokyo easing of tensions in bilateral talks today in Japan
Cooperation on various topics. But there remains the friction on the Kurils
Several signs of easing of tensions between Moscow and Tokyo that arrive in these hours, the fourth round of talks between Foreign and Defense ministers of Russia and Japan opened today in Tokyo, where... more
DefensePutin proposes the INF Treaty suspension to the Duma
On the destruction of medium and short-range ballistic missiles. But already Trump wanted to get out of it
According to local press reports, Russian President Vladimir Putin presented to the State Duma a bill on the suspension, including by Moscow, of the INF (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, or Washington... more
IndustryElettronica: second sustainability report approved
Creating and sharing value growth, innovation and environmental protection - ATTACHMENTS
For the second consecutive year, after the experience of storytelling "The Social Portrait" and the first Sustainability Report, Elettronica approved the social report, reaching with ever greater force... more
Science and technologyMusk's Starlink system worries astronomers
The alarm: in the future we risk seeing satellite constellations instead of stars
Space X launched 60 Starlink satellites into orbit (see AVIONEWS) last week. However, the enthusiasm of its founder Elon Musk was not the same feeling of the scientific community, which raised the alarm:... more
Civil aviationAirplanes and results. Solid passenger demand growth in April
IATA’s 75th AGM and WATS in Seoul in early June
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for April 2019 showing that demand (revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose by 4.3% compared to April 2018.... more
CargoAircraft and transport. Cargo demand continues negative 2019 trend
Due to "Brexit"-related trade uncertainty in Europe and trade tensions between the US and China
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), fell 4.7% in April 2019, compared to the... more
ReportGunshot on the plane of Czech Prime Minister Babish
"It was a random accident that started accidentally", the Prime Minister later clarified
According to the local media report in these hours, on the Czech Prime Minister Andrei Babish aircraft has been exploded at least one gunshot yesterday, while he was going to Brussels for the EU extraordinary... more
DefenseAirplanes, helicopters, armaments. The best of the Russian industry at "Maks"
And at "IMDS": they will take place in July and late August
Rosoboronexport (part of the Rostec State Corporation) is providing support to the largest international exhibitions of armaments and military equipment, which are to be held in Russia in 2019. The company... more
Military aviationRosoboronexport prepares the showcase of armaments for the Summer air shows in Russia
The imminent exhibition "Army 2019" next June
Rosoboronexport (part of the Rostec State Corporation) provides support to the largest international exhibitions of armaments and military equipment, which are to be held in Russia in 2019. The company... more
AccidentsHis Piper airplane falls: pop star Gabriel Diniz dies
He had left Salvador to go to his girlfriend's birthday. Three victims as a whole
The Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee Archer airplane, registration PT-KLO, on which he travelled crashed to the ground. Thus the Latin pop star Gabriel Diniz died at the age of 28. The causes of the accident occurred... more
UAS-DronesUAV-Retina, future drone aircraft for emergency management
The first operational tests have already been carried out in Trento -VIDEO
As the recent Notre Dame fire showed (see AVIONEWS), drones can be instrumental in helping firefighters face emergency situations.There’s no shortage on the market of products fit for this purpose; most o... more
Fair and shows"Cansec". PicoSar radar on Canadian Armed Forces' drone aircraft
It delivers an all-weather ground mapping and surveillance capability
At the "CanSec exhibition" (Ottawa, 29-30 May) Leonardo has announced that it has signed a multi-million Euro contract with prime contractor QinetiQ to provide a number of PicoSAR Active Electronically... more
Civil aviationB-737 MAX: Iata stops Boeing to fly back airplane
The decision has been delayed. It's up to the international regulators
The times for B-737 MAX airplane to come back to fly are still long. "We do not expect something before 10 to 12 weeks in re-entry into service" said the general director of the International Air Transport... more
Industry50 years of Airbus
The industry has launched a global campaign to celebrate the anniversary
Airbus has launched a global campaign celebrating the company’s 50 year anniversary, showcasing key moments of pioneering progress throughout the past five decades. The campaign begins today by marking 50... more
DefenseRussian Coast Guard will employ drone airplanes
They'll be used to strengthen and speed up water patrol operations
The Russian Coast Guard will use drone planes on helicopter ships to patrol its territorial waters and its exclusive economic zone, according to the Coast Guard's head of border service department, Admiral... more
Military aviationBrahMos-A missiles on Su-30 MKI Indian fighter planes
At least 40 units will be equipped with this equipment that will be built in series
Alexander Leonov, CEO and Chief designer of the Russian Research and Production Association of Machine-Building, has announced in these hours that at least a first batch of Russian-made Su-30 MKI fighter... more
AerospaceSoyuz the Russian rocket struck by lightning
Nevertheless the carrier managed to reach the orbit - VIDEO
The Russian rocket Soyuz was struck by lightning during the Glonass-M navigation satellite launch into orbit. However, the impact did not prevent the carrier, thrown Monday from Plesetsk, about 800 kilometers... more
DefenseAlso Poland is targeting F-35 aircraft
US fighter sales have grown by 13% in the last year
Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak has announced via Twitter that Poland is planning to purchase 32 F-35 fighter aircraft. Warsaw needs to replace the old planes of the Soviet era and looks with... more
IndustryAt "Cansec" with SaR helicopters, advanced electronics and partnerships
Leonardo selected for the FACT program for military pilots - DATA SHEET
With over 50 years of in Country activities, Leonardo contributes to the security and safety of Canada every day. AW-101 Cormorant helicopters for the Search and Rescue service, weather and air traffic... more