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IndustryDassault e Sagem alliance for tactical UAV production
Paris, France
Dassault Aviation and Sagem have decided to share their mutual expertise and have reached a cooperation agreement on the development of the future tactical UAVs. For both companies, this is a strategic... more
IndustryHertrich appointed again BDLI’s chairman
Berlin, Germany - One more mandate for the EADS’ co-president
Rainer Hertrich has been re-elected president of BDLI - the German Aeronautic Industry Federation. Hertrich is also co-president of EADS - European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company. BDLI represents... more
AerospaceA little train runs in space
Cape Canaveral, USA - Last ‘space walk’ for the "Silver Team"
Jerry Ross and Lee Morin who have been nicknamed "Silver Team" considering that both have two grandsons, wore their space suits and took their fourth and last ‘space walk’ around "Alpha Space Station". They had... more
Civil aviationNTSB recommendation on Airbus aircraft
Washington, USA - It involves A319, A320 and A321 models
On March 17, 2001, about 0708 eastern standard time, an Airbus Industrie A320-200, N357NW, manufacturer serial number 830, being operated by Northwest Airlines as flight 985, ran off the runway and onto... more
AirlinesDelta Air Lines loses three time more in 1st quarter 2002
Atlanta, USA -USDm 397 net losses
Delta Air Lines, the third Us air carrier, has announced that in the 1st quarter 2002 its net losses are three times the one it had suffered in the 1st quarter 2001- from USDm 133 to 397. Delta stock... more
AccidentsNtsb inquires on yesterday plane crash in South Korea
Washington, Usa - Faa and Boeing will also investigate
Ntsb, the Us National Transportation Safety Board sent an investigator’s team to help the South Korean authorities to clarify the yesterday crash near Busan. The Air China CA 129 flight from Beijing c... more
AirlinesDe Palacio meets Alitalia’s managers (2)
Brussels, Belgium - Eu: "we need more information"
After the Alitalia’s president and ceo, Fausto Cereti and Francesco Mengozzi, had positively commented the Brussels meeting, the Eu Transport Commissioner, Loyola De Palacio, declared that the information r... more
AirlinesDe Palacio-Alitalia managers meeting
Brussels, Belgium - Alitalia’s president "good results"
"This meeting has produced good results. We are providing the Eu Commission with all the details they need to clarify that we are operating according the market rules. We have also committed ourselves... more
AccidentsOn Air China crash in South Korea
Seoul, South Korea - "Nothing to report before crashing" says the pilot
The 32-year-old Air China pilot, Wu Xinlu, reports that nothing remarkable happened before the crash. However, it was the first time for the young pilot to land by turning to the Kimhae airport, as he... more
Press releaseEurope-China co-operation on management and monitoring of natural disasters
Rome, Italy - Vitrociset group will attend Eurochina 2002
"Vitrociset Group, in answer to a Eu invitation, will attend Eurochina 2002 - Co-operation Forum on Information Society - which is going to start today in Beijing to show new technologies on environmental... more
Airlines"Nouvelle Cuisine" to delight Lufthansa passengers
Brussels, Belgium - Paul Bocuse will cook for German carrier lucky fliers
In May as well as in June, Paul Bocuse, the French chef creator of the "nouvelle cuisine", will take care of the on board menu Lufthansa is going to serve to both its first and business classes passengers.... more
IndustryWescam receives Canadian Society of Cinematographers award.
Burlington, Ontario
Wescam has announced that the company has been awarded the prestigious Bill Hilson Award at this year's Canadian Society of Cinematographers (CSC) awards celebration, held this evening at the Crowne Plaza... more
AirlinesAirbus receives a China Eastern Airlines order for 20 A320 jetliners
Shanghai, China
Chinese carrier China Eastern Airlines ordered to French aircraft maker Airbus 20 A320 jetliner, worth about 600 USDm. THe carrier obtained a discount of price tag, because the aircraft will be delivered... more
HelicoptersMethodist Medical Center uses private helicopters
Peoria, USA
THe Methodist Medical Center has signed a contract with a MedForce of Colona, a western Illinois company to ferry patients to the hospital by helicopter from smaller hospitals in the area. According Terry... more
Industry10 new Airbus A380 for FedEx
Toulouse, France - Delivery will start from 2008
This week the Airbus’ managers are supposed to sign a contract with FedEx to provide the Us courier with 10 Airbus A380 super jumbo cargo which are supposed to be delivered from 2008 to 2011. At present t... more
AirlinesNew ‘recipes’ aboard
Rome, Italy - Alitalia and Lufthansa challenge each other in the ‘kitchen’
Competition aboard reaches the kitchen. Alitalia will provide its passengers on the Rome-Milan link with succulent sandwiches and tasty ice-creams. Lufthansa answers by engaging the genius of the ‘nouvelle c... more
HelicoptersAn helicopter procurement promise shelved by Australian government
West Australia
West Australia will not receive the search-and-rescue helicopter, which was promised by the government, which has shelved the procurement. Ten months after Police Minister Michelle Roberts made the pledge,... more
Latest newsFrench military aircraft take off for Palestinian territories with humanitarian aids
Paris, France - It will land at Tel Aviv
A FRench military aircraft, a DC-8 with 22 tons of humanitarian aids for the Palestinian territories, took off from Paris Roissy airport heading to Tel Aviv, where the aids, largely of sanitary kind, will... more
IndustryLockheed Martin awarded of a 6 USDm contract
USA
Lockheed Martin Corp., Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems, Baltimore, is being awarded a $6,053,048 cost-plus-award-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-00-C-5486) for design agent... more
Civil aviationMore than 60% on accidents in India due to crew errors
New Delhi, India
According to a statistic report of Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), more than 60%, precisely 62%, of the accident involving helicopters and small aircraft, occurred in the country,... more
AccidentsAir China aircraft crash in South Korea
Seul, South Korea - Last count reports 120 dead
As South Korean officials reported, the last balance of the CA 129 flight crash amounts to 120 dead, 8 missing, 38 injured. Yesterday were reported 115 deceased. The Air China Boeing 767-200 was flying... more
AirlinesEu says no to Greece
Brussels, Belgium - Loyola de Palacio rejects public funds to Olympic Airways
The Eu Transport Commissioner, Loyola de Palacio, refused the Greek government’s intention to grant public funds to Olympic Airways in order to avoid its bankruptcy. Last March 6th Ue had already investigated a... more
AccidentsTwo helicopters hijacked in Moscow
Moscow, Russia
According to local police sources, which have given the news only today, two Mil MI-2 helicopters were hijacked from Tushino airdrome in Moscow on Friday. The helicopters are operated by Vikhr company... more
DefenseThai army to buy 33 Black Hawk helicopters
Thailandia
According to local sources, the Thai army plans to buy 33 Black Hawk helicopters by 2009 to replace its old UH1-H helicopters that had been in use since the Vietnam War. Only about 30% of them remained... more
Fair and showsSouth Korea air crash: young man rescued 20 fellow-passengers
Seoul, South Korea - Seol Ik-Soo, the new hero
A 27 years-old South Korean, Seol Ik-Soo, is the hero of the day. He managed to rescue 20 people who shared with him the traumatic experience of the crash occured yesterday in the surroundings of Busan. Seol... more
IndustryBombardier’s employees at war
Montreal, Canada -No salary agreement after the week-end negotiation
8,000 Bombardier Aerospace’s employees are ready to strike after no agreement on salary increase came out during last week-end negotiation. The employees refused a 3.25% salary increase and a CAD 1,000 b... more
AirlinesAlitalia "abducts" a Ghanaian aircraft
Rome, Italy - In advance for a EURm 30 worth credit claimed from Ghana Airways
Alitalia decided to seize a Ghana Airways DC 10-30 as an advance of the EURm 30 credit. Alitalia claimed credit from Ghana Airways after providing, though its branch Alitalia engineering, maintenance... more
AirlinesNew name for "Swiss"
Basel, Switzerland - It will be named Swiss International Air Lines Ltd
The Swiss air carrier Swiss Air Lines Ltd, former Crossair SA, has decided to change its name into Swiss International Air Lines Ltd. Its new head office will be moved from Zurich to Basel. Last March... more
AirlinesU.S. Airways expect an increment in its regional jet fleet
USa
After to have meet the unions, U.S. airways carrier has announced that it is interested to substitute a part of its current regional fleet, composed by turboprop aircraft with jets, as this is the preference... more
AerospaceNasa will send another teacher-woman to space
New York, Usa - After Christa Mc Auliffe’s death in the shuttle explosion several years ago
More than a decade after Christa Mc Auliffe died in the shuttle’s explosion, Nasa decided to send another teacher-woman to space. In 2004 Barbara Morgan in fact is supposed to join a space journey in o... more
AirlinesAirline background checks: Northwest sued by mechanics association
Minneapolis, USA
After that an unfair use of background checks has been discovered by AMFA, Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association, the U.S carrier Northwest Airlines has been sued, accused to have dig in the workers... more
Fair and showsAfter 75 years Erik Lindbergh tries to emulate his grand father's flight
Washington, Usa - He took off yesterday for the first leg San Diego-St. Louis
Yesterday, Erik Lindbergh, the 36-year old grandson of the famous Charles, took off from San Diego heading to San Louis aboard of a Lancair Columbia 300, named "New Spirit of St Louis". After San Louis,... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines announced 166 USDm losses in 1Q02
Houston, Texas
U.S. carrier Continental Airlines claimed it had outperformed its competitors despite posting losses of USD$114 million for the first three months of the year.That figure did not, however, include a special... more
AccidentsA Us Air Force fighter crashed in Japan (2): a technical sheet
Rome, Italy - General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
Type: multi-role fighter Accomodation: one pilot Dimensions - length: 49 ft 4 in - wingspan: 31 ft - height 16 ft 4 in Weights - empty: GE - 19.157 lb; PW - 18.726 lb - max t/o: 37.500... more
AirlinesBranson: Virgin Blue listed in Stock market within two years
Melbourne, Australia
According to Sir Richard Branson, founder and part owner of low cost Australian airline Virgin Blue, the carrier would be listed in Stock market within two years. "Eighteen months ago this carrier didn't... more
AirlinesAn ‘economy class syndrome’ affected-by passenger sues Air France and Continental
Washington, Usa - The woman suffered from a heart failure after a Paris-San Francisco flight
A 37-year-old woman from Oakland, Debra Miller, sued Air France and Continental. She affirmed to have suffered from a heart failure two weeks after she had flown from Paris to San Francisco on April 12th... more
AirlinesEgypt Air flies again to Israel
Cairo, Egypt - After a two days stop
Egypt Air, the Egyptian State air carrier, decided to fly again to Israel. The block was broken yesterday morning, when a flight of the Egypt Air owned-by Air Sinai took off from the Tel Aviv airport.... more
AerospaceWork in progress on the International Space Station
Cape Canaveral, Usa - Completed 2 out of 4 expected phases
The two veteran astronauts, Jerry Ross and Lee Morin, that reached the ISS (International Space Station) on board the Us space shuttle Atlantis, completed successfully two out of the four expected phases... more
AirlinesAir China serves 29 airports in 19 different countries
Peking, China - Operating over 43 routes
Air China, the Chinese airline, serves 29 airports out of China in 19 countries. Air China provides more than 1,000 daily flights over 43 international and 71 domestic courses. The Chinese air carrier... more
Civil aviationNTSB: there is no reason to ground Airbus A300-600
Washington, USA - Eight airlines pilots concerned on its security
Marion Blakey, head of the United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said that there was no reason to ground the Airbus A300-600, one of which crashed in New York last year. Blakey said... more
AccidentsBritish police found a body in a Heathrow parked aircraft landing gear bay
London, Great Britain
UK police is investigating about the body of a stowaway which was discovered in the wheel bay of a cargo plane at London's Heathrow Airport, trying to identify it. The man, thought to be of African origin,... more
Civil aviationFBI: maybe bogus parts also on Queens crashed Airbus?
New York, USA - FAA investigates su many other accidents
Seems that "bogus parts" are a very concerning matter for U.S authorities: FBI does not exclude that these parts could have provoked the Airbus crash on Queens, occurred in November with 265 died. Under... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman awarded of a 35 USDm contract
USA
Northrop Grumman Corp., Electronics System, Linthicum, Md., is being awarded a $6,000,000 increment as part of a $35,000,000 cost-plus-award fee contract for the Aerial Common Sensor (ACS) Component Advanced... more
IndustryLockheed Martin awarded of a 35 USDm contract
USA
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., Littleton, Colo., is being awarded a $6,000,000 increment as part of a $35,000,000 cost-plus-award fee contract, for the Aerial Common Sensor (ACS) Component Advanced... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas awarded of a over 23 USDm contract
USA
McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Boeing Co., Long Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $23,005,000 (estimated) firm-fixed-price, time and material contract modification to provide... more
IndustryUnited Technologies awarded of a over 11 USDm contract
USA
United Technologies, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded an $11,380,907 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-01-C-0024) for the Special Progressive... more
SecurityBritish couple forced to pay Indian Air Force for their son's rescue
London, Great Britain
It sounds incredible, but a British couple of Brightlingsea, Essex, Bill and Angie Kitchen, parents of a missing young man, their son, have been forced to pay to Indian Air Force £18,000 for a search... more
IndustryUniversity of Dayton Research Institute awarded a near 14 USDm contract
USA
The University of Dayton Research Institute, Dayton, Ohio, is being awarded a $13,978,137 cost-no-fee contract to provide for a manufacturing technology program. This program will develop and implement... more
AirlinesSn Brussels Airlines has a new ceo
Brussels, Belgium - It's Peter Davies
As reported officially by Sn Brussels Airlines today, Peter Davies will be the new chief executive officer of the Belgian air company. Davies will be also holding temporary the charge of sale mana... more
AirlinesIberia: first quarter 2002 better than 2001's one
Madrid, Spain - Pre taxation losses for EURm10
Iberia, the Spanish air carrier, has announced today that in the first quarter 2002 suffered gross losses of EURm10, thus improving in comparison with EURm 98,8 registered in the first quarter of last... more