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IndustryCzech Repubblic will estinguish Indian fires
THT company will deliver 43 fire-fighter aircraft to New Delhi government
As announced last Wednesday, a Czech firm, THT de Policka, is ready to deliver 43 fire-fighter planes to India. The EURm 9,5 worth operation will give the Indian military airports of New Delhi, Bombay... more
IndustryITT awarded a over 519 USDm contract
ITT Industries, Colorado Springs, Colorado, is being awarded a $519,009,204 cost-plus-award/fixed-fee contract to provide for the System Engineering and Sustainment Integrator program. This program... more
AirlinesAA dismisses its A300
Airbus aircraft will not cross the atlantic anymore
American Airways A300 will not be employed on transatlantic routes anymore. According to the company, decision is part of a general dismissing strategy already projected last may 2001, and should not,... more
AerospaceRussia: next space tourist to wait
Star cruise postponed
As confirmed by the Russian aerospace agency itself, April 25th and not, as stated before, April 20th will be the departure day for the second spatial tourist ever, the 28 years old Mark Shuttleworth. After... more
AerospaceNasa: solar commercial aircraft to be tested
Test flights next June up in the Hawaii skies
NASA and commercial researchers foresee that missions, scheduled next summer in Hawaii skies, will confirm the practical utility of the solar-powered flying wing that serves as a telecommunications relay. The... more
AirlinesBA-Heathrow: a strange relationship
Should BA renounce to his almost monopolistic postion in world'busiest airport?
Perhaps British Airways has an Hamletic dilemma: to remain or not to remain the most influential airline in the first London airport? After the pre-marriage divorce with American Airlines, this enigmatic... more
Civil aviationFAA ad on Boeing 767 aircrafts
AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington,DC U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration The following Airworthiness Directive issued... more
DefenseA400M: project at risk
Germany needs EURm 3,47 more
Even though german government has already allocated EURm 5,1 in the 2002 budget, Berlin needs EURm 3,47 more to finance the 73 A400M already on order. "The government has always said it wants this project,... more
Civil aviationFAA ad on Raytheon Aircrafts plane
AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration The following Airworthiness Directive issued by the Federal... more
AirlinesFrench airlines, state help authorized by European Commission
EURm 54 funding for air transport crisis
European Commission authorized a 54,9 EURm public help that french government had settled in favour of the local airlines. Of course the biggest share of that amount will go to Air France. Fundings... more
Science and technologyMadagascar, air traffic stopped by political demonstrations
One thousand passengers blocked in the capital
The general strike organized by the Ravalomanana supporters has paralyzed Antananarivo and blocked into airport one thousand domestic and international passengers. Only an Air Madagascar flight took... more
Science and technologyDAT and Virgin Express merging
The renewed Sabena from the union of the two carriers
Airholding company, the firm that acquired DAT, the regional carrier belonging to bankrupted Sabena group, expressed itself in favour of the merging with Virgin Express, according to information reported... more
AccidentsEcuador: all dead the 92 people aboard
Authorities exclude sabotage and hijack
No one alive: this is the tragic bulletin of the Tame flight 120 crashed sunday morning near Cumbal Volcano in Colombia. Officially the news was given by the authorities, who at the same time deny any... more
DefenseRussia: new warplanes
Russian Ministry of defence will choose before the end of April 2002
Before the end of the first quarter 2002, Defence Ministry will select the contractor to create the ultimate multifunctional generation of Russian Airforce warplane. "Two are the major projects been... more
AirlinesThe new helvetic carrier named Swiss
The secret unveiled by daily newspaper Blick
A journalist on duty in the swiss daily newspaper (german speaking) Blick, scored a goal photographing in a Zurich hangar an aircraft of the bankrupted carrier Swissair; according to the newspaper information. The... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman awarded a over 41 USDm contract
Northrop Grumman Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $41,500,000 modified 'Other Transaction' which definitizes engineering and manufacturing development efforts in support of the Global Hawk... more
HelicoptersUK MoD approves future Lynx funding
It is built by AgustaWestland
The Ministry of Defence has announced that it has given the go-ahead to the Assessment Phase for the UK’s Battlefield Light Utility Helicopter (BLUH) requirement. AgustaWestland’s Future Lynx has bee... more
IndustryUnited Technologies awarded a over 406 USDm contract
United Technologies Corp., East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a $406,271,347 contract modification to provide for 26 low-rate initial production (Lot 2) F119-PW-100 engines applicable to the F-22... more
IndustrySmiths Aerospace awarded a near 6 USDm contract
Smiths Aerospace Actuation Systems, Yakima, Wash., is being awarded a $5,740,490 requirements contract for 473 holdback bars and 131 adapter/fitting assemblies used on F/A-18 aircraft and 150 holdback... more
AirlinesBoeing flies to Japan
American Japanese partnership for the Sonic Cruiser
Boeing will be supported by a group of Japanese industries for what concern research and materials development in the construction of its new aircraft, the Sonic Cruiser. "For the first time" stated Lori... more
Industryraytheon company awarded a over 16 usdm contract
Raytheon Company, Sudbury, Mass., is being awarded a $16,243,187 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the design, development, fabrication, and testing of an Affordable Ground Based Radar (AGBR) Advanced... more
IndustryLockheed Martin warded a over 248 USDm contracts
Lockheed Martin Missile and Space, Sunnyvale, Calif., is being awarded a $248,522,592 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00030-01-C-0100) to provide... more
AirlinesCrisis at Lot (Swissair group)
EURm 180,64 net losses
Lot, the polish air carrier, closed 2001 with EURm 180,64 net losses. Despite the positive closure in 2000, with a EURm 7,97 net profit, last year polish airline saw a 0,4% fall in the global turnover... more
AccidentsWheel brakes of the Dornier ditched at Genoa weren't sold by Panaviation
Enac vice director makes a statement
On the twin turboprop Dornier 328 involved in an accident on Genoa airport there were no spare parts coming from Panaviation warehouses, declared today Enac vice director Salvatore Sciacchitano. The manager... more
Science and technologyFrankfurt Airport is "Europe's most efficient and Important Air Cargo Hub"
Fraport Ag awarded in London
AirCargo News, the leading trade magazine of the international airfreight industry, with about 100000 readers world wide, awarded Fraport Ag (managing agent of the german cargo hub in Frankfurt) as "Europe's... more
AirlinesAir France resumes flights to Madagascar
Operation had been suspended due to local strikes
Air France, always ready to intervene in the french-speaking African market, has already resumed flights for the malagasy capital. All the carriers serving Tananarive have been compelled to stop operations... more
AirlinesThai will decide on A380 within this year
The aircraft is the only existing alternative to Boeing 747
Thai Airways must decide if to purchase or not the wide bodied aircraft A380 and the decision will be taken within year 2002. It has been said yesterday by the Airbus director general for France, specifying... more
Civil aviationPassenger with a revolver boards at Tel Aviv
Man declared he was unaware of the weapon
An israeli passenger inexplicably boarded a plane bound to New York with a gun in his luggage. The event happened at Ben Gurion airport. The passenger asserts he was unaware of the weapon. It is not... more
IndustryBrazilians are winners in the Bombardier-Embraer dispute
WTO confirms low rate loans are illegal
WTO declared Bombardier aerospace industry substantially guilty in the commercial war against the brazilian firm Embraer. WTO asked therefore Canada to eliminate low rate loans granted to Bombardier,... more
Science and technologyFrom Bologna new flights to Roumania
Details in a press conference to be held at Bologna
Tomorrow with a press conference to be held in the premises of the Bologna airport handling agent, the new Tarom services between Roumania and Bologna will be revealed. (um/ru) more
Finance and economyBin Laden's bill
Us economy to pay USDb 640
According to DRI-WEFA, a consulting firm of Eddystone (Pennsylvania), last September 11th terrorist attack will cost USDb 640. The study, published yesterday, puts into account social consequences in... more
AirportsCroatian award to an italian helicopter pilot
Joint ceremony at Podrute
On date January 7th 1992 a white-painted italian helicopter, serving under the flag of European Community, was shot down by a serbian fighter. Ten years later the Croatian Republic gave the "Croatian... more
AirlinesJAL-JAS merger
3000 job cuts
The merger beetween the Japan Airlines, the biggest japanese airline, and the Japan Air System, third carrier in Japan, will produce a strong personnel reduction, as confirmed by the companies spokesmen... more
HelicoptersUS helicopter crashes in Afghanistan
14 soldiers injured
A Boeing Vertol CH-47 Chinook twin engined helicopter crashed during a landing attempt near Khost, a town in the eastern part of the country. On board there were 24 army men of the famous 101 Airborne... more
IndustryAlso Czech Republic enters in Airbus
Letov will cooperate in A380 production
Letov factory (LLV, i.e. Letov Letecka Vyroba) will participate in the production of Airbus 380, the new wide body aircraft projected by Airbus Consortium. The Czech firm will furnish parts destined to... more
AccidentsEcuador: a Boeing 727 disappear near colombian borders
Rescue operations stopped for the night
83 passengers and 9 crew members were aboard of the three-jet plane belonging to Tame, the ecuadorian military airline, which apparently crashed yesterday morning on the mountains beetween Colombia and... more
Sport aviationWorld Gliding Championship in Rieti
Fai confirms: meeting in Italy
From July 2nd to August 2nd 2003, Rieti will host the World Gliding Championship. As stated on a local newspaper, the city is getting ready for this important international meeting,thanks to the financial... more
AccidentsAir accident in Angola
An Antonov An-12 crashed yesterday morning
Thirty deads and about thirty injured passengers are probably the tragic consequences of the Antonov A-12 crash last sunday. According to what the angolan military spokesman stated, the aircraft, a four-engined... more
AccidentsHelicopter crash in Tchecenia: Moscow denies separatist shooting-down
No certanties on the causes of the accident yet
"No trace of a surface-air missile attack has been found in the surroundings of the tragedy" states Nikolai Britvine, russian responsible for North Caucasian region. "We must be patient until official... more
Science and technologyMadagascar stops the flights
General national strike decided by the opposition reaches air transportation
After surface transportation, water and electricity distribution, general strike inside Malagasy republic expands to both domestic and international flights since this morning. Agitation, and public demonstration... more
AirlinesBritsh airways shares fall
-3,3 at the London Stock Exchange
After the decision to quit the alliance with American Airlines, last friday British Airways shares lost 4,5% of their former value, and this morning another 3,3%. Due to the situation, analysts foresee... more
DefenseThe new polish fighter
"Agreement towards final signature" states Varsaw
Next renewal of polish fighter fleet "seems to be near to an end", said Mr Smajdzinsky, Defense ministry of the Warsaw government. At this step, three are the main competitors remaining: Us Lockeed Martin,... more
AirlinesAmerican Airlines and British Airways to divorce
Us Dot asked for a 16 slots renounciation at London Heathrow
North atlantic alliance beetween American Airlines and British Airways will not take place. Before the very start, the companies quit foreseen agreements because of the too constraining antitrust conditions.... more
Science and technologyAviano military terminal improves its runways
Second "restyling" in three years
The 2700 meters long runway of the biggest air base in Italy, recently used for military purposes in the Balkan operations,needs a new restructuring after last intervention dated 1999. Three years ago... more
Science and technologyTorino-Caselle airport upgraded
Italian airport admitted in Category"3B"
The italian national body for flights' assistance (Enav), upgraded Torino-Caselle in 3B Category. This improved position, enables the airport to fully operate within 75 mt of horizontal visibility. Sagat,... more
AccidentsHelicopter-crash in Tchecenia
14 casualties confirmed
As the the russian Ministry of Interior confirms this morning the final number of deads to be fourteen; therefore yesterday's crash near Chelkovskaia, a village north east from Grozny, becomes the worst... more
Science and technologyWalt Disney will help passengers waiting for flight
How to entertain passengers in the airports
The waiting time in the airports, due to the increased security measures,has inspired airport managers to copy what Walt Disney Productions does in order to reduce inconveniences to customers waiting at... more
AirlinesRyanair, ambitious goals
The carrier promises to overcome Lufthansa in six years
The irish low-cost carrier Ryanair declare that within six years the competitor Lufthansa will be surpassed. This is the statement of the owner Michael O'Leary to german daily newspaper Handelsblatt,... more
Airlinesiberia announces over 2500 jobs cut
Losses of 75% in 2001
According to an Iberia Spanish airline spokesman, net incomes in 2001 fallen of 75% respect year 2000, to near 50 EURm, against financial analysts expectations of at least 70 EURm. This led airline to... more
AerospaceBerlusconi says Italy believes in Galileo
An interview to Italian Premier
Italian Premier Berlusconi, in replying to questions put by the french network Europe 1, reiterated the italian fidelity to Europe, adding that just in these days the government ordered two french transport... more