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IndustryDEFENSE ENERGY SUPPORT CENTER AWARDS A OVER 24 USDM CONTRACT
USA, Refinery Associates of Texas, Inc.* (RAOT), New Braunfels, Texas, is being awarded a $24,315,603 fixed price with economic price adjustment type contract for 36,960,000 USG of Turbine Fuel, Aviation... more
IndustryBOEING RECEIVED IN 2001 ALMOST AN HALF OF 2000 ORDERS
CHICAGO, USA, According to a Boeing spokesman, it has received in 2001, about an half (-45%) of new aircraft order in respect at 2000, say 335 new aircrafts. Although deliveries exceeded expectations... more
Latest newsSUPPORTING ATL-2 AIRCRAFT SENT TO DJIBUTI
PARIS, FRANCE, France sent two additional aircrafts to Djibuti in order to oversee Oman sea and the sea in front of Somalia. These Dassault Breguet Atlantic ATL-2 will support the two Howkeye planes... more
Science and technologyBAA: TRAFFIC DECREAS ON TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHTS
LONDON. GREAT BRITAIN, The British group holding the administration of British airports and duty-free shops, BAA, declared that transatlantic flights had a great loss after 11 Sept. attacks. It caused... more
Science and technologyALERT STATE AT KANDAHAR AIRPORT RISING AT HIGHER LEVEL
KABUL. AFGHANISTAN, Security measures established around Kandahar airport, Afghanistan, have been increased following the gunfight happened yesterday night. The aircraft transporting the first group of... more
AirlinesALITALIA, PASSENGER TRAFFIC RISING AGAIN
ROME, ITALY, Alitalia stated, during the ceremony for the opening of the new VIP lounge at Fiumicino airport, that 850.000 passengers flew on Alitalia network between December 22nd and January 7th. The... more
AirlinesAIR AFRIQUE, THE LAST CONCLUSION
ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST, According to an official press release, in the meeting held at Abidjan (Ivory Coast) already reported yesterday, presidents, premiers and/or their representatives have recommended... more
HelicoptersITALIAN HELICOPTERS IN ALBANIA - RELIEF OPERATIONS
TIRANA, ALBANIA, Italian Army helicopters framed into KFOR and belonging to 21st Gruppo Orsa maggiore (Air Cavalry) intervened in support of Albanian people. Following a series of heavy snowfalls that... more
AirlinesALITALIA IS CONSIDERING VARIOUS SOLUTIONS FOR ITS STAFF EXCESS
ROME, ITALY, Monday 14th in the afternoon Alitalia Board of Directors will meet in order to solve the problem of redundant staff, consequent to the well known events linked to Twin Towers attacks. It... more
IndustryPASSENGER OF AIR FRANCE SAID TO HAVE LOST EYE VIEW DUE TO AIRCRAFT'S PRESSURIZATION DEFECT
PARIS, FRANCE, A passenger who thinks to have lost an eye's view due to an incorrect pressurization on a Air France flight, has sued airline in order to obtain compensation for the damage that she think... more
AccidentsTHE MAN JUMPED BY A SMALL AIRCRAFT WITHOUT PARACHUTE WAS A FORMER SPECIALIST
GREAT BRITAIN, According to police sources, who did not release the victim's name, British man who tumbled without a parachute thousands of feet to his death from a small airplane piloted by a woman... more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE: GOOD RESULTS FOR DECEMBER
PARIS, FRANCE, French airline Air France registered in December a traffic slowdown of 2%, a clear recover in respect to November 7,2%. This allowed to airline to limit traffic reduction to 6,5%. In the... more
AccidentsPOLICE HELICOPTER CRASHES, THREE INJURED
SOUTH WALES, According to a Dyfed-Powys police sources, the accident of their Agusta A-109E Power, crashed on Christmas morning, during the return from a Hems mission, which have caused three people... more
AccidentsLINATE AIRPORT ACCIDENT, 19 PERSONS UNDER INVESTIGATION
MILAN, Managers, executives and officers presently under investigation for the Linate accident dated October 8th are at present 19. The accident occurred for a ground crash between a SAS plane and... more
AirlinesTECHNICAL TROUBLES ON ALITALIA FLIGHT TRIESTE-ROME
GORIZIA, Alitalia McDonnell Douglas MD-80 flight Trieste-Rome has been cancelled due to technical reasons presently unknown. The twin jet was leaving yesterday at 2.55 p.m. but few minutes before... more
AccidentsBOTH PARENTS OF THE TAMPA YOUNG PILOT ATTEMPTED SUICIDE YEARS AGO
TAMPA, USA, Charles and Julia, the parents of the young pilot that Saturday January 5th voluntarily crashed against a Tampa (Fla.) building, attempted to commit suicide when they were young. The attempt... more
HelicoptersAGUSTAWESTLAND ANNOUNCES MAJOR UK ACTIVITIES CONSOLIDATION
ROMA, AgustaWestland, the parithetic joint venture between Italian Finmeccanica and British GKN announced it will reorganize the UK industrial activities. This will involve the dismission of 950 workers... more
Science and technologyPASSENGER TRAFFIC REDUCTION AT BIRMINGHAM UK AIRPORT
BIRMINGHAM, GREAT BRITAIN, According to Birmingham International Airport sources, passenger traffic dropped by more than 5% in the last quarter of 2001. The airport says 7,816,024 travellers... more
AirlinesSAS: 0,8% PASSENGERS DECREASE IN 2001
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, The Scandinavian airline SAS registered a 0,8% decrease of passengers traffic in 2001 comparing to 2000, 7,8% less only in December, especially as for business class. The loss,... more
Science and technologyPASSENGER ARRESTED AT ATLANTA HARTSFIELD AIRPORT
ATLANTA, USA, A man, Michael Lasseter, 32, faces up to two years in jail and USD$2,000 in fines after to have been arrested by Hartsfield International airport police in Atlanta, for have... more
AirlinesBMI ANNOUNCES CREATION OF A NEW LOW-COST CARRIER
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, According to a note diffused by BMI British Midland, the UK's second biggest carrier, a new low cost airline is to be launched in March which will operate from BMI's base at... more
AirlinesQANTAS TECHNICAL SERVICES RESCUES A KOREAN AIR MD-11 AT SYDNEY
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, Qantas Engineering Technical Operations and Maintenance Services staff came to the aid of Korean Air to assist with the recovery of an MD11 cargo aircraft that had tipped onto its... more
AirlinesQANTAS REACHES LANDMARK AGREEMENT WITH AMWU AND AWU
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, Qantas Airways said today it had reached a landmark agreement with the AMWU and AWU providing a 12 month wage pause until 30 June 2002 and future wage increases dependent... more
AirlinesFINNAIR: 0,1% DECREASE OF PASSENGERS IN 2001
HELSINKI, FINLANDIA, In the period following U.S.A. attacks, the finnish airline, registered a 0,1% decrease of the number of passengers in 2001 (7.537.000 in comparison with 7.544.000 last year),... more
PeopleU.S. CONGRESSMAN ATTACKS AA/BA ALLIANCE
WASHINGTON, USA, According to U.S. transport department sources, the agreement between American Airlines and British Airways is a risk, after the heavy attacks from an one of the country's leading... more
AccidentsMILITARY PLANE CRASHES IN NEW JERSEY: PILOT EJECTED SAFELY
LITTLE EGG HARBOR, Thursday 10 at 10.45 a.m. an F-16 Fighting Falcon of the Air National Guard crashed near a busy highway in New Jersey, during a training mission, but the pilot ejected successfully. The... more
Science and technologyGAZA RUNWAY BADLY DAMAGED BY AN ISRAELI ATTACK
GAZA, Tanks and bulldozers of Israeli Army on the early morning destroyed the runway of Palestinian airport located at Gaza. Also in the past Gaza airport had been closed to air traffic or partially damaged;... more
AccidentsTURKEY: MILITARY JET CRASHES
TURKEY, A military jet taken off from Malatya town crashed on South-East of Turkey, nearby Darende, during a military exercise. The reason of the accident and the destiny of the crew are still... more
Science and technologyMAZAR-I-SHARIF AIRPORT FINISHED AT THE END OF JANUARY
AFGHANISTAN, Afghan military sources assured that the repairing works of Mazar-i-Sharif airport, in the North of Afghanistan, will be completed at the end of January, in order to allow the arrival... more
AirlinesAIR AFRIQUE: MEETING OF MINISTERS OF TRANSPORT OF STATES MEMBERS
ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST, A delegation of ministers of transports members of Air Afrique, met on Wednesday 9 at Abidjan, in order to decide about the future of the airline which suffers a debt of 510... more
Science and technologyPASSENGER DECLARING POSSESSION OF A BOMB ARRESTED AT MANCHESTER AIRPORT
MANCHESTER, Yesterday evening Police arrested at Manchester Airport a passenger embarking on a plane bound to Philadelphia, PA. The passenger spontaneously declared to have a bomb, as refers the daily... more
AirlinesVARIG RE-OPENS MANAUS-MIAMI ROUTE
RIO DE JANEIRO, Varig Brazilian airline announced it is to resume no-stop flights between Manaus and Miami on January 19, operated weekly using Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The Brazilian carrier, which... more
AirlinesNEW MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS FOR CIVIL AVIATION
ROME, FCC (Federal Communication Commission) certified the Boeing device that can be used for a broad band of frequencies destined to multimedia airborne links, i.e. Internet, Intranet, TV, e-mail and... more
IndustryLOCKHEED MARTIN AWARDED A NEAR 38 USDM CONTRACT
USA, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Fla., was awarded a $37,875,609 firm-fixed-price contract for the repair of Target Acquisition Destination Sight/Pilot Night Vision. Work is... more
PeopleCHARTER FLIGHTS USED TO RETURN STREET WALKER WOMEN TO THEIR COUNTRY
ROME, 4.600 street walker women, mostly Albanian, Rumanian and Nigerian, have been returned to their own countries by charter flights organized by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the year 2001. The... more
AirlinesAIR LIB SUBSTAINED BY CAI
PARIS - FRANCE, The French airline Air lib (ex AOM-Air Liberté)will be helped by the Crédit Agricole Indosuez (CAI), the branch of the French bank Crédit Agricole, in order to create a tax GIE (economic in... more
PeopleFAA MOVES ON LIGHT AIRCRAFT SECURITY
USA, A list of non-compusory eleven new security recommendations for flights schools and airfields have been listed by the US Federal Aviation Administration after a 15-year-old student pilot... more
DefenseORDER OF BATTLE OF THE ITALIAN ARMY IN AFGHANISTAN
ROME, The Battle Group of the Italian Army bound to Afghanistan has been presented today to civil and military authorities in the Grenadier barracks of Rome. The first group of soldiers ready... more
DefenseITALIAN BATTLE GROUP READY TO LEAVE FOR AFGHANISTAN
ROME, The Italian Battle Group bound to Afghanistan has been presented to civil and military authorities in the premises of the "General Gandin" barracks located in Rome. In his speech the General... more
PeopleOVER 8000 AIRCRAFT OUT OF CONTROL IN AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIA, It could be over 8000 aircraft in Australia which face few or no security checks despite strengthened safeguards at airports worldwide in the wake of the September 11 attacks. Sparse... more
AirlinesCROATIA AIRLINES WON’T BUY NEW AIRBUS UNTIL 2005
CROATIA, Croatian Airlines announced that the second phase of modernizing plan, which had already allowed to buy 7 new Airbus A-319 e A-320, between 1997 and 2001, won’t take place. In this second phase... more
AirlinesBRITISH AIRWAYS: 15 EUROPEAN FLIGHTS AT RISK
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, British Airways is setting up a plan of studies in order to avoid further big losses in 2002, after it has already suffered a loss of 2 million pounds per day, following 11 September... more
AirlinesDELTA AIRLINES WILL RESUME WASHINGTON-NEW YORK FLIGHTS
WASHINGTON, USA, U.S. carrier Delta Airlines will resume service between Washington Ronald Reagan National Airport and New York's John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport starting March 2. The... more
IndustryNAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND AWARDS NEAR 10 USDM CONTRACT
USA, AKON Inc., San Jose, Calif., is being awarded a $9,725,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for SCVRs receiver of the AN/SLQ-32(V) Electronic Warfare System.... more
AccidentsDOD IDENTIFIES SEVEN MARINES KILLED IN KC-130/R CRASH
WASHINGTON, USA, The Department of Defense announced that the following Marines were killed as a result of the crash of a KC-130/R aircraft in Pakistan yesterday: Command Pilot: Captain Matthew... more
Civil defenseSYDNEY: THREE GIANT HELICOPTERS AGAINST FIRES
SYDNEY - AUSTRALIA, Three giant helicopters Sikorsky S-64, capable to launch 9.500 litres of water at a time, are fighting against fires menacing a residential quarter in the South of Sydney, last... more
Science and technologyWORKERS DEMONSTRATION AT ROISSY AIRPORT
ROISSY - FRANCE, Seventy employees of LSG Sky Chefs, the catering company which provides 38 airlines, are on strike from Tuesday January 8, in the terminal 1 in front of Lufthansa bureau, whithout... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA IS AFRAID OF RYANAIR?
DUBLIN, IRELAND, According to managing director of Ryanair, Lufthansa would be afraid of the Irish low cost airline, by the obstacles the German flag carrier is trying to pose to Ryanair expansion in Germany.... more
AirlinesBRITISH AIRWAYS NEW ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, The English airline began an advertising campaign costing 7,7 millions of dollars in order to promote travellers which stopped to fly after Sept. 11. The promotion concerns business... more
Science and technology40% OF MALTA AIRPORT WILL BE BUYED BY A SINGAPORE CONSORTIUM
SINGAPORE, A consortium which includes also the management of the Singapore Changi airpopr will buy 40% of the Malta's international airport. This has been announced by Singapore Civil Aviation Authority;... more