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AirlinesLUFTHANSA DENIES TO BE ''IN RED''
ROME, ITALY, The German flag airline Lufthansa spokesman, interviewed by Avionews, denied the news, published on some press magazines, about the financial situation of the carrier. "Our accounts are in... more
DefenseBUSH PROPOSES 60% CUTS IN NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARSENALS
WASHINGTON, USA, U.S. President George W. Bush declared, in a press conference preceding the USA-Russia meeting, that he will propose to Russian President Vladimir Putin to cut the 60% of the nuclear weapons... more
HelicoptersFRANCE APPROVES EXEC 162F KIT HELICOPTER
PARIS, FRANCE, French DGAG approved the kit of the Exec 162F made by U.S. Rotorway, the first helicopter kit in France giving CNSK-2 approval. This has required two years of management by the French... more
AirlinesPAL SIGNS CODESHARE AGREEMENT WITH CATHAY PACIFIC
HONG KONG, Philippine Airlines and Cathay Pacific have signed a codeshare agreement on flights between Hong Kong and Cebu. The agreement is effective from November 5. Cathay Pacific operates seven weekly... more
AirlinesUNIVERSAL AIRLINES TO LAUNCH NEW ROUTES
NEW YORK, Universal Airlines will begin flights from New York JFK to Georgetown, Guyana, and Port of Spain, Trinidad, Dec. 13 using Boeing 767-300s. The carrier will operate five weekly flights to Georgetown... more
AirlinesCROSSAIR RELEASES SEPTEMBER RESULTS
SWITZERLAND, Crossair announced it achieved a net profit of $2.7 million in September. Revenues rose 9% and expenses grew by 5%. more
AccidentsAIRBUS CRASHED IN NEW YORK: NO SIGNS OF ENGINE FAILURE
NEW YORK, There was "no evidence of any sort of internal failure of the engine. They all seem to be in one piece", said NTSB spokesman George Black Jr at the end of the preliminary inspections of the American... more
AirlinesDELTA OFFERS SPECIAL FARES TO SABENA CUSTOMERS
ATLANTA, "Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) will offer special fares to Sabena customers to make it easier for them to make trips they had planned. Customers who had purchased tickets on Sabena, which declared... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA RETURNS NINE-MONTH OPERATING RESULT OF 290 MILLION EUROS
FRANKFURT, "Business at the Lufthansa Group up to September 11 was fully in line with our expectations. Our original forecast projecting an operating result of between 700 and 750 million euros in the... more
AirlinesSKYWEST AIRLINES REPORTS TRAFFIC CARRIED IN OCTOBER 2001
ST. GEORGE, "SkyWest Airlines, Inc. reported a 43.5 percent increase in revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for October, while available seat miles (ASMs) increased 46.6 percent compared to the same period... more
AirlinesAIR CANADA RESUMES SERVICE TO WASHINGTON AIRPORT
MONTREAL, Air Canada has resumed flights to Washington Reagan airport. Sky marshals will escort the company's planes. Air Canada is the only foreign airline permitted to land at Reagan National air... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASHES IN SAUDI ARABIA, THREE KILLED
SAUDI ARABIA, A Saudi military helicopter crashed yesterday not far from Tabouk, in Saudi Arabia, a military source reported. Three people were killed. The model of the US-made chopper was not repo... more
AccidentsAIRBUS CRASHED IN NEW YORK (7): THE PASSENGERS LIST
NEW YORK, American Airlines flight 587: CREW Capt. Edward States, United States First Officer Sten Molin, United States Deborah Fontakis, United States Barbara Giannasca, United States Wilmer Gonzalez,... more
AirlinesTHAI AIRWAYS DROPS FLIGHTS TO USA
BANGKOK, Thai Airways said today it is reducing its Bangkok-Los Angeles flights to six a week from seven, effective November 21. Chairman President Virabongsa Ramangkura said the company is considering... more
AirlinesVANGUARD AIRLINES REPORTS THIRD QUARTER 2001 RESULTS; COMMENTS ON FINANCIAL PLAN, NASDAQ LISTING STATUS
KANSAS CITY, "Vanguard Airlines, Inc. (Nasdaq: VNGD - news) today announced third quarter results. The Company's net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2001, was $3.6 million or a basic loss... more
Airlines25 ''ELECTRICAL'' EURM FOR SABENA RESUSCITATION
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, It could be defined as "energical" the financial intervention of the Belgian energy industry Tractebel, which, with its associate Electrabel will give 25 EURm to open the new airline... more
AirlinesVIRGIN EXPRESS TO LAUNCH NEW ROUTES FROM BRUSSELS
BRUSSELS, Virgin Express will launch four new destinations from Brussels airport. New routes to Zurich, Geneva, Gothenburg are to be operated this week. A fourth flight to Stockholm will be inaugurated... more
AirlinesRYANAIR AT FIRST PLACE AMONG EUROPEAN AIRLINES
DUBLIN, IRELAND, With a capitalization value of 4,54 USDbn, low cost Irish airline Ryanair is at the first place in the European airlines, overcoming the German giant Lufthansa (4,51 USDbn). More distant... more
AccidentsAIRBUS CRASHES ON NEW YORK (5): GE SAID THAT ENGINES ARE VERY DEPENDABLE
WASHINGTON, USA, According to General Electric, the manufacturer of the CF6-80C2, used on the Airbus A300-600 crashed yesterday on New York, these engines are among the most reliable ever built, with... more
AccidentsAIRBUS CRASHED IN NEW YORK (4): FLIGHT RECORDER REPORT CONFIRMS IT WAS AN ACCIDENT
NEW YORK, USA, National Transportation Safety Board investigators are reported to have confirmed, after analysing the flight data recorder, that the crash was not due to a terrorist attack but was... more
AirlinesQANTAS PLANE ABORTS TAKEOFF
TOKYO, Qantas Boeing 767 had to abort takeoff from Tokyo International Airport this morning after a mechanical problem was reported by the pilot. The plane was moving down the runway when the pilot noticed... more
AirlinesAIR NEW ZEALAND TO INCREASE FLIGHTS
NEW ZEALAND, Air New Zealand announced yesterday that it has increased weekly flights between Auckland and Taipei, Hong Kong, Osaka. The airline will also operate an extra flight to Los Angeles, bringing... more
DefenseGERMANY ASKS FOR AN A-400M PRICE DISCOUNT
BERLIN, GERMANY, According British newspaper Financial Times, seems that Germany government would postpone the signature of the agreement for the Airbus military aircraft A-400M, as it is looking to have... more
AirlinesAUSTRIAN AIRLINES CUTS 930 JOBS
VIENNA, AUSTRIA, The Austrian group Austrian Airlines spokesman said that until end of 2002, is planned the cut of 930 jobs, 12% of the overall workers. This is part of a reorganization plan to reduce... more
AirlinesDAT DELAYS PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN AFTER NEW YORK'S PLANE CRASH
BRUSSELS, Delta Air Transport (DAT), belgian Sabena's successor, has announced that it will delay the launch of its publicity campaign in sympathy with American Airlines. The belgian newspaper Le Soir... more
IndustryBOMBARDIER PLANS TO CUT 1200 JOBS IN EUROPE
BERLIN, GERMANY, The Canadian Bombardier industry German management for Europe, plans to cut 1200 jobs. This due to planned closure of Ammendorf factory (850 workers), Vetschau factory (150 workers) in... more
AirlinesJMC TAKES DELIVERY OF THE FIRST AIRBUS PLANE
USA, JMC Airlines yesterday took delivery of its first Airbus A330-200. The plane, leased from Tyco Capital, is powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines. more
AccidentsAIRBUS CRASHED IN NEW YORK (3): INVESTIGATORS FIND THE PLANE'S VOICE RECORDER
NEW YORK, Investigators have recovered American Airlines Airbus A300 cockpit voice recorder. "We have not yet recovered the flight data recorder and as you know that can provide absolutely critical answers",... more
AccidentsUS AIRWAYS AIRCRAFT LANDS IN WASHINGTON IN EMERGENCY
WASHINGTON, USA, The emergency landing of a US Airways aircraft at Washington airport, coming from Pittsburgh, has been probably due to an air rage by a passenger on board, which required police intervention. The... more
Latest newsACCORDING TALIBAN, KANDAHAR AIRPORT IS NOT UNDER NORTH ALLIANCE CONTROL
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN, According Taliban chiefs, Kandahar airport is not under North Alliance control, as was confirmed previously by the Kandahar Mujaheddin governator Gul Agha spokesman. more
Latest newsAL- JAZEERA KABUL OFFICES HIT BY U.S. AIRCRAFTS
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, According to Al-Jazeera television management, its offices in Kabul have been hit by U.S. aircrafts during a raid on Afghan capital. There are no information about the TV correspondant... more
AirlinesSAS TAKES DELIVERY OF FIRST AIRBUS A321-200 AT COPENHAGEN AIRPORT
STOCKHOLM, SAS received it first Airbus A321-200 yesterday at Copenhagen airport. As the airline said in a statement, "the aircraft is being delivered from Airbus in Hamburg. The A321-200 is SAS' new large... more
AccidentsAIRBUS CRASHES ON NEW YORK: SIX MISSING IN THE HIT BUILDINGS
NEW YORK, USA, Seems that the number of missing persons in the buildings hit by the Airbus A-300 of American Airlines crashed yesterday on New York's Queens district is limited to six. This has been released... more
IndustryEADS (2): 26% INCREASE IN 3T01
PARIS, FRANCE, European aerospace consortium Eads diffused that in third 2001 quarter has been attained a 26% increase in business turnaround, with 6,642 EURbn, in comparison with the same period of the... more
IndustryEADS GOES FORWARD WITH PRUDENCE
PARIS, FRANCE, According to aerospace European consortium Eads spokesman, the forecasts for 2002 sign a prudential situation, due to the current civil aviation crisis. Eads, however, thinks that it will... more
AccidentsAIRBUS CRASHED IN NEW YORK (5): GIULIANI HEADS TO THE CRASH SITE
NEW YORK, The major Giuliani cancelled the morning events and headed to the scene. The flight 587 was carrying 246 passengers and nine crew members. The American Airlines flight crashed in the Queens area,... more
AccidentsAIRBUS CRASHES ON NEW YORK (3): STOCK EXCHANGE LOSES 100 POINTS
NEW YORK, USA, The New York Stock Exchange loses 100 points after the diffusion of the news of the Airbus A300 crashed on the Queens New York Zones, even if FAA declared that is not a terroristic a... more
AirlinesIBERIA'S NET PROFITS DECLINE IN THIRD QUARTER
MADRID, Spanish Iberia reported a 11% net profits fall in the first three quarters of the year, to 141,4 million euros, compared with previous year. Operating profit went down by 41,9% in the third quarter,... more
AccidentsAMERICAN AIRLINES PLANE CRASHES ON NEW YORK (2): CLOSED ALL NY AIRPORTS
NEW YORK, USA, After the American Airlines' Airbus A-300 crashed on Queens New York zne, all airport of the city have been closed at once, until new advice. more
AccidentsAMERICAN AIRLINES PLANE CRASHES IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, An American Airlines Airbus A330 crashed in New York in the Queens area. The plane crashed shortly after takeoff and was heading to Santo Domingo. Four houses are reported to be on fire and there's... more
AirlinesAIRBUS DELIVERS FIRST A330-200 AIRCRAFTS TO JMC AIRLINE
PARIS, FRANCE, French aeronautical industry Airbus delivered its first A330-200 aircrafts, with 350 seats, to British JMC Airlines, which already owns ten A-320. Airline will use the new aircrafts on long... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASH IN NEPAL (3): THE AIRCRAFT SPECIFICATIONS
ROME, AS 350 Ecureil, produced by Aerospatiale (Eurocopter): Type: light helicopter Accommodation: two pilots, four passengers Lenght: 35 ft 10 in Rotor diameter: 35 ft Height: 10 ft 11 in Empty... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASH IN NEPAL (2): PRINCESS PREKSHYA AMONG THE VICTIMS
NEPAL, The nepalese princess Prekshya, sister of Queen Komal, is one of the victims of the Ecureil helicopter plunged into Rara Lake this morning. Four other people have been killed in the crash. The helicopter... more
AirlinesQANTAS MAINTENANCE WORKERS TO STRIKE NEXT WEEK
SYDNEY, Qantas maintenance workers have called a 48-hour strike for next week following their refusal to agree to an 18-month pay pause or face the prospect of job losses. The strike will begin from midnight... more
Press releaseALITALIA AND AIR FRANCE ANNOUNCE THEIR ALLIANCE
ROME, ITALY, "On Monday 12 November 2001, Alitalia and Air France inaugurate their alliance on flights between France and Italy, thereby implementing the bilateral agreement signed on 27 July 2001, after... more
IndustryRAYTHEON AEROSPACE AWARDED A OVER 14,5 USDM CONTRACT
USA, Raytheon Aerospace Co., Madison, Miss., is being awarded a $14,500,328 firm-fixed-price contract modification to provide for logistic support for the T-1A aircraft. This work will be complete... more
IndustryALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS AWARDED A OVER 15,6 USDM CONTRACT
USA, Alliant Techsystems Inc., Allegany Ballistics Laboratory, Rocket Center, W.Va., is being awarded a $15,691,938 contract to exercise an option for the procurement of 266 air-to-air and 702 surface-to-air... more
AirlinesAEROMEXICO PLANS NEW CODE-SHARE SERVICE TO PRAGUE; FLIGHTS FROM MEXICO CITY START DEC. 1 WITH SKYTEAM PARTNER CZECH AIRLINES
HOUSTON, "AeroMexico, Mexico's largest airline, today announced that it will start code-share flights between Mexico City and Prague with SkyTeam partner Czech Airlines on December 1, 2001. The new service... more
IndustryGENERAL ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT ENGINES AWARDED A 25,7 USDM CONTRACT
USA, General Electric Aircraft Engines, General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass., is being awarded a $35,700,000 contract for the procurement of approximately 103 F404-402 engine modules and attendant hardware... more
AirlinesALITALIA/AIR FRANCE CODESHARING FLIGHTS TAKE OFF
ROME, "Air France and Alitalia are starting their alliance flights between Italy and France, implementing the bilateral agreement signed July 27", Alitalia said in a statement. The two airlines are launching... more