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AirlinesVIRGIN EXPRESS SUES SABENA
BRUSSSELS, Virgin Express has taken Belgian Airline Sabena to court over a seat allocation regarding an agreement to purchase 96 seats on its flights out of Brussels. The deal was signed in 1999, but lately... more
AccidentsINDIAN AIR FORCE FIGHTER CRASHES, PILOT ESCAPES (2): SPECIFICATIONS
ROMA, Mikoyan MiG-21 Fishbed: Type: Multi-role fighter Accommodation: One pilot Lenght: 51 ft 8 in Wingspan: 23 ft 5 in Height: 13 ft 5 in Empty weight: 12.882 lb Max T/O weight: 21.605 lb Max... more
AccidentsINDIAN AIR FORCE FIGHTER CRASHES, PILOT ESCAPES
INDIA, An Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG 21 crashed yesterday at the sub-station at Kandurabari near Tezpur, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported. The pilot bailed out to safety suffering only minor injures.... more
Latest newsMALAYSIA CONSIDERING THE PURCHASE OF RUSSIAN PLANES
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysian government is considering the purchase of Su-30 fighter planes made by the Irkutsk Aircraft Manufacturing Association (IAMO), russian agency Interfax reported today. Malaysia may... more
PeoplePRIVATE AIRLINE TO RESUME FLIGHTS BETWEEN SYRIA AND IRAQ
DAMASCUS, A private airline will resume daily flights between Damascus and Baghdad from next Saturday, syrian official sources reported. The service between the two countries had been suspended in... more
AirlinesFINNAIR POSTS 1H PROFIT
HELSINKI, Finnish Finnair reported half-year earnings of %26 million in the first half of the year. Six-month revenues climbed 5.8% while operating costs rose 5.1% and fuel costs 21.8%. Total passenger... more
Latest newsHUNGARY RENTS F-16
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, According to Hungarian newspaper Nepszabadsag, Budapest government decided to rent a 24-aircraft package composed of Lockheed Martin F-16 from United States, starting September 1st and... more
AirlinesNORTHWEST AIRLINES TO REDUCE AIR FARES
USA, Northwest Airlines said it is to reduce air fares for many domestic routes and services abroad. The reductions "represent significant discounts off the carrier's leisure fare levels", the airline... more
AirlinesISRAELI TRANSPORT MINISTER PLANS TO SELL EL AL
ISRAEL, Ephraim Sneh, israeli Transport Minister, will submit a new plan for the total sale of El Al, the israeli national airline. The previous plans included the sell of a 49% stake in the carrier. Sneh... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON AIRBUS AIRCRAFTS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration The following Airworthiness Directive issued... more
AccidentsNTSB ASSISTING GOVERNMENT OF BAHAMAS IN INVESTIGATION OF CRASH OF CESSNA 402
WASHINGTON, National Transportation Safety Board investigator Al Yurman has been designated the United States Accredited Representative to the Bahamian investigation of the crash of a Cessna 402 Saturday... more
AirlinesANZ-ANSETT TO EYE VIRGIN BLUE
NEW ZEALAND, Air New Zealand-Ansett Australia Group intends to buy a stake in the australian carrier Virgin Blue to expand the market in that region. Sources from the group said ANZ already has started... more
AirlinesGOOD NEWS FOR AOM/AIR LIBERTE' WORKERS FIRED
PARIS, FRANCE, After that the failing French carrier Aom/Air Liberté has fired more almost 1400 workers, the French Minister Jean Claude Gayssot announced tht about 1000 of them will be "recovered"... more
AirlinesAER ARANN TO CUT PILOTS STAFF
LONDON, Irish airline Aer Arann has announced it is to lay off one third of its pilots. The airline recently secured a £32 million contract for five regional routes. Aer Arann plans to expand the fleet... more
HelicoptersRUSSIA TO SELL HELICOPTERS TO COLOMBIA
MOSCOW, Russia will sell Colombia six troop-carrying helicopters Mi-17 1V. The $36,1 million deal was signed last week. The helicopters will be used for troops transport. It will be the second batch of... more
Science and technologyBEIJING INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO EXPAND FOR OLYMPIC GAMES IN 2008
BEIJING, Li Peiying, Beijing Capital International Airport chairman, announced the company will invest about 15 million yuan in the expansion of the airport to meet the increasing demand for passengers... more
HelicoptersJAPAN ARMY SELECTS BOEING HELICOPTERS
TOKYO, The Defense Agency of Japan today said it will buy Boeing's Apache helicopters. A spokesman for the agency said "We selected Boeing's AH64D because it is cheaper than Bell's helicopter in view of... more
IndustryLOCKHEED MARTIN AWARDED A OVER $5M CONTRACT FOR GREEK F-16
USA, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $5,683,935 contract to provide for F-16 Block 52 aircraft maintenance training and pilot academics and simulator training for... more
IndustryRAYTHEON AWARDED A OVER 22 USDM CONTRACT FOR MISSILES FOR ISRAEL, TAIWAN AND THAILAND
USA, Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $22,473,437 contract to provide 48 Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missiles (AMRAAM) (Air Intercept Missile (AIM)-120C-5 missiles), 47 AMRAAM air... more
AirlinesAEROFLOT'S PERSONNEL STRIKES HIT MOSCOW SHEREMETIEVO AIRPRT
MOSCOW, A strike called by Aeroflot's technicians and flight attendants caused an almost an hour-long halt yesterday afternoon at Moscow Sheremetievo airport. The airline's personnel is demanding salary... more
AirlinesCSA CZECH AIRLINES SUFFERS LOSSES IN 1H
PRAGUE, Csa Czech Airlines suffered losses for $,1,4 million in the first half of the year, down sharply from the profits reached in the same period last year. The airline blamed global economic malaise,... more
AirlinesBRIXIA AIRWAYS TO LAUNCH NEW ROUTES
BRESCIA, Italian carrier Brixia Airways will operate new routes from Padova and Brescia to Portorose, Slovenia, and Kik, Croatia, from September 15, the airline's chiarman Renzo Pisu announced. He added... more
PeopleALMOST READY TO FLY THE CONCORDE
PARIS, FRANCE, According to declarations of French Transport Minister, Jean-Claude Gayssot, relased a month ago, the return to sky for the concorde is am etter of weeks. In effects, both carrier which... more
AccidentsTWO FIRE-ATTACK AIRCRAFTS COLLIDE: TWO DIED
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, Two small aircrafts engaged in anti-fire operation in the north of Los Angeles, California, collided in the air and crashed on the ground, causing death of both pilots. In the... more
AirlinesKENYA AIRWAYS TO LAUNCH NEW ROUTE TO GHANA
NAIROBI, Kenya Airways will soon launch a new route between Nairobi and Accra, capital of Ghana, East African Standard reported. The new route will be effective from September 17 and the airline will use... more
AirlinesCONTINENTAL EXPRESS ANNOUNCES NEW SERVICE BETWEEN DURANGO, COLO., AND HOUSTON
HOUSTON, "Continental Express, the regional air carrier to Continental Airlines, today announced new daily nonstop service between Durango, Colo., and its Houston hub, effective Dec. 13, 2001. Continental... more
Latest newsISRAELI HELICOPTER KILLS PALESTINIAN LEADER
JERUSALEM, Abu Ali Mustafa one of the leader of the Palestinian Liberation Front has been killed by an Israeli helicopter missile which hit his house in Ramallah which has been completely destroyed. According... more
AirlinesGANDALF TO SUSPEND SOME INTERNATIONAL ROUTES
BERGAMO, Italian airline Gandalf said it has suspended the flights from Bergamo-Orio al Serio airport to Cologne, Munich, Berlin. The airline will continue offering international flights to Stuttgart,... more
Latest newsPENTAGON SAYS AN UNMANNED PLANE IS LOST OVER IRAQ
WASHINGTON, Pentagon sources reported that a Predator military unmanned aircraft is lost over Iraq's southern no-fly zone. The sources also said that the plane may have been shot down, as iraqi sources... more
AccidentsLIGHT AIRCRAFT LANDS ON A HIGHWAY, KILLED A CYCLIST
ARGENTINA, A light plane yesterday was forced to make an emergency landing on a argentinian highway in the north of the country. None of the four people on board, a pilot and three passengers, was... more
AccidentsRAF PILOT DIES IN GLIDER CRASH
UK, A RAF pilot was killed in a glider crash during take off from a Raf airport near Newark, in Nottinghamshire. The LF( standard glider crashed from 300 ft. "We are not able to give details about the... more
Accidents83 YEAR OLD WOMAN FORCES PLAN TO MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING
OTTAWA, An 83-year-old Canadian woman forced a Canada 3000 plane en route from Toronto to Manchester to make an emergency landing at St John's International Airport after becoming unruly and causing... more
AirlinesSWISSAIR LOSES AGAIN
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, The Swiss carrier Swissair reported another time a "substantial" loss of several billion of Swiss francs. Before the official information release, which the carrier's number one,... more
AirlinesISRAELI GOVERNMENT WILL NOT ASK FOREIGN CARRIERS TO REDUCE FLIGHTS TO TEL AVIV
ISRAEL, Ephraim Sneh, israeli Transportation Minister, said he won't ask foreign airlines to reduce flights to Tel Aviv. Sneh added that however the changing of the number of flights would require modifications... more
AirlinesALPI EAGLES PLANS TO ACQUIRE A STAKE IN ALITALIA
VENICE, The interest of italian airline Alpi Eagles in the acquisition of a 5% stake in Alitalia is worrying the analysts, the italian newspaper "La Repubblica" reported today. According to the analysts,... more
AirlinesSIBIR AIRLINES: CARGO TRAFFIC UP IN 2001
MOSCOW, Russian Sibir Airlines recorded a 48% year-on-year increase in the first seven months of the year. Turnover went up 50%, russian agency Interfax said. Sibir is integrating with Vnukovo Airl... more
Science and technologySYDNEY AIRPORT TO B SOLD IN OCTOBER
SYDNEY, The Sydney Morning Herald reported that the city airport is to be sold in October. Three consortium are bidding for the airport. The top is bid reported to be about USD2.57 billion. The australian... more
Latest newsIRAQ SAYS IT SHOOTS DOWN US PLANE
IRAQ, An iraqi news agency, quoting military sources, said iraqi air defenses shot down a US recoinassance plane. "The air defenses in the Basra area shot down the plane when it was flying a spy mission... more
Science and technologyPASSENGERS GROUNDED AT AZORES (2): A PART TRASFERED BY SEA TO OTHER ISLANDS
AZORES ISLANDS, PORTUGAL, A part of the 2000 passengers grounded by the damage to the runway of Lajes airport in Azores islands have been transfered to San Miguel island by sea, according to local sources,... more
IndustryLOCKHEED MARTIN AWARDED A OVER $19,000,000 CONTRACT FOR IRAELI F-16
USA, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $19,319,295 firm-fixed-price contract to provide for initial spare parts for the Israeli Air Force in support of their F-16... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON EUROCOPTER FRANCE AS-365N3 HELICOPTERS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration The following Airworthiness Directive issued by... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON AIRBUS AIRCRAFTS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration The following Airworthiness Directive issued... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON BOEING 747AIRCRAFTS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration The following Airworthiness Directive... more
AccidentsTALEBAN CHOPPER CRASHES NEAR KABUL, PILOT KILLED
ISLAMABAD, A Taliban helicopter crashed near Kabul, a pakistani news agency reported. The helicopter was on a routine training flight. The pilot was killed in the crash. Taliban launched an investi... more
Latest newsBOEING DELIVERS FINAL C-17 TO UNITED KINGDOM ROYAL AIR FORCE
LONG BEACH, The Boeing Company delivered the fourth and final C-17 Globemaster III military cargo aircraft to the United Kingdom Royal Air Force (RAF) during ceremonies at the company's production facility... more
IndustryBOMBARDIER CONTINENTAL SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES MAIDEN VOYAGE
WICHITA, KANSAS, Bombardier Aerospace’s all-new Continental business jet successfully completed its first flight today, establishing a new standard for development time for business aircraft. The aircraft i... more
AirlinesVANGUARD AIRLINES RECEIVES FOURTH MD-80-SERIES AIRCRAFT
KANSAS CITY, "Vanguard Airlines, Inc. has taken delivery of its fourth MD-80-series aircraft. The MD-82 aircraft is configured to seat 132 passengers, including 14 SkyBox(TM) Business Class seats. Vanguard's... more
AccidentsSINGAPORE AIRLINES' BOEING MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING
JAPAN, A Singapore Airlines' Boeing 777 was forced to make an emergency landing at Nagoya airport on saturday after a wheel blew out. The jetliner was carrying 314 passengers and crew. No one was injured,... more
AccidentsTRANING AIRCRAFT CRASHES OFF PERU COASTS: TWO MISSINGS
LIMA, PERU, Yet unknown are the causes for which a traning aircraft of the Peruvian Air Force crashed in the sea, off the Peruvian coasts in Piura department, about 900 kms North of Lima. On the aircraft... more
AccidentsCAR BOMB AT MADRID AIRPORT
MADRID, A bomb placed in a car exploded this morning in the car park for Terminal 2 at Madrid airport. An airport official said planes were landing and taking off normally, but traffic jams occurred on... more