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AerospaceROBOTIC ARM READY TO TAKEOFF WITH THE SHUTTLE TOWARDS ISS
FLORIDA, USA, The Shuttle Endeavour mission, ready to go to the International Space Station, is this time to deliver a welcome "accessory": it is a robotic arm long almost 58 feet, first Canada's contribute... more
DefenseUSA-CHINA QUESTION (2): STILL UNCERTAIN THE DATE FOR THE RESTITUTION OF THE EP-3E
PEKING, CHINA, Zhu Bangzao, Chinese Foreign minister's spokesman, riveted, during a press conference, that "China is the injured party in this accident", adding that, regarding the restitution of the... more
AirlinesVIRGIN EXPRESS LOAD FACTOR RISES IN 1Q
BRUSSELS, Virgin Express' load factor rose to 74,4% in the first quarter, with a 8,9% increase compared to a year earlier. Passenger traffic rose by 10,8%. Internet sales grew by 5.5, representing 21,8%... more
Science and technologyHONG KONG AIRPORT TRAFFIC GOES UP
HONG KONG, March passenger traffic at Hong Kong international airport grew by 11,3% compared to the same period last year. Cargo traffic fell by 3,7%, owing to a 7,7% reduction in export sector. Aircraft... more
AirlinesPAKISTANI AIR LINE'S MANAGING DIRECTOR FIRED FOR INEFFECTIVENESS
PAKISTAN, The Pakistan International Airlines, a state-owned carrier, has seen recently a new managing director nomination, Ahmed Saeed Awan, called to face airline's pilots' large scale strike. His predecessor,... more
IndustryHONEYWELL AND GARRETT TOGETHER FOR UPGRADING HAWKER 700 ENGINES
USA, Honeywell and Garrett, two American industries specialized in aeronautical engines, have agreed for the joined development of the upgrading project of the Hawker 700's TFE731-3 engines. Within this... more
AirlinesCOMAIR REDUCES ITS FLEET
USA, Comair's pilots' strike that is causing a traffic block which started on March 26 and expected to last until 9 am on April 24, continues. The prolonged stoppage caused the company heavy losses and... more
IndustryBOMBARDIER AEROSPACE TO INCREASE PRODUCTION
MONTREAL, CANADA, After the recent orders, among which the suprising 150 aircrafts' order signed by Wisconsin Airlines, Bombardier announced a monthly production rate increase from 12,5 to 14,5 for its... more
AirlinesPHILIPPINE AIRLINES TO LEASE THREE BOEING 737-300
MANILA, Philippine Airlines said today it is to lease three Boeing 737-300s. One aircraft will be used to increase the number of flights to Taipei, the two others will be subleased to Air Philippines. more
AirlinesAIR WISCONSIN BUYS 150 AIRCRAFTS FROM BOMBARDIER
TORONTO, CANADA, Wisconsin Airlines signed a 1.68 USDbn contract with Bombardier Aerospace for the purchase of 150 CRJ200s including 51 firm orders, 24 conditional orders and 75 options. The carrier, which... more
DefenseUSA-CHINA QUESTION: PEKING PROCLAIMS THE MISSING PILOT A MARTYR
PEKING, CHINA, Peking's Government proclaimed the Chinese missing pilot, Wang Wei, a martyr. China ended officially searches of the missing pilot last Saturday. The resumption of the verbal duel between... more
Science and technologyDUBAI INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC BOOSTS IN 1Q
DUBAI, Passenger traffic at Dubai international airport saw a significant growth in the first quarter, by 15,6 over the same period last year. Dubai Cargo Village reported a 7,9% increase. Aircraft movement... more
Civil aviationFAA ISSUES AD ON PRATT & WHITNEY ENGINES
USA, The Federal Aviation Administration issued, following the detection of stall problems of the compressor in Pratt & Whitney engines, a recomendation to all operators who use this engine, to proceede... more
AirlinesCONTINENTAL REPORTS FIRST QUARTER EARNINGS
USA, Continental earned $9 million in the three months ended march 31, down from $14 in the same period of 2000. Revenue reached $2,45 billion, with a 7,6% increase in the year-ago period. Pre-tax profit... more
AccidentsKLM BOEING 767 ABORTED TAKE OFF BECAUSE OF SMOKE ON BOARD
AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND, A KLM's Boeing 767 had to abort takeoff, for Tel Aviv, because of smoke in the cabin. The Boeing 767 had already reached a 100 km/h speed when it had to abort the procedure and evacuate... more
AirlinesROYAL AIR MAROC TO LAUNCH NEW ROUTE TO CATANIA
MOROCCO, Royal Air Maroc is to launch a new service Catania-Casablanca starting from June 25. It will be a twice-weekly connection. Catania is the third italian destination offered by Royal Air Maroc.... more
AccidentsLOT AIRCRAFT MISSED RUNWAY IN DANZIG AIRPORT
DANZIG, POLAND, Last Friday a tragedy was close in Danzig airport, while a snow-storm was raging in the aerea: an aircraft, belonging to the Polish airline Lot, landed 120 meters beyond the runway. Fortunately... more
AirlinesANSETT TO PURCHASE SIX NEW PLANES
AUSTRALIA, Australian Ansett is planning to buy six new planes, two 737-300s next month and four Boeing 767-300s by October. Gary Toomey, ceo of the carrier, said the aircrafts will be purchased to relaunch... more
AirlinesNATIONAL JET ITALIA INCREASES ITS TRAFFIC
NICE, FRANCE, From April 13, National Jet Italia, British Airways' Frinchisee, operates a new flight connecting Rome with Nice. The flights are operated twice a day by BAe 146-300s which carry 94 passengers.... more
AirlinesNEW FLIGHT FOR KHALIFA AIRWAYS
TOULOUSE, FRANCE, The Algerian airline Khalifa Airways obtained from the civil aviation general management (Dgac) an agreement to operate two regular weekly flights connecting Toulouse and Algeri, with... more
AirlinesSINGAPORE AIRLINES LENDS BOEING 747 TO ANSETT
HONG KONG, A Singapore Airlines spokesman said the company is lending a Boeing 747-400 with technical and crew cabin to australian Ansett. Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority grounded 10 Ansett... more
AirlinesDELTA AIRLINES INCREASES ONLINE SALE
USA, In the last quarter Delta Airlines registered a 30% online sales' increase from the previous quarter and a 50% rise from the same quarter in 2000. The airline, which in the last three months has sold... more
IndustryOVERSIZED 747-700 FOR BOEING
WASHINGTON, USA, Due to a small amount of orders, Boeing abandoned the possibility of constructing the supejumbo 747X, the aircraft that should have competed with Airbus A-380. Anyway it does not renounce... more
AirlinesMALEV CUTS ITS WORKFORCE BY A QUARTER
HUNGARY, Hungarian national airline lost in 2000 35 USDm (about EUR 35m) and would like to start a denationalization process by 2003. To make itself attractive to possible investors, it will cut 1000... more
AirlinesSERVICE'S AUTOMATION FOR NORTHWEST
USA, Northwest Airlines introduced at Las Vegas airport a new electronic service centre that permits to check-in avoiding the lines or even from a regular computer. The new service allows passengers to... more
PeopleWEST AIR SWEDEN AND BAE SYSTEMS CONVERT BAE 748 INTO E-CLASS CARGO
SWEDEN, West Air Sweden industries and BAe Systems formed a joint-venture that is launching a conversion program for BAe 748 into E-class cargo. The first three aircrafts delivered last summer to West... more
IndustryAGUSTA LOOSES RECOURSE TO TAR ABOUT CFS HELICOPTER COMPETITION
ROME, ITALY, The Regional Administration Court of Lazio has issued a sentence in which Agusta's request to suspend the competition, with which the Corpo Forestale dello Stato, CFS, wanted to buy several... more
AirlinesSPIRIT AIRLINES SETS PASSENGERS CARRIED RECORD FOR MARCH 2001
FORT LAUDERDALE, CANADA, Spirit Airlines announces record-breaking traffic figures for March 2001 with 349,761 passengers carried. This is the highest number of passengers carried in a one-month period... more
Latest newsBOEING, USAF FINALIZE CONTRACT FOR 10 ADDITIONAL F-15E AIRCRAFT
ST. LOUIS, The Boeing Company and U.S. Air Force have finalized contract terms for 10 F-15E aircraft, which will sustain production of the world's best multi-role fighter into 2004. The aircraft will have... more
PeopleANSETT AIRLINES JETS GROUNDED FOR CONTROLS
AUSTRALIA, Australian air safety authority grounded 10 Ansett Airlines Boeings to make a two-day inspection on the aircrafts. The control was due to the perplexities aroused about aircrafts maintenance,... more
AccidentsUSA-CHINA QUESTION (4): AMERICAN DIPLOMATS DECLARE THAT THE CHINESE PILOT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT
PEKING, CHINA, American diplomats comunicated the last news relative to the air crashes dynamics that envolved an American electronic surveillance aircaft and a Chinese fighter, last April 1, which caused... more
AirlinesAEROFLOT LAUNCHES NEW ROUTE TO UZBEKISTAN
MOSCOW, Aeroflot will open a new service on Moscow-Tashkent route from Sunday April 15. The airline will fly a Tupolev Tu-154 in the new service. Aeroflot did not fly to Uzbekistan's capital earlier, an... more
AirlinesNEW HUNGARIAN AIRLINE TAKES OFF
BUDAPEST, Carpathian Air Transport Kft, a new hungarian private airline, is to take off by the end of the week. The carrier will serve Rimini and Verona, Italy, Ljubljana and TCrgu MuresL (Romania). Carpathian... more
Press releaseEMIRATES ADDS NEW NO-SMOKING ROUTES
SAUDI ARABIA, Emirates routes to London/Heathrow, Manchester, flights between Melbourne and Sydney, have become no-smoking flights. Passengers will fly smoke-free from Ausstralia to London. Emirates was... more
AirlinesTHE AGREEMENT BETWEEN DELTA AIRLINES AND ITS PILOTS IS STILL FAR
USA, It seems hard to solve the dispute between Delta Airlines and its pilots within the 30 days deadline after which pilots intend to go on strike. Alpa, Air Line Pilots Association, is not willing to... more
PeopleALENIA AEROSPAZIO WILL BUILD FUSELAGES FOR NEW BOEING 717-200
ROME, ITALY, Alenia Aerospazio, owned by Finmeccanica's group, will build the fuselages for the 750 USDm 50 Boeing 717-200s ordered by Midwest Express Airlines. The Boeing 717-200 aircraft is the only... more
Science and technologyPILOTS UNREST DISRUPTS PAKISTAN AIRPORTS
PAKISTAN, Pakistan's major airports are being disrupted by a pay dispute between Pakistan International Airways' pilots and the airline's management. Some flights have been cancelled or delayed. The pilots... more
AerospaceALCATEL SPACE LAWSUIT AGAINST LORAL
USA, Alcatel has filed lawsuit against Loral for declaring the "unilateral and illegal" termination of a satellite joint-venture, Space System Loral, born in 1991 with a group of European partners, including... more
AirlinesISRAELI AIRLINE EL AL FUTURE UNCERTAIN
ISRAEL, Israeli airline El Al suffers for its insecure financial conditions: public funds have been blocked and, to avoid a break, the denationalization possibility is urging. To improve the economic situation,... more
AccidentsUSA-CHINA QUESTION (3): CHINESE PREMIER SAYS ''THE STORY IS NOT CONCLUDED''
PEKING, CHINA, Chinese Premier, Zhu Rongji, declared to the Chinese press agency, Xinhua, that the release of the 24 crew members of the American EP-3E aircraft doen't mean that the diplomatic question... more
Latest newsSUDAN-IRAQ COOPERATION CHARGES
KHARTOUM, SUDAN, Spla, the Sudanese liberation army, has laid against Khartoum government an accusation of cooperation with Iraq in chemycal arms production. As an example of collaboration, the rebels... more
AerospaceLIQUOR LARCENY AT NEW YORK KENNEDY AIRPORT
USA, Three employees of an airline caterer are believed to have stolen hundreds of miniature bottles of liquor cases worth USD 1.5m to Sky Chef, which supplies food and beverage to American, TWA and... more
AccidentsUSA-CHINA QUESTION (2): UAE DAILY PAPER TALKS ABOUT ''AMERICAN ARROGANCE''
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, According to an United Arab Emirates daily paper, Al-Bayan, China's attitude during the accident occurred between the electronic surveillance EP-3E aircraft and the Chinese F-8 fighter,... more
AccidentsBUSH CRITICIZES CHINESE BEHAVIOUR NOW THAT US SOLDIERS RETURNED HOME
WASHINGTON, USA, US President George W. Bush criticized, during a press conference, Peking Government behaviour, defining it "inconsistent with the kind of relationship we have both said we wish to have".... more
PeopleTUPOLEV TU-214 TAKES MAIDEN FLIGHT
MOSCOW, A spokesman for Financial Leasing Company /FLC/ said a first Tupolev Tu-214 jet mass-produced at Kazan Aircraft Production Association /KAPO/ made its maiden test flight on wednesday. Tu-214 is... more
Finance and economyUSA-CHINA: TRADE RELATIONS DETERIORATED AFTER HAINAN ACCIDENT?
CHINA, What is the load of the American fighter question in the normal Usa-China trade relations? Before the US crew was finally released only two days ago, Beijing entrance in WTO (World Trade Organization),... more
PeopleFAA ORDERS AIRLINES TO CARRY DEFIBRILLATORS
WASHINGTON, USA, The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), yesterday issued a new rule regarding passenger's safety on board, imposing defibrillator presence in the emergency medical kits on board. The... more
AerospaceBOEING SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY
SEATTLE, The russian space agency (Rka) has signed an agreement with Boeing. The deal, based on mutual cooperation, includes the launch of telecommunication satellites, the marketing of a russian module... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASHES IN PHILIPPINES, 11 VICTIMS
MANILA, PHILIPPINES, A military helicopter crashed near Baguio Philippine town causing 11 victims. Among them 7 were President Gloria Arroyo guards. The helicopter had just accompanied the President to... more
AerospaceRUSSIA IS TAKING IN COSIDERATION THE PRODUCTION OF MIR-2
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Russia's Rosaviakosmos aerospace agency is taking in consideration a project for contructing a Mir-2, as reported by director general Yuri Koptev during an interview given to Itar-Tass... more