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AirlinesAIR PHILIPPINES PURCHASES THREE BOEING 737-300
PHILIPPINES, Air Philippines announced a firm order from three new Boeing 737-300 for a fleet expansion program to boost international routes. The aircrafts are to be delivered by the end of April. more
IndustryTECHNIP ENTRUSTED FOR DIRECTING A380 CONSTRUCTIONS
TOULOUSE, FRANCE, French engineering group Technip has been entrusted by Airbus Industries for the principal management of the contruction of the new mega A380 aircraft. For its realization, industrial... more
Latest newsISRAELI MILITARY AIRCRAFTS VIOLATE LEBANESE AIR SPACE
BEIRUT, LEBANON, According to what reported by Lebanese military sources, Israeli fighters flew over Lebanon's territory several times, braking sound speed, with the consequent sonic "bangs" heard by population.... more
AirlinesGANDALF AND AIR FRANCE NOW OPERATE IN CODE-SHARE
MILAN, ITALY, The new code-share agreement between Gandalf Airlines and Air France, started on March 25, introduces 10 new international routes to France, Germany and Spain with departures from Italian... more
HelicoptersROYAL OMAN POLICE BUYS AGUSTA HELICOPTERS
MUSCAT, OMAN, Royal Oman Police (ROP) plans to buy a new fleet of AB-139 helicopters, produced by Bell-Agusta Aerospace Company; General Police Inspector al Maawali,in accordance with Sultan Qaboos,... more
AirlinesFINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES FOR AUSTRALIAN QUANTAS
AUSTRALIA, Australian Qantas is experiencing financial difficulties due to the lower australian dollar and the intensification of competition on australian market, as Gary Dixon, chief executive of the... more
Science and technologyNEW ATHENS AIRPORT INAUGURATED WITH OLYMPIC FLIGHT
ATHENS, GREECE, The new Athens Eleftherios Venizelos airport was inaugurated and began operations with the landing of an Olympic airpcraft coming from Toronto. The airport is placed in Spata, a few km... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA CANCELS 100 FLIGHTS
FRANKFURT, Lufthansa had to cancel 100 flights this morning due to a pilot strike, between 6,30 and 9, over salaries. About 15.000 passengers were affected. Transcontinental flights were not disrupted,... more
AirlinesTAROM TAKES DELIVERY OF ITS FIRST BOEING 737-700
SEATTLE, TAROM Romanian Air Transport took delivery of its first Next-Generation 737-700 yesterday at Boeing Field. The Romanian airline has ordered four 737-700s and four 737-800s to serve its expanding... more
PeoplePASSPORT VISA ABOLISHED TO ENTER UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, United Arab Emirates decided to eliminate passport visa necessity, until now indispensable for entering the country, for passengers coming from many Nations. Passengers will be given... more
PeopleBRITISH AIRLINES WILL CONTROL ENGLISH SKIES
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, English Goverment announced that it has chosen Airline Group for the partial privatization of the Great Britain's air traffic controlling system (NATS), of which Goverment will maintain... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA LOOKS FOR GLOBE GROUND PARTNER
FRANKFURT, GERMANY, The German airline Lufthansa is seeking for a partner for its Globe Ground' branch, a airport service company that, with more than 20,000 employees in 111 worldwide airports is considered... more
Science and technologyATHENS' NEW AIRPORT OPENS
ATHENS, GREECE, Athens has symbolically opened its new airport, dedicated to Eleftherios Venizelos, the most important Greek politician of the 20th century. The airport, situated in Spata, about 17 km... more
Science and technologyADR EXITS STOCK EXCHANGE, SHARE ACQUISITIONS START AGAIN
ROME, ITALY, Piergiorgio Romiti, Managing Director of Leonardo, "Aeroporti di Roma" (ADR) owner's company, announced the beginning of share acquisitions of the packet on sale, for 42% share of the company... more
AccidentsBODY SIGHTED NEAR CRASHED F-15'S WRECK
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, Royal Air Force's sources reveal that the body of an American soldier has been sighted near the wreck of one of the two F-15 crashed yesterday during a training flight. The identity... more
AccidentsGERMAN MILITARY HELICOPTER CRASHED: THREE DIED
MEPPEN, GERMANY, A German Bundeswehr helicopter crashed probably during an exercise, causing three soldiers died and another one seriously injured. No further information about causes of accident and type... more
IndustryBAE CLIMBS AND LOOKS TOWARDS FRENCH MARKET
PARIS, FRANCE, The British defence and aeronautical group Bae Systems reached in 2000 a profit of 1.36 billion Euro, with a growth of 14% respect the past year. On the wave of these positive results, the... more
Science and technologyFRANKFURT'S AIRPORT NUMBERS FOR SUMMER 2001
FRANKFURT, GERMANY, With the start of the new summer time-tables in Frankfurt's airport, about 110 airlines will propose 4400 weekly flights to and from the German airport, with an increase of 2,3% respect... more
PeopleFIRST ALGERIAN CIVIL AVIATION SCHOOL OPENING
ALGERI, ALGERIA, In short time, a few months, in Algeria the first private civil aviation school will be opened to future pilots. According to its Director, Madjid Louai, both professional pilots, destinated... more
AirlinesNEW CONNECTION WITH CANADA FOR AMERICAN EAGLE
FORTH WORTH, TEXAS, American Eagle announced that it will operate a new connection between the international Newark airport and Quebec City. The aircraft used will be a 37-seat Embraer 135. The new connection,... more
Press releaseSWISSAIR NOVELTIES FOR SUMMER 2001
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, A discrete frequence increase on European routes and the season increase of intercontinental connections represent the major novelties on Swissair's summer time-table for 2001, starting... more
AirlinesACCORDING TO ''LE SOIR'' SABENA LOOSES 13 BILLION FRANCS,
BRUXELLES, BELGIUM, The Belgian Sabena airline, according to the daily newspaper "Le Soir", lost about 13 billion Francs, remittance caused mostly by the increased cost of aviation fuel and partially... more
IndustryAIRBUS ENTRUSTS CARROLL TO DIRECT TOKYO'S BRANCH
TOKYO, JAPAN, Airbus announced to have entrusted, for its Japanese branch's direction, of Bae Systems' former Director Patrick Caroll, with the mission of increse the still scarse presence of Airbus in... more
PeopleFRENCH TRANSPORT MINISTER: ''THE CONCORDE WILL FLY SOON''
PARIS, FRANCE, The French Transport Minister, during a press conference in Paris, confirmed that "there are good possibilities that the Concorde will return to fly in 2001". These words arrive after the... more
PeopleALCOHOL AND DRUG TESTS FOR CIVIL AVIATION STAFF
GREAT BRITAIN, British Goverment advanced a proposal to submit to alcohol and drug tests all people engaged in essential tasks in civil aviation, such as cabin crew, air traffic controllers and maintenance... more
Latest newsBOEING ENVIROMENT X-32B TESTS ARE OK
SEATTLE, USA, Highly positive, according to Mike Heinz (Boeing's Vice-President for the Joint Strike Fighter programme, JSF), the results of the enviromental impact effectuated with the research aircraft... more
AirlinesCATHAY PACIFIC PLANS TO LAUNCH NEW NONSTOP NY FLIGHT
HONG KONG, Cathay Pacific hopes to launch soon a nonstop Hong Kong-New York flights but it's still waiting to get permission from Russia to fly over its air space. Cathay added it is also planning to launch... more
IndustryEMBRAER ANNOUNCES RECORD 2000
BRAZIL, Embraer, Brazilian Air Industry announced that 2000 has been a definitely exceptional year with a profit increse of 56,6%, compared with 1999, profits equal to 307 USDm. The industry has produced... more
AirlinesVIRGIN ATLANTIC AIRWAYS TO OFFER WEB SERVICES ON ITS FLIGHTS
NEW YORK, Virgin Atlantic said it will give all passengers access to Web services and email. The airline will provide the service in collaboration with Seattle-based Tenzig Communications. Under the contract,... more
AirlinesAIRTOURS ORDERS CFM ENGINES
EVENDALE, USA, Airtours Aviation has ordered 21 engines to CFM, a joint venture between General Electric Co and French manufacturer Snecma. The deal worth $90 million. The 21 CFM56-5B engines will power... more
AccidentsSTILL UNCERTAIN CAUSES OF THAI 737 DESTRUCTION
BANGKOK, THAILAND, National Transportation Safety Board's investigators, the American Company that investigates on transport accidents, has not still been able to give a certain answer regarding the causes... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA COCKPIT CREW PLANS STRIKE FOR TOMORROW
GERMANY, German Lufthansa's pilots union, Vereinigung Cockpit, has called out a strike for Wednesday March 28 after the negotiations on contract renewal came to a stalemate. Pilots ask for a 30% wage... more
AirlinesBA TO ADD NEW DAILY FLIGHT TO WARSAW
LONDON, British Airways has announced it will operate a third daily flight from London to Warsaw. The airline uses 112-seat Airbus A319 aircraft. more
AirlinesNEW DIRECT NEW YORK - LONDON STANSTED FLIGHT
USA, Starting from May 1 Continental Airlines will operate a new direct flight between New York and the new London Stansted airport which, thanks to an impressive development project in the next few years,... more
DefenseMAYBE FRANCE HAS ''BURNED'' ARPINO
BRUSSELS, For only one vote, Air Force's General Mario Arpino, until next Monday Italian defence's Chief of Staff, hasn't obtained the nomination to President of the European Union's Military Committee.... more
AccidentsRECONNAISANCE US PLANE CRASHES IN GERMANY
NUREMBERG, GERMANY, An USAF Beechcraft RC-12 reconnaisance aircraft crashed in a forest area near Nuremberg, in Germany. The plane, based in Wiesbaden, was on a training flight. Both the pilots were killed.... more
AccidentsTWO US BOMBERS MISSING IN SCOTLAND (2): THERE WAS A MID-AIR COLLISION
SCOTLAND, The two US F-15 fighters missing on a training flight on the scottish Highlands are thought to have crashed. The aircrafts were based at Lakenheath in Suffolk. Rescue teams are continuing the... more
AirlinesCONTINENTAL AIRLINES BETS JAMAICA
USA, Continental Airlines introduces two new destinations in the Caribbean Islands, Montego Bay and Kingston in Jamaica, operative from Dicember 2001 (excepted for goverment approval). Destinations for... more
AirlinesNEW CONTINENTAL AIRLINES CONNECTION WITH BRAZIL
USA, Continental Airlines is going to make its services to Brazil more comfortable, by adding its new Boeing 767-400 ER on the New York - Sao Paulo daily flight. The route between between Houston (USA)... more
AccidentsTWO US BOMBERS MISSING IN SCOTLAND
SCOTLAND, Two single-seater F-15 bombers yesterday disappeared from radar suddenly while in the Glenmore Lodge area in the Cairngorms. Michael Mulford, RAF spokesman, said an explosion have been reported.... more
Civil aviationEAA OPPOSES TO NTSB RECOMMENDATIONS
USA, The Experimental Aicraft Association,(EAA) the powerful American organization for sportive and amusing flight, opposed firmly to a airworthiness directive issued by NTSB, National Transport Safety... more
AirlinesAGREEMENT PROTOCOL BETWEEN MERIDIANA AND BOLOGNA'S COMMITTEE FOR SPANISH TOURISM
BOLOGNA, ITALY, An noticeable increase of Spanish tourists (+23,5%), respect to 1999, arrived in the city of Bologna through its airport in 2000: this is the result of an agreement protocol signed between... more
Industry1600 NEW JOBS FOR EADS AIRBUS
HAMBURG, GERMANY, Within the rationalization and productive activity process, Eads Airbus GmbH, the German branch of the European aeronautical giant, announced, during a press conference, that 1600 new... more
Weather forecastsMEETING AND AIRSHOW IN MARCH AND APRIL 2001
., March 25, 2001 Small Airports Committee Meeting ACI-NA Loews L’Enfant Plaza Hotel Washington, DC USA 202-484-1000 or 800-635-5065 March 26 - 27,2001 Human Factors in ATC IIR Conferences London March 2... more
PeopleENAV: RADIOMEASUREMENTS MADE AT BEIRUT: AND AT MALPENSA?
ROME, ITALY, A gratifying recognition from the Lebanian Civil Aviation's authorities in the activity carried out during the last week by the Italian "Ente Nazionale Assistenza al Volo" S.p.A. (ENAV SpA)... more
PeopleFIRST BRITISH CONCORDE PILOT DIES
LONDON, Brian Trubshaw, the first British test pilot to fly Concorde has died on saturday in his sleep at the age of 77. Trubshaw made the first 22 minutes supersonic aircraft flight in Gloucestershire... more
Latest newsRUSSIA TO SELL FIGHTERS TO ALGERIA
MOSCOW, Russia will sell three fighters Su-24 to Algeria. The fighters have been overhauled in Siberia. Other 19 aircrafts of the same type will be delivered to the african country in the next months.... more
AccidentsSOUTHWEST PLANE SKIDS OFF THE RUNWAY
BALTIMORE, USA, A Southwest Airlines plane, headed to Nashville, skidded off a taxi-way during takeoff. None of the 141 people aboard was injured. The plane, which ended up in the grass, was inspec... more
Science and technologySINGAPORE AIRLINES TOO BOOST SERVICES FROM BRISBANE
SINGAPORE, Singapore Airlines Ltd. this morning said it will "boost the airline's services from Brisbane to 10 per week, and increases available seats on the route by 43%" starting from tomorrow. more
Science and technologyNEW CHINESE AIRPORT TO OPEN IN 2003
CHINA, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport's construction has begun after the State Council gave its approval. The airport will have two runways and should be able to handle 25 million to 27 million... more