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AerospaceUSA: the revival of the lunar missions will start next year
It will be the first operational test of a new carrier rocket
In addition to the helicopter drone to be sent in March to Mars for NASA a new series of space exploration missions will soon begin. This is what emerged from the presentation at the Johnson Space Center,... more
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AirlinesFailed SkyWork: Alitalia proposes a connection with Geneva
12 flights a week from Milan-Linate to the Swiss city
Yesterday, the Swiss airline SkyWork announced the suspension of all flight operations after the failure to find a commercial partner, which would have allowed it to avoid bringing the books to court and... more
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IndustryRussia: there will be a military variant of Illyushin Il-114?
The Russian armed forces seek an electronic and attack warplane
The new electronic warfare and ground attack aircraft (as a gunship) from Russia will probably be developed based on Ilyushin Il-114/300. The twin-engine turboprop aircraft developed in Russia in the 1980s... more
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IndustryUkraine: successfully tested the Neptun cruise missile
It could hit affect Moscow
The Ukrainian defense system manufacturer Ukroboronprom announced yesterday that it successfully carried out the test of the new Neptun anti-ship cruise missile, which hit a target 100 kilometers from... more
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DefenseBrazil: the "new" Atlantic helicopter carrier arrived in Rio de Janeiro
It is the former HMS "Ocean" purchased for GBP 80 million from the UK
After being dismissed in March 2018 by the Royal Navy the former HMS "Ocean" arrived at the week-end in Brazil, where it will be used by the Brazilian Navy as a helicopter carrier with the name of the... more
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AirlinesLatam: 1200 layoffs in Brazil from next week
Move made mandatory by the budget increasingly in red
The Chilean holding LATAM, one of the largest air groups in the world, will fire about 1200 employees in Brazil to reduce costs and replace them with workers hired through an external service company.... more
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AerospaceUK: "plan B" is ready for a britmade satellite system competing with Galileo
The will of the Government, however, would be to remain in the EU project
The United Kingdom announced today that the Space Agency will begin work on developing a satellite system that is a competitor to the EU's Galileo project, to ensure its national security if after the... more
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Military aviationMattis again threatens Turkey to block the F-35 delivery
In the meantime however the first Turkish pilot flew on the plane
The US Secretary of Defense James Mattis is back today again on the purchase of the S-400 anti-aircraft missile defense system by Turkey, expressing once again its deepest concern because: "They are bringing... more
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DefenseUSAF: the new training aircraft will be announced by the end of September
Favored the "clean-sheet" presented by Boeing and Saab. The quotation for the T-100 is down
After the US Air Force (USAF) has received all the offers from the various aerospace industries involved in the tender for new generation advanced training aircraft, in the coming weeks it will be -as... more
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AirlinesLaudamotion: aircraft fleet doubling for Summer 2019
New personnel director from next Saturday, among the newness
Laudamotion, Austria’s low-fare airline, announced today that it would double its Airbus fleet from 9 to 18 aircraft in Summer 2019 following the completion of Ryanair’s purchase of 75% shareholding in... more
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Science and technologyDrones: from Caltech the UAS to remove the birds from the airports
Driven by an algorithm that allows it to minimize the risks of collision
A system designed at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to try to definitively solve one of the most serious problems for civil aviation, namely the swarm behaviour that fly near airports... more
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Civil aviationWill become mandatory defibrillators on board the aircraft?
An important question in the light of what happened yesterday on the Beirut-Rome flight
On yesterday's Alitalia plane flying from Beirut to Rome where a child died -from the first news it looked like a child- due to a heart attack, caused by a serious kidney disease, for which the parents... more
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Military aviationUSA: first operational tests for the F-35C on board of the USS Lincoln
Exercises to evaluate skills in high intensity missions
For the first time on board of the USS "Abraham Lincoln", the F-35Cs are used into a Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA-125) for conducted operational tests along with the other aircraft on board the US Nimitz-class... more
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CuriositiesToday the 2016 NF23 asteroid will pass close to the Earth
It is bigger than the pyramid of Cheops, but it will remain at a safe distance
The asteroid 2016 NF23 is bigger than the pyramid of Cheops, which will pass near to the Earth today. NASA has classified it since its discovery as "potentially dangerous", but its trajectory does not... more
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AirlinesRyanair: despite the agreement with Italian Anpac, the risk of strikes is concrete
Heavy criticism of the agreement by two other unions
Following the signing of the agreement between Ryanair and ANPAC (Italian Professional Association for the Civil Aviation), to which 300 of the 450 Italian-based pilots take part, protests against the... more
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CargoAircraft and transport. Iata: freight growth continues in July
Up 2.1% recorded last month
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), rose 2.1% in July 2018, compared to the... more
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CargoShareholder Lufthansa Cargo to add a new B-777F aircraft
AeroLogic's fleet to grow to eleven freighters
AeroLogic will receive a new B-777F in January. Shareholder Lufthansa Cargo will lease the jet from Boeing specifically for this purpose. The fleet of this equal partnership joint-venture with DHL Express... more
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Military aviationQatar: work is soon to expand two military airports
Required to host the Rafale, the F-15 and the Typhoon aircraft
Qatar has decided to expand two military airports to accommodate the new aircraft that will soon be supplied to the armed forces of the small Persian Gulf State, namely the Rafale, F-15, and Typhoon airplanes.... more
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DefenseRussia: 300,000 soldiers for the Vostok-2018
It should be comparable to the Soviet exercise in 1981
More than 300 thousand soldiers and 1000 aircraft will take part in September in one of the biggest exercises in the world, Vostok-2018 in Russia. Minister of Defense Segei Shoigu has confirmed it yesterday.... more
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AirportsSydney Airport: a 51% increase in passengers is expected over the next 20 years
From 2019 work will start at the airport terminals
At regard of Sydney airport -which saw 43.4 million passengers in transit last year- it was envisaged in the Master Plan 2039 -released yesterday- a 51% increase in passengers over the next 20 years, despite... more
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UAS-DronesUnited States: MQ-9 Reaper early deployed in Romania?
Built a new hangar that could accommodate the drone
In the Câmpia Turzii Air Base in Romania, the US Air Force (USAF) could soon send the UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) MQ-9 Reaper, for ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) operation in Eastern... more
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ReportLos Angeles: man climbs over the fence and enters the runway
Hole in the airport security system
Yesterday at 1:40pm local at the Los Angeles International Airport a man climbed over the perimeter fence -despite being topped by barbed wire- and entered the airport runway, running in the direction... more
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AirlinesAir France-Klm. Unions: "5.1% more salary or strike"
From the beginning of September Smith will try to find an agreement
The French trade unions have reiterated their request to increase the salaries for workers of the Air France-Klm Group by 5.1%, favoring the chances that soon the new CEO Benjamin Smith will also have... more
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AccidentsGreece: T-2E Buckeye training aircraft crashed
The pilot died and co-pilot unharmed
Breaking news. A North American T-2E Buckeye intermediate training aircraft of the Hellenic Air Force crashed this morning around the 8:50am just outside Sparta, in the Peloponnese, after taking off from... more
![Bombardier Dash-8 Q-400 of US-Bangla Airlines crashed in Kathmandu during landing](https://avionews.it/resources/small/e53c3679e9dc22b7b7b758e3ef13b099.jpg.webp)
AccidentsAircraft crash in Nepal: Dash-8 falled down due to pilot
The commander was upset and cried for a large part of the flight
The incident involving the Bombardier Dash-8 Q-400 aircraft of US-Bangla Airlines connecting Dhaka with Kathmandu on March 12, 2018 -that provoked the death of 51 of 71 people on board- was caused by the... more
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AirportsMexico: referendum about the airport of the Capital at the end of October
Announced after the delivery of the technical report to the new president
In the last week of October the Mexican referendum should be held to decide whether or not to approve the construction of the new "fharaonic" Mexico City airport. A decision taken and announced to the... more
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AirlinesItalian Anpac-Ryanair (2). Pilots vote in favour of CLA for Italy
Italy accounts for 20% of its fleet and pilots
Ryanair today (28 Aug) confirmed that its Italian pilots had voted overwhelmingly in favour of a new Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) which was negotiated and signed between the airline and ANPAC (Italian... more
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Civil aviationItalian Anpac: first Ryanair pilots contract based in Italy
Signed and approved by majority, after eight months of negotiations
After 8 months of negotiations Anpac (Italian Professional Association of Civil Aviation) announces today that it has signed the first collective labor agreement for the pilots employed by the company... more
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IndustryChina: development of electromagnetic rocket propellers
It would give a very important tactical advantage to the Army
The Chinese designers would be working on the development of the first rockets powered by an electromagnetic propulsion, which would have a very long range compared to the current solid propellant. If... more
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Military aviationPakistan: buyers are looking for the JF-17 Thunder aircraft
Exhibition to Radom to try to intrigue Poland
An exhibition aimed at finding possible buyers in Poland, the one carried out by the Sino-Pakistani fighter jet JF-17 Thunder during the "Radom International Airshow" on Sunday. Painted with the color... more
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CuriositiesActive exoskeleton tested in Russia
If it will be used, the conflicts would change
TsNIITochMash, a Russian arms and manufacturing company, would have successfully developed and tested an active exoskeleton prototype, thanks to which a man would hit targets with a machine gun by holding... more
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AirlinesKorean Air and Delta expand jv network
Boston-Seoul from next Spring
Korean Air is launching new non-stop service between Boston and Seoul on April 12, 2019 in cooperation with joint-venture partner, Delta Air Lines.The new Boston flight, along with new Minneapolis/St.... more
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AirportsTwo Canadian low-cost carriers enter the Miami market in Winter
Flair and Sunwing Airlines announced it last week
Canadian low-cost carriers Flair and Sunwing Airlines both announced last week that they will enter the Miami market beginning this winter, with Flair launching service from Miami International Airport... more
!["Acro Show" in Sonchaux, Switzerland; 24-26 August 2018](https://avionews.it/resources/small/ccd73fd0006bfda10665b92bcc7d5b62.jpg.webp)
Fair and shows"Acro World Tour 2018": the winner is a Spanish
The best woman is French -VIDEO
Despite fierce competition from his fellow paragliding aerobatics competitors, Spain’s Horacio Llorens, 35, impressed the judges with spectacular stunts and gained the top spot on the podium of the "Acro W... more
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AirportsCroatia: China interested in Osijek airport
The reason? The great potential for the transport of goods
China would not want to invest only in the port sector of the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, but would be willing to increase its presence also in European airports as in that of Osijek in... more
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DefenseRussia. accusations against British aircraft: they would provoke Russian ones
Tensions between the two countries continue
Russia has accused the Royal Air Force (RAF) of intercepting its airplanes on the Black Sea -when they violate NATO airspace- in a dangerous way, constantly provoking Russian forces in flight. An accusation... more
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AerospaceFrom the United States: "Russia develops satellite-killers"
Electromagnetic attacks and rams to blind enemy probes
In Russia there would exist -from what write by "The National Interest"- a development program for satellites able to override other probes in orbit in the Space with electronic war (EW) attacks. The Assistant... more
![Pics of Misa Matsushima -first japanese woman pilot of combat aircraft- inside a F-15](https://avionews.it/resources/small/bcf2dbd55c9aee688ad62cf07af269d0.jpg.webp)
CuriositiesJapan: Misa Matsushima first woman to pilot fighter aircraft
An important step forward towards the use of women in the armed forces
During the last week, the Lieutenant Misa Matsushima completed the training and after three years from the revocation of the Tokyo Parliament of the ban on women becoming pilots of fighter jet, the 26... more
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PeopleChristian Hedelin Chief Strategy Officer at Saab
From next November
Saab has appointed Christian Hedelin as new Chief Strategy Officer. He takes up the position on 1 November 2018 and will then be part of industry's Group Management.Christian Hedelin is currently head... more
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AirlinesAir Berlin aircraft return to fly with Eurowings
Integration between the two companies completed quickly
Eurowings has formalized the total integration of the aircraft fleet with what was used by Air Berlin, the German airline failed last Summer. 77 airplanes that will enter service for the low-cost Lufthansa... more
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Press releaseRyanair: from 1 November the hand luggage will always pays (2)
Italian National consumer union: "from bad to worse..."
"Ready to be exposed to the Antitrust Authority if the gabelle is indicated in an unclear way" more
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ReportPonte della Scafa: venerdì 31 agosto Consiglio straordinario
Impellente una soluzione per la viabilità verso Fiumicino aeroporto
Venerdì prossimo si terrà il consiglio straordinario congiunto tra il Comune di Fiumicino e il Municipio X di Roma per trovare una soluzione alla chiusura temporanea del ponte della Scafa, che sta cr... more
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AirlinesPope Francis in Dublin on Alitalia aircraft
Tomorrow, on the occasion of the IX World Meeting of Families
Pope Francis will take off from Rome-Fiumicino airport tomorrow morning at 8:15 am with the Alitalia AZ 4000 flight to Dublin for His Holiness's Apostolic Journey to Ireland, in the occasion of the IX... more
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AirlinesRyanair: from November the hand baggage won't be free
Tickets will increase between 6 and 10 euros
Despite the agreement between Ryanair and the Irish pilots' union -that this morning has made to open in rise the title to the Dublin Stock- or perhaps because of this likely increase in salaries for the... more
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UAS-DronesRussia: soon sale of a drone in the Middle East
The Orion-E will be exported both in the ISR and in the attack versions
A UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) produced entirely in Russia very similar to the US Predator MQ-1 soon -according to "Defense News"- will be sold to a Middle Eastern country. The drone in question is the... more
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IndustryMBDA: acquired a company that produces microchips for missiles
Objective: to avoid the US production
After the decision of the United States to stop the sale to France of SCALP cruise missiles to Egypt since they have American production chips inside them, MBDA has announced that together with the microchip... more
![A decoy missile ADM-160B MALD (Miniature Air-Launched Decoy) developed by Raytheon](https://avionews.it/resources/small/0b187820ad3209a5714e645a8a5470fc.jpg.webp)
DefenseUnited States: "bait" missiles successfully tested
They will be used to deceive enemy anti-aircraft systems
The Pentagon has announced its success in testing the MALD-X project, namely the simultaneous launch of small "aircraft-decoy" capable to create confusion and to interfere in enemy anti-aircraft defense... more
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ReportHawaii: United cancels today's flights due to the hurricane
The airports of the islands remain open -VIDEO
Yesterday, the expected hurricane on the Hawaiian islands has arrived, creating strong discomforts to the inhabitants of the Pacific islands, since the winds blow at more than 200 kilometers per hour,... more
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AirlinesBritsh Airways: from the end of September, stop flights to Iran
Same decision made by Air France and Klm
On 23 September -according to British Airways- the last flight from Tehran to London will be depart, following the decision by the British airline to suspend the air connection due to the high costs of... more
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AirportsSchiphol Airport: September 4 strike by security guards
At risk are the movements of 200 thousand passengers
On 4 September the security guards of the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol -the third largest passenger number in Europe- will be absent for 24 hours from work in a protest to demand an increase in salaries;... more