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Science and technologyMAILBAGS STOLEN AT DUBLIN AIRPORT
DUBLIN, Up to 30 mailbags were stolen last night at Dublin airport. The mailbags had to be loaded on an Aer Lingus cargo plane headed to for Manchester. An airline's spokesman siad the theft took place... more
AirlinesTHAI AIRWAYS REWARDS INFORMATIONS ABOUT POLITICAL BOMBER
THAILAND, Thai Airways said it is to offer a cash reward of $22.500 for information leading to the arrest of suspects who bombed the jet scheduled to carry Thai PM last saturday. The carrier's president... more
AirlinesDEMONSTRATION FLIGHT FROM NEW YORK TO BEIJING OVER THE NORTH POLE
ATLANTA, Press release: "Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL - news) today announced it conducted a demonstration flight on a polar routing from New York (JFK) to Beijing, China, March 3-4, 2001, using a Boeing... more
AirlinesEASYJET JAN PASSENGER TRAFFIC RISES
LONDON, The airline's number of passenger in February rose to 531,235 in February, from 413,469 in the same month a year before. Load factor was steady at 82,3%. Internet sales, as a proportion of total... more
AirlinesAEA JAN TRAFFIC GOES UP
BRUSSELS, The Association of European Airlines reported that members' passenger traffic rose 6,%% in January. The overall load factor rose 2.2%. International freight traffic increased by 3.1%. Jugoslav... more
AirlinesAIR CANADA FORCED TO CANCEL ALL FLIGHTS FOR NEW YORK, FILADELFIA ANDI BOSTON.
NEW YORK ,USA, Extreme bad weather conditions on northeastern U.S. forced Air Canada to cancel all flights from eastern Canada to New York, Philadelphia and Boston. These thunderstorms, affected heavily... more
AirlinesJOINT VENTURE TRANSAERO-CHINA AIRLINES
MOSCOW, Transaero chairman Alexander Pleshakov said that private Russian airline and China Airlines will begin jointly operating a Moscow-Taipei route in October: flights will be performed once a week... more
DefenseDEPLETED URANIUM AMMUNITION RADIATIONS ARE NOT DANGEROUS
BRUXELLES, BELGIUM, An independent group of researchers presented to European Union the results of their studies, demonstrating that residual radiations emitted by depleted uranium (DU) ammunitions could... more
Latest newsRUSSIAN AIR FORCE WONTS TO MODERNISE ITS FLEET
MOSCOW, Gen. Anatoly Kornukov, its chief, said that the Russian air force will gradually modernise its aging fleet over the next few years, after a decade of funding shortages that have plagued the force:... more
PeopleLOCKHEED MARTIN PROBABLY WILL RENEW U.S.ATC SYSTEMS
USA, According to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) spokesman, the Agency is ready to award Lockheed Martin Corp. to design and build a replacement for the aged long distance domestic ATC system. The... more
IndustryCIT ORDERS NEW AIRCRAFTS TO BOEING
SEATTLE, USA, Cit Aerospace, a branch of Cit Group, Inc, ordered to Boeing twenty 737-700NG, which will be delivered between 2003 and 2004 and five 757-300 airplanes to be delivered in three years starting... more
AerospaceMIR DUMPING ONCE AGAIN POSTPONED
MOSCOW, The earliest date of Mir's dumping is March 6, but the most likely dates are between March 13 and March 18 or possibly later. The station is currently circling about 257 kilometers above the Earth,... more
AirlinesINDIAN WOMAN GIVES BIRTH ON AN AEROFLOT FLIGHT
MOSCOW, Gurmeet Kaur, an indian woman has given birth to a daughter on an Aeroflot flight from Singapore to Moscow. The plane was diverted to Calcutta for an emergency landing to take the baby to h... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASH IN ITALY, THREE INJURED
ROME, An Agusta A 109 Power helicopter crashed yesterday afternoon in Malagrotta, near Rome. The helicopter went down shortly after takeoff. Three people were aboard, the pilot, Raniero di Bartolomeo,... more
AirlinesNORTHWEST AIRLINES REPORTS FEBRUARY TRAFFIC
MINNEAPOLIS, USA, "Northwest Airlines today announced a systemwide passenger load factor (LF) of 70.8 percent in February 2001, a decrease of 0.3 points from last year's February load factor. Northwest... more
AirlinesSINGAPORE AIRLINES JAN LOAD FACTOR GOES UP
SINGAPORE, Singapore Airlines today said January overall load factor was up to 0,1%, compared with the same period of 2000, at 67,7%. more
PeopleENAV TO PURCHASE 300 RADIOMEASURING HOURS
ROME, ENAV, the italian national authority for flight assistance, is to purchase 300 radiomeasuring hours from a swedish company. This firm operates 12 aircrafts equipped for this task. The checks will... more
AirlinesUS AIRWAYS: FEBRUARYTRAFFIC
ARLINGTON, "US Airways reported today that revenue passenger miles for February 2001 were up 12.6 percent compared to February 2000, while available seat miles for the month increased 9.7 percent. The... more
IndustryAIRBUS SAYS JAPANESE INDUSTRIES MUST DECIDE SOON WHETHER JOINING A380 PRODUCTION OR NOT
TOKYO, Andreas Sperl, European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co NV unit Airbus Industrie's financial director, said japanese aeronautic industries must decide by the summer whether taking part in A3XX production... more
IndustryCIT AEROSPACE ORDERS 25 BOEING PLANES
SEATTLE, CIT Aerospace, a division of The CIT Group a leading global source for financing and leasing, has placed a firm order for 20 Next-Generation 737-700 and five 757-300 airplanes from The Boeing... more
AirlinesSOUTHWEST AIRLINES: NEW NON STOP SERVICES
DALLAS, Press Release : "Southwest Airlines Adds New Nonstop Service DALLAS, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV - news) today announced it will add new daily nonstop and direct flights... more
Civil aviationIMMEDIATE FAA AD ON EUROCOPTER HELICOPTERS EC-120
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department... more
AirlinesAMERICA WEST: FEBRUARY TRAFFIC
PHOENIX, "America West Airlines (NYSE: AWA - news) today reported record traffic statistics for the month of February 2001. Revenue passenger miles (RPM) for February were a record 1.5 billion, up... more
IndustryTHE ONCOMING SIGNING OF MBDA BOOSTS FINMECCANICA SHARES
MILAN, Finmeccanica shares this morning went up by 4,56% on the italian stock market. This score is related to the board of the company which is called for tomorrow and is expected to give the go ahead... more
IndustryFRANCE ANNOUNCE EXCEPTIONAL 200 YEAR FOR AERONAUTICAL INDUSTRIES
PARIS, FRANCE, According to Gifas, the French grouping of aeronautical and aerospace industries, year 2000 was an exceptional year for the sector, with an increment of 40% compared to 1999. Incomes of... more
Weather forecastsAIRSHOW AND MEETING IN MARCH 2001
., March 2, 2001 Aircraft Resourcing Options Workshop NBAA Savannah, GA USA March 5 - 6, 2001 Regional Airline Training Conference & Tradeshow FlightSafety International Orlando, FL USA +44... more
AerospaceCUTS ON NASA FINANCIAL AIDS FOR ISS
WASHINGTON D.C., Bush administration reduced financial aids for International Space Station of 4 USDbn, about Nasa requests for U.S. participation to production of station systems. Cuts will have effects... more
AirlinesAIR 2000 TO ACQUIRE MORE BOEING 757
BERLIN, "Boeing today confirmed European leisure airline Air 2000 intends to acquire up to eight Boeing 757-200 jetliners. Delivery of the airplanes is to begin in spring 2003 and continue through 2005.... more
IndustryAN-70 PRICE TO BE REDUCED
MOSCOW, Ukraine and Russia are looking into opportunities to slash production costs of the brand-new An-70 transport plane to make it attractive for air forces of the both nations: the plane price tag... more
Science and technologyWHITE HOUSE UNDECIDED ABOUT THIRD CHICAGO AIRPORT
WASHINGTON, The "Chicago tribune" reported that business and political leaders from Chicago's south suburbs met with top White House officials Monday but were offered no guarantees the Bush administration... more
IndustryBOEING PRESENTS ITS NEWS SATELLITE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
SEATTLE, USA, Boeing presented its new service, digital cinema, capable to deliver by satellite to multiple movie theaters an high definition digital media,with a quality comparable with a normal film.... more
AirlinesVANGUARD AIRLINES: FEBRUARY 2001 TRAFFIC
KANSAS CITY, Press Release: "Vanguard Airlines, Inc. (Nasdaq: VNGD - news) reported traffic for the month of February 2001 of 81.6 million revenue passenger miles (RPMs). Capacity was 125.6 million available... more
AirlinesNEW CHATTANOOGA NONSTOP SERVICE TO PITTSBURGH BY US AIRWAYS EXPRESS
CHATTANOOGA, USA, "Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport officials today announced that starting, May 6, 2001, USAIRWAYS/USAIRWAYS EXPRESS will begin twice daily nonstop service between Chattanooga Metropolitan... more
AirlinesNORTHWEST AIRLINK TO LAUNCH NEW SERVICE TO MONTERREY, MEXICO
MINNEAPOLIS, USA, "Northwest Airlines (Nasdaq: NWAC) announced today that they will celebrate being the only carrier to offer non-stop service from Memphis, Tenn. to Monterrey, Mexico, by offering low... more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE AND GANDALF TOGETHER TO RAISE FLIGHT NUMBERS IN ITALY
PARIS, FRANCE, Sharing for the first time some domestic flight with Italian carrier Gandalf,Air France proceed in its development, placing its services also on Parma, Trapani and Pantelleria, raising the... more
DefenseITALIAN UNDERSECRETARY MINNITI OPENED WEAG MEETING
NAPLES, The 4th Weag (Western European Armament Group) meeting started today in Naples. Weag is a 19-european countries organization for the cooperation in Weag army system. The round table will concern... more
AirlinesBULGARIAN GOVERNMENT STRIPS BALKAN AIRLINES OF ITS AVIATION LICENSE
SOFIA, Bulgarian government yesterday revoked Balkan Airlines aviation license, three weeks after the carrier grounded all its aircraft due to the dispute between the Zeevi Holdings Group, the Israeli... more
IndustryBOEING X-31 TAKES FLIGHT AGAIN
ST. LOUIS, "The X-31 thrust-vectoring aircraft, first used in the 1990s to successfully demonstrate enhanced combat maneuverability, has taken flight again in a new program called VECTOR, focused on demonstrating... more
Science and technologyCHINA: GUANGZHOU AIRPORT TO BE READY IN 2003
CHINA, The new Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou will be inaugurated by late October 2003. The airport will have two runways and will be capable of handling 60 planes at a time. The airport is... more
AirlinesPILOT PROTEST, HARD TIMES FOR IBERIA
MADRID, According to the biggest financial news-papers, Spanish state-controlled airline Iberia due to be floated on the stock market next month, said around 60 percent of its flights were delayed on Monday... more
AerospaceITALIAN-BUILT MODULE LEONARDO TO BE LAUNCHED ON THURSDAY
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, Space shuttle Discovery is to be launched after tomorrow from Kennedy Space Center on a mission named STS 102. Discovery will have to deliver a relief crew to Space Station Alpha... more
AirlinesBAD WEATHER: AIR CANADA ADVISORY FOR FLIGHTS CANCELLED TO NORTHEASTERN U.S.
MONTREAL, Press release: "Air Canada advises that due to continuing severe winter storm conditions in the northeastern U.S., all Air Canada flights to New York (La Guardia, Kennedy and Newark), Philadelphia... more
AirlinesAIR CANADA TO LAUNCH NEW ROUTE OTTAWA-SAN JOSE
TORONTO, The first daily non-stop service between Ottawa (Silicon Valley North) and San Jose California (Silicon Valley South) was inaugurated yesterday. Air Canada created this convenient to satisfy the... more
DefenseCHINA IS NOT HELPING IRAQ IN AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT
PEKIN, CHINA, According to Chinese Foreign Office Minister, Tang Jiaxuan, "China is not helping Iraq in improvement of its air defense systems". The declaration comes during a press conference held... more
DefenseCHINA WILL RAISE 17% IN DEFENSE INVESTMENTS
PEKING, CHINA, Chinese financial Minister, Xiang Huaicheng, announced, during National Popolar Congress, that China will raise in this year its defense expenses of 17%, due to requests for a technological... more
IndustryBAE SYSTEMS SIGNS CONTRACT WITH RAYTHEON SYSTEMS
UK, BAE Systems has received a contract for more than $30 million from Raytheon Systems to deliver five Defensive Aids Group (DAG) integrated systems for the UK's Ministry of Defense Airborne Stand-off... more
AerospaceWHERE ITALY WANT TO GO ABOUT GALILEO?
BRUXELLES, BELGIUM, The future of the planned new European Global Positioninig System (GPS) named Galileo, for which Italy, with a law, allocated about 310 EURm, is not clear about its definition. In... more
AerospaceNASA TO CANCEL X PROGRAMS
USA, The five-year 4,5 USDbn Space Launch Initiative program is undergoing heavy cuts. The X-33 and X-34 rocket planes have been cancelled last week and a third program, the X-38 lifeboat for space station... more
DefenseITALIAN UNDERSECRETARY MINNITI TO OPEN WEAG MEETING IN NAPLES
NAPLES, The Weag meeting for the Western Europe's countries will start tomorrow in Naples. Weag is an organization for the cooperation in Weag army system. The european group includes nineteen countries.... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA TO BOOST INTERNET AND MOBILE-PHONE BOOKING SERVICE
FRANKFURT, The german carrier yesterday said it will boost internet and mobile phones booking service aiming at selling a quarter of tickets that way by 2005. Lufthansa took 250.000 internet bookings last... more