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IndustryAIR 2000 ORDERS ROLLS ROYCE, $125 MILLION OF AERO-ENGINE
LONDON, Rolls-Royce announced it secured new RB211-535 engine business worth up to $125 million with UK leisure airline Air 2000. The engines will power Air 2000's fleet renewal order of up to eight Boeing... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING FOR A CONTINENTAL AIRLINES 757 PLANE
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, A Continental Airlines Boeing 757 headed to Newark, New Jersey, had to return to Glasgow airport after a warning light indicated "A small fire in the luggage hold". The plane landed... more
AirlinesVARIG BOOSTS SERVICE TO ARGENTINA
NEW YORK, "VARIG Brazilian Airlines, Latin America's largest airline, and the anchor for Star Alliance in South America, announced today that it has increased its flight schedules to Argentina in response... more
Science and technologyASIAN MEETING ABOUT ''DVT''
MALAYSIA, According to AirWise, an association of 18 Asian airlines said it would meet in the Malaysian capital this month to discuss a medical condition commonly known as economy-class syndrome (DVT).... more
AerospaceDISCOVERY BLASTS OFF
CAPE CANAVERAL, USA, The space shuttle Discovery lifted off to deliver a new crew to the international space station (SS). Expedition One astronauts will return to earth next week. The primary objective... more
AirlinesWESTJET: FEBRUARY 2001 RESULTS
CALGARY, ALBERTA, Press Release: "WestJet Airlines (TSE:WJA. - news) announced today that its Revenue Passenger Miles (RPMs) grew 53.1% to 125,714,411 in February 2001 from 82,089,927 in February 2000.... more
IndustryAIRBUS A380 WILL COST LESS THAN ESTIMATED
TOKYO, Airbus Industrie said in Tokyo that the development of its A380 passenger plane will cost about USD$10.7 billion following an assessment of the superjumbo project, as Airwise News reported.... more
AirlinesBRITISH AIRWAYS TAKES OVER BRITISH REGIONAL AIR LINES AND MANX AIRLINES
LONDON, The GPB78 million deal will boost regional flying. "The purchase is a further step in British Airways' previously announced plans to co-ordinate better its various short-haul businesses and reduce... more
AirlinesSAS EXPANSION COMMENCES WITH NEW SUMMER TRAFFIC PROGRAM
STOCHKOLM, The major expansion of the SAS aircraft fleet and traffic program commences with the launch of the summer 2001 traffic program and the opening of a new transatlantic route, Copenhagen-Washington... more
PeopleAIRLINES SUSPEND FLIGHTS TO BUJUMBURA
BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI, The army in Burundi says it has liberated the northern suburbs of the Burundian capital, Bujumbura, from a Hutu rebel force which had been holding out there. Kenya Airways, Ethiopian... more
AirlinesCATHAY PACIFIC DOUBLES PROFITS
HONG KONG, Cathay Pacific Airways' net profit more than doubled last year, rising to $641. The record result was scored by cost-cutting measures, the strengthening economies across the region, the resulting... more
AccidentsPLANE PLUNGES INTO SEA, TWO KILLED
REYKJAVIK, An Aero Commander 560 aircraft crashed in the sea off Iceland. Both th women aboard were killed. The plane was headed to Scotland. The two bodies were recovered separately by the Iceland... more
Civil aviationVLADIVOSTOK: NEW LANDING SYSTEM
VLADIVOSTOK, According to RBC, Vladivostok airport has introduced into service a new instrumental landing system SP-90: Deputy Director of Primoraerocontrol said that the new system will noticeably improve... more
IndustryTAR RULING ABOUT AGUSTA'S APPEAL POSTPONED TO APRIL 11
ROME, The TAR's ruling regarding Agusta's appeal about the bid to supply italian Corps Of Forest Rangers with 49 helicopters was today postponed to April 11 to get more and new documents and allow a closer... more
AirlinesALSO SUTER RESIGNS FROM SAIRGROUP
SWITZERLAND, Moritz Suter resigned his charge, taken in January, of general manager of air sector of SAirGroup, keeping the task of director of Crossair regional airline. Before Suter, also the president... more
DefenseSOUTH KOREA APPROVED U.S. SPACE SHIELD
SEUL, SOUTH COREA, After a meeting between U.S. president Bush and South Korea president Kim Dae-Jung, a joint document has been diffused, in which is denied that South Korea is opposing to U.S. "space... more
PeopleBRUXELLES POSTPONES DECISION ON EUROPEAN ATC HARMONIZATION
BRUXELLES, BELGIUM, In a bulletin diffused by European transport Commissioner Loyola De Palacio, European Commission postponed to Stockolm meeting decisions about European air traffic control harmonization,... more
DefenseGERMAN AND U.S. DEFENSE MINISTERS WILL TALK ON SPACE SHIELD
WASHINGTON D.C., German defense Minister, Rudolf Scharping will meet today, in his american visit, his U.S. colleague Donald Rumsfeld to discuss about space shield, a project at which U.S. are very... more
AirlinesDE PALACIO: NO COMMENT ON ALITALIA RICAPITALIZATION
BRUXELLES, BELGIUM, European member of Transport board Loyola De Palacio denied to answer about ricapitalization of Alitalia of 1997, worth 1300 USDm, which was blocked by European Commission; the EC... more
SecurityAGUSTA-CORPS OF FOREST RANGERS: TOMORROW TAR'S JUDGMENT
ROME, Tomorrow Administrative Regional Court (TAR) of Lazio, Italy, would have to put an end to Augusta-Italian Corps of Forest Rangers litigation: the helicopter company protested against the advertisement... more
AerospaceRUSSIA WILL LAUNCH SATELLITES FOR NIGERIA
LAGOS, Russia is to launch three satellites to be used to monitor the atmosphere and environment of a region covering Nigeria: the three satellites are part of a new high-tech program, which Russia plans... more
Press releaseRUSSIAN FEDERATION AND EUROPE OPEN TALKS ON CIVIL AVIATION
MOSCOW, "A meeting between ECAC (European Civil Aviation Conference)/EC (European Commission), led by Alfredo Roma, president of ECAC and Italian ENAC (Ente Nazionale per l’Aviazione Civile) and... more
AirlinesNEW PARTNERSHIP KENYA AIRWAYS-AIR TANZANIA FORM
NEW YORK, According to an international agency a new memorandum of understanding has been signed between Kenya Airways and Air Tanzania that will enable the carriers to offer double daily passenger flights... more
Science and technologyISRAELI AIRPORTS UNREST ENDS
TEL AVIV, The workers strike ended today after less than one day. Normal operations should resumed in a few hours, said a spokesman for the workers union. It's not yet clear how many flights were grounded... more
AirlinesAIR ALLIANCE: 2 NEW SERVICES
TORONTO, Air Alliance announced that its subsidiary Air Georgian Limited will launch 2 daily non-stop air services between Manchester and Montreal, and Albany and Montreal commencing Monday, April 9, 2001.... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON BOEING 767 AIRCRAFTS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation... more
Civil aviationEMERGENCY FAA AD ON S-76B AND C SIKORSKY HELICOPTERS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation... more
DefenseAKASH TESTED FOR THE THIRD TIME
NEW DELHI, India on Wednesday successfully tested for a third time since Feb. 27, 2001 its multi-target surface-to-air missile "Akash": this missile weighing 650 kilograms, has a range of 25 kilometres... more
AerospaceMIR (2): THE SPACECRAFT INSURED FOR $200 MLN
MOSCOW, After months shrugging off foreigners' protests that the Mir space station could come crashing down on a populated area, Russia is negotiating a $200 million insurance policy against any damage... more
IndustryBOMBARDIER DELIVERS DASH 8 TO AIR NIPPON OF JAPAN
CANADA, "Bombardier Aerospace today delivered the milestone 600th production Dash 8 aircraft, a Q300* model, to Air Nippon Co., Ltd. (ANK) of Tokyo, Japan. The aircraft is the first of three 56-seat... more
AirlinesFT: KLM MAKE A NEW CONDITIONED OFFER FOR GO
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, U.S. financial newspaper Finacial Times launched again the news according which Dutch carrier KLM submitted a conditional offer to take over Go, British Airways' low cost subsidiary,... more
DefensePOLISH GOVERNMENT APPROVES ARMED FORCES MODERNIZATION
WARSAW, The polish government yesterday approved a $26,3 billion six-year financing program to modernize armed forces in order to turn them closer to Nato standards. The bill, which has to be cleared by... more
AirlinesNEW JETBLUE SERVICES
NEW YORK, Press Release: "JetBlue Airways, New York's hometown, low-fare carrier, today announced new daily nonstop service to Denver, CO, and Seattle, WA, from John F. Kennedy International Airport, New... more
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