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AirlinesNORTHWEST AIRLINES TO ADD A THIRD WEEKLY SHANGAI-DETROIT FLIGHT
USA, The airline announced it will add the new flight and a third cargo freighter flight beginning April 1. The service is operated using Boeing's 747-400 aircraft. more
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SecurityMILITANTS ASSAULT KASHMIR AIRPORT
KASHMIR, Rebels attacked the Srinagarin's airport, capital of Indian-administered Kashmir Police's sources said that the heavily-armed men attacked the main gate of the airport and that in the exchange... more
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AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING FOR A DELTA FLIGHT
KANSAS CITY, USA, A plane of Delta, bound to Orlando, Florida, had to make an emergency return to Kansas City international airport because of smoke in the cockpit just after takeoff. The crew and the... more
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AccidentsUSA: PLANE CRASH IN UTAH, NINE KILLED
TOOELE, USA, The Beechcraft KingAir was on a flight from Mesquite, Nevada and it was carrying a group of nine people returned from a skydiving trip, the pilot and eight passengers. They were all killed... more
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Science and technologyHONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO ALLOW MORE FLIGHTS
HONG KONG, Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok international airport yesterday announced to increase flight levels despite it was recentlry accused of inadequate air traffic safety. Almost 650 aircraft are scheduled... more
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AirlinesCIT AEROSPACE TO LEASE TWO AIRBUS A330-200S TO JMC AIRLINES
NEW YORK, CIT Aerospace announced a plan to lease two A330-200s powered by RR Trent 772B engines to the Manchester, England-based charter airline JMC Airlines. The first Airbus will be delivered in October... more
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AirlinesIMPULSE AIRLINES WANTS TO MERGE WITH HAZELTON
AUSTRALIA, After Qantas and Ansett also Impulse Airlines wants to buy Hazelton Airlines Ltd. The carrier said it will make its offer afterc the decision by the country's competition regulator on rival... more
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HelicoptersMEXICAN NAVY BUYS THREE ROBINSON HELICOPTERS
TORRANCE, USA, Mexican Navy has purchased an R44 Clipper, in March, and two float-equipped R22 Mariners in December. They will be used for Navy pilots' training. more
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DefenseDEPLETED URANIUM (2): COHEN, NO RISK IF HANDLED PROPERLY
WASHINGTON, According to American Defence Secretary William S.Cohen, depleted uranium (DU) is not dangerous if handled properly. Cohen said to repond to EU: "We have benn using DU weapons for decades,... more
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Industry64 NEW JETS ORDERED TO SKYWEST AIRLINES
ST. GEORGE, UTAH, Today SkyWest announced an order for 64 additional Canadair Regional Jets: like that the total number of regional jets on firm order is 114. When deliveries are complete (it is believed... more
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AccidentsCANADA: TWO PILOTS KILLED IN COLLISION
CANADA, An ultralight aircraft and a small airplane have collided on saturday in Mattawa in northern Ontario. The planes fell in a park and residential neighbourhood. Both the pilots were killed. The cause... more
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IndustryU.S. AND EU TO RESUME TALKS ABOUT AIRBUS A3XX (A380) FINANCING
BRUSSELS, The 15-nation European Union and the United States made little progress the last week to resolve a dispute over financing of a new superjumbo jet being built by Airbus Industrie to challenge... more
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AccidentsBRAZIL: TWO AIR CRASHES, 5 KILLED
BRAZIL, Two twin-engine aircrafts crashed last friday in Brazil. The first plunged into a hillside near Erico Cardoso killing the pilot, co-pilot and the passenger. The second small plane smashed into... more
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AirlinesEU OKS MERGER OF U.S. AIRLINES
BRUSSELS, The European approved the Union United Airlines' plans to acquire US Airways after United promised to surrender some takeoff and landing slots in Germany. This merger would not harm competition... more
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Civil aviationDANGER: MOUSE ON BOARD!
ZURICH, A Swiss plane has been grounded at Zurich airport - because of a passenger not welcome on board: a little mouse. The animal was found by the co-pilot as the plane arrived from the Dominican... more
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AccidentsRESCUE HELICOPTER CRASHED IN GREECE (2): A-109E ''POWER'' SPECIFICATIONS
ROME, The Agusta A-109E "Power" helicopter: accomodation: 7 passengers; full-IFR capacity, A category. Lenght overall: 42 ft 9 in; lenght with rotors turning fuselage: 11,44; height: 11 ft 5 3/4 in; weight... more
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AccidentsPASSENGER TRANSPORT VEHICLE HIT BARRIER
DULLES AIRPORT, WASHINGTON, A passenger transport vehicle with 41 people onboard has hit a concrete barrier in Washington Dulles International Airport injuring 18 people on the 41 on board. All injured... more
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AccidentsMICROLIGHT CRASHES IN ENGLAND, KILLED THE PILOT
ENGLAND, The microlight, coming from Liverpool, went down on farmland in Staffordshire. The pilot, Phillip Chester, 40, was killed. The single passenger on board suffered broken ribs and has been released... more
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Civil aviationTHE VICE PRESIDENT QUAYLE'S JET GOES BACK AFTER BOMB SCARE
SAN FRANCISCO, Flight carrying new Vice President Dan Quayle from San Francisco to Tokyo returned to Californian airport 90 minutes after takeoff for bomb scare. Two passengers on the All Nippon Airways'... more
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Science and technologyOSLO'S AIRPORT: DELAYS FOR FOG
OSLO, The departures from the Oslo's International Airport put up with heavy delays because of a dense fog descent on the airport from two days: it is previewed that the atmospheric phenomenon persists... more
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AccidentsNEW ZEALAND: HELICOPTER CRASH IN DOWNTOWN WELLINGTON, KILLED THE PILOT
WELLINGTON, A Bell "Huey" helicopter crashed this morning in downtown Wellington killing the pilot. The helicopter was flying a load of materials for a building under construction and crashed into... more
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IndustryNO RESULTS OVER US/EUROPE DISPUTE ON A-380 FINANCING
FRANCE, According to a European Union spokesman, recent talks to solve the dispute between US and Europe over financing of Airbus Industrie's new A380 super-jumbo jet made made little progress. Spkesman... more
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Science and technologySINGAPORE AIRPORT, 2000 OK
SINGAPORE, Singapore's Changi Airport increased of 9.8 per cent passengers and 12 per cent cargo the last year record, helping Asia's re-emerging economies. The airport handled 28.6 million passengers... more
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AccidentsNEW ZEALAND. HELICOPTER CRASHED (2): SPECIFICATIONS
USA, The helicopter crashed in New Zealand is a Bell Model 205 UH-1 Iroquois (Huey). Lenghth: 41 ft 9 in; rotor diameter: 48ft; height: 14 ft 5 in; empty weight: 5210 lb; max T/O: 9500 lb; max speed: 127... more
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DefenseDEPLETED URANIUM: UK KNEW SINCE 10 YEARS
UK, According to "Times" the Authority for the nuclear energy (Aea) the British government had informed about the risks of the use of depleted uranium crews already in 1991: according to the relationship... more
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AccidentsUN HELICOPTER CRASH IN MONGOLIA, 9 KILLED
MONGOLIA, A UN helicopter lost control and crashed yesterday in Mongolia killing 9 people. Among them four members of a UN disaster assessment team, an American, a Briton, a German and a Mongolian. Other... more
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Science and technologySAN SALVADOR INT'L AIRPORT CLOSED FOR EARTHQUAKE
SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR, CENTRAL AMERICA, San Salvador's international airport, has been closed and all flight canceled due to disastrous earthquake, near Richter scale 8 magnitude, which striked Central... more
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PeopleDEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS: AIRLINES KNOW IT SINCE 30 YEARS
LONDRA, According to the British newspaper "The Observer", the economy-class syndrome has been known to airlines for at least 30 years; airlines boycotted in several ways any attempt to make serious medical... more
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AccidentsCONDOR AIRLINES PLANE FORCED TO DIVERT TO MALAGA
MALAGA, SPAIN, A Condor Airlines Airbus 320 en route from Dresden to Las Palmas, had to divert Malaga because of two polish women who flew into rage. Under the influence of alcohol, they threw food trays... more
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AirlinesBA TO BAN THE STUDENT WHO ALMOST CRASHED ONE OF ITS JUMBO JETS
KENYA, Paul Kefa Mukonyi, the 27 years old kenyan student who almost crashed one of BA jumbo jets after sneaking into the cockpit and disengaing the autopilot last December 29, will be banned by the... more
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AirlinesAIRTRAN AIRWAYS INCREASED FLIGHTS
ORLANDO, AirTran Airways will increase the flights in Spring between its hub at Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. These airports are very important because passengers... more
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Sport aviationFLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD RECORD TRIED BY EX-TEACHER
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, The record to fly solo around the world via Australia and the Pacific in the smallest aircraft is the desire of Polly Vacher from Drayton a 56-year former music teacher which today... more
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AccidentsINVESTIGATION ON CLOSED RUNWAY LANDING
MANCHESTER, GREAT BRITAIN, A small aircraft, a Ravenair PA 34 Seneca landed on a closed runway of Manchester Ariport, without problems. The runway is still under test, as it will be opened form the next... more
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Airlines2000 OK FOR AIR FRANCE
PARIGI, Air France announced an 17,7 per cent passenger traffic's increase compared to last year, in spite of the discomforts provoked in December from the bad weather and the stikes. In the same period... more
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AirlinesVARIG TO MERGE WITH TAM
BRASILE, According to brazilian business daily Gazeta Mercantil Brazil’s flagship airline Varig and the country’s second carrier TAM are considering the possibility to merge. The newspaper reported tha... more
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PeopleAP-24 CERTIFICATION FOR TU-204
RUSSIA, Kazan-based Gorbunov Aircraft Production Association announced that its Tu-204 passenger jet received an international quality certificate. This certificate attests that the plane fully complies... more
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DefenseBAE SYSTEMS WINS CONTRACT FOR SIMULATORS FOR US AIR FORCE
LONDON, BAe Systems signed a $13.3 million contract option to design and build two C-130J simulators for the U.S. Air Force. BAe has already set an agreement to to build the first C-130J Weapons System... more
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AirlinesVANGUARD AIRLINES TO ANNOUNCE NEW SERVICES
KANSAS CITY, The airline announced new service to Las Vegas and San Francisco beginning April 1, 2001. The new route continues carrier's expansion. Fares from Las Vegas and San Francisco will start as... more
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AirlinesLANCHILE TO LAUNCH SERVICE FROM THREE NEW US CITIES
MIAMI, Effective January 24, LanChile Airlines is introducing service from three new U.S. cities, New Orleans, Philadelphia and Baltimore, as part of its codeshare alliance with American Airlines. Passengers... more
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PeopleTAX EXEMPTIONS FOR RUSSIAN AIRLINE ALLIANCE
MOSCOW, Domodedovo Airlines, KrasAir, Aviaexpresscruise and Chelyabinsk Air Enterprise which established an alliance in November 2000, is preparing an appeal to the Russian Government, emphasizing... more
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AirlinesCONTINENTAL: UNITED TEMPLATES VIOLATE ANTITRUST LAWS
HOUSTON, USA, U.S. carrier Continental Airlines obtained from a federal judge a ruling agaist its rival United Airlines' use of templates to determine what size baggage could be carried onto planes. According... more
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AccidentsDREAMED FREEDOM, FOUND DEATH
LONDON, Yesterday Cuba's state television reported that two Cuban youths who died last month after stowing away in the undercarriage of a British Airways jet to London were military who dreamed of living... more
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DefenseAIR FORCE URGES TO THE NEW F-22S
WASHINGTON, Officials of American Air Force are urging Pentagon to approve spending $2.1 billion on F-22 fighter planes before the Bush administration takes office. The F-22 is the Air Force's top... more
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AirlinesMIDWAY AIRLINES: DECEMBER TRAFFIC GOES UP
RALEIGH-DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, December passenger traffic rose 58 percent over December 1999 on top of a 50 percent increase in capacity. Load factor increased 3.4 points. Midway Airlines and its... more
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PeopleSAN FRANCISCO FLIGHTS DELETED BY STORM CONDITIONS
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Yesterday 169 flights were deleted at San Francisco International Airport as storms hit California. Drenching rain, hip-deep snow and towering waves clobbered California on Thursday... more
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PeopleAMELIA EARHART DAY
USA, Yesterday several commemorations have been carried out all over the world to remember Amelia Earhart: Lady Lindy, this the nickname that the American press gave them, was one of the more famous women... more
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Science and technologyMORE THAN 6 MILLION PASSENGERS AT SHANGAI AIRPORTS IN 2000
SHANGAI, CHINA, According to latest customs statistics cited by the Xinhua News Agency more than 6.1 million people passed through Shanghai customs last year. The city has two international airports which... more
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Science and technologyCANADIAN FIRM TO BUILD LAGOS TERMINAL AIRPORT
NIGERIA, Canadian firm Sanders Investment Ltd is to build the new terminal at Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos. The contract was announced by Transport Minister Ojo Maduekwe. The project is scheduled... more
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PeopleCOMMISSION CLEARS AVIAPARTNER STAKE IN SCANDINAVIAN AIRPORT GROUNDHANDLER NOVIA
BRUSSELS, The European Commission has cleared the acquisition by Belgian airport services company AviaPartner N.V. of a stake currently owned by LFV Holding AB in Novia Holding. In doing so, AviaPartner... more
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AirlinesFRENCH CONCORDE TO TAKE FIRST STEP TOWARDS RESUMING FLIGHTS
FRANCE, A French Concorde may take to the skies as soon as next week in what would be an important step towards resuming commercial flights after the remaining supersonic airliners were grounded following... more