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PeopleAirplanes and roles. Airbus (2) appoints Schöllhorn as COO
He will replace Tom Williams who will retire at the end of the year
Airbus has appointed Michael Schöllhorn, 53, as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Airbus Commercial Aircraft, effective 1 February 2019. Currently COO for BSH Home Appliances in Munich, he will succeed T... more
PeopleAirbus: Dominik Asam as future Chief Financial Officer
Starting from April 2019
In the context of the ongoing management transition process led by its Board of Directors, Airbus has appointed Dominik Asam, 49, to succeed Harald Wilhelm, 52, as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in April... more
IndustryNew "European" aircraft: it is difficult to imagine the presence of a third country
It seems more and more like a two-way deal between France and Germany
After the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed last April, France and Germany have agreed on what should be the next steps for the development and design of the new generation fighter aircraft, which... more
IndustryFirst B-777X flight test airplane assembled
Its maiden flight scheduled for 2019, delivery in 2020
Boeing has brought together the major fuselage sections to form the first B-777X airplane that will take to the skies in 2019. In a major production milestone called 'final body join,' Boeing teams connected... more
PeopleAir Italy. Valentina Quagliata SVP Network, Planning and Strategy
New executive will oversee key area of strategic network planning and development
Air Italy announces that Valentina Quagliata has been appointed as Senior Vice President (SVP) Network, Planning and Strategy to oversee strategic network development and will be joining shortly. Valentina... more
IndustrySupersonic aircraft: in 2021 the first tests over the cities of the US
Almost completed the Lockheed Martin-NASA project
After the 250 million dollar contract signed by Lockheed Martin and NASA at the beginning of the year to develop the technology needed to build low-noise supersonic aircraft, the US aerospace company would... more
AerospacePortugal: in 2021 the first European spaceport
It will be on the island of Santa Maria in the Azores
Portugal is considering setting up a launch base for rockets on Santa Maria Island in the Azores archipelago, which could allow the European Space Agency (ESA) to use it instead of Kourou, in French Guyana.... more
AerospaceVega: satellite in orbit for Earth observation
Built by TAS and Airbus for the Kingdom of Morocco
Vega, with its 13th mission from Kourou’s spaceport in French Guyana, has successfully placed in orbit Morocco’s Mohammed VI – B Earth Observation satellite, built by Thales Alenia Space and Airbus.The Europ... more
IndustryeasyJet orders 17 additional A-320 aircraft
The airplanes are powered by CFM International LEAP engines
Airbus has reached an agreement with easyJet that extends the airline’s fleet plans into 2023, exercising purchase rights to firm orders for 17 A-320neo. This takes its combined order for the NEO to 1... more
Science and technologyBoeing and SparkCognition launch SkyGrid jv
The new company will build airspace management software
Boeing and SparkCognition today announced plans to launch SkyGrid, a new company that will enable the future of urban aerial mobility. Based in Austin, Texas, SkyGrid will develop a software platform to... more
DefenseBelgium: inquiry throws chaos on F-35 aircraft acquisition
Is tender written to facilitate Lockheed Martin?
According to a survey published by the Belgian weekly "Knack", the Brussels government would do everything to draw up a call for tenders to facilitate the victory of the fifth-generation aircraft Lockheed... more
Military aviationSlovakia: 14 F-16V aircraft to replace the MiG-29
Process of gradual abandonment of Russian armaments
Slovakia is close to concluding the agreement to purchase 14 Lockheed Martin F-16V fighter jets that will replace the current MiG-29, thus allowing the NATO country to no longer have Russian aircraft in... more
IndustryMiur-Fincantieri: agreement signed for skilled training
To strengthen the relationship between education system and labor market
They have agreed to set up a specific Technical Committee, consisting of representatives of both sides, which will draw up an annual report on the initiatives taken more
IndustryBoeing: soon a conference call with airlines
It would serve to explain the operation of the anti-stall system
The US aerospace company Boeing could soon hold a conference call with all the airlines that have the B-737 MAX in their fleets. A meeting that would serve - according to what reported in the American... more
IndustryWhich future for Piaggio Aerospace?
Tomorrow hearing of the leaders of the Ligurian company
After a long waiting was scheduled for tomorrow the hearing of the leaders of Piaggio Aerospace at the Defense Committee meetings of the Chamber and Senate, at regarding of the "SMD 04/2017 renovation... more
Science and technologyAircraft. JETcopter finalizes 7 seat flying car design
Its mock-up will be presented at the "AERO 2019" next April in Germany
VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) aviation start-up JETcopter announced that it has finished the primary air turbine tests, which confirmed the concept feasibility. The design team also released the... more
AerospaceAirbus selected by Eutelsat
To provide two Hotbird telecommunications satellites
Airbus has been selected by Eutelsat, one of the world’s reference satellites operators, to build two HOTBIRD new generation telecommunication satellites that will replace the current spacecraft and e... more
DefenseUSA: Pentagon and Congress in talks with Turkey
Attempt to stop the purchase of the S-400s
The Department of Defense (DoD) and Congress are trying to find a plan to offer Turkey an alternative to the Russian S-400 anti-aircraft defense system. This was stated yesterday by the Pentagon spokesman... more
AirlinesWhat future for the Alitalia's extraordinary administration?
Di Maio looking for an expert in the transport field
The resign by Luigi Gubitosi from Alitalia "obliges" the Government to find a solution on the extraordinary administration of the airline, because now remain only Stefano Paleari and Enrico Laghi. According... more
Military aviationRussia: Beriev A-100 aircraft will be operational by 2021
No agreement has been signed yet
The expectation for Beriev A-100 (developed by Ilyushin Il-76/MD90A) is to make it operational by 2020-2021 and to say it was the CEO of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Yuri Slyusar, who recalled how... more
IndustryBoeing announces nearly a quarter-billion dollars in Corporate Giving in 2018
Includes more than $55 million in new grants to support charitable partners
Grant dollars will fund programs in 2019 and beyond more
DefenseRussia: new tests for Sukhoi Su-57 in Syria
The fifth generation aircraft next to enter service -VIDEO
The fifth-generation Sukhoi Su-57 aircraft conducted a series of flights in Syria to test the on-board systems, including those related to the armament to assess the capabilities of the aircraft in a real... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Luigi Gubitosi resigns as commissioner
Will there be now a new commissioner? -ATTACHMENT
After being appointed CEO of Tim Luigi Gubitosi, he resigned as an extraordinary commissioner of Alitalia, sending a letter (attached) to the staff of the airline. In the letter he underlined the "goals"... more
AirportsChina: project to expand Ürümqi Airport
An investment of $ 6 billion
The Chinese government has approved the project for the expansion of Ürümqi airport, in the Xinjiang region, which will be used as the focal point and fulcrum of the cargo planes in the "Belt and Road" i... more
AirlinesAlitalia: the old directors have been condemned also on Appeal
Prescribed a minor crime
From what AVIONEWS have heard, the Second Section of Court of Appeal of Rome, in its session of November 9th, confirmed the sentences of the first degree of judgment (see AVIONEWS), although reducing them... more
AerospaceSpaceX: authorized to create a network of 7518 satellites in orbit
It will be used to bring internet access all over the Earth
The SpaceX company -founded by Elon Musk- has obtained the permission from the Federal Communications Commission to send 7518 satellites into orbit, which would serve to give birth to the program designed... more
DefenseAircraft. FCAS: Airbus and Dassault will soon present the prototype
The goal is to find new financing
The aerospace companies Airbus and Dassault Aviation in the next months should present the mock-up of what will be the new French-German warplane, in order to obtain the necessary funding to design and... more
AirlinesAlitalia: the airline still loses 1.5 million a day
Despite this it orders 3 A-321neo instead of 3 A-321
The leaders of the carrier Alitalia and the unions met -last Friday- at the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, in a meeting in which -as reported by the "Corriere della Sera"- the economic performance... more
ConferencesAircraft and transport in Italy. Boeing: market perspectives and new challenges
The conference took place today in Milan at the Assolombarda headquarters
The conference "Air Transport in Italy - Market Perspectives and New Challenges", organized by Boeing and Sea (Milan's airports), took place today at the Assolombarda headquarters in Milan. During the... more
AerospaceWill NASA focus on the SpaceX and Blue Origin launchers?
Problem: the SLS costs a lot and is behind with development
NASA is planning to withdraw plans for the design, development and use of the Space Launch System (SLS) and the Orion space shuttle, because the costs are very high, but above all because SpaceX -of Elon... more
Science and technologyCIMON completes first tasks in space
The astronaut assistant robot talks with Alexander Gerst on board the ISS
The astronaut assistant, CIMON (Crew Interactive Mobile CompanioN), developed and built by Airbus on behalf of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), has passed its first tests in space with flying colours.... more
AerospaceCygnus headed to International Space Station
The PCM will carry over three kilos of supplies and scientific experiments
The latest Cygnus spacecraft to deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) has been successfully launched by an Antares rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, o... more
IndustryDelta Air Lines orders 10 additional A-330/900 planes
Order supports international short-medium term growth strategy
Delta Air Lines has ordered 10 additional A-330/900 widebody aircraft, expanding their A-330neo order book from 25 to 35 planes. This latest order supports Delta’s international growth strategy in the n... more
ReportItalian ASI. Benvenuti and Cinque appointed commissioners
The waiting for the decision of the Lazio Regional Administrative Court remains in the background
The indiscretions that the astrophysicist Piero Benvenuti, as commissioner of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the lawyer Giovanni Cinque sub-commissioner, have confirmed. In fact the same professor... more
Civil aviationJAL: 19 pilots since August 2017 have failed the test of the breathalyser
Tighter controls also introduced to on-board and ground personnel
The pilots of the Japan Airlines (JAL) would have failed 19 times the test of the breathalyser since August 2017, when the Japanese company has introduced more sensitive systems and internal controls.... more
DefenseIsrael: joint air exercise to destroy the S-300 anti-aircraft systems
Training carried out with the Greek Armed Forces
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) and Greece Armed Forces trained -from the end of October to the past few days- in an aerial exercise aimed at identifying how Israeli aircraft can operate to hit and destroy... more
AirlinesChina Southern: problems for Cathay if will enter in Oneworld
The Hong Kong company could veto
The China Southern Airlines will leave the SkyTeam alliance next January 1 to join the Oneworld Group, where are present American Airlines, British Airways, Qantas and Cathay Pacific. An important opportunity... more
DefenseTurkey: the Pentagon asks Congress for an opinion on F-35 aircraft
The Turkish decision on the S-400 will be decisive
The United States Department of Defense (DoD) would deliver a detailed report to Congress on the implications and possible future scenarios in case Turkey were to receive the 100 F-35 aircraft ordered.... more
AirlinesJet Airways: will Tata board decides today if proceed to buy the carrier?
Indiscretions raise the value of the company's shares
Tata Group's board of directors today will likely be given the go-ahead to acquire the Jet Airways carrier, which has seen the value of its shares rise to a maximum of five months despite the heavy debt... more
ReportLion Air incident: Boeing sued for murder
Lawsuit filled by the father of one of the 189 victims
An Indonesian man has sued the aerospace company Boeing, claiming that the crash of Lion Air's B-737 MAX 8 plane -where 189 people died- was caused by a design problem not communicated to the airlines.... more
AerospaceSpace debris: Italy (and Leonardo) in the front row to map them
Space Alliance will invest in the Canadian idea of putting 40 probes into orbit
To map the location of space debris, the Canadian company NorthStar has planned to create a constellation of 40 satellites to observe the Earth's orbit constantly. An idea that attracted the Space Alliance... more
AirlinesJetBlue: asked to increase competition at FAA and EASA
Alliances between airlines would monopolize the market
JetBlue's CEO Robin Hayes -speaking yesterday at an air transport event in New York- asked to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and to European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) regulatory agencies... more
DefenseChina: quantum radar to detect stealth aircraft
Technology that would give an abysmal advantage
Stealth aircraft in the future may have difficulty not being tracked as China is working on the construction of a new generation radar, capable of identifying the exact position of the aircraft in the... more
AirportsAlitalia-FS: mid-December high-speed trains to and from Fiumicino airport
Integration tests between air and rail transport
The first trial of an integration between airplane and rail transport will start for the mid of December, when four trains a day of high-speed Rome-Milan will arrive and leave Fiumicino airport avoiding... more
HelicoptersMi-171A2 and Ansat helicopters perfomed demonstration flights in Vietnam
As part of the demonstration tour in Southeast Asia
As part of the demonstration tour in Southeast Asia, on November 16, Russian Helicopters (part of Rostec State Corporation) presented the Mi-171A2 and Ansat helicopters in Hanoi (Vietnam). Demonstration... more
IndustryFincantieri: contract for three ships to modernize in Palermo
Signed with Windstar for over EUR 200 million
Fincantieri has signed a contract with Windstar Cruises (part of the Xanterra Travel Collection), owners and one of the main operators in the field of high-end small ship cruises, for an impressive extension... more
AerospaceTAS and Telespazio announce an investment in NorthStar Earth and Space
The Canadian information services company will deploy a 40 satellites constellation
The Space Alliance formed by Telespazio (Leonardo 67%,Thales 33%) and Thales Alenia Space-TAS- (Thales 67%, Leonardo 33%) announced yesterday it has officially taken a stake in NorthStar Earth and Space... more
Science and technologyHigh speed flight in the stratosphere
From Europe to Australia in three hours time
While reducing emissions, hypersonic flights will allow people to move ten times faster than now, thanks to Stratofly project coordinated by Politecnico di Torino more
DefenseChina: J-20 will have a "stealth" refuelling probe
It will permit to use it in long-range operations
After the first flight with missiles aboard the Chengdu J-20 Chinese could soon also make its baptism for air refuelling, allowing the fifth-generation aircraft to reach targets further away from the take-off... more
AerospaceTelespazio celebrates 20 years of activity in Romania
With an event at the Italian embassy in Bucharest
Telespazio celebrated its first 20 years of activity in Romania, at the Italian Embassy in Bucharest. Actually, the industry has been operating in Romania since 1998 through Rartel, a company in which... more