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Science and technologyRALEIGH-DURHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, NC, UNVEILS PROPOSED TERMINAL
NORTH CAROLINA, After growing more than 20 percent annually for two consecutive years, Raleigh-Durham International Airport has unveiled a terminal expansion plan that would cost nearly $ 1 billion. The... more
AirlinesTHAI AIRWAYS TO READJUST 2000-2004 BUSINESS PLAN
THAILAND, The readjustment was announced following the loss in the year 2000 and after a plan to buy five new aircraft ran into snags. It would feature new destinations and marketing strategies. Bhisit... more
DefenseSADDAM HUSSEIN TO REWARD PEOPLE WHO SHOOTS DOWN RAF FIGHTERS
LONDON, Saddam Hussein would reward people who shoots down british fighters flying over the no fly zone by 16.000 euro, the newspaper "The Sun" said. Iraqi anti aircraft artillery tried several times to... more
IndustryCESSNA CJ2 MOVING FAST
U.S.A., Cessna will complete six customer deliveries of the Citation CJ2 prior to year-end. The CJ2, introduced in response to market input asking for higer cruise speeds, was one of four new Citation... more
AirlinesMARKET ALLIANCE BETWEEN ASIANA AIRLINES AND ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS
JAPAN, Asiana Airlines is going to market flights with All Nippon Airways on service between to Japan's Kansai and Haneda airports to meet expanding demand for air transport between the two countries.... more
Science and technologyFAA DEFINES ''CAPACITY''
U.S.A., Thirty-four airports will be benchmarked by the end of January, under an FAA program to examine the top hub airports in the US. Already established are capacities for six big ones: Memphis, Detroit,... more
Science and technologyMORE CANCELLATIONS TODAY AS AMERICAN BIG FREEZE CONTINUES
U.S.A., Winter weather snarled holiday travel in the United States again yesterday causing hundreds of airline flights to be canceled as ice storms swept through southern Plains states. This morning Northwest... more
AirlinesNEW AIRLINE TO PLAN DAILY FLIGHTS TO DENVER
USA, Wyoming Airlines plans to begin flying in about 1 1/2 years. It would fly three daily departures from Casper and Jackson to Denver and Salt Lake City. The airline is still raising capital and developing... more
Science and technologyCENTRAL CHINA AIRPORT GREETS YEAR'S TWO MILLIONTH PASSENGER
CINA, Huanghua International Airport in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, greeted December 25 its two millionth passenger for this year. The airport is expected to handle 2.06... more
AirlinesTHREE AFFILIATES OF AIR FRANCE TO MERGE
FRANCE, The three airlines, Proteus Airlines, its subsidiary Flandre Air/Flandre Air Service, and Regional Airlines ratified plans Tuesday to merge their operations into a new regional French carrier to... more
AccidentsPASSENGER PROBLEM ON AN AIR FRANCE FLIGHT
TOULOUSE, The plane was on its way from Paris to Libreville, Gabon. The pilot decided to make an emergency landing in Toulouse after a man got out of control and threatened crew members and some passengers.... more
AerospaceMIR: NEW TROUBLES FOR THE ORBITING CRAFT
MOSCOW, Mission control said it lost radio contact and track of the Mir the other day. Then it regained firm control and the spokesman Valery Lyndin said they are mantaining full control of the station.... more
AirlinesBRITISH AIRWAYS TO RECEIVE FIVE NEW BOEING PLANES NEXT YEAR
LONDON, The new aircrafts to be delivered are 777-200ERs and will be powered by Rolls-Royce engines. BA is the largest customer of the 777 outside the United States. It has a fleet of 40 units of this... more
Science and technologyMALPENSA (8): MALPENSA'S NUMBERS
MILAN, The Milano-Malpensa airport it was inaugurated in 1998 and in this two years the flights are increased almost 8 times. The daily capacity is 850 flights with 70 flights in one hour. Only this... more
DefenseBOEING TO SIGN NMD CONTRACT WITH PENTAGON
WASHINGTON, Pentagon awarded Boeing to continue development and testing for National Missile Defense system through September 2007. The work worth as much as $& billion. President Clinton decided to... more
Science and technologyMALPENSA (4): CODACONS: ''FREE OFF CHARGE DEFENCE FOR PASSENGERS''
MILAN, Fallowing the consumers unions' request to the passengers trapped in Maplensa airport on Christmas Day of to ask a tickets' refound, the Codacons announced that it will carry on a free off charge... more
Science and technologyMALPENSA (3): ''WE WILL CLIME DAMAGES TO SEA''
MILAN, Osvaldo Gammino, Aoc (Airlines Operators Committee) representative, informed the determined intention of ask the demages to Sea after to have valued the situation. more
AccidentsSTOWAWAY DIES FALLING FROM JET
LONDON, The man fell from a British Airways Boeing 777 headed for Cancun, Mexico, during take off, police said. His dead body was found on a runway of London's Gatwick airport. Police also recovered another... more
Science and technologyMLAPENSA: THE TROUBLES OF A BAD WEATHERED AIRPORT
MILAN, ITALY, The recent bad weather situation which has involved Milan Malpensa international airport, with an almost total block of its activities, has exposed the weakness of technical services which... more
Science and technologyMALPENSA: ALITALIA: HEAVY CHARGES TO SEA
MILAN, Very heavy the Alitalia's charges to Sea ( the airports management society) for the manegement of the Christmas snow emergency in Milano-Malpensa airport: "It was better to close the airport" captain... more
AccidentsSIX DEAD IN PLANE CRASH IN ENGLAND
UK, The light aircraft, a twin-engined Beech 200, smashed into a Hampshire factory shortly after take off from Blackbushe Airport in the south of England. The plane went on fire and the crash was due to... more
PeopleOVER 1,5 BN PASENGERS TRAVELED BY AIR IN YEAR 2000
ROME, ITALY, According with ICAO official evaluations, 1,600 million passengers have traveled by airlines of the 165 countries associated with. A raise of 8% has been recorded in respect to last year. more
SecurityPROBABLY TWO DIED IN HELICOPTER ACCIDENT IN ALTO ADIGE, ITALY
SARENTINO, ALTO ADIGE, ITALY, An Ecureuil B3 helicopter owned by Aeroveneta, an Italian helicopter company based at Vipiteno, near Bolzano, crashed this afternoon causing pilot's death and probably the... more
AirlinesCREATED JOINT VENTURE EUROCOPTER ROMANIA
ROMANIA, Iar Brasov and Eurocopter signed today an agreement to create Eurocopter Romania, a joint venture company : the agreement sets down the guiding principles and the goals for the activities... more
IndustryAIRBUS: A380 TO BE PROFITABLE BY 2012
TOULOUSE, According to Philippe Camus, Co-CEO of EADS, the program's financial break-even point will be achieved with the 250th A380's delivery as early as 2011, no more than five years after the No.... more
AirlinesSABENA: THE IMPROVEMENT PLAN
BRUXELLES, BELGIUM, National Belgian airline Sabena, has started in october its improvement plan "Blue Sky" which foresees a Euro 357-million increment in airline operative situation. Plan engages for... more
IndustryPRATT&WHITNEY TO SIGN CONTRACT EXTENSION ON US AIR FORCE C-17 ENGINES
CANADA, The $750 million contract will continue the off-wing work on U.S. Air Force C-17 engines through 2005. The deal covers the entire C-17 fleet of 533 engines from 2001 to 2005. The package provides... more
PeopleNEW BOEING 737-700/-800 SIMULATORS
SEATTLE, FlightSafety Boeing Training International (FSB) is keeping pace with the growing worldwide demand for simulator training with plans to place two new Boeing 737-700/-800 full-flight simulators... more
PeoplePASSENGER SENTENCED 15-MONTH JAIL FOR BURNING PAPER IN AIRCRAFT TOILET
MANCHESTER, GREAT BRITAIN, An airline Caledonian Airways passenger who set fire to a piece of paper in a toilet has been jailed for 15 months following a court sentence. During a flight from India to... more
Science and technology170 NORTHWEST AIRLINK FLIGHTS CANCELED DUE TO COMPUTER CRASH
MINNEAPOLIS, AP, Yesterday a computer outage forced the cancellation of about 170 Northwest Airlink commuter flights operated by Mesaba Airlines. The outage prevented flights from departing for about three... more
AirlinesIBERIA E LAN CHILE TO SIGN CODE SHARE AGREEMENT
SANTIAGO, The agreement was announced today by Lan Chile. The Company and Iberia, which are the only two airlines to offer non-stop, Airbus A340 service between Santiago and Madrid, will share each other's... more
SecurityITALIAN CORPS OF FORESTERS CALL FOR TENDERS
ROME, Italian State Corps of Foresters invited tenders for 10-years maintenance, technical staff's training and forniture of 33 single-engine helicopters and of 16 twice-engine helicopters. Maximum... more
IndustryALENIA MARCONI SYSTEMS TO UPGRADE AIR TRAFFIC SYSTEM IN BRAZIL
MILAN, Alenia Marconi Systems, joint venture between Finmeccanica and Bae, will also play a leading role in the construction of the new air defence system of Austria. The contract with Brazil worth $90... more
HelicoptersGREECE ORDERS FURTHER FOUR PUMAS
GREECE, Greece air force decided to buy four Eurocopter AS-332C1 Super Puma helicopters, which goes in addition to the other four commissioned by Greek Merchant Marine. These helicopters will be used for... more
AerospaceANGRY SOLAR CYCLE AT ZENITH
USA, As the Sun's stormy season approaches its zenith, solar scientists have the best seat in the house, using the largest coordinated fleet of spacecraft and ground observatories ever assembled to observe... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA TO COMMENT UE DECISION ABOUT AIR TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION IN MILAN AIRPORTS
MILAN, Andreas Habel, general manager of Lufthansa in Italy, said "the new rules of air traffic distribution in Milan airport systems approved by European Union represent a step forward compared with the... more
DefenseJAPAN'S DEFENSE AGENCY FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST MITSUBISHI
JAPAN, The agency demamded the company to pay $10,66 million as compensation for the accident occurred to a SH60J helicopter during a military exercise at a U.S. base in Hawaii in 1996. A rotor suddenly... more
AirlinesGREEN LIGHT BY EC FOR LTU JOINT CONTROL
BRUXELLES, European Commission has given its approval to German LTU airline joint control by SAirGroup, Rewe group and Oppenheim bank. According to Commission officials, there will be no problems of competition... more
IndustryAMADEUS GLOBAL TRAVEL DISTRIBUTION TO EXPECT REVENUE TO GO UP FROM QANTAS CONTRACT
MADRID, The 10 year contract is about the running of the reservations systems of Qantas Airways. Amadeus said it expects sales of as much as 170 million euros ($155.7 million) from the contract. It will... more
AirlinesBRITISH MIDLAND PLANS NAME CHANGE FOR THE U.S. MARKET
U.K., British Midland, second biggest airlines after British Airwais, is considering a name change to BMI, British Midland International, in a bid to stop future American travellers being baffled... more
AirlinesSAS TO BUY BOEING PLANES
SEATTLE, Scandinavian Airlines System has exercised options for three 737 aircraft. The planes are scheduled for delivery in 2002. The new was reported by Boeing Co. more
AirlinesSWISSAIR ATTENDANTS CAN SLAP SEXUAL HARASSERS
ZURICH, Swissair flight attendants will be allowed to slap passengers who sexually harass them and can retaliate against other unruly passengers by tying them up in their seats. more
IndustryFRANCE TO SELL DASSAULT SYSTEMES STAKE
FRANCE, The government should sell its 16% stake in the second half of next year. The stake worth about $1,25 billion. Dassault creates design software for aerospace companies such as DaimlerChrysler. more
AirlinesAIR CANADA TO REDUCE STAFF
MONTREAL, The 8% reduction, dismissing 3500 employees, is due to fuel price increase and to the bad weather during the fall which caused additional costs and the cancellation of many flights. more
AirlinesIBERIA WITHDRAWS FROM GO SALE
MADRID, Iberia, the Spanish national carrier, has withdrawn its interest in Go, the low-cost airline put up for sale by British Airways, because its price was very expensive: EU360 million. more
Science and technologyMALPENSA: GOODS TRANSPORT'S GROWTH
MILAN, The Transport Observatory of the Milan's Trade Chamber registerd a big growth of Milan-Malpensa airport 's goods transport: +44.9 per cent compared to the last year. more
Science and technologySYDNEY AIRPORT CLOSED FOR FIRE
SYDNEY, The fire, in the control tower, was caused by an electrical fault in a computer. It was quickly extinguished but staff had to be evacuated and therefore the airport was shut down for about thirty... more
AirlinesALITALIA INDUSTRIAL PLAN: IRELAND PROJECT
ROME, ITALY, In the industrial plan italian airline Alitalia has a project, named "Fleet company" which foresees a foreign company, 100% controlled by Alitalia, constituted in Ireland for the acquisition... more
AerospaceSPACECRAFT MANOEUVERING PROBLEM HALTS JUPITER STUDIES
PASADENA, CA, NASA has temporarily suspended the Cassini spacecraft's observations of Jupiter because of a problem with a manoeuvering system. Cassini has benn sending back images and other scientific... more
HelicoptersSCHREINER AVIATION GROUP TO ORDER TWO MD EXPLORER
NETHERLANDS, The Schreiner Aviation Group, dutch operator, will use the two helicopters for air medical oparetions, to transport patients to and from Groningen and Nijmegen hospitals. The MD Explorers... more