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Science and technologyAMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT TO CHICAGO INAUGURATION
ROME, American Airlines Company will inaugurate with launching the first Rome-Chicago direct flight. The ceremony, in collaboration with Rome Airports, will take place on the 2nd of june at Leonardo da... more
AccidentsSTILL CRITICAL CONDITIONS FOR THE ULTRALIGHT PASSENGER
VICENZA, Still stable and critical the clinical conditions of the passenger of ultralight crashed last sunday in the wood close to convent it was flying on. It accidentally bumped the convent cross up... more
AerospaceFROM SPACE AGAINST MOSQUITOS
ROME, Able to protect us from mosquitos won't be Star Trek spaceship but a new satellite placed a height of 830 km, which will control areas infested by mosquitos every 2 days. The project of biological... more
Science and technologySTILL HOLLAND FOR ITALY
MILAN, After the break up between Alitalia and Klm, Holland comes forward again to "help" Italy in aereoportual questions connected to Malpensa's hub. According to "De Volkskrant" newspaper Schipol Amsterdam... more
Defense4TH OF JUNE PARADE
ROME, Featuring Head of State and Minister of Defense, Armed Forces parade will take place again after many years in which it was suspended. More than 6000 soldiers will be involved. Significant will be... more
AerospaceNEW SATELLITE FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS
ROME, Eeutelsat, European Organization for Telecommunications, came up with a new satellite that would have the purpose of filling the gap of request towards world market in many developing countries... more
IndustryAPPONTMENTS FOR ALITALIA
ROME, According to "Il Sole 24 ore" newspaper, the national company is going to have soon a replacement at its top head, in case changes are taking place after shareholders meeting on the 16th of june.... more
PeopleENAC IS GOING TO GRANT LICENSES TO TECHNICAL STAFF
ROME, Enac, credited to release licences for technical staff, National Organization for Civil Aviation, received JAA (Joint Aviation Authorities- international organization collecting aereonautical authorities... more
Press releasePOSTPONED MILAN'S STRIKE
MILAN, Sea Spa announces that in the early afternoon received the following communication from Sulta Club. "Sulta proclaimed a widespread national strike against the going into partnership of Agencies... more
Science and technologyGARDA'S AIRPORTS DISTRICT LOSING MORE THAN 2 MILLIONS
VERONA, "Società aeroportuale Valerio Catullo Spa" annual budget has been closed with a debit of 2.241 millions. The previous year budget on the other hand reached a profit almost equal. The loss of traffic... more
AirlinesMERIDIANA CANCELS TWO FLIGHTS TO MILAN
OLBIA, Among 236 booking passengers to Malpensa or Olbia, of two different flights of Meridiana, which had to take off on Sunday evening, only about 50 were boarded on other flights of Company. The others... more
AccidentsTHREE KILLED PEOPLE FOR A SMALL PLANE CRASH CLOSE TO LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES, A small plane crashed yesterday in a suburban area killing threee people. The single-engine Piper went down about noon, after taking off from Hawthorne Municipal Airport. The three people... more
Science and technologyATLANTIS RETURNS ON EARTH
CAPE CANAVERAL, CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA USA - Space shuttle Atlantis and its astronauts returned to earth in the early hours of today. They closed out succesfully the space station repair mission. Throughout... more
IndustryGETTING STARTED FINMECCANICA SHARES PLACING
ROME, Five days for Finmeccanica: today has just started the privatization of italian industrial group, which is going to last until the 2nd of june. For the price of 1,59 euro (a little bit more than... more
Science and technologyPOSTPONED STRIKE FOR BERSANI'S INTERVENTION
ROME, Italian minister of Ttransports Bersani ordered the postponement of the strike organized for the 29th of may by Ena (Flight assistants), in consideration of the high concentration of strikes in that... more
DefenseC17 USA PROPOSAL TO GERMANY
WASHINGTON, Bundeswehr may be soon supported of C17 "Globemaster" american transport planes which US Government would "borrow" to Germany while waiting a european solution to military tactical transport.... more