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Civil aviationMC-21: 870 orders for the Russian aircraft
Deputy Prime Minister Borisov announced it
After the first flight on Irkutsk on 28 May 2017, the Irkut MC-21 aircraft will make its international debut in the autumn in Asia awaiting the European certification for the flight in 2019 (see AVIONEWS).... more
IndustryDo the Trent XWB have the same problem of the Trent 1000?
Engine failure forces an Iberia airplane to emergency landing
An Iberia Airlines A-350/900 plane yesterday had to make an emergency landing at Boston-Logan Airport, after taking off from New York to Madrid. The reason was a serious problem with the Rolls-Royce Trent... more
IndustryUSA. Boeing: fixed problem with a rotor nut of AH-64E helicopter
The deliveries to the US Army will resume
After the US military decided to no longer accept the AH-64E Apache from Boeing due to a critical problem with a nut fixing the rotor blades supports at the head of the rotor, from these days on the arrival... more
DefenseGermany: double purchase of aircraft for Luftwaffe?
The F-35s by 2025 and then the new Typhoon
The German Air Force has asked potential bidders in the competition to replace the old Panavia Tornado aircraft to accelerate the prospects of delivery of the new aircraft before 2025. Among the possible... more
Civil aviationICCT study: fuel efficiency improved by 1% per year
Best company is Norwegian. Below the average Alitalia -ATTACHED
In a study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) published today, it is clear that the efficiency of the fuel used by airlines on transatlantic flights has improved by 1% per year... more
AirlinesPlanes. Aeroméxico pilots announce strike
Protests against the cut of the free flight inside the cockpit
The pilots of the Aeroméxico company announced a strike for the First of October in response to the decision of the air carrier to suspend some of their benefits; after the Embraer E-190 accident at Durango... more
ReportAir France 1611: plane crash caused by a missile?
The family members after 50 years ask for secret removal of state
The Air France Sud-Aviation SE-210 Air Caravelle airplane which crashed during the approach to Nice causing the death of 95 people on 11 September 1968, according to the final report fell due to a fire;... more
ConferencesICAO: experts confront new operational and technological challenges
Council President and Secretary General of the Organization were present to open the session
The ICAO Legal Committee, chaired by Terry Olson from France, concluded its 37th Session last week at ICAO’s Headquarters, addressing a range of challenging emerging issues for international air transport. O... more
ReportUSA. Hurricane "Florence": cancelled flights from the coastal airports
Boeing activities in South Carolina also suspended
In a preventive manner 135 flights have been cancelled for today, and for Thursday another 264 that would have been operated by aircraft taking off or landing at the airports in the areas that will be... more
UAS-DronesDrone aircraft: US proposal to change the classification of UAVs
It would allow to sell those armed with less difficulty
The United States is trying to change the classification of UAV drones (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) in order to make it easier to sell abroad. The project was announced by Undersecretary of State for Armament... more
AirlinesRyanair (2): still threats from the carrier to employees
"If there is a strike, we will cut jobs in Germany"
While it was confirmed that tomorrow 150 Ryanair flights will be cancelled due to the strike organized by the unions in Germany (see AVIONEWS), the carrier has again threatened its employees through a... more
IndustryChina: the new aircraft carrier is operational for 2030
Too late to compete with the United States?
China would have started to build its third aircraft carrier in order to increase the projection capabilities on the seas of military power, but the details on the characteristics and capabilities of ships... more
CargoICAO: cargo event underscores pressing needs
Modernization, liberalization, and new efficiencies
Air freight volumes will grow at a healthy rate of 4.2 per cent annually through to 2032, but only if current air cargo modernization continues to be robustly and cooperatively pursued by governments and... more
IndustryBoeing: fourth KC-46A Tanker airplane production lot
For a value of USD 2.9 billion contract
The US Air Force awarded Boeing a $2.9 billion contract for 18 KC-46A tanker aircraft, spares, support equipment, spare engines and wing air refueling pod kits. With this fourth production lot, the industry... more
ReportRussia-China: Putin-Xi Jinping meeting tomorrow
Economic and military issues at the center of the talks
The "Vostok-2018" military exercise, which will be the largest organized since 1981 at the time of the Soviet Union, begins today in Russia. 300 thousand Russian Army men involved together with about 3200... more
IndustryJapan: expected free way from the Congress for the purchase of US aircraft
The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye will be the first part of a long process
Japan's "rearmament" program also included the purchase of four E-2D Advanced Hawkeye E-2 aircraft from the United States, an agreement reached for close to $ 3 billion. The sale of the turboprop twin-engine... more
AirlinesAeroflot: declining profitability, but new planes coming soon
Despite the difficulties expected the order of other Superjet 100
Today in a statement to journalists in Vladivostok, the chairman of the Supervisory Board of Aeroflot Mikhail Polubojarinov said that the profit of the Group will probably decrease in the next months of... more
ReportUSA: evacuate the aircraft carriers to Norfolk for the incoming hurricane
Unlikely even for air transport
The hurricane "Florence" has reached category 4 - on a maximum scale of 5- and is close to reaching the east coast of the United States, where about a million people have already been evacuated and many... more
IndustryBAE Systems: UK MoD support contract for BAe-146 aircraft fleet
Worth of £ 42 million
BAE Systems has been awarded a four-year £42 million contract from the UK Ministry of Defence for the support of the Command Support Air Transport (CSAT) fleet of four BAe 146 jetliners operated by 32... more
Civil aviationSeptember 11, 2001: 17 years of changes in civil aviation
And today the World Trade Center metro station reopens
Today 17 years have passed since September 11, 2001, a day that everyone will probably have well impressed in the memory and that marked an era on the false line of the "date which will live in infamy",... more
AirlinesPlanes and carriers. Iberia: newness in Summer 2019
More capacity on Madrid-Lima and Madrid-São Paulo routes
As Iberia completes its flight programme for the 2019 summer season, its has announced that it will offer its new Premium Economy class on its flights to Havana and Johannesburg, while boosting capacity... more
AirlinesRyanair: tomorrow strike in Germany for the carrier
Waiting for the European protest of 28 September
Despite the fact that during the past weeks the Ryanair airline has reached an agreement with the pilots' union in Ireland, and in Italy with the Anpac -which will be voted today until September 13th in... more
AerospaceIridium Next sets standards in constellations
A complete and complex end-to-end telecommunications system
In the frame of the "World Satellite Business Week" in Paris, Jean Loïc Galle, CEO of Thales Alenia Space, (joint-venture between Thales 67% and Leonardo 33%) and Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium, have presented... more
Military aviationRussia: for the beginning of 2019 contract to produce the A-100 aircraft
The new Russian AWACS close to enter in service
Between the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019, the contract between the Russian defense ministry and the UAC (United Aircraft Corporation) aerospace company for the production of the AWACS (Airborne... more
AirlinesSwitzerland: new carrier on the way?
Objective to connect Europe and the United States with low-cost flights
A Ryanair pilot and three veterans of air transport -according to the "Financial Times"- will present a plan this week to raise at least 100 million dollars of investments in Switzerland, so as to be able... more
IndustryLeonardo flies on the Stock Exchange after the acquisition of Vitrociset
New perspectives on the table with Fincantieri?
A meeting yesterday between the Italian Defense Minister Elisabetta Trenta first with Leonardo's CEO Alessandro Profumo, and later with Fincantieri's president Giampiero Massolo, which served for a confrontation... more
CuriositiesAircraft. Air taxi: tested the eVtol of Vertical Aerospace
The hypothetical final aircraft would have the pilot on board
"Flying taxis" are a sector where more and more investments are made by historical companies -like Airbus and Boeing-, of recent companies -for example Uber- and startups. One of the last fate is the British... more
Science and technologyBoeing HorizonX Ventures invests to improve satellite communications
In a Denver-based company
Boeing announced today its investment in Denver-based BridgeSat Inc, an optical communications solutions company enabling the future of connectivity in space through a network of ground stations and proprietary... more
AirportsOsaka Airport: the terminals will be partially reopened in the week
International flights dropped by 92% and domestic by 70%
Breaking international news. After last Tuesday's "Jebi" typhoon, both the two terminals of the Osaka-Kansai International Airport should be partially re-opened by this week. While operations at Terminal... more
Civil aviationChina: tests on the AG-600 amphibious aircraft have been completed
Once in service it will be the largest seaplane in the world
Military ambitions steadily growing for Beijing, especially as regards the South China Sea quadrant where the Chinese Air Force will soon be able to develop the largest amphibious aircraft ever built,... more
IndustryFrance-UK: there will be a collaboration on the plane of the future?
The French defense minister hopes to continue working with London
The French government will invest 3.6 billion euros to renew its military satellites to further protect its network from potential cyber attacks aimed at spying on France. The defense minister Florence... more
ReportSyria. Russian accusations: "US bombing with white phosphorus"
Hypothesis born after the extensive fires that followed the raid
International breaking news. According to the Director of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of Syrian Parties in Conflict General Vladimir Savchenko, the US Air Force (USAF) last Saturday used two... more
HelicoptersRussian Helicopters to supply medical aircraft
Up to 150 units to the national air ambulance operator
During the "Hydroaviasalon-2018" exhibition in Gelendzhik (Russia), subsidiaries of Rostec State Corporation —Russian Helicopters, National Service of Medical Aviation and Avia Capital Services— signed a c... more
HelicoptersMilestone and Airbus to provide five H-145 helicopters to Aramco
They will be delivered over the next twelve months
Milestone Aviation Group Limited (“Milestone”), a GECAS company and the global reference in helicopter leasing, and Airbus Helicopters announced today they will provide five H-145s to Aramco Overseas Com... more
DefenseGreenland: three Chinese airports, a risk for NATO countries
Strong interest of China on the island
Greenland through the Nuuk government is trying to get more and more autonomy from Denmark, so much so that it could soon become officially independent from Copenhagen. This from the United States can... more
AccidentsSouth Sudan accident: plane crash during landing. 19 dead
In the survivors also an Italian doctor
A Let L-410UVP aircraft -registration UR-TWO- used by the Ukrainian airline Slaver Company crashed yesterday just before landing in South Sudan, causing the death of 19 of the 22 people on board. In the... more
IndustryVitrociset (3). Fincantieri-Mer Mec will not finalize the acquisition of the industry
The confirmation note issued by the company
Reference is made to Fincantieri’s press release of 7 August 2018 (see for details AVIONEWS), which stated that Fincantieri and Mer Mec executed an agreement for the joint and equal acquisition of 98.54% o... more
Press releaseVitrociset (2). Leonardo exercises its right of first refusal to purchase it
The statement issued by the industry
Leonardo's Board of Directors, convened today under the Chairmanship of Gianni De Gennaro, has decided to exercise its right of first refusal and so to purchase 98.54% of Vitrociset, of which Leonardo... more
IndustryVitrociset: Leonardo exercises the right of pre-emption
During today's board of directors the decision that blows the agreement with Fincantieri
Today, in the continuation of the board of Leonardo interrupted yesterday without any decision being taken in this regard, the Italian aerospace and defense company led by CEO Alessandro Profumo (owner... more
ReportHNA: early the sale of Deutsche Bank shares
The company follows government inputs: stay only in air transport
The investment company Hna -owner of equity packages of many carriers- has decided to sell its entire share of Deutsche Bank -of which it is the first shareholder- in order to respond to requests from... more
ConferencesAircraft. EASA: the future of General Aviation
The annual conference will take place in November in Vienna
EASA’s Annual Safety Conference "A Vision for the Future of General Aviation" (6-8 Nov 2018 in Vienna/Austria) on safer, simpler and more affordable flying introduces the new era of innovation and sharing o... more
Civil aviationAirplanes and transport. Ryanair: towards European strike this month
The joint note issued by the Italian Filt Cgil and Uiltrasporti unions
"Towards an European strike by all Ryanair personnel within the end of the month". Italian Filt Cgil and Uiltrasporti unions announced it unanimously that today they brought together European ones from... more
AirportsDublin: EUR 900 million to expand the airport
In anticipation of the increase in the number of aircraft in transit
By 2023, works should begin to expand Dublin airport in order to allow it to manage up to 40 million passengers a year, for an expense of around 900 million euros, to be added to the 320 million that will... more
UAS-DronesRolls Royce to power Boeing MQ-25 Stingray aircraft for US Navy
It will provide unmanned, carrier-based air-to-air refuelling
Rolls-Royce (RR) engines have been selected by Boeing to power the US Navy’s new MQ-25 Stingray aircraft, which will provide unmanned, carrier-based air-to-air refuelling.The US Navy has awarded the M... more
PeopleFraport reconfirms CEO Stefan Schulte
For another five years
Fraport AG’s supervisory board today (September 7) approved the early contract extension for the company’s executive board chairman (CEO), Stefan Schulte. Effective September 1, 2019, his contract wil... more
AirlinesAeroméxico: the three pilots of the plane crashed in Durango were fired
Despite the reason for the accident, it was bad weather
Breaking international news. Despite yesterday the investigators of the accident that involved the Embraer E-190 aircraft of Aeromexico have claimed that to cause it was the violent disturbance that was... more
AirlinesBritish Airways: violated personal and financial data of over one hundred thousand passengers
380,000 "compromised" payments
Hundreds of thousands people who have made an online booking to fly with the British Airways airline have been stolen personal and financial data, due to a security breach that allowed hackers to enter... more
ReportOther cases of flight sickness on two American Airlines flights
12 people showed the same symptoms as those on the Emirates aircraft
After the passengers who showed illness in airplane during the flight between Dubai and New York of the day before yesterday, event that forced the authorities of the "John F. Kennedy" airport to quarantine... more
AirlinesMiami-Warsaw flight by LOT
The Polish carrier plans Florida launch for next June
Lot Polish Airlines announced the launch of Miami-Warsaw non-stop passenger service scheduled for June 1, 2019, giving Miami International Airport (MIA) the only non-stop route between Florida and Eastern... more
CuriositiesThe "Shark" E-190E2 airplane arrived in Europe
For the demonstration tour, after Africa and USA
Following a successful tour in Africa and in the US, Embraer is now beginning the European and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) part of the E-190E2 worldwide demonstration tour. The aircraft... more