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AirlinesPlanes. Alitalia: "Italy is a democratic Republic founded on labour"
Rome, Italy - The management must go home
The vote that was expressed by the workers of Alitalia, who rejected the pre-agreement which was signed by most of unions, airline and the Italian Government, was a vote against the current management... more
AirlinesPlanes. Alitalia (3): the BoD convenes a shareholders' meeting on April 27
Rome, Italy - After the rejection of the referendum
The Board of Directors of Alitalia, that met today, regretfully took note of the decision of their employees to not approve the pre-agreement which was signed on April 14 between the company and the union... more
IndustryLeonardo: Federico Fabretti head of communication is going to step aside....
Rome, Italy - He leaves Leonardo to go in Hitachi
Federico Fabbretti gets off the flying aircraft of Finmeccanica and climbs into a carriage. After the sudden departure of Alessio De Sio (head of communication) from Ansaldo Hitachi (ex-Finmeccanica),... more
AirlinesPlanes and Alitalia. The president of Intesa Sanpaolo: the bank is willing to support the airline even if it is not pleased with the investment
Milan, Italy - Gros-Pietro believes that the company is important for the good of the Country and trusts Etihad for its relaunch
Being questioned today on the occasion of an event in Milan, the president of Intesa Sanpaolo Gian Maria Gros-Pietro said that he understands the disappointment that the CEO of Unicredit Jean Pierre Mustier... more
AirportsMIA receives "Miami Today 2017 Gold Medal Award"
Miami, Usa - Airport won top honors for its contributions to Greater Miami in 2016
On April 19, Miami International Airport (MIA) received the "Miami Today 2017 Gold Medal Award", the award program’s top honor for a local organization. MIA was chosen from more than 100 nominations, a... more
Civil aviationICAO confirms strong support for new African Search and Rescue Declaration
Montréal, Canada - Adopted during the recent High-level Conference on SAR in Africa which convened in Lomé, Togo
ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) has confirmed its strong support for a new Declaration on the Improvement of Search and Rescue (SAR) services in Africa. Adopted during the recent High-level... more
AirlinesCALC receives most promising new stock award
Hong Kong, China - Organized jointly by Finet and qq.com of Tencent
CALC, a full value-chain aircraft solutions provider for global airlines, has won the Most Promising New Stock Award at the 2016 Top 100 HK Awards Ceremony organized jointly by Finet and qq.com of Tencent. The... more
PeopleBrexit (2). Tajani in London: “Citizens deserve certainty regarding their post-future”
Brussels, Belgium - In addition to meeting the PM, he was also due to meet representatives from NGOs
Antonio Tajani stressed the importance of a deal to safeguard people’s rights in the wake of Brexit during a meeting with UK Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday morning. "The European Parliament's message i... more
ReportAlfano: "Grief and dismay for the terrible attack in Paris"
Rome, Italy - The Italian Foreign Ministry's Crisis Unit is operative
"Grief and dismay for the terrible attack on the French Police in Paris. We are close to the families of the people involved and to France. The Foreign Ministry's Crisis Unit is operative. We advise Italians... more
AirlinesAlitalia to launch its first ever direct Rome-Male flight from 31 October
Rome, Italy - Route operated for the whole winter season, until 24 March 2018
Alitalia will from 31 October launch its first ever scheduled direct flights between Italy and the Maldives. The new three-weekly Rome-Male service will operate for the whole winter season until 24 March... more
PeopleAlfano meets with Davis, British Secretary of State: the Italians after Brexit as the subject
Rome, Italy - The living conditions of compatriots residing in London prior to exit from EU will not undergo changes
“We deem it very important that, following Brexit, the acquired rights of Italian and European citizens residing in the United Kingdom, just as those of the British citizens living in EU Countries, continue t... more
AirlinesIberia presents first aircraft with new Premium Economy Cabin -VIDEO
Madrid, Spain - This summer the Spanish airline will have five such airplanes in its fleet
Iberia presented yesterday its first A-340/600 airplane fitted with its new Premium Economy. Iberia Maintenance will install the new seats on the aircraft already in airline’s fleet at its Madrid hangars, w... more
IndustryPlanes and engines. Rolls-Royce: European Commission approves acquisition of ITP
Bruxelles, Belgium - The Spanish company that manufactures engine components can be acquired by the Brithish industry
ITP (Industria de Turbo Propulsores) one of the leading companies in the manifacturing of airplane components and engines might be acquired by Rolls-Royce. ITP -a Spanish company- is already a member -together... more
Science and technologyAirbus, GEDC and UNESCO: call for entries opens for the 2017 “Diversity Award”
Toulouse, France - It aims to shine a light on projects which have encouraged more young people to study in engineering
Airbus, a world aircraft manufacturer, and the Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC), have launched the call for nominations for the 2017 edition of the “Airbus Diversity Award”. This award aims to... more
CargoAirplanes and carriers. Lufthansa Cargo and United sign jv agreement on freight transport
Frankfurt, Germany - A cooperation on routes between the US and Europe
United Airlines (UAL) and Lufthansa Cargo have signed a joint-venture agreement for extensive cargo cooperation on routes between the US and Europe. The cargo jv partners plan to provide a wide range of... more
AirportsCologne-Bonn connects Germany to Basque Country
Cologne, Germany - The service operated by Ryanair on 30 October
Cologne-Bonn Airport has this week announced a significant new route with the confirmation that Ryanair will commence Germany’s first direct link to the Spanish city, Vitoria, from Cologne-Bonn. The I... more
AirportsAirplanes and results. ACI released yesterday preliminary 2016 world airport traffic rankings - SPECIALS by AVIONEWS
Montreal, Canada - Robust gains in passenger traffic at hub airports serving trans-Pacific and East Asian routes
Traffic at the world’s 20 busiest air passenger hubs grew 4.7% in 2016. With over 1.4 billion passengers passing through their airports in 2016, this group of 20 represents 18% of global passenger traffic, a... more
AirportsThe idea of “Hindu Prayer Room” at Frankfurt Airport
Frankfurt, Germany - It was recently floated by Hindu statesman Rajan Zed
In a remarkable interfaith gesture; Christian, Jew and Buddhist leaders have backed the idea of establishing a “Hindu Prayer Room” at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Germany; the idea which was recently flo... more
IndustryPlanes and photo. Kazakhstan orders two more C-295 aircraft
Madrid, Spain - Following the signature of a new contract with Airbus DS
Kazakhstan is to acquire two more C-295 transport aircraft following the signature of a new contract with Airbus Defence and Space. The agreement, which includes a spares and support package, covers the... more
Civil aviationPlanes and airlines. Will Matteo Renzi save Alitalia?
Rome, Italy - The situation of the company is intertwined with the politics of Italy...
The "knots" of Alitalia come to the comb giving a look at the calendar. From the 19th to the 26th of April there is a referendum in Alitalia about the "union agreement", the outcome of which seems to... more
CuriositiesAirplanes. A demilitarized Mig-21 for sale: a part of history at auction
Lucerne, Switzerland - Offer valid until tomorrow. It doesn't fly, but it is purchaseable soon at 9000 CHF
Certainly it is always an armament, whose sale would be banned on the Swiss on-line sales website "Ricardo.ch", but it is a single engined demilitarized MiG-21 jet airplane (and not able to fly) at auction.... more
AirportsRome-Fiumicino first in Europe for service quality, according to ACI (4.34 points out of 5
Rome, Italy - International Area E, hospitality, security, parking, cleanliness and comfort are the items with the most passenger votes
New absolute record for “Leonardo da Vinci” airport with regard to quality of services to passengers. According to the independent survey carried out by ACI -Airport Council International, the international ass... more
Civil aviationAirplanes and jobs. Recruiting for an unlimited number of cabin crew positions
Rome, Italy - No experience required. The dates in April and in May
Crewlink, an official recruitment and training partner to Ryanair is currently recruiting for an unlimited number of Cabin Crew positions to operate on board Europe’s airline Ryanair. No Cabin Crew experience i... more
PeopleItalian ENAV: appointment of BoD of Techno Sky for a three year term 2017-2019
Rome, Italy - Roberta Neri (Chairman), Massimo Bellizzi and Luca Colman (board members) retain their offices in Enav
The Shareholders’ Meeting of Techno Sky, held today in Rome, appointed the members of the new Board of Directors who will be in office for a three-year term, from 2017 to 2019: Roberta Neri (Chairman), M... more
DefenseSaab receives order for maintenance of Polish Navy´s RBS15 Mk3 missiles
Linkoping, Sweden - With deliveries taking place 2017-2018
Defence and security company Saab has received an order from the Naval Port Gdynia, Poland, for the maintenance and logistic support of the Polish Navy’s RBS15 Mk3 surface-to-surface missile system with d... more
ReportPlanes and fuel, BP asks 59 million dollars in damages to subsidiary of Delta Air Lines
Rome, Italy - According to the petrol giant the company Monroe Energy would have used an unfounded pretext to terminate a three-year contract for the purchase of oil
The oil Group BP started a lawsuit against Monroe Energy, a subsidiary company of Delta Air Lines that in 2012 acquired a 185,000 barrel-per-day oil refinery in Philadelphia with the aim to process oil... more
AirportsOslo Airport: Visby added to its destination map this Summer
Oslo, Norway - SAS' new link in Sweden served by CRJ-900
Avinor Oslo Airport will add Visby to its destination map this summer. Just weeks before the official opening of its new state-of-the-art terminal extension, Avinor Oslo Airport has announced further... more
AirlinesPlanes and Alitalia. Minister Calenda: Italian Government does not want to replace private partners, no to nationalization
Rome, Italy - If workers will reject the pre-agreement by the referendum Alitalia would be liquidated, according to Italian Minister of Economic Development
"If the agreement will be rejected, investors would move away" Italian Minister of Economic Development Carlo Calenda said when he was interviewed about the referendum by the means of which the employees... more
Civil aviationAirplanes and events. ICAO: States and governments concur on ambitions for African aviation
Montreal, Canada - The continent is committed to the alignment in the air transport sector; Ethiopia towards the leadership
Strengthened alignment on the development of aviation in Africa has resulted from high-level bilateral meetings between ICAO, the Government of Ethiopia, and the African Union undertaken last week by the... more
AerospaceCygnus spacecraft en route for the International Space Station
Rome, Italy - Pressurized cargo module from TAS carries over 4,410 pounds of scientific experiments
The latest Cygnus resupply spacecraft, named in honor of John Glenn, one of NASA's seven original astronauts, has been successfully launched by an Atlas rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida... more
AccidentsPA-31T airplane crashed in Portugal: famous sportsman surgeon among the victims
Lisbon, Portugal - With him also his wife dead, the pilot, another French passenger and a man at ground
The world of sports has lost last Monday one of the famous figures among the French football players. In fact there was also the 65 year old man Jean-Pierre Franceschi on board of the PA-31T Cheyenne II... more
AccidentsBad Tuesday for Black Hawks: two helicopters crashed, in Turkey and Yemen. 24 deads
Rome, Italy - An aircraft fell because of poor weather conditions, the other one crashed after being hit by "friendly fire"
Yesterday was a day to forget for helicopter transport: two Sikorsky aircraft crashed for different reasons, causing the death of 24 people. The first accident happened in Turkey. A Sikorsky S-70A Black... more
Press releaseAircraft and transport in Italy. Italian MIT: strikes fixed for April 21 have been postponed
Rome, Italy - The measure has been necessary and urgent
The Italian Transport and Infrastructure Minister Graziano Delrio with his own order has decided the postponement to other date of the following strikes, all fixed for next Friday, on April 21: - strike... more
Science and technologyH-55 airplane, a Solar Impulse technological spin off
Nyon, Switzerland - Its electric demonstrator aircraft, aEro1, has successfully flown more than 50 hours with a battery endurance exceeding more than 1 hour
After building the 2 Solar Impulse electric airplanes and flying 5 days and 5 nights non-stop over the Pacific in Solar Impulse 2, the longest flight ever of a single pilot airplane, Solar Impulse’s C... more
AirlinesPlanes and Alitalia. Unions meet today to decide the rules of the referendum
Rome, Italy - One week to approve or not the agreement which was reached on Thursday night between unions and airline, on April 26 a new meeting is scheduled at MISE
Air transport unions meet today to decide the rules and the referendum question with which about 12.500 employees of Alitalia shall express their opinion about the pre-agreement that was reached last week... more
HelicoptersAirbus Helicopters selects SingPost as Skyways logistics partner
Singapore, Singapore - Moving towards trial phase of new unmanned aerial package delivery system
Airbus Helicopters is collaborating with Singapore Post (SingPost) as its logistics partner for the innovative Skyways parcel delivery project. The announcement was made today at the inaugural "Rotorcraft... more
AirlinesCALC purchases new A-320/200 series aircraft
Hong Kong, China - These aircraft are scheduled for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2017
CALC, a full value-chain aircraft solutions provider for global airlines, has entered into an Aircraft Purchase Agreement with Airbus for another new A-320/200 ceo aircraft in 13 April, on top of its order... more
AirlinesAirplanes and carriers. Ethiopian and Singapore Airlines expand code-share agreement
Rome, Italy - As of next June
Star Alliance members, Ethiopian Airlines (EA) and Singapore Airlines (SIA) will expand their code-share agreement as of 1st June, 2017 offering customers travelling between Africa and Asia seamless connectivity... more
AccidentsPA-31T plane crashes near supermarket in Portugal, 5 deads - VIDEO
Lisbon, Portugal - The accident happened yesterday. The victims are the pilot, the three passengers and the truck driver who was hit by the aircraft
A PA-31T Cheyenne II plane crashed yesterday in Tires, Portugal. The accident happened at 12:13am (local time) of yesterday. The aircraft -with Swiss licence and registration number HB-LTI, heading to... more
ConferencesACI Asia Pacific Regional event ended: Hamad Airport hands over the hosting duties to Tokyo-Narita
Doha, Qatar - CEOs expressed optimism about the traffic growth for 2017
The 12th Airport Council International (ACI) Asia Pacific Regional Assembly, Conference and Exhibition hosted by Hamad International Airport (HIA) in Doha, under the patronage of HE Jassim Seif Ahmed Al... more
MiscellaneousAVIONEWS wishes a Happy Easter to everybody
Rome, Italy - The Agency will open regularly next Tuesday, on April 18, after a long week-end
AVIONEWS communicates to own subscribers, readers, reporters and fans of social networks that will be closed in the occasion of the Easter period. The Agency will open regularly next Tuesday, on April... more
IndustryPlanes and industry. Alessandro Profumo studies Leonardo and his future team
Rome, Italy - The candidate of Italian Ministry of Economy to lead the Group met the Government and the top managers of the industry
According to the article by Gianni Dragoni published today on the newspaper "Il Sole 24 Ore" the candidate who was chosen by the Italian Government for the presidency of Leonardo Alessandro Profumo started... more
IndustryFirst flight completed of B-737 MAX 9 airplane
Seattle, Usa - The program continues to execute on track, on time; aircraft scheduled to deliver to customers in 2018
The B-737 MAX 9 completed its first flight yesterday in the skies above Puget Sound. The program achieved the milestone on schedule, beginning a comprehensive flight-test program leading to certification... more
AirlinesPlanes and Alitalia (2). April 19-24: the probable days for employees' referendum
Rome, Italy - The workers of the airline shall vote on the agreement that was reached last night between unions and the company management
Tuesday 18th of April there will be a meeting with all unions to decide the days and the rules of the referendum by which Alitalia's workers shall express their opinion about the agreement whihch was found... more
AirlinesPlanes and Alitalia. Unions and airline find preliminary agreement, now there will be a referendum
Rome, Italy - The proposed solution shall be approved by employees. 980 redundancies and salaries cut by 8%
Late last night the managers of Alitalia and air transport unions that had gathered at the Italian Ministry of Economic Development for the mediation of the Government agreed on a preliminary deal on the... more
Science and technologyAirbus names finalists for “Fly Your Ideas 2017” student competition
Toulouse, France - Five teams compete for the crown of most innovative and a €30,000 prize
Airbus has shortlisted the five finalist student teams competing in the fifth edition of the "Fly Your Ideas" challenge. The radical concepts selected cover a wide range of innovations going from an alternative... more
AirportsLiverpool Airport: busy week-end for Easter
Liverpool, UK - Around 63,000 passengers are expected to pass through it between Good Friday and Easter Monday
Staff at Liverpool-"John Lennon Airport" ("LJLA") are gearing up for a busy first Bank Holiday week-end of the year with thousands of travelers from across the region jetting off for Easter from Liverpool... more
DefenseTrump launches MOAB bomb in Afghanistan and North Korea says: we are ready to fight
Rome, Italy - The device was used yesterday against positions being used by Isis militias. Tension mounts worldwide
At 7:32 pm of yesterday (local time) United States dropped a GBU-43 MOAB (Massive Ordnance Air Blast) bomb from a MC-130 Combat Talon aircraft in Afghanistan. It is the first time that such a device was... more
AirportsMassport Board awards new Logan Airport concessions contract to MarketPlace
Boston, Usa - Currently the four terminals of the airport are managed under multiple concessions contracts
The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) Board of Directors voted yesterday to authorize the authority to enter into a new ten year contract with MarketPlace Logan LLC, a company of Boston-based New... more
CuriositiesMiami Airport: 97 European horses competing in global championship
Miami, Usa - The animals are among more than 2,000 others that come through MIA during its peak season
Four days before Miami Beach hosts some of the world's top horses and riders at this week-end’s Longines Global Champions Tour, Miami International Airport was the first stop for 97 of the Olympic-level h... more