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IndustryFirst ATR-72/600 High Capacity airplane delivered to Cebu Pacific
Toulouse, France - The industry increases its regional turboprop capacity with a new 78-seat cabin configuration
Cebu Pacific (CEB), the Philippines’ airline, yesterday took delivery of the very first ATR-72/600 High Capacity airplane. Configured with 78 seats, this brand new option of the -72 has ten additional s... more
DiscussionsAirplanes, State aid and WTO. USA vs EU: Boeing wins, Airbus loses. All square, the match continues... -Specials
Rome, Italy - And while with appeals and counter-appeals the two giants argue in front of World Trade Organization, COMAC enjoys
We are at the dawn of a new battle with stamp documents in front of the judges of the WTO (World Trade Organization) that cyclically find to express on what happens from this or the other side of the ocean.... more
AirportsFraport signs MoU with Beijing Capital International Airport and Air China
Frankfurt, Germany - Goal is to expand flight frequencies and launch specialized passenger services at both hubs
Fraport, Beijing Capital International Airport, and Air China signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on September 21 in Beijing, for future cooperation in expanding flight frequencies between the two... more
ReportCart rolls over passengers of an airplane at landing: five injured
Ottawa, Canada - It's happened on an Air Canada flight served on an Embraer E-190
A trolley of those used by the hostesses, not fixed well surely, during landing phase unfastened and rolling over alongside the aisle of the passenger-cabin, devastated five people, who are lightly wounded... more
AirportsAir China has launched regular Beijing-Warsaw flights
Warsaw, Poland - The A-330/200 airplane was greeted yesterday with a traditional water cannon
On Wednesday, September 21st at 7:20 inaugural flight from Beijing to Warsaw operated by Air China landed at the Warsaw "Chopin Airport". A-330/200 plane was greeted with a traditional water salute. The... more
UAS-DronesKorean Air to partner with Boeing on unmanned helicopter development
Seoul, South Korea - Both will also carry out an overseas joint marketing program
Korean Air and Boeing have signed a MOA (Memorandum of Agreement) for the joint development of 500MD unmanned helicopters. Present at the ceremony held on Sept. 21st in Korean Air’s HQ were Yang Ho Cho, C... more
Civil aviationAirplanes and transport. Alitalia: 24 hour strike ongoing by Anpac, Anpav and USB unions
Rome, Italy - Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl, Uil Trasporti and Ugl don't participate at the protest
We remind that the 24 hour strike is ongoing today, September 22 and confirmed only by USB, Anpac and Anpav, after that Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl, Uil Trasporti and Ugl had revoked the protest, following to... more
AccidentsUS AV-8B Harrier II airplane crashed in Japan: the pilot ejected
Okinawa, Japan - Noticed by the coast guard means and recovered
An AV-8B Harrier II airplane of the US Marine Corps crashed this morning in the waters off Okinawa isle, Japan, 95 miles from Hedo Cape, took off from the US air base in Kadena. According to the Marine... more
UAS-DronesAirbus Defence and Space secures Europe’s DOA for Unmanned Aerial Systems
Madrid, Spain - EASA recognition lays the ground for civil certification of large UAS
After more than two years’ work Airbus Defence and Space has become one of the world’s first companies to be approved by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for the design and development of Unm... more
CuriositiesA man lives for 18 days in the lounges of the Singapore Airport: arrested
Singapore, Republic of Singapore - He is an unemployed businessman. He had falsified 31 boarding passes to access to the elegant and exclusive rooms
Raejali Buntut, 33 yo, a Malaysian businessman in bad has lived as a nabob nonpaying "Guest" of the exclusive and elegant Lounge rooms of the Singapore-Changi airport. After to have taken the airplane... more
SecurityItalian ANSV publishes preliminary inquiry report on airplane accident happened more than a month ago in Bergamo (Italy) -Specials
Rome, Italy - B-737/400 registration marks HA-FAX at Orio al Serio last August 5
ANSV, the Italian Air Safety Board, communicates to have completed a preliminary inquiry report. This document is about: - Accident happened to a B-737/400 airplane, registration HA-FAX, at Bergamo-Orio... more
AirportsAşgabat, airport for over $ 30 bn, risks to be a "White falcon in the desert" -VIDEO
Aşgabat, Turkmenistan - The very beautiful facility inaugurated last Saturday risks the flop because tourism is impeded by the bureaucratic rules
Five floors of a magnificent facility full of glass windows, able to manage an amount of 1600 passengers per hour, equipped of modern control tower, luxurious hotel rooms, equipped gym and small hospital,... more
CuriositiesIberia unveiled special aircraft to commemorate 70th anniversary of first flight to Latin America
Madrid, Spain - The fuselage bears images of the flags of the 16 Latin American countries it now serves
Iberia operated yesterday a flight from Madrid to Buenos Aires with a special aircraft commemorating the airline’s 70 years of service to Latin America. Argentine officials are expected to meet the flight, s... more
Civil aviationAir China: B-787/9 airplane in operation from a month on Rome-Beijing route
Rome, Italy - The aircraft has a three class configuration
Innovative services to passengers, new design, major comfort and advantages for environment are features of the last Boeing airplane, the B-787/9 Dreamliner, the aircraft operating from over a month on... more
AirlinesAirplanes and protests. Alitalia: special measures to minimize inconvenience due to a strike scheduled for today
Rome, Italy - Passengers are invited to check the status of their flight
The trade unions Anpac, Anpav and Usb, representing some of the Alitalia pilots and flight attendants, have confirmed a 24 hours strike on 22 September, despite cancellation of industrial action by the... more
IndustryAzores Airlines: transatlantic routes with the arrival of the A-321neo airplane
Toulouse, France - SATA owned airline renews its fleet with the longest range of any single aisle airliner
Azores Airlines which is fully owned by Sociedade Açoreana de Transportes Aéreos (SATA) is modernizing its short-haul and transatlantic fleet with the A-321neo and by 2019 with the longer range A-321LR a... more
DiscussionsMotivations on the request of sentence for Mauro Moretti
Viareggio, Italy - Why 16 years requested by the public prosecutor? One of the advocates of the Viareggio massacre answers
The proxy has asked for 16 years of detention for Moretti. We remind how he has been accused in the legal action of Viareggio for the violations according to the articles 423 (fire), 449 (culpable crimes... more
ReportManila. SOS for hijacking airplane: only error by pilot that pushes a wrong button -2 VIDEO
Manila, Philippines - Strong security measures put in place at ground. Passengers "Hostage" of the authorities for two hours
On board of a B-777 airplane Flight 872 of Saudi Arabian Airlines took off this morning from Jedda, on the Red Sea, there were 410 passengers, 17 crewmembers and four pilots; clear then the alarm sprang... more
AirlinesKLM: departing flights from LA served with biofuel
Amsterdam, Holland - A three year contract signed for the supply
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines signed a three year contract for the supply of sustainable biofuel at the Los Angeles Airport. It means that the carrier will purchase biofuel for all its departing flights from... more
AccidentsIndia. Pilot takes back a MiG-21 airplane at ground in emergency before eject: avoided tragedy
Srinagar, India - The plane finished out of runway. Modest damages to the aircraft and to the tarmac thanks to the readiness by the soldier at the control
The MiG-21 airplane, landed this morning in emergency due to a technical problem at the Indian airport in Srinagar finished out of runway for 200 m, blocking after made run without brakes the tarmac. The... more
PeopleMauro Moretti, Viareggio train massacre (2): public prosecutor asks 16 years of detention
Rome, Italy - While he received the National Award for Innovation for technology for Leonardo-Finmeccanica at Quirinale
The closing speech opened this morning by public prosecutor for the derailment that killed 32 people. The public prosecutors of the trial for the Viareggio's massacre have asked the sentence to 16 years... more
Press releaseViareggio train massacre. This morning the requests by public prosecutor. 38 people accused, Moretti (Finmeccanica) among them. Lawyer Bartolini in exclusive at AVIONEWS
Rome, Italy - Then CEO of Ferrovie dello Stato. 32 people dead in the tragic facts
Following the declaration in exclusive to AVIONEWS by Fabrizio Bartolini, lawyer that represents 10 of the families of the victims of the Viareggio's massacre in the trial that sees 38 people accused,... more
AirlinesAirplanes. Alitalia: the strike of next Thursday put the airline's development at risk. Anpac decision pure folly -VIDEO
Rome, Italy - ..we are losing us an important part of our future
"I can't make that define the ANPAC's decision a pure folly", seeing that "Alitalia currently loses EUR 500,000 each day". Cramer Ball, CEO of Alitalia wrote it to the employees in a letter that AVIONEWS... more
IndustryEAST inaugurated new manufacturing facility in Titusville, Florida
Titusville, Usa - Iincluding the seats for the first class cabin of its next generation commercial aircraft family, the E-Jets E2
Embraer inaugurated a new 50,000 square foot manufacturing facility yesterday for its premium seating solutions subsidiary, Embraer Aero Seating Technologies (EAST), in the City of Titusville, Florida.... more
Sport aviation"60th Coupe Gordon Bennett": the sky with many balloons -VIDEO
Gladbeck, Germany - Forty-eight pilots in 24 gas-balloons. Suggestive start
Gas-balloonists from a dozen countries launched late on Sunday night 18 September 2016 at the start of what is aviation’s oldest and most prestigious gas-balloon race – the "60th Coupe Aéronautique Gord... more
AirlinesAirplanes. Alitalia: no decision made. Italian Anpac, Anpav and USB confirm strike of September 22
Rome, Italy - Despite revocation for the agreement reached with the Filt-Cgil, Fit Cisl, Uil Trasporti and UGL unions
Nothing came of it by the negotiation table opened this morning by the Alitalia's leadership and the category's unions Anpac, Anpav and Usb, to arrive to an agreement that would avoid strike fixed for... more
UAS-DronesDEMA tries ULTRAS on the test bed of the Grottaglie airport
Grottaglie, Italy - The presentation at "Farnborough Air Show" last July
It has been presented only last July at the "Farnborough Air Show" and today it flies on the Grottaglie airport. It is Ultras, UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, at remote control or APR) tactical class aircraft... more
IndustryAirbus Group opens Leadership University in Toulouse
Toulouse, France - More than 20,000 employees per year have access to key development programmes
Airbus Group today has inaugurated a main campus in Toulouse-Blagnac for the company’s newly established Leadership University, which is unique in its mission and international set-up. Besides its core f... more
IndustryUK MoD buys more of Leonardo-Finmeccanica’s new missilejammer to allow RAF to write a ‘user guide’ for its pilots
Rome, Italy - The order follows earlier successful trials with the RAF in October 2015
The UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) is a step closer to being the first to use Leonardo-Finmeccanica’s new ‘BriteCloud’ missile-jamming countermeasure, following a purchase by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) w... more
AirportsBudapest Airport announces another link to Amsterdam
Budapest, Hungary - It welcomes the arrival of Air Algérie
Budapest Airport’s ceaseless route network expansion has seen another link announced, this time to Amsterdam with easyJet. Commencing on 6 February 2017, the thrice-weekly service from Hungary’s gateway wil... more
Civil aviationAirplanes. Russia and UK consider recovery of links to Egypt
Moscow, Russia - Interrupted after the disaster of Metrojet on the Sinai's skies
After the disaster of the Metrojet airplane, exploded on the Sinai's skies, seems due to an attack after taking-off last October 31, 2015 from Sharm el Sheikh, both London and Moscow are considering to... more
AirportsWizz Air to launch another new service from Liverpool Airport
Liverpool, UK - To the Polish city of Lublin in May 2017
Wizz Air has announced that to commence flights from Liverpool "John Lennon Airport" (LJLA) to the Polish city of Lublin. The twice weekly service will operate on Sundays and Wednesdays commencing on... more
IndustryLeonardo-Finmeccanica: MoU with the Argentinian Government for the development of high-technology and common projects
Rome, Italy - In the fields of aerospace, defence and security
Leonardo-Finmeccanica and the Argentinian Ministry for Science Technology and Productive Innovation, have recently signed in Buenos Aires a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to evaluate commercial partnerships... more
AerospaceVega: flight VV07 inaugurated the commercial phase -VIDEO
Kourou, French Guiana - Orders for 10 launches until 2019 ensured by Arianespace
Arianespace’s Vega continued its track record of succes, orbiting five new sets of “Eyes” that will observe the planet Earth in very high resolution: a cluster of four SkySat satellites for US-based opera... more
Civil aviationAirplanes grounded for strikes. IATA: 1 million minutes of delay caused only in 2016
Madrid, Spain - And called for governments to take steps to ensure service continuity in the face of industrial action
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) condemned the effects of air traffic controller strikes, which have caused 1 million minutes of delay across Europe this year, and called for governments... more
Civil aviationAirplanes. SESAR JU and ESA sign agreement on transport satellite communications
Paris, France - The cooperation will focus on the development of SESAR Solutions
The SESAR Joint Undertaking (SESAR JU) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) to further facilitate the development of satellite-based communications for Europe’s a... more
AerospaceIndra will implement Spain's system for space surveillance and tracking -VIDEO
Rome, Italy - Its services include collision warnings, object fragmentation and a re-entry warning service that includes information on the time and place of Earth impact
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Indra contracts to deploy the S3T surveillance and tracking system for objects in low Earth orbit, worth a total of €17 million. Indra has thus established i... more
IndustryHong Kong Airlines confirms order for 9 more A-330 airplanes
Toulouse, France - Fast-growing carrier committed to widebody fleet
Hong Kong Airlines has signed a contract with Airbus for the firm order of nine additional A-330/300s. The aircraft will be operated across a network which links Hong Kong with a wide range of destinations... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Italian FIT-CISL and UGL Trasporto aereo met Ball for operating emergency and absenteeism
Rome, Italy - The unions distance from this kind of disengagement
The meeting between delegates of FIT-CISL and UGL Trasporto aereo and Cramer Ball (CEO of the Alitalia's ex-former flag carrier, from last March) took place yesterday to discuss about operating emergency... more
CuriositiesLiverpool Airport: 80 year old airport employee on hand to celebrate Aer Lingus’ 80th anniversary
Liverpool, UK - Cliff Johnson works at Omniserve and provides assistance for passengers with reduced mobility
It was 80 years ago on the 14th of September 1936, that the very first Aer Lingus Dublin to Liverpool flight took to the air and to celebrate the occasion, the Aer Lingus Charitable Foundation brought... more
Press releaseFrance and airplanes grounded (2). Ryanair condemns French ATC strikes
Milan, Italy - It is the 14th protest organized this year
"Ryanair today (14 Sep) again called on the European Commission to take action to prevent the skies over Europe being closed once more tonight and tomorrow by French ATC unions. It regrets that it has... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space signs phase B contract with LeoSat
Rome, Italy - To develop high-throughput, low-orbit satellite constellation
Thales Alenia Space (TAS) and LeoSat Enterprises, announced today the signature of the phase B contract for the development of a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. It will offer very-high-speed... more
Civil aviationFrance. National strike: airplanes reduced at airports of Paris district, tomorrow
Paris, France - Less 15% of traffic at Roissy, at Orly and at Beauvais
DGCA, French Civil Aviation Directorate General, unveiled to have asked airlines to reduce their links of 15% in the Paris airports (Orly, Beauvais and at "Charles de Gaulle" of Roissy), in view of the... more
ReportIsrael: Peres had a stroke. Tension with Syria for airplane and drone shot down, but Tel Aviv denies
Tel Aviv, Israel - Rockets that have not threatened our aircraft, according to an Israeli military spokesperson
The former Israeli President, Shimon Peres, 93 years old, after a suspected stroke last Monday, following to it he has been dismissed from the hospital that had rescued him, he has had a new sudden illness... more
AirlinesAlitalia reduces workers?
Rome, Italy - Problem with accounts?
"Alitalia specifies that the connection to supposed plans, that would expect among other things a 30% cut on the labor cost, is considered without any foundation". But there are persistent rumors on the... more
AirlinesAir France celebrates 50 years of presence in China
Rome, Italy - It inaugurated the route Paris-Shanghai in September 1966
Air France inaugurated the route Paris-Shanghai in September 1966, becoming among the first European airlines to fly to the Popular Republic of China. Air France-KLM from Europe to China proposes 90... more
AirlinesKorean Air commences supply of A-330 NEO Sharklet airplane
Seoul, South Korea - Following its successful production for the A-320 model
Following the successful production of Sharklets for the A-320 NEO, Korean Air has commenced production of Sharklets for the A-330 NEO, concluding the development process. A Sharklet, designed by and accredited... more
PeopleAirplanes. Aci Europe supports Belgium's review of airport security measures
Brussels, Belgium - Nearly six months after the terror attacks of 22 March
ACI EUROPE yesterday met with Jan Jambon, Vice-Prime Minister of Belgium and Security & Interior Minister, to discuss security measures at Belgian airports nearly 6 months after the Brussels terror attacks... more
IndustryBoeing forecasts demand in China for 6,810 airplanes (valued at $1 Trillion)
Beijing, China - China's wide-body fleet to triple in size over the next two decades
Boeing, China's leading provider of commercial airplanes, projects a demand for 6,810 new airplanes in the country over the next 20 years. The company released its annual China Current Market Outlook (CMO)... more
CargoLufthansa Cargo awarded CEIV certification for pharmaceuticals transport
Frankfurt, Germany - IATA honours the cargo airline – pharmaceutical sector to be further developed
Lufthansa Cargo has been awarded the CEIV seal by airline association IATA (International Air Transport Association). Over recent months, as part of a complex procedure, independent specialists have reviewed... more