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Press releaseSULT: the agreement underwritten by the union, Alitalia and Italian Transport Minister, Bianchi
Rome, Italy - The strike fixed for next Saturday, June 17, called off
"Last June 12, 2006 at the Italian Transport Ministry, Alitalia and the union SULT have met. The delicate phase that the society is going through, and the entire air transport sector, imposes to the... more
Press releaseAutogrill: agreement in Canada to purchase CARA's restaurant and retail sector
Milan, Italy - The text of the press release
Autogrill group, through the US subsidiary HMSHost Corporation, signed with CARA operations limited, the principal operator of joint restaurant in Canada, an agreement to purchase the Airport terminal... more
Press releaseAlitalia. SULT: which fleet for which project?
Rome, Italy - Cimoli interested to the purchase of 30 new A-320s
"News by press report of a meeting that should occur today with the Alitalia’s president and CEO, Eng. Cimoli, interested to a purchase of 30 new A-320. SULT is sure that the fleet’s renew can’t be di... more
Press releaseAriane 5: night launch to transport two satellites
Turin, Italy - The space rocket Ariane 5 confirms its very good performances
New success for Ariane 5. Avio realizes the 14% of the European rocket producing, in addition to the lateral solid fuel boosters, also the liquid oxygen turbopump of the Vulcain engine of the cryogenic... more
Press releaseItalian Air Safety Board about the crash in Sicily
Rome, Italy - The verifications by the investigator completed
"The Italian Air Safety Board (ANSV) informs that the nominated investigator has completed the verifications on the crash’s site that provoked the death of three occupants. The incident occurred during t... more
Press releaseAlitalia according to the art. 114, paragraph 5 decree 58/1998
Rome, Italy - In compliance with a CONSOB's request
"In compliance with a CONSOB (Italian authority on the societies in Stock Exchange) request, according to the art. 114, paragraph 5, decree 58/1998, Alitalia informs regarding the pronunciations by the... more
Press releaseSULT on Ryanair: the Italian Transport Minister Bianchi and ENAC's interventions are necessary
Rome, Italy - After the legal judiciary and "Striscia la notizia"
"The inquiry on Ryanair broadcasted by the English Tv Channel 4 some months ago, has been filmed last week by ’Striscia la notizia’, (the Italian tv programme), after the SULT (Italian union) has sent spe... more
Press releaseTuninter ATR-72 accident. Victims association: we will never let our guard down on the matter
Bari, Italy - The text of the release by the "August 6 2005 Capogallo air disaster" Association
The "August 6 2005 Capogallo air disaster" Association expresses perplexity for missing separation obligations between technical (by ANSV, Italian Air Safety Board) and legal investigations. ANSV investigations... more
Press releaseENAC about the crash to a Swiss touristic airplane occurred today in Sicily
Rome, Italy - The aircraft was part of a group of four planes of Helvetic matriculation that within a touristic tour in the isle were stopped for a technical pause at the Giubiliana's airfield
"ENAC, the Italian Civil Aviation Authority, informs that this morning at 10:15 an air crash happened near Ragusa in which an aircraft of touristic type matriculated in Switzerland, model Mooney M-20,... more
Press releaseAnpac about Ryanair regarding that appeared yesterday evening during the "Striscia la notizia" an Italian Tv programme
Rome, Italy - The Association retains necessary an immediate intervention by competent institutions
"According to that appeared yesterday evening during the Italian Tv programme ’Striscia la notizia’, that has pointed out severe facts concerning the Ryanair’s operations and dramatic deficiencies in th... more
Press releaseENAC after the Council of State's writ on Cagliari-Rome and Cagliari-Milan connections
Rome, Italy -
"After the Council of State’s writ, sect. VI May 23 2006, n. 2555/06, which accepted Air One petition for the override of Lazio Regional Administrative Court writ, ENAC makes known that Cagliari-Rome a... more
Press releaseAlitalia offer for Volare acquisition is valid
Rome, Italy - Alitalia has been given the permission to operate Sardinian obligated routes
The Italian Council of State declared a formal irregularity in procedures for Volare sale to Alitalia. The airline trusts this irregularity will be solved soon, as the validity of Alitalia’s offer is n... more
Press releaseSULT: strike next June 17 by Alitalia's flight assistants
Rome, Italy - It's necessary an immediate intervention by Government as mediation
"About Alitalia there are new storm clouds both regarding the unions’ matters and the industrial problems, and the situation could determine a new Summer of fight and mobilizations. The same Volare’s eve... more
Press releaseENAV: European providers visit Forlì "Academy"
Forlì, Italy - Among the first schools providing specialistic courses in line with European regulations
"After the visit of Dutch Air Force and TRM (Team Resource Management) and IANS (Institute of Navigation Service), NATS as well, the most important European provider for air traffic control, went to visit... more
Press releaseUnione Piloti: the strike, fixed for next Tuesday, by Alitalia's pilots has been postponed
Rome, Italy - As act of responsibility and sensibility towards the new Italian Government and Transport Minister
"Cgil, Cisl, Uil, Ugl and Unione Piloti (Italian unions) have been convoked today at the Transport Ministry. In such meeting they have discussed all the unsolved problems and the strong alarms that have... more
Press releaseAVIO launches a new society for the creation of components for engines
Turin, Italy - AVIOFIX in a market that worth USD 3 bn and increases of 6% per year
AVIO, leader in the aerospace propulsion, has constituted a new society that will be actived in the high technologies of repair of components for turbo machines. The society, named AVIOFIX, is controlled... more
Press releaseAlitalia: the Board has approved the first quarter of the Group at March 31, 2006
Rome, Italy - Net revenue equal to EUR 965 million
"Alitalia Linee Aeree Italiane SpA’s Board, gathered yesterday under the presidency of Eng. Giancarlo Cimoli at the society’s headquarter, has approved the report regarding the first quarter 2006 of the... more
Press releaseENAC: TAR rejects Ryanair petition for Alghero-Rome route
Rome, Italy - easyJet petition for Milan-Olbia route rejected too
"Referring to Ryanair words about presumed ’illegality’ of ENAC measures, the Italian Civil Aviation Authority underlines that Lazio Administrative Court has confirmed those measures, rejecting the Iri... more
Press releaseENAV: regular flights tomorrow, on Friday May 12
Rome, Italy - The strike was fixed by the Italian air traffic controllers
"ENAV SpA (Italian Flight Assistance Authority) informs that the stikes by the air traffic controllers, fixed for tomorrow, on Friday May 12, 2006, have been all postponed. The air traffic services will... more
Press releaseMalev: good results recorded in the first quarter 2006
Budapest, Hungary - A press release by Hungarian airline unveiled it
A press release by Malev, the Hungarian flag carrier, yesterday unveiled that the airline has had in the first quarter of 2006 an increase of the passengers equal to 11,7% compared to the last year. In... more
Press releaseReggio Calabria Airport. Scopelliti: municipality administration has the merit of Air Malta links
Reggio Calabria, Italy - Mayor Giuseppe Scopelliti declared that
"The presence of the Maltese airline on our territory is born from a happy intuition of my administration about the community’s real needs. The activation of new flights to and from Rome and Malta with o... more
Press releaseNuance: Stefanel and Gecos disprove the rumours of the society's assignment
Milan, Italy - Two shareholders have issued a joint press release
"There is full confirmation and support to the management and to the industrial project of Nuance Group. The industrial plan 2005-2009, parallelly to an increase of the profitability, expects a progressive... more
Press releaseStefanel: Nuance confirmed at the Brisbane's airport until 2014
Milan, Italy - The times extended of the Nuance management of the Australian air station
The Nuance Group has concluded an agreement with Brisbane Airport Corporation Pty Ltd (Bac), in Australia, as per to which the expiry of the current airport concession managed by Nuance -expected for 2007-... more
Press release"Piloti Italiani Uniti" denounces a devastating and disastrous management by Alitalia Express
Rome, Italy - In the first four months of the year against 16.500 scheduled flight hours the cancellations are about a thousand
"Against the great premises with the renewal of the Alitalia Express’ pilots contract, the hodiernal reality reproduces unfortunately, a disastrous situation by the operative aspect, with innumerable c... more
Press releaseCataldo: solidarity to Roman Ryanair workers
Rome, Italy - The press release by Carlo Cataldo, Secretary of Roman Union of European Republican Movement
"Such easy scandal tendencies only put jobs in danger for Roman citizens employed at Ryanair base operating in Ciampino. It is deplorable to exploit some English TV inquiries, see AVIONEWS 1 and 2, in... more
Press releaseSULT: "Immediate and accurate investigation on Ryanair"
Rome, Italy - The Italian transport union presented a denunciation to the bench
"SULT, in cooperation with Officina, a non-union association, examined, wrote out and translated an English TV broadcast which revealed to have infiltrated two journalists among Ryanair flight attendants... more
Press releaseAlitalia: net financial position at March 31, 2006
Rome, Italy - It's equal to EUR 939
"- Net financial position of Group at March 31, 2006 is equal to EUR 939, with a light decrease of the net debt of EUR 12m (-1,3%) compared to the analogous situation on February 28, 2006 equal to EUR... more
Press releaseENAV: strike fixed for next May 5 called off
Rome, Italy - It was foreseen for four hours
"ENAV (Italian Flight Assistance Authority) communicates that the strike by air traffic controllers of Milan ACC, announced for next May 5 from 12am to 4pm, has been cancelled. Then, next Friday, the... more
Press releaseWizz Air: the carrier expands itself in Romania
Budapest, Hungary - The rest of the low-cost airline's statement
The Budapest-Targu Mures route represents the first Wizz Air entry in Romania’s market, the second Middle-Eastern Europe Country served by the airline, after Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Croatia a... more
Press releaseWizz Air sets foot in Romania
Targu Mures, Romania - The airline press release
Wizz Air, announced in Targu Mures that it is launching flights between Romania and Hungary. The Budapest-Targu Mures line represents Wizz Air’s first market entry into Romania, the 7th CEE country the a... more
Press releaseANSV: Agency's delegates accredited in Norway and in Spain for two different events
Rome, Italy - A crash and a serious trouble occurred, respectively, at the end of March and at the beginning of April
"The Italian Air Safety Board (ANSV) has accredited its own investigator in the technical inquiry performed by the equivalent Norwegian investigative Board on the crash occurred to an A-109, code LN-OLH,... more
Press releaseÁngel Mullor announces decision to step down as Iberia Chief executive officer
Madrid, Spain - The airline press release
Angel Mullor, Iberia’s Ceo, told the company’s chairman and the Appointments and Retributions Commission that he has decided to resign in order to take on new personal and professional projects. Mullor joi... more
Press releaseAustrian Airlines: Double-digit growth rates in the first quarter
Wien, Austria - The airline press release
"Even in the transition period from winter to summer timetable the Austrian Airlines group was able to achieve a disproportionately high traffic growth. The Focus East areas and the transfer traffic via... more
Press releaseNew Piaggio Aero shareholder underpins future growth Mubadala Development takes stake in leading Italian aerospace company
Genoa, Italy - Acquiring the 35% of the capital of the Italian industry
"Piaggio Aero Industries SpA, one of the world’s leading aerospace companies, today announced that Mubadala Development, a principal investment company wholly owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi, has a... more
Press releaseGalileo Avionica ready to win the Venus challenge
Rome, Italy - After an interplanetary journey of about five months
"After an interplanetary journey of about five months, the European probe Venus Express is now ready to enter the polar elliptical orbit of the planet Venus. Galileo Avionica’s star trackers will guide t... more
Press releaseENAC: Italian Civil Aviation Authority's meeting with carrier Tuninter
Rome, Italy - Effort for the full and immediate compensation to the victims' families and to the survivors
"ENAC, (Italian Civil Aviation Agency) unveiled that during the meeting occurred yesterday in Rome, the Tunisian carrier Tuninter, involved in the crash happened last August 6, 2005, has expressed the... more
Press releaseAlitalia (4). easyJet: It is not Alitalia to decide who is admitted in the Italian market
Rome, Italy - easyJet's country manager for Italy Arnaldo Munoz's statement
"We are surprised by the declarations of the Engineer Cimoli during the shareholders’ assembly today. Or he refuses to see the facts or he doesn’t know the market in which he operates. His declarations are... more
Press releaseAlitalia: decisions by shareholders' meeting
Rome, Italy - It has gathered under Cimoli's chairmanship
"The Alitalia stockholders’ assembly, gathered today in Rome under Cimoli’s chairmanship, has decided to approve the budget at December 31, 2005, from which a loss of EUR 160.237.795 results, of which EUR... more
Press releaseTelespazio: signed an agreement for the development of communication in Mozambique
Rome, Italy - It was announced by Finmeccanica's company in a statement
Telespazio, a Finmeccanica/Alcatel’s company, and Mozambique Minister of Defence signed an agreement which forecasts the development of the telecommunication in the African country, with particular attention t... more
Press releaseENAV assembly: budget 2005 approved and new Board named
Rome, Italy - The gathering named a new Board of Directors
The ENAV (Italian Flight Assistance Agency) assembly gathered yesterday in Rome in second convocation, under the chairmanship of Gen. Bruno Nieddu, with on agenda the approvation of budget 2005 and renewal... more
Press releaseFinmeccanica. Board of directors approves 2005 results: EBIT up to EUR 735 m; value of production up to EUR 11,469 m, operating cash flow of EUR 501 m
Rome, Italy - New orders up 46% at EUR 15,383 million; order backlog up 32% at EUR 32,114 million, equivalent to around three years’ activity
"• Finmeccanica once again saw improved results in 2005 thanks to growth from all sectors, particularly Aeronautics, Defence Electronics and Helicopters. • Organic growth made a major contribution to... more
Press releaseFirst cooperation between Dutch Defence Ministry and an Avio' subsidiary
Turin, Italy - The text of the press release
DutchAero (Avio 80%, Philips 20%), based in Netherlands, was selected by Dutch Ministry of Defence as "Preferential candidate" for a cooperation project, which scheduled the mixed partnership between public... more
Press releaseD'Arrigo's death. Cuffaro: he took the most beautiful face of Sicily in the whole world
Palermo, Italy - The solidarity and mourning statement of the President of Sicily Region, Salvatore Cuffaro
"A tragedy touching me as President of the Region but also as Sicilian. D’Arrigo was a man who, with his great sport and Sicilian temper, took the most beautiful face of our island in the whole world. S... more
Press releaseAlitalia-Volare: today the first meeting between two carriers
Rome, Italy - After the adjudication a week ago
"The first meeting, after the adjudication a week ago, between Alitalia’s management, led by President and CEO, Giancarlo Cimoli and the extraordinary commissioner, Carlo Rinaldini, and his team and m... more
Press releaseENAV-Vitrociset agreement procedures defined
Rome, Italy - A complex negotiation goes towards its end after delicate and deepened examination
"Agreement between Vitrociset and ENAV (Italian Flight Assistance Authority) has been defined also in its procedural passages for the buy-out by the latter of the enterprise sector concerning flight safety... more
Press releaseEuropean sky protected against unsafe airlines
Brussels, Belgium - Over the past five years the European Commission has spent almost EUR 80 million on programmes
"The European Commission has today adopted the first EU list of airlines which are banned in the European Union. This black list of unsafe airlines will now be published on the Commission’s website. T... more
Press releaseLufthansa and Swiss further intensify their collaboration coordinated schedules for South America and Southeast Asia
Frankfurt, Germany - The airlines press release
Lufthansa and Swiss will be further expanding their collaboration with the start of the 2006 summer schedules on March 26. The two quality airlines are to harmonise their schedules to and from South America... more
Press releaseVolare Group in controlled administration: adjudication to Alitalia
Rome, Italy - A letter by Rinaldini announced that to the national carrier
"Alitalia makes known that a letter signed by extraordinary commissioner, Carlo Rinaldini, has announced the adjudication of sale procedure concerning Volare Group transfer to the airline". more
Press releaseVolare. Rinaldini: we transmitted adjudication announcement to Alitalia
Rome, Italy - The text of extraordinary commissioner Carlo Rinaldini's release
"Volare Group joined an agreement about the enterprise transfer in extraordinary administration. Volare Group announces it received the authorization by Productive Activities Ministry to adjudication of... more
Press releaseAlcatel Alenia Space signed a contract with the Korean society KARI for the development of a radar
Paris, France - The company press release
Alcatel Alenia Space signed a contract with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), the Republic of South Korea Space Agency, to provide a SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) payload system for KOMPSAT-5,... more