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AirportsSea: Qatar Airways, twice a day from Milan as of April 30
Milan, Italy - 14 weekly connections from Malpensa and best coincidences from Doha in the world
Qatar Airways flies to Doha twice a day from Milan-Malpensa, one of the major airports in North-Italy, from April 30. The easy coincidences are redoubled to Doha towards 110 destinations by Qatar Airways. The... more
AirportsLufthansa Technik renews partnership with SEA, Milan's airports
Milan, Italy - For the maintenance facility in Malpensa
Lufthansa Technik confirms its effort on Milan-Malpensa through its subsidiary Lufthansa Technik Milan; the renewal of the strategic partnership has been signed last Monday between SEA (Milan's airports... more
DefenseNATO-Russia: joint exercise in Gulf of Aden
London, UK - For refuelling at sea with two ships
Yesterday, NATO and Russian Counter Piracy Forces met in the Gulf of Aden to look at the practicalities of conducting refuelling at sea between NATO and Russian ships. This was the tactical part of an... more
AirportsItaly. Bologna's airport closed until 2:30pm, due to snow
Bologna, Italy - The airport management society, SAB, communicates it in a note on its website
SAB, Bologna's airport management society, communicates in a note on its own website that "Due to snowy precipitation, the airport is closed until 2:30pm of today. The flight operations are suspended. The... more
Military aviationBAE Systems denies Rafale as new Indian Air Force tactical aircraft
Samlesbury, Unite Kingdom - Eurofighter European consortium won't drop by the wayside
BAE Systems doesn't believe to yesterday January 31,2012 press declarations. News about India's choice of Rafale in the competitive tender which will see Indian Defence Ministry purchasing 126 European... more
DefenseUAV planes to police US embassy in Iraq: Baghdad says no...
Baghdad , Iraq - ''Our sky is our sky, not US's" said Iraqi Ministry of the Interior
"New York Times" wrote United States enforces its UAV fleet (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) to police embassy in Baghdad, consulates of Basrah, Erbil, Kirkuk and all its diplomatic power in the area. In this... more
AirportsNew York airports: planes always in late
New York, USA - TomTom GPS better than radar systems
"You can be in a cab in Manhattan with GPS and you are dealing with more sophisticated technology than is being used by FAA" confessed Susan M. Baer, the director of aviation at the Port Authority of New... more
Military aviationWeapons test for new Chinese CAIC WZ-10 attack chopper (VIDEO)
Beijing, China - New anti-tank air to ground missile
Some pictures of the new CAIC WZ-10 attack chopper and its dedicated weaponry have been published on Chinese Military Review, China's window on new military technologies. Hi-tech attack chopper, CAIC (Changhe... more
AirlinesAir transport. Malev towards brink, finds temporary agreement with ILFC
Budapest, Hungary - The airline in severe crisis of liquidity, mainly after the EU decision about State aid
Malev CEO, Lorant Limburger, during the meeting of Board of Directors last Monday, has informed the Board that despite the marketing results are in continuous improvement, the financing of the activity... more
Press releaseItalian ENAC's Board of Directors of yesterday: definitions and decisions adopted
Rome, Italy - The extraordinary verification on economic-financial capacities of the airlines
ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Authority) unveiled that among the points on agenda the following definitions and decisions have been adopted during the Board of Directors of yesterday. • Extraordinary v... more
AirlinesCebu Pacific to launch budget long-haul flights in Q3 2013
Manila, Philippines - The airline will lease up to 8 A-330/300 aircraft to serve new markets
The Philippines’ largest national flag carrier, Cebu Pacific (CEB) will commence long-haul flights in the 3rd quarter of 2013. The airline will lease up to 8 A-330/300 aircraft to serve new markets beyond t... more
AirlinesNeos, Carpatair and Small Planet Airlines: newness from Bergamo-Orio al Serio airport
Bergamo, Italy - New flights and airplanes at "Il Caravaggio"
Neos has added "Il Caravaggio" airport of Bergamo-Orio al Serio to its own network with a series of flights, with a weekly frequency, both for short/medium range and intercontinental. The air station so... more
IndustryNew Airbus aircraft list prices for 2012
Toulouse, France - Increased the average by 3.9 per cent, except for the A-320neo Family
Airbus has increased the average list prices of its aircraft by 3.9 per cent, except for the A-320neo Family price which rises by an average of 6.1 per cent. The new pricing is effective from January 1st... more
Weather forecastsBad weather (2): snowfalls and strong winds on all Italian Peninsula
Rome, Italy - Storms on the South
The Italian Civil Defense Department, on the basis of the available forecast, has issued an additional notice for adverse weather conditions, that integrates and extends that one already diffused and that... more
Military aviationMilitary airplanes: Eurofighter beaten by Dassault Rafale in India's MRCA tender
New Delhi, India - Billionaire contract with French for a 126 multi-role fighter supply
Heavy defeat for European Eurofighter Typhoon in India's billionaire competitive tender MRCA for a 126 multi-role fighter supply. Competition started in the past decade has been won by France's Dassault... more
Weather forecastsItaly. Weather alarm in Bologna: notice to passengers by airplane
Bologna, Italy - Possible delays or interruptions of the normal airport's operativeness
SAB (Bologna's airport management society), considering the strong bad weather wave forecast from today around the city and on all North-Italy with snowy abundant precipitations and a sudden decreasing... more
Press releaseSpanair airline's failure: the manner to obtain air tickets refund
Madrid, Spain - Firstly, to make a request by email to [email protected]
The passengers interested from the cessation of the operations by Spanair airline that had to to purchase a new ticket using the "Ransom tariffs" can ask the refund of "Taxes" paid and PMR. As announced... more
Fair and showsItaly. "IX° Charbonnier Balloon Festival" next February 11-12
Aosta, Italy - III° San Valentino by balloon, the "Love is in the air" next February 13-14
Aosta will host the "IX edition of the International Balloon meeting" from February 11 to 14, event organized by "Charbonnier Mongolfiere" in collaboration with the local Tourism, Sport and Marketing Authority. All... more
CuriositieseDreams: the list of the cheapest air flights
Milan, Italy - According to a report by the on-line travel agency
eDreams (www.edreams.it) presents the data emerged from a study on the world cheapest airlines for short range flight offer. The price represents a very important factor to purchaser at the moment of reservation... more
HelicoptersBell delivered its 4,000th commercial helicopter from Canadian facility
Fort Worth, Usa - A 206L4 model to Air Medical Group Holdings
Bell Helicopter announced it has delivered the 4,000th commercial product since it began production at its Mirabel, Canada, facility 25 years ago. During a small ceremony at Bell Helicopter’s facility i... more
Military aviationRussia's out in South Korea's new fighter competitive tender (VIDEO)
Seoul, Korea - Boeing, Lockheed Martin and EADS are ready for cash
Registration deadline was on Friday, but no Russian brand sent its participation to FX-III, competitive tender for sixty new generation aircraft fighters Korea's ready to pay 7.3 billion dollars for. DAPA... more
IndustryAerospace. Avio prepares for the launch of Vega
Turin, Italy - After a significant growth in 2011
On the eve of the launch of Vega from the space centre in Kourou, French Guyana, aerospace technology industry Avio Group has announced record revenues of more than €2 billion for 2011. The maiden flight o... more
AirlinesGermanwings announces opening flight Cologne/Bonn-Casablanca
Milan, Italy - The nocturnal link every Wednesday from next June 6
Germanwings further increases in North Africa and announces the opening of the Cologne/Bonn-Casablanca flight with the Summer schedule. The greatest Moroccan city is the fourth destination (after Tunis,... more
Weather forecastsBad weather in Italy: cold air and snow at low altitude arriving
Rome, Italy - Mainly on the central-northern part of the Peninsula
The perturbation, coming from Great Britain with cold air, reaches today the Italian Country and to cause a phase of perturbed weather in particular on Northern-Western of the Peninsula and on most part... more
AirlinesSAS: clarification of profit warning regarding Spanair
Stockholm, Sweden - Through a press release
The decision by Spanair's Board of Directors to apply for bankruptcy, will as informed in press release on January 27, 2012, imply write downs of SEK 1.7 billion in total that affects the result for the... more
AirlinesDarwin Airline announces opening for two routes from Genoa
Lugano, Switzerland - To Geneva and Zurich inaugurated today
Darwin Airline announces the launch of two new routes served from Genoa's airport to Geneva and Zurich. A strategic step with the essential aim by airline for 2012: to confirm the Swiss regional carrier... more
Military aviationTwo TU-95MS airplanes complete patrolling mission on the Arctic Ocean
Moscow, Russia - The first one of the year, 16 hour duration
The Russian Defense discloses today that two TU-95MS strategic bomber aircraft have successfully completed a routine surveillance mission (the first one of this year) on the Arctic Ocean. The mission,... more
HelicoptersEurocopter delivers today the first NH-90 TTH helicopter qualified to France (VIDEO)
Marignane, France - To the DGA that will be handed over to the French Army Air Corps
During a visit by the French Defense Minister Gérard Longuet to its facilities in Marignane, Eurocopter officially delivered the first NH-90 Tactical Transport Helicopter (TTH) qualified in its final... more
IndustryCessna Citation Mustang reaches 400 aircraft
Wichita, Usa - This milestone was accomplished in a little more than five years since its first delivery in November 2006
Cessna Aircraft Company rolled its 400th Citation Mustang aircraft off the assembly line at its Independence, Kan., facility. This milestone was accomplished in a little more than five years since the... more
Civil aviationDOT fines Spirit Airlines over handling of disability complaints
Washington, Usa - For USD 100,000
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) fined Spirit Airlines $100,000 for failing to appropriately record and respond to complaints about the carrier’s treatment of passengers with disabilities, violating D... more
ReportAENA to Spanair air passengers: useful numbers and assistance into the airports
Madrid, Spain - The airlines that reprotect travellers
AENA (Spanish airports and air navigation management society) unveiled to have activated itself to serve the passengers hit by the Spanair airline's closure. It has created a committee that coordinate... more
AirlinesAirlines. Spanair closed grounding passengers, who have to to buy other tickets
Madrid, Spain - It's a chaos in the airports
The Spanair airline informed to have ended its own activity with a press-release last Friday. "All flights are cancelled as consequence in these exceptional circumstances. If you have purchased a ticket... more
DefenseRussia: Rogozin proposes a State Corps that addresses of aerospace defense of the Country
Moscow, Russia - The talks with Russia and NATO about European missile shield are at dead centre
Today "Ria Novosti" report that the Russian vice-prime minister Dmitry Rogozin, in the margin of an official visit to the armaments industry, Almaz-Antey, has declared to the press that Moscow should equip... more
PeopleAVIONEWS interviewed Lutz Bertling of Eurocopter. Twenty years of industry's activity... (VIDEO)
Paris, France - ...and an outlook on the future. The conversation exclusive with our Agency
AVIONEWS interviewed Lutz Bertling, President and CEO of the Eurocopter Group in the margin of the press-conference took place last Tuesday, January 24, 2012 in Paris. The CEO on the occasion of twenty... more
AerospaceTomorrow the docking on ISS by Progress-14M spacecraft (VIDEO)
Moscow, Russia - Launched yesterday by Kazak cosmodrome in Baikonur
Roscosmos, the Russian State space agency, unveils today that tomorrow the Progress-14M spacecraft will dock on ISS, International Space Orbiting Station. The successful launch has happened yesterday from... more
PeopleEADS BoD announces future top management appointments
Amsterdam, Holland - And Board of Directors composition
The EADS Board of Directors has met yesterday for one of its regularly scheduled meetings in Amsterdam. During this meeting the following decisions have been taken: Chairman and CEO EADS NV announces... more
IndustryAlenia Aermacchi: the 1000th ATR fuselage completed in Pomigliano d’Arco
Naples, Italy - Delivered today
Alenia Aermacchi delivered today the fuselage to the ATR consortium, to be assembled in Toulouse to build the 1000th aircraft. The ceremony was attended by the company’s top management and the employees w... more
IndustryAviancaTaca firms up order for 51 eco-efficient A-320 aircraft
Blagnac, France - Purchase agreement is biggest for a single customer in Latin America history
AviancaTaca, which includes subsidiary AeroGal of Ecuador, has signed a purchase agreement for 33 eco-efficient A-320neo and 18 A-320 Family aircraft. The order, which is the largest from a single airline... more
AirlinesGovernment airplane transport: Sweden chooses SAS
Stockholm, Sweden - The contract is worth a total of SEK 700 million
The Swedish Government, through Kammarkollegiet, has decided to extend its contract for non-domestic flights with SAS and its Star Alliance partners Lufthansa, Swiss and Austrian Airlines. The contract... more
SecurityItalian ANSV: inquiry report about airplane crash completed
Rome, Italy - Happened to Cessna F-172N, code D-ECBF, in Campo Tures (Bolzano), on September 19, 2010
ANSV, the Italian Air Safety Board, communicates to have published on its own website (www.ansv.it) the inquiry report regarding the crash occurred to the Cessna S-172N airplane, code D-ECBF, in Campo... more
Finance and economyAutogrill calendar of company events for 2012
Milan, Italy - In March, April (two), May, July and November
Autogrill SpA announces its financial disclosures calendar for 2012, indicating when the Company’s accounts will be examined and approved by Board of Directors and Shareholders’ meetings: - March 7,... more
AirlinesAlitalia: strike of some categories of air transport fixed for today
Rome, Italy - Limited hardships for passengers
The strike by Alitalia's flight assistants fixed for today has been cancelled following the agreement reached between airline and unions. The other protests by some categories of air transport planned... more
AirportsBrussels airport closure due to national strike next Monday
Brussels, Belgium - No aircraft will take off nor land that day
Because of the general strike in Belgium, announced to take place on Monday 30st of January, Brussels South Charleroi Airport announces that all airports’ services will be interrupted on Monday 30th J... more
AirportsVueling and Aeroporto di Firenze: two new direct links to Paris and Madrid
Florence, Italy - Added to the route towards Barcelona
Massimo Di Perna, Vueling Country Manager, and Biagio Marinò, Aeroporto di Firenze's CEO, have presented in Florence the launch of three new connections: Florence-Barcelona, Paris and Madrid, operating... more
IndustryPhoto. Italian Air Force Eurofighter aircraft in air-to-air refuelling mission
Hallbergmoos , Germany - It is one of the daily training activities undertaken by Typhoon pilots
Air-to-air refuelling is one of the daily training activities undertaken by Eurofighter Typhoon pilots. In this picture, taken during one of those missions in January 2012, four Aeronautica Militare (Italian... more
HelicoptersEurocopter de México delivers a second AS-350B2 helicopter to the Quito APS
Marignane, France - For use on public security missions
Eurocopter’s Mexican subsidiary, Eurocopter de México S.A. (EMSA), delivered a single-engine AS-350B2 helicopter to the Quito Aerial Police Service (APS), of the Ecuadorian National Police Force, for us... more
Fair and showsIndian Republic feast today: parade with airplanes and helicopters
Milan, Italy - The airport closed to the civil traffic
Every year, on January 26, there is the parade for the Indian Republic day in all Country and mainly in Delhi. It deals of both military and civil march that celebrates the day in which India become a... more
AirportsEC opens investigation about State aid in air transport sector in France, Germany and Sweden
Brussels, Belgium - Regarding the airports Niederrhein-Weeze, Altenburg-Nobitz, Pau and Västerås
The European Commission will investigate whether financial arrangements between public authorities and the airports of Niederrhein-Weeze, Altenburg-Nobitz (both in Germany), Pau (France) and Västerås (... more
CargoEtihad Airways buys more Airbus freighter aircraft
Abu Dhabi, Uae - A deal worth $423 million at current list prices
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, today announced it would double the size of its A-330/200 Freighter fleet. The carrier said it had ordered two more A-330/200F airplanes... more
AirlinesState aid: EC opens in-depth investigation into restructuring aid for Air Malta
Brussels, Belgium - Doubts about they are sufficient for long-term profitability
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether a €130 million restructuring aid for the Maltese state-owned airline Air Malta is in line with EU state aid rules. The C... more