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Science and technologyIt seems that there are different potential partners for Biac
Vienna, Austria – The Belgium's BIAC decided to sell some of its stakes
Flughafen Wien which is Vienna Airport operator seems to be interested in acquiring a stake in Belgium’s BIAC which is Brussels airport operator. The shareholders of the BIAC decided to sell a stake i... more
Science and technologyItalian airports should be in full working order
Rome, Italy - there is a considerable increasing number of passengers in the Italian airports
It is an inquiry of the Touring, that underlines the increasing number of passengers which crowds all the Italian airports. In particular, it seems that the smallest Italian airports are those which record... more
Science and technologyTerrorism has a new enemy to face up to
New York, USA - It is a test the one which is on, in three of the most important American airports
It is a recent news that confirmed the use of very sophisticated machines, in some of the most famous American airports, that can identify possible explosive traces through the passengers’ personal objects... more
Science and technologyFrance will yield an Aeroports de Paris stake
Paris, France - The French Minister of Transport explained it
The French Minister of Transport, Gilles de Robien, today at the end of the Ministers council, would have explained the Government aim to yield a stake in Aeroports de Paris, the society which manage the... more
Science and technologyAVIONEWS' special. The flying car (6): Aerocar 2000, that is to say a winged Lotus
Rome, Italy - The small spider Elise was selected some years ago in order to promote again, in a modern manner, the original 40s programme
A perfect union between a car and an airplane does not appear an old solution, when considering that the idea of the Aerocar, founded in the 40s, has recently been re-analysed, on the basis of the original... more
Science and technologyAVIONEWS' special. The flying car (5): "Volantor", the future of flight according to Moller
Rome, Italy - The M-400 Skycar encompasses within itself a new manner of thinking about the flying car
Paul Moller can surely by proud about the M-400 Skycar prototype, as it was not only able to represent a specific development philosophy for the future flying car, but it was even subjected to test flights,... more
Science and technologyAVIONEWS' special. The flying car (4): future opportunities and management problems
Rome, Italy – Economic, bureaucratic and judicial problems make the achievement of such goal a hard one
Which are the present opportunities for a such so attractive as hard aim to reach? It is the case for underlining how, first and foremost, several aerospace enterprises, authorities and privates are currently... more
Science and technologyAVIONEWS' special. The flying car: an idea thought during early XX century
Rome, Italy – The mounting of aerodynamics surfaces together with aviation engines was immediately considered
A vehicle able to carry one or more persons both in the street and in flight: a such brave and revolutionary concept that appears not so topical as one could think anyway. The first projects followed by... more
Science and technologyAVIONEWS' special. The flying car (2): tired of waiting for a taxi at the airport? Here is the Airphibian
Rome, Italy – US Eng. Robert Edison Fulton thought to solve this problem by designing a flying car
The WWII is certainly one of the most important periods for the development of cars able to fly, and so achieve an absolute transport autonomy that actually it has not been reached yet, at least when considering... more
Science and technologyAVIONEWS' special. The flying car (3): Convair and Ford aiming to the mass production
Rome, Italy – Economic and industrial problems determined the end of many hopes placed in the respective programmes
Convair: one of the most famous American aerospace companies in history, whose factories manufactured military airplanes such as the F-102 Delta Dagger, the F-106 Delta Dart and the B-58 Hustler, was really... more
Science and technologyEU finances plans in order to reduce the aircraft noisy emissions
Brussels, Belgium - By more silent and ecological airplanes
The noise deriving from the aircraft emissions (see news AVIONEWS) could be reduced thanks to the realization of ecological and silent planes, to whose plan would be working the European Commission in... more
Science and technology"G. Marconi": arrested because transported cocaine in his stomach
Bologna , Italy - A Nigerian would have ingested 61 eggs containing approximately a kilo of drug in order to pass the customs inspections
A Nigerian landed at "Guglielmo Marconi" air station in Bologna by an airplane coming from Ivory Coast, has been stopped from the agents of the Italian Guardia di Finanza because the dog of the dog unit... more
Science and technologyTempelhof airport does not close
Berlin, Germany - Upheld the airlines and air station dependent union appeal
Counter-order: Tempelhof does not close more (see news AVIONEWS). The historical Berliner air station that October 31 would have had to lock the doors in sight of the realization of the new Berlin Brandeburg... more
Science and technologyUSA: policeman detained in airport with an undeclared weapon in his suitcase
Los Angeles, USA - Also knowing the procedures he was going up aboard with a gun
The Los Angeles police department anti-terrorism commander on Thursday would have been detained by federal authorities within the international airport of Los Angeles, because carried a 38-caliber gun... more
Science and technologyFiumicino: the 1st airport in Italy and the 6th in Europe for quality
Rome, Italy - Previewed already new EUR 30m investments
The "Leonardo da Vinci" international airport rises at 6th in the table of quality of the European air stations in the first quarter 2004: Copenaghen, Amsterdam, Vienna, Munich, Zurich, Paris, London and... more
Science and technologyTroubles at Heathrow for the strike of the refuelling workers
London, United Kingdom - The Afs dependents will cross the arms for 48 hours
The fuel refuelling workers at international airport of Heathrow started at 4:30am (local hour) this morning a 48 hour strike, promulgated in a trade-union dispute. The abstention from the job could provoke... more
Science and technologyAn all Italian-made project against the risk of hijacking
Rome, Italy - It would have been designed by an Italian Air Force's engineer and then shown to a competent National Inter-Ministries Committee
The Italian Inter-Ministries Committee for the Air Transport and Airports Security would be analysing an important proposal, aimed to face the threat represented by the aerial hijacking by criminal persons... more
Science and technologyMoscow-Sheremetevo: third terminal for the Aeroflot flights
Moscow, Russia - So the flag airline hopes to increase its traffic
Soon the Moscow-Sheremetevo airport will have a 3rd terminal from which will leave Aeroflot Russian flag airline flights exclusively. The free way has been given from the board of directors of the carrier.... more
Science and technologySab: "Guglielmo Marconi" airport four new destinations from October 31
Bologna, Italy - They will be operated from the Icelandic carrier JetX
"Berlin (daily flight), Hamburg (five weekly flights), Brindisi (5 connections per week) and Reggio Calabria (4 links per week): they are the first four new scheduled destinations offered from the 'Guglielmo... more
Science and technologyEU finances the Elba airport
Brussels, Belgium - A EUR 1,6m contribution will serve to develop and improve the Tuscany air station
Green light from European Union to the development Marina di Campo airport on the Italian island of Elba financing. The monetary contribution of EUR 1,6m would have been authorized yesterday at Brussels... more
Science and technologyTempelhof: last days of activity
Berlin, Germany - The historical air station is retiring
It is beginning the last month of activity of the Berliner Tempelhof airport, planned and realized from the nazi government, an architecture masterpiece (see news AVIONEWS). The Berlin regional authorities... more
Science and technologyZurich: Armani store in the Airside Center
Zurich, Switzerland - The Italian designer had already launched a boutique with his brand at Rome-Fiumicino airport
At the Zurich airport from the last Friday (see news AVIONEWS) there is the "Emporio Armani": the Italian designer group in fact has inaugurated on the Airside Center second floor, an other store in an... more
Science and technologyFiumicino: arrested Chinese citizens for clandestine immigration abetting
Rome, Italy - They sold EUR 10.000 false documents that they supplied to their compatriots in the Schengen zone
The Polaria has arrested at "Leonardo da Vinci" airport in Fiumicino, 6 Chinese and others 5 have been denounced, in order to have acquired air tickets at Roman travel agency and to have supplied it, together... more
Science and technologyThe Frankfurt airport air traffic is on the up
Frankfurt, Germany - Positive the August data, thanks to the intercontinental flights boost
Fraport, the Frankfurt management society, yesterday has communicated that in August the passengers transit in the air station would have grown 1,8%, respect the previous year, increase obtained by the... more
Science and technologyReptiles and eggs of birds at Brisbane airport
Brisbane, Australia - The two men who tried to introduce them in the country were arrested and risk until 10 years of jail
They are appearanced yesterday in front of judge, two men accused for illegal import of alive animals, in order to have introduced at Brisbane airport snakes and eggs of birds. Gregory John Comans, 47... more
Science and technologySeized a Renoir picture at Peretola airport
Florence, Italy - A Belgian was taking off by a private flight towards Paris without the art work export permit
Yesterday around 01:00pm at Peretola airport, the Guardia di Finanza has succeeded to stop a Belgian citizen resident in France that was in order to leave Florence with a directed private flight in France,... more
Science and technologyZurich: inaugurated the new airport area
Zurich, Switzerland - 270.000 persons between Friday and Sunday have participated at celebrations organized from the "Unique"
On Friday, September 10, have been inaugurated a new area within the Zurich airport, and in the conclusion of the 5th phase of the air station widening jobs, have been organized a 3 day celebration, to... more
Science and technologyHurricane "Ivan": closed the Havana airport and submerged that one of Grand Cayman
Havana, Cuba - According to a US Air Force reconnaissance plane, now it would have to head towards the Mexico Gulf and southern Florida
The Havana international airport traffic is closed with forecast to reopen not before tomorrow; the Grand Cayman air station , the largest island of the 3 Caymans in the Caribbean sea, has been submerged:... more
Science and technologyIn August British airports record results
London, United Kingdom - Fourteen million passengers in transit and now the BAA would be interested also in the Venice air station
It owns BAA (British Airport Authority) the record for traffic passenger passed through airports in the last August: the management society of 7 British air stations, in fact would have estimated approximately... more
Science and technologyCopenaghen-Kastrup will acquire a Brussels airport stake
Copenaghen, Denmark - It will buy part of the state stakes of the Belgian air station
Yesterday the society that manages Copenaghen-Kastrup air station, the largest in Scandinavia, revealed that it would be near to acquire a Biac stake, the company that controls the Brussels international... more
Science and technology"O'Hare": FAA is favorable to impose a flight cap
Chicago, USA - United and American Airlines that control greater part of the air station will reduce 6% services operated
The FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, Administrator would be completely favorable to impose a cap for the arrivals and departures operated at the international airport "O'Hare" in Chicago. "It would... more
Science and technologyAdR: directorate approves the first semester relation
Rome, Italy - Group losses diminish, thanks to the cost control policy
On Thursday the Board of directors of AdR, (management society of Rome airports), approved the first semester 2004 relation, from which it would turn out that Fiumicino and Ciampino air stations have made... more
Science and technologyResearches for the protection of environmental wealth by the Proteus 2
Naples, Italy - They will be the result of a cooperation with the United States and Great Britain
A conference devoted to the double experimental activity scheduled on Italy's environmental monitoring was held at Naples-Capodichino Airport yesterday morning, as the result of the cooperation between... more
Science and technologySchiphol object of a terroristic plan
Amsterdam, Holland - A Dutch newspaper asserts it, publishing some reserved documents on Thursday
The Schiphol Amsterdam airport would have been the center of a terroristic plan of a 18 year boy, arrested the last June in Holland for an holdup. It is revealed by the Dutch daily paper "Nrc Handelsblatt",... more
Science and technologyCairo Airport : customs duties lower
Cairo, Egypt - Free way to digital video cameras, cell-phones, computers and jewels
At the Cairo airport, the customs authorities have begun to apply the reduced rates on the foreign products considered necessary, therefore like decided from the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Therefore... more
Science and technologyOrio al Serio: more connections towards the Eastern Europe
Bergamo, Italy - The new Budapest and Warsaw route are ready
From next September 15, from the Bergamo-Orio al Serio airport, a new route to Budapest will start, while as from October 8, will come inaugurated the new service to Warsaw. The Bergamo-Budapest flight... more
Science and technology"Guglielmo Marconi": a telephone call stops a flight for an alarm-bomb
Boulogne, Italy - Groundless signalling, controls do not find some device aboard
Yesterday an Air France flight leaving at 6:35pm directed to Paris and taken off from the "Guglielmo Marconi" airport in Boulogne, it seems is landed at Geneva air station, because of a telephone call... more
Science and technologyUSA: a program to render the control-security faster
Washington,USA - A preventive examination of the travellers name and address could accelerate the check-in operations
In the United States approximately 10.000 persons has been enlisted for a government program which should have to test the speeding passengers through the check-point of the airports. This program, that... more
Science and technologyJFK: a USD 10m contribution for security
New York, USA - The money has been granted from the FAA and from the Department of Transportation
The International JFK airport of New York, has received a contribution for totally almost USD 10m from the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) and from the Department of Transportation. This amount will... more
Science and technologyFrench kidnapped journalists: are they travelling towards Baghdad air station?
Falluja, Iraq - It would have been revealed by RFI quoting information released by French diplomatic sources in Baghdad
Alain Manargues, the Director of information of RFI (Radio france international), the public radio channel for which Christian Chesnot, the French journalist kidnapped in the last days in Iraq together... more
Science and technologyTests over possibility to use cellular telephones on the airplanes continue
New York, USA - A "New the York Times" article reports it: technologies that do not interfere with the systems radio on aboard are under considerations
Soon the cellular telephones will have free access also on the airplanes: an article of "New the York Times" refers it, which reports that the experiments continue in order to find solutions that could... more
Science and technologyRonchi dei Legionari: the next summer still direct flights towards Iceland
Ronchi dei Legionari, Italy - Operation seems met with great success this summer
Also the next summer will be active the direct flights that connect the Ronchi dei Legionari airport in Friuli with Iceland. The service was resumed the last May after 15 years of pause, by biweekly flights... more
Science and technologyA lift towards the space?
Washington, USA - It is the idea by a group of technicians who would be thinking to announce a competition to produce a new transport mean
A lift towards the space by 2010: it is the challenge of a group of technicians who would be thinking to financially support in the USA the project which will be the winning one among the shown ones, with... more
Science and technologyBirmingham: woman eludes the controls with passport of her husband
Birmingham, United Kingdom - Although her spouse appeared on the photo with beard and turban a 42 years Indian succeeds to go up airplane
An Indian woman of 42 years in travel towards her native country, has succeeded to embark on an airplane showing during the control operations the husband passport. It happened in Great Britain at Birmingham... more
Science and technologyAthens: exodus without problems at the Olympic air station
Athens, Greece - Although the high number of persons in departure, at the moment delays are not recorded neither flights cancelled
Hundred of thousand of Olympic athletes and visitors yesterday have given the way to what the Greek media has nicknamed "Great escape" from Athens. After the spectacular ceremony that closed Olympic Games... more
Science and technologyO'Hare: the expansion plan will decrease delays?
Chicago, USA - Still so much doubts over air station reorganization project
Sure, the USD 15bn expansion project for the international airport of O’Hare of Chicago (see news AVIONEWS)would lighten the hardships from the high amount of delays in the short run. But according to a... more
Science and technologyThyssenKrupp and Indal Technologies test a new boarding bridge
Toronto, Canada - A completely automated one, it will ensure several advantages in terms of safety and saving
ThyssenKrupp and Indal Technologies, in collaboration with Air Canada, would be completing a new type of boarding bridge for commercial airplanes. Such system would be partially emulated to the ones employed... more
Science and technologyOlympic Games: the Athens airport is arranging the big return
Athens, Greece - Some simply rules are planned to avoid chaotic situations
Olympic Games are ending, and the "Elefterios Venizelos" air station (see news AVIONEWS) is arranging in order to live the busiest days of its history. On Monday August 30, will be the most difficult day,... more
Science and technologyItaly: cargo air transport gap not decrease
Rome, Italy - The 50% of goods which would have to leave by air, is carried instead by land
Italy would be still late about the cargo air transport field: though the Roman air station of Fiumicino made an advance by the new "cargo city" (see news AVIONEWS) inaugurated this morning, there's a... more
Science and technologyFiumicino: inaugurated the new goods air station
Rome, Italy - The cargo city will sort about 300.000 ton goods a year
A Cathay Pacific B-747 with on aboard passengers and 11 ton of goods too, inaugurated today the "cargo city" (see news AVIONEWS) of the international airport "Leonardo da Vinci" in Rome-Fiumicino. It is... more