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Science and technologySuter assists Lugano-Agno airport
Lugano, Switzerland - The measures of Ticino canton
On July 10 Swiss Airways announced the decision of reducing Lugano-Agno airport activity. Considering the importance of Ticinese station for regional economy, Government began the search for alternative... more
Science and technologyAt the Iraqi capital Airport the bodies of Saddam Hussein's sons
Baghdad, Iraq - A hail of gunfire from Apache helicopters to get the upper hand of the Iraqi resistance
"As I understand, their bodies are at the airport" declared an Us official answering to the questions where the the bodies of Saddam Hussein's sons, Uday and Qusay, were located. The 2 brothers have been... more
Science and technologyAirport by fits and starts because of fireworks
Valletta, Malta - The international carriers are outraged
"They called from Rome asking me if Malta is really a Repubblic of Mickey Mouse. I love Malta, but this is absurd. Such a situation wouldn't even happen in third world countries", declared Alitalia Station... more
Science and technologyFound a suitcase with 9 kg of cocaine at a South African hub
Johannesburg, South Africa - It will be destroyed in few days
The police of the Johannesburg International Airport of is itself became suspicious when a suitcase, arrived with the SA-206 flight from San Paolo (Brazil), has not been collected by any passenger and... more
Science and technologyDiamond DA-42 Twin Star available by early 2004
Coventry, UK - Atlantic flight training one of the first British operators of the plane
Diamond DA-42 Twin Star is going to be delivered for mid 2004. It is Diamond's all new 4 seat, retractable twin, powered by two Thielert Centurion 1.7 Jet A-1/ Diesel fuel burning engines. It first flew... more
Science and technologyEarnings go up at Sydney Airport
Sydney, Australia - 15% more than the previous year
Sydney Airport, ranked in the first 10 for the passenger service according to the Iata (International Air Transport Association), has posted, in the first 6 months of 2003, an earning increase of 15%,... more
Science and technologySao Tomé airport operative again
Lisbon, Portugal - Confined tourists go back home
Tourists detained in Sao Tomé by the coup were able to go back home on Friday. They were 40 passengers, compelled to remain in the African archipelago because of the military takeover on Wednesday 16.... more
Science and technologyArmed Teddy-bear at Orlando Airport
Washington, USA - Present of unknown girl with gun within
Yesterday a family was going back home (Grove City) after a holiday in California, but the couple and their son have been detained at Orlando airport because x-ray at the check found a gun in the Teddy... more
Science and technologyMalpensa: technical hitch delays the flight for Dakar
Milan, Italy – On account of the captain decision
Last night a captain noticed a technical hitch on an Alitalia plane for Dakar, in Senegal. Passengers – they were 259, among them Senegaleses going back home and travellers on holiday – were already emb... more
Science and technologyBiometric controls to be introduced at the Japanese airports in 2005
Tokyo, Japan - The Us authorities requested
The Japanese government would be ready to satisfy the American demand to supply biometric controls at the airports that operate international traffic, in order to prevent any attempt to manage with passport... more
Science and technologyCommittee estimates as unpracticable a third airport in the French capital
Paris, France - Technical and ethic reasons are the causes
Protests take shape in France for the plan of the government to construct a third airport in Paris, in order to lighten the Charles de Gaulle, the most important of the Country, but unable to manage an... more
Science and technologyBoeing and Airbus to test a fuel tank safety technology
Washington, Usa - It's tried to prevent another in flight blow up
Boeing and Airbus, the two greatest world aircraft manufacturers, have announced in the next weeks they will lead jointly some tests in order to verify a new technology that should prevent the tank outbreaks.... more
Science and technologyXV-15 into history after 30 years of experimental flights
Texas, Usa - It was an important step for the aviation technology development
After 30 years from its first flight it has been withdrawed the XV-15 developed by Bell Helicopter Textron, the pioneer aircraft of the tilt-rotor technology, able to fly like an airplane but to take off... more
Science and technologyBaa: English airports are recovering, according to June figures
London, UK - But the traffic with North America is down of 1,6%
Baa (British Airport Authority) has given yesterday the figures of the June passenger traffic operated at the 7 greatest airport in United Kingdom; in the official note the most important British airport... more
Science and technologyDoubts raise on the LA Airport renovation plan
Los Angeles, Usa - An USD 9bn idea
The plan has been introduced Wednesday from the Los Angeles' mayor, James Hahn, inclined for a restructure of the International Airport of the Californian city, the fifth world-wide port hub for passenger... more
Science and technologyEnglish government has the free way to strengthen Heathrow
London, Great Britain - An European Court rejected an appeal of residents and environmentalists
The judgment expressed from the European Court of Human Rights has given the green light to the English government for the construction of a third runway at the airport of Heathrow, indispensable to manage... more
Science and technologyBasket star seized at Tucson airport with marijuana
Arizona, Usa - The aluminum foil that rolled it up releases the alarm
Something of strange has taken place when Damon Stoudamire, guard of the Portland Trail Blazers (a Nba team), passed through the metal detector of the Tucson Airport, from where he was leaving; indeed,... more
Science and technologyAutogrill wins the tender for the catering services at Seattle Airport
Seattle, Usa - The tender will last for ten years
For 10 years it will be Sra (Seattle Restaurant Associates) to offer the catering. for the millions of passengers who, every year, journey at the Tacona International Airport of Seattle, according to the... more
Science and technologyHeathrow to be likely the favourite English airport for a new runway
London, UK - It's a pressing need to face the passenger traffic raise in the next 30 years
After months of consultations for the strengthening of the airport structures in the English South-East, it is emerging the possibility it will be Heathrow where an other runway will be constructed (carrying... more
Science and technologyEnvironmentalists and birds slow down the projects for new Londonian airports
London, UK - A protest has been lodged to European Commission
The several plans for a strengthening of the English airports capacity could have received an unexpected blow, because the report given to the Transportation Ministry emphasizes as the construction of... more
Science and technologyPassenger traffic plunges in May as well at Hong Kong Airport
Hong Kong, China – It’s hoped in an U-turn for the month of July
They have been 565 thousands the passengers at Hong Kong Airport in May, that is a drop of 80% regarding 2002; a dip testified also with flight number figures, 59% in less. This is the situation that... more
Science and technologyOn next week the inauguration of the new Terminal at Charles de Gaulle
Paris, France - Skyteam partners will operate from here
It will open the next week, on Tuesday 17, the new Terminal at Charles de Gaulle International Airport of Paris, which will be used both from Air France and its Skyteam partners, like Alitalia, Delta Airlines,... more
Science and technology57 Zimbabweans held at Kenyan airport since for 4 days
Nairobi, Kenya - The pilot flies the airspace without authorization
57 Zimbabweans have been held at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Kenya since Sunday, after the aircraft on which they travelled, a Russian IL-62M, has been forced to land because it violated... more
Science and technologyAt Birmingham airport a new baggage handling system
Birmingham, UK - In October it will implemented at Heathrow as well
It will be the international airport of Birmingham to implement one of most sophisticated, and expensive, systems of baggage management in the world, produced by Real Time Engineering. The system is... more
Science and technologyNo significant dip at English airports, grown of 2%
London, UK - Stansted and Gatwick the best hubs
It cannot be absolutely spoken about a drop of the passenger traffic in the English airports in the recent months, although the epidemic of Sars and the war in Iraq have been important variable in the... more
Science and technologyIn the Taiwanese hubs a small increase in passenger traffic
Taipei, Taiwan - Now to wait for a confirmation of this turnaround
According to the responsibles of the international airport Chiang Kai-shek, one of the most important in all the island of Taiwan, the impact of the epidemic of Sars is slowly diminishing. An affirmation... more
Science and technologyThe new Terminal at Munich Airport to open in 2 weeks
Munich, Germany - It will manage up to 50 milion passengers a year
With the opening of the Terminal 2 at Munich Airpot on next Friday, June 27, the German hub will be able to manage uo to 50 million passengers a year. The strengthening of the airport was possible thanks... more
Science and technologyA shoot-out with the police near Heathrow, one wounded
London, Great Britain - The agents ordered the man to stop
Although Scotland Yard has declared the incident is not a terroristic act, the shooting taken place yesterday near the airport of Heathrow leaves many doubts. Indeed the agents who garrisoned the perimeter... more
Science and technologyTo cost GBP 87m the rail station at Heathrow Terminal 5
London, UK - Also Heathrow Express is in reconstruction
It will be Balfour Breatty to construct the rail station at new terminal 5 of Heathrow, awarded from Baa (British Airport Authority) with GBP 87m. However Balfour Breatty participates to other important... more
Science and technologyFrench Police arrested in Paris airport CdG an Al Qaeda's kamikaze
Paris, France - He was directed to Reunion for an attack
The island of Reunion, French territory in the Indian Ocean for Karim Mehdi was the target of a suicide attack, but the French Police has succeeded in arrested him, while he was in "Charles de Gaulle"... more
Science and technology"Sars Emergency": almost paralysed the air traffic in Taiwan
Taipei, Taiwan - More and more the international flight cancelled
It's one of the most difficult moment not only for the field of the air traffic but also for the economy of the island of Taiwan, hit hardly from the epidemic of Sars that has paralyzed the flourishing... more
Science and technologyNarita airport experiences a significative drop of passenger traffic
Tokyo, Japan - 56% of less flights in the first three weeks of May
The airport of Narita has reported a worrisome decrease in the first three weeks of the current month, because of the reduction of the flights caused from the Sars epidemic that still spreads in that area.... more
Science and technologyLufthansa to start Connexion By Boeing service on 80 planes
Frankfurt, Germany - The passengers will be benefit of a broad band connection
It has been announced this week the agreement reached between Boeing and Lufthansa care the supply, from part of the American colossus, of Connexion, that is a service provider to offer broad band using... more
Science and technologyManchester's airport in tilt for the re-entry of the Italian supporters
Manchester, United Kingdom - Delays and cancellations of flights
The non-stop flow of Italian supporters, that are coming back home from Manchester, after the Champions League's final between Juventus and Milan, concluded with the Black-White's defeat, it has sent in... more
Science and technologyFrench Government weighs the sale of Paris Airports
Paris, France - The Transport Minister do no not confirm nor deny
Many rumors care a possible privatization of the Airports of Paris has found a partial confirmation from the spokesman of the French Transport Ministry who has declared an operation of the sort is not... more
Science and technologyAt Heathrow airport they would lack of 300 security employers
London, UK - According to many complaints in the English Parliament
They’re are many to complain in the English Parliament about the security at the Londonian airport of Heathrow, one of biggest in the world, where it is still high, as in all Great Britain the terrorism a... more
Science and technologyIt’s Dubai the most loved hub in the world
Geneva, Switzerland – A Iata survey has revealed it
According to the data collected by Iata (International Air Transport Association) after a search that has been involved approximately 77.000 passengers around the world, the best airports are Dubai and... more
Science and technologyThe Usa gave the equipment to improve security at Kenyan airports
Nairobi, Kenya - It's tried to prevent any possible terroristic action
The American ambassador in Kenya, Johnnie Carson, has yesterday delivered, during a ceremony held at the international airport Jomo Kenyatta in Nairobi, the equipment in order to improve the security of... more
Science and technologyBritish Airways in favour of a third runway at Heathrow
London, UK - But the associations are furious for the Baa's U-turn
After the proposal made on the past days from part of the Baa (British Airport Authority) to increase the efficiency of the English airports with the construction of three new runways in its London airports... more
Science and technologyThree men ready to crash with a plane into a building in Jeddah have been arrested
Washington, Usa - It's terrorism psychosis, the alert is very high
They have been arrested on Monday at a Saudi Arabian airport three men suspected to make part of the terroristic network of Al Qaeda, among whom also the most wanted in the lists of the Saudi intelligence.... more
Science and technologyThales Atm won a contract to supply and install a comprehensive "Mode S" airport ground system at Linate
Rome, Italy - News has been confirmed by Enav
Thales Atm (Air Traffic Management) won a contract to supply and install a comprehensive "Mode S" airport ground system at Milan Linate. News has been confirmed this morning by Enav, Italian air traffic... more
Science and technologyGreens and radicals protest in Brussels airport against Us measure on the passengers' personal data
Brussels, Belgium -Today previewed manifestations in Vienna, Amsterdam and Paris
Greens and radicals Eurodeputy has protested yesterday in Brussels' airport, against the measure that previews the transmission to the Us customs authorities of passengers' personal data of the flights... more
Science and technologyIntroduced a new system for the fast connection for corporate jets
Geneve, Switzerland - An important solution for whom flies a lot
The Honeywell and the Thales Avionics will introduce this summer on the market the new HS-700/702 system, which will allow to transmit and to receive data from an aircraft up to 128 kbps speed, allowing... more
Science and technologyEverything is set at St Petersburg airport, renovated for the 300th anniversary of the city
St Petersburg, Russia - The hub will be closed May 30 and 31
They continue with great ferment the works in the city of St Petersburg that in few weeks will celebrate its 300th anniversary. And the jobs at St Petersburg's Pulkovo international airport are going to... more
Science and technologySan Francisco’s hub will the goats in order to prevent fires
Saint Francisco, Usa - News has been announced by airport’s director of the communitarian transactions
"We have property in the Western of Saint Francisco’s airport, a sensitive area where it is difficult to carry equipments or persons. So we have carried the goats, that eat the vegetation for prevention o... more
Science and technologyOpened the new hub in the Cambodian capital
Phnom Penh, Cambodia - But the tourism is in vertical drop
After 8 years of work and an investment of USD 32m, it has been opened today the international airport of Phnom Penh completely restructured and with a new terminal. This last one can manage a flow of... more
Science and technologyCanadian airport's security administrators ready to strike
Toronto, Canada - Wage settlements and means of protection the target of the workers
Canadian airport's security administrators of Dorval, Mirabel and Québec will strike next days for wage settlements. Agitation's target also the lacked adaptation at the new rules that since the days... more
Science and technologyNew runways in the hubs, a Baa's u-turn?
London, UK - According to previous pacts no extension work would be scheduled
Only yesterday AVIONEWS had dealt with the decision from part of Baa (British Aviation Authority) to inform the Government on the necessity to equip the South-Eastern of Great Britain with other three... more
Science and technologyToronto airport's infrared scanner is already vanished
Toronto, Canada - It was installed last Wednesday
Last week in Toronto's international airport was inaugurated an anti-Sars infrared scanner, instrument able to instantaneously measuring temperature. Today, according to the daily newspaper "Il corriere... more
Science and technologyAs soon as possible three runways more at south-east English airports
London, UK - Baa urges government to act quickly
Answering to the questions of the government about the capacity of the aviation in Great Britain and the right development for the next future, the Baa (British Aviation Authority) has declared that three... more