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Civil aviationAircraft grounded in Italy: many strikes today in different sectors
Rome, Italy - At regional, national and local level for 24 h (seven protests) or for four h (the majority of them, 20)
Today, on Thursday February 23, there are many strikes not only in the air transport (with airplanes grounded) but also at airports and for satellite activities. The protests are at regional, national... more
Civil aviationICAO: its NACC regional office founded 60 years ago to assist States
Montreal, Canada - A special anniversary ceremony celebrated it
At a special anniversary ceremony celebrating the founding of ICAO’s North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACC) Regional Office 60 years ago, Fang Liu, ICAO’s Secretary General, remarked tha... more
Civil aviationAircraft and safety. EU pilot fatigue rules miss required effect
Brussels, Belgium - Negative result, after one year of application
The European Cockpit Association diffused yesterday this press release: 18th February 2017 marked exactly one year of European airlines flying under the new EU Flight Time Limitations (FTL) rules – w... more
Civil aviationAircraft and transport. IATA increases partnership with French ENAC in terms of aviation training
Montreal, Canada - The education program will be expanded to include also research and further courses
The International Air Transport Association (IATA), in cooperation with the École nationale de l’aviation civile (ÉNAC) announced the expansion of their aviation training and education partnership to... more
Civil aviationAircraft and transport in Italy. The strikes fixed in the next days
Rome, Italy - Numerous protests in the sector on Thursday
The Italian Transports Ministry unveiled the list of the protests fixed in the air sector for next February 23. The complete and detailed list: 20, 21, 22 of February the aircraft maintenance and... more
Civil aviationAirplanes and jobs. Recruitment campaign for Ryanair
Milan, Italy - Assessment Days taking place in Italy
Crewlink is an official training and recruitment partner for European airline Ryanair. It is currently recruiting for 100's of Cabin Crew throughout Europe and will be holding Cabin Crew Recruitment... more
Civil aviationBudapest Airport bestows best business partners
Budapest, Hungary - Its 10th Annual Awards ceremony hosted last week
Budapest Airport last week hosted its 10th Annual Awards Ceremony, an evening of recognition for its airlines and other highly-valued business partners which have made important contributions during another... more
Civil aviationAircraft and transport in Italy. The strikes fixed for next February 7 and 8
Rome, Italy - All protests on Tuesday for four hours (1pm-5pm), while the only one on Wednesday is for eight (10am-6pm)
The Italian Transports ministry unveiled the list of the strikes in air transport for this month. These the first protests fixed for next Tuesday and Wednesday: - 07/02/2017 Cub Trasporti, Aviapartner... more
Civil aviationAirplanes. Trump administrative order and Boeing-Iran Air contract: it can't be annulled, Tehran said
Tehran, Iran - At stake an agreement for 80 airplanes, worth USD 16,6 billions
An agreement signed last December that predicts the delivery in ten years, starting from 2018, of a total of 80 Boeing passenger aircraft of which 50 B-737 (narrow-body) and 30 B-777 (wide-body). Total... more
Civil aviationAirplanes and results. Iata: another strong year for air travel demand in 2016
Geneva, Switzerland - A particularly strong performance was reported for December with an 8.8% rise in demand outstripping 6.6% capacity growth
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced full-year global passenger traffic results for 2016 showing demand (revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose 6.3% compared to 2015 (or 6.0%... more
Civil aviationAirplanes and carriers. Possible extraordinary management for Alitalia?
Rome, Italy - Etihad gets things into perspective in Europe and in the EAU
The news that James Hogan leaves Etihad is by now official. This fact will have strong consequences for that concerning its presence into the air transport. His exit represents a change of strategiy by... more
Civil aviationAir India joins fellow Star Alliance carriers at Heathrow T2
London, UK - The concept of having all them operate from the same terminal was first raised more than a decade ago and came to fruition when T2 opened in June 2014
Star Alliance member carrier Air India has successfully moved all its operations at London-Heathrow’s Airport from Terminal 4 to Terminal 2, the home of the alliance. The national airline of India operates u... more
Civil aviationAircraft and job: cabin crew assessment days in Italy
Milan, Italy - The dates fixed for the entire month of February 2017
Crewlink is an official training and recruitment partner for Ryanair and it is currently recruiting for 100's of Cabin Crew positions throughout Europe and will be holding Cabin Crew Recruitment Days throughout... more
Civil aviationJAA TO and Jeppesen announce partnership to develop training courses
Hoofddorp, The Netherlands - Both organisations have signed the MoU
The Joint Aviation Authorities Training Organisation (JAA TO), providing top-level training courses in multiple fields of aviation safety, and Jeppesen, a Boeing Company, have announced to explore a partnership... more
Civil aviationRob Huyser joins the JAA TO Foundation Board
Hoofddorp, The Netherlands - He joins Quaranta, chairman, and board members Sciacchitano and Németh
The Joint Aviation Authorities Training Organisation (JAA TO), providing top-level training courses in multiple fields of aviation safety, announced that, on 5 January 2017, the Coordinating Committee... more
Civil aviationICAO: expression of condolences on ACT Airlines aircraft, Flight TK6491
Montreal, Canada - The declarations by its Council President and by its Secretary General
The Council President and the Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) expressed the UN agency’s deepest condolences today for the families and friends of the victims o... more
Civil aviationICAO: when clouds are a good thing for aviation
Montreal, Canada - The critical role will be presented by Marco Merens, at a forum in Cape Town today
The critical role cloud computing plays in the management of international civil aviation will be presented by Marco Merens, ICAO’s Chief of Integrated Aviation Analysis, at the United Nations World D... more
Civil aviationAircraft and job: cabin crew assessment days in Italy
Milan, Italy - The dates fixed for January and February 2017
Crewlink is an official training and recruitment partner for Ryanair and it is currently recruiting for 100's of Cabin Crew positions throughout Europe and will be holding Cabin Crew Recruitment Days throughout... more
Civil aviationThe first new airliner lands in Tehran after 37 years: it is an Airbus A-321 airplane -VIDEO
Toulouse, France - Historical landing for policy and for transports of the Country after embargo and sanctions
It will be tomorrow the star attraction in Tehran: the A-321, registration EP-IFA, serial number 7418, the first model of new airplane to be delivered from a facility to Iran after 37 years due to the... more
Civil aviationAircraft and results. IATA: strong demand growth returns in November
Geneva, Switzerland - Capacity +6.5% and load factor rose 0.8% (78.9%)
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for November 2016 showing the strongest demand growth in nine months. Total revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs)... more
Civil aviationAirplanes. Italian government asks Alitalia for a business plan that must be approved by its shareholders and creditors
Rome, Italy - It is written in the note released by Mise (Italian Ministry of Economic Development) after the meeting between the government and the airline's management
The meeting at the Ministry of Economic Development (Mise) between the management of Alitalia and the ministers Carlo Calenda and Graziano Delrio to decide the future of the Italian airline finished yesterday.... more
Civil aviationAirplanes and jobs. Lufthansa Group to hire more than 3000 new staff in 2017
Cologne, Germany - Largest increase in cabin personnel (2200); the remaining still to train
New hirings in Deutsche Lufthansa: more than 3000 new staff in 2017. It is mostly flight attendants who will join the various airlines of the Group; in particular Lufthansa will hire 1400 flight attendants... more
Civil aviationPossible strikes for British Airways on January 10
London, UK - The cabin crew could announce a 48 hour strike
British Airways communicated in a note that "The trade union Unite has announced that it intends to hold industrial action involving one of five cabin crew fleets on Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 January... more
Civil aviationAircraft and results. ICAO: traffic growth and airline profitability were highlights of air transport in 2016
Montréal, Canada - Passengers, low-cost activity, load factors, cargo, financial results
Preliminary figures released today by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) indicated that the total number of passengers carried on scheduled services reached 3.7 billion in 2016, a 6.0... more
Civil aviationAirplanes and jobs. Aer Lingus Cabin Crew Recruitment Days in Italy January 2017
Dublin, Ireland - The requirements
NoBox announced that it is currently recruiting for Cabin Crew positions for its client Aer Lingus with Recruitment Days to take place in Rome and Milan during January 2017. The airline is part of the... more
Civil aviationAirplanes. Sukhoi Superjet 100 fleet technical inspection completed
Moscow, Russia - The reason for it was the previously detected defect in the stabilizer attachment bands on one aircraft
JSC “Sukhoi Civil Aircraft”(SCA), together with operators, have completed the Sukhoi Superjet 100 fleet inspection. Aircraft which have successfully passed the inspection have resumed flights. The rea... more
Civil aviationFederturismo: a Christmas "Made in Italy"; about 357,000 passengers will transit at the Milan's airports this week
Rome, Italy - Economical conjuncture and safety factor will be decisive to influence the holidays of the Italians but also of the foreign tourists
The Italians who will go on holidays for a few days will be 10.5 millions for this period, with accommodation at relatives and friends and for 9% at the hotels. The economical conjuncture, but mainly... more
Civil aviationICAO assists Thailand with safety oversight audit finding
Montréal, Canada - They agreed to accelerate the ongoing cooperation to resolve a SSC
During her recent mission to Thailand, ICAO Secretary General Fang Liu and Thai Prime Minister HE Prayut Chan-o-cha agreed to accelerate their ongoing cooperation to resolve a Significant Safety Concern... more
Civil aviationStar Alliance opened own lounge at Riogaleao Airport
Los Angeles, Usa - Located on level 3 of the new international departures pier in terminal 2
Star Alliance opened its new Alliance Lounge at Rio de Janeiro’s Galeão– "Tom Jobim International Airport" (RIOgaleão). The brand new facility is located on level 3 of the new international departures pier... more
Civil aviationAircraft and carriers. Singapore Airlines-Lufthansa: JV approved
Milan, Italy - By CCS, the local Competition Commission
Singapore Airlines (SIA) welcomed the Competition Commission of Singapore’s (CCS) approval of its proposed joint-venture with the Lufthansa Group. The CCS decision is another step that will enable the t... more
Civil aviationAircraft and jobs: assessment days in Italy for cabin crew
Milan, Italy - The dates fixed in December 2016 (11) and in January 2017 (14)
Ryanair plans to recruit an additional 2,000 Cabin Crew during 2017 to meet massive growth levels. Crewlink, an official the low-cost Training and Recruitment Partner, will be recruiting to fill these... more
Civil aviationSESAR: over 360 trial flights successfully completed by 15 major aviation partners demonstrate benefits of its solutions at airports
Brussels, Belgium - More than half of which were performed by Lufthansa and SWISS on revenue flights using various aircraft types
In 2015 and 2016, fifteen partners from across the aviation sector worked closely together to deliver one of the most ambitious large-scale demonstrations in Europe. The Augmented Approaches to Land (AAL)... more
Civil aviationAircraft and results. IATA: another strong year for airline profits in 2017
Geneva, Switzerland - USD 29.8 billion
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that it expects the global airline industry to make a net profit in 2017 of $29.8 billion. On forecast total revenues of $736 billion, that... more
Civil aviationAircraft and results. IATA: October passenger demand moderates
Geneva, Switzerland - Domestic and international travel growth largely was in balance
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for October showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers, or RPKs) rose 5.8% compared to the... more
Civil aviationAirplanes and consumptions. Italian ENAV marks again routes of the Italian skies
Rome, Italy - Savings of 140,000 Euros per day for all airlines flying over Italy
From tomorrow, 8 December, Enav will be giving the go-ahead for Free Route operations over Italian airspace. From 01.00 a.m. tonight (8 Dec.), it will be possible for all overflying aircraft at an altitude... more
Civil aviationInternational Civil Aviation Day: the joint statement by Council President and Secretary General
Montreal, Canada - The theme for Day through 2018 is: "Working together to ensure no country is left behind"
The Council President of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, and ICAO Secretary General, Fang Liu, issued the following joint statement for the occasion of International... more
Civil aviationAirplanes. Indra and Google sign a reseller agreement
Rome, Italy - It is a three year contract
Indra has signed a QPX reseller agreement with ITA Software by Google for the provision of pricing and shopping services. This three-year agreement will allow Indra to provide more comprehensive marketing... more
Civil aviationAirplanes. IATA: UK airspace policy can point way for Europe-wide airspace improvements
Geneva, Switzerland - The association declared its support for and participation in the campaign
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) declared its support for and participation in the Sky’s the Limit campaign for more efficient air traffic routes in the UK, and called for similar momentum f... more
Civil aviationSuper winter starts in Lapland: almost 1,000 planes rushing to the north in December
Rovaniemi, Lapland - Some 401 domestic flights are expected to arrive this month
The route season at Finavia’s airports in Lapland began when the first international routes of the winter from Europe to Kittilä and Rovaniemi opened on 2 December. From the point of Finavia and tourism in... more
Civil aviationAircraft and environment. IATA: EU renewable energy directive must prioritize sustainable aviation fuels
Geneva, Switzerland - The Association welcomed the EC's revision of the RED
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the European Commission’s revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) to incentivize sustainable fuels, and urged policy-makers to go e... more
Civil aviationAirplanes and protests. Lufthansa: VC pilots' union on strike also today
Frankfurt, Germany - Besides that one of yesterday, and after six days
The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) pilots’ union, despite the resolution attempt on Sunday evening announced by the airline, has called for two further days of strike action for Tuesday and Wednesday (29 and 3... more
Civil aviationAirplanes and jobs. 2,000+ Cabin Crew being recruited throughout Europe; upcoming assessment days in Italy in December
Dublin, Ireland - Ten cities interested
Ryanair announced that they are on course to carry 200 Million Passengers by 2024. Crewlink are an official training and recruitment partner for it and it is currently recruiting for 2,000+ Cabin Crew... more
Civil aviationAirplanes grounded due to the protest. Lufthansa: Cockpit expands strike to the first week-end of Advent
Frankfurt, Germany - Actions are planned against all long-haul flights from Germany, not for short and medium haul connections
Pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) has now called for a strike by its members this Saturday as well. The walkouts have been announced for Saturday, 26 November, from 00:01 to 23:59. All long-haul f... more
Civil aviationAirplanes and protests. Lufthansa: additional strike tomorrow, besides today
Frankfurt, Germany - The Group airlines are not affected by the protest
Lufthansa notes that, for incomprehensible reasons, the pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit has announced an additional strike for tomorrow, Thursday, before Wednesday’s strike has even begun. Once more, the... more
Civil aviationAircraft grounded in Germany: Eurowings on strike today
Berlin, Germany - Cabin crew protesting against unsatisfactory pay
Travels with low-cost German Eurowings airline company may be difficult today, 22nd November. The Lufthansa subsidiary cabin crew is on strike, because of no official agreements about salary. There’s s... more
Civil aviationIata: wildlife tracking assessment tool to help cut illegal wildlife shipments -VIDEO
Geneva, Switzerland - Developed in partnership with the WCO with support from the USAID Routes partnership
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the launch of an Airport Wildlife Trafficking Assessment Tool which will help defeat smugglers of endangered species. The Assessment Tool,... more
Civil aviationAirplanes and jobs: 2,000+ cabin crew being recruited throughout Europe; the new dates
Milan, Italy - In November and December
Ryanair plans to recruit an additional 2,000 Cabin Crew during 2017 to meet massive growth levels. Crewlink, an official the low-cost Training and Recruitment Partner, will be recruiting to fill these... more
Civil aviationICAO, IOM formalize new cooperation in aid of enhanced global mobility and traveller identity management
Montreal, Canada - The new agreement will aid the two global agencies’ efforts to respond in a coordinated way to new and emerging challenges
ICAO and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that formalizes closer collaboration on shared priorities, which include enhanced global mobility... more
Civil aviationAircraft. Alitalia cadet pilots embark on four year flight to success
Rome, Italy - More than 550 applicants were made for the 2015 training programme
Thirteen Italian men and women aged between 18 and 25 will fly to the United Arab Emirates tomorrow to start a four year training programme to become Alitalia pilots. They will join the previous Italian... more
Civil aviationAircraft and transport and other fields: the strikes in November in all sectors in Italy
Rome, Italy - 25 are the protests in this month
The Italian Transport Ministry publishes the list of the strikes in November in Italy in different sectors. - 10/11/2016 Local public transport staff Ca.Nova company in Turin 4 hours (3pm-7pm) - 11/11/2016... more